Luverne Sports

The Luverne boys’ hockey team notched three more wins this season against three teams at home. LHS beat Fairmont 9-0 Tuesday, Jan. 7, stole a win from Albert Lea in a 3-2 overtime win Thursday, Jan. 9, and blanked Mankato East 3-0 Saturday, Jan. 11. The Cardinals are now 12-2-1 for the season. LHS is scheduled to host Redwood Valley Thursday, Jan. 16, and will travel to Waseca Saturday, Jan.…

The Luverne girls’ hockey team beat Fairmont 4-2 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 7, in conference action. “The Fairmount game was not our best game, but it felt like we were in control most of the game,” head coach Mat McClure said. “It is always good to get that conference win.” Against Fairmont, LHS senior Payton Behr scored two goals and recorded her 200th career point. After the game, Payton…

The Luverne girls’ basketball team played three games away this week, winning one game and dropping two. They fell to Windom 86-32, beat Worthington 55-49, and lost to Jackson County Central 76-62. Luverne is scheduled to travel to Pipestone Friday, Jan. 17 and takes on Colman-Egan Saturday, Jan. 18.   Windom 86, LHS 32 The Luverne girls faced a formidable Windom team Tuesday, Jan. 7, on the…

The Luverne boys’ basketball team went 2-1 on the road in conference action this past week. The Cardinals beat Windom 92-86 Jan. 7, topped Worthington 78-53 Jan. 10, and fell to Jackson County Central 84-80 Jan. 13. LHS is scheduled to travel to Pipestone Friday, Jan. 17, and will travel to Colman-Egan to play Desmet Saturday, Jan. 18.   LHS 92, Windom 86 Luverne took down Windom in a 92-86…

The Luverne wrestling team traveled to Jackson Thursday, Jan. 9, for a quad  against the host Jackson County Central, New Ulm Area and Redwood Valley. The Cardinals fell in all three matches, losing 60-9 to Jackson, 60-12 to New Ulm, and 43-27 to Redwood Valley. “This week was a very tough week of wrestling for the team,” head coach Jordan Kopp said. “We wrestled well Thursday. We just have…

The Luverne gymnasts beat Redwood Valley 133.800 - 129.550 on the road Thursday, Jan. 9. The LHS Cardinals racked up more team points than the Redwood Valley Cardinals in all four events. LHS took the team vault 35.275 to 33.550, won the bars 31.725 to 31.225, scored 32.400 on the beam to Redwood Valley’s 31.875, and won the floor 34.400 to 32.900. Head coach Phoebe Flom said the team is seeing…

The Luverne boys’ basketball team traveled to Madison, South Dakota, Saturday, Jan. 4, to take on the Baltic Bulldogs and won the game 74-53. Five Luverne players reached double digit points against Baltic. Senior Carter Sehr posted 19 points and recorded his 1000th career point in the process. Sehr also had two rebounds, two assists and six steals against Baltic. Senior Eli Woodley finished…

The Luverne girls’ wrestling team traveled to St. James Saturday, Jan. 4, for the Belle of the Border Invitational. Twenty-five female teams with 199 individual competitors from Minnesota and Iowa were invited to wrestle in 13 varsity and five junior varsity weight classes. Competing for Luverne were sophomore CeCe Rock and her sister, eighth-grader Ellie Rock. “Both Ellie and CeCe wrestled…

The Luverne Cardinals gymnastics team secured a second-place finish out of six teams at the Winterfest Invitational Saturday, Jan. 4, in Marshall. Benson/KMS took first in the team competition with a team score of 137.150. Luverne took second place with a team score of 135.150. Pipestone was third with a 129.450, Redwood placed fourth with a 125.875, Windom-Mountain Lake was fifth with 116.975…

The Luverne boys’ hockey team beat Rochester Lourdes 6-3 on the road Friday, Jan. 3, to extend its season record to 9-2-1. The Cardinals netted six goals on 22 shots in the game, and LHS junior goalie Gaven Hoven got the win, stopping 29 of 32 shots on net. Luverne started the scoring in the first period with a goal by a trio of juniors. At 4:04 on a power play, Jaxon Lais found the back of the…

The Cardinal girls’ basketball team fell twice on the road this past week, losing 60-54 to Canby Jan. 2 and 45-42 to Baltic in Madison Jan. 4. Luverne is now 1-9 for the season and will face four conference foes on the road in the coming week. Luverne was scheduled to face Windom Tuesday, Jan. 7, and will take on Worthington Friday, Jan. 10, Jackson County Central Monday, Jan. 13, and Pipestone…

Looking back at 2024 and all the sporting events the Star-Herald featured, the accomplishments of many teams and individuals at both Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek high schools are worth recognizing. Here are the Star-Herald’s Top 5 sporting events of 2024, as well as several personal recognitions in LHS and H-BC activities.   No. 1 – H-BC Patriots Football Team The Patriots finished their…

Over the holiday break, the Luverne girls’ hockey team traveled to Blaine for the Super Rink Winter Classic in the gold division. The Classic featured eight varsity teams competing over a three-day event. Luverne, along with Pine City Area, Mounds View, Minnesota River, North Shore, Mankato East, Moose Lake, and Northern Tier, each played three opponents between Dec. 26 and Dec. 28. LHS was…

Three Luverne female wrestlers represented the Cardinals at the Rebel Holiday Classic Tournament in Champlin Friday, Dec. 27. The tournament included 257 female wrestlers from 40 teams participating in 13 varsity and junior varsity divisions. “The girls wrestled well against some really good competition,” said head coach Jake Haugen. LHS Sophomore CeCe Rock finished in second place, falling in…

Over the holiday break the Luverne boys’ hockey team traveled to St. Cloud for the 39th annual Granite City Showcase, which featured eight varsity teams in the three-day event. Luverne, Monticello, Bemidji, Cloquet-Esko-Carlton, Mankato East, Sauk Rapids-Rice, St. Cloud Crush and St. Cloud Cathedral each played three opponents between Dec. 26 and Dec. 28. LHS was one of three Class 1A Top 25…

The Luverne Cardinals wrestling team hosted the first annual Luverne Girls’ Invite Friday, Dec. 20, and the Top the Tree Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 21. The girls’ invite was an individual tournament with 57 girls wrestling from nine high school teams. On Saturday, Dec. 21, Luverne hosted the Top the Tree Tournament with six total teams participating in five dual matches. During the holiday…