By John Rittenhouse
Six of the 13 winter sports teams from the Star Herald coverage area will have opened the 2002-03 season by next Tuesday.
The Luverne girls’ hockey team was the first squad to see action by playing games last Friday and Tuesday nights.
The Cardinal girls are scheduled to host Marshall tonight before playing in Fairmont Tuesday, meaning the LHS skaters will play four games prior to the Thanksgiving break.
Girls’ basketball teams representing Hills-Beaver Creek and Ellsworth will play each other to open the season Friday.
After playing in Hills, Ellsworth hosts Dawson-Boyd and Southwest Christian Monday and Tuesday respectively.
The H-BC girls will travel to Pipestone for a Tuesday tilt.
The Luverne and Adrian girls’ basketball teams and the Luverne boys’ hockey team will open their seasons Tuesday.
The LHS boys will skate against Mankato East at the Blue Mound Ice Arena.
Luverne’s girls’ basketball team will play Lincoln HI in Ivanhoe Tuesday, while Adrian travels to Round Lake to challenge Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster.
Six of the seven area winter sports teams are scheduled to open the season Tuesday, Dec. 3.
In boys’ basketball, Luverne hosts Fulda, H-BC hosts Pipestone, Adrian travels to Canby and Ellsworth takes on SV-RL-B in Round Lake Dec. 3
The Luverne-H-BC-E wrestling team competes in Fulda the same night, while the L-H-BC gymnastics team competes against West Central in Sioux Falls the same evening.
Adrian’s wrestling squad is the final area team to make its debut. The Dragons host Pipestone Thursday, Dec. 5.
Look for reports on all of the games played prior to next Tuesday in the sports section of next week’s edition of the Star Herald, which will be on newsstands Wednesday due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Also included in next week’s paper will be the Star Herald Winter Sports Preview.
All games played between next Tuesday and Dec. 3 will be included in the Dec. 5 edition of the Star Herald.