By John RittenhouseThe Luverne boys’ golf team went 2-1 during three matches played since last Thursday.The Cardinals beat Red Rock Central and Windom in home meets Thursday and Monday respectively before dropping a match in Marshall Tuesday.Luverne, 6-2 overall, hosts Redwood Valley today.Marshall 151,Luverne 168The home-standing Tigers used four rounds of less than 41 strokes to defeat the Cardinals by 17 strokes Tuesday in Marshall.Luverne’s Colby Anderson fired a one-under-par 35 to lead all players, but it wasn’t enough to lift his team to victory.Marshall received 37s from Tom Homen, Tyler Stiefel and Tony Krogren. Marshall’s fourth scorer carded a 40.Steven Berghorst and Andy Haakenson shot 43s for the Cardinals, while Jesson Vogt contributed a 47 to the team effort.Kirk Oldre shot a 52 without influencing the scoring for Luverne, which golfed the course with five players.Luverne 173,Windom 173A tiebreaker fell into Luverne’s favor when it hosted Windom at the Luverne Country Club Monday.With the match tied at 173 when the lowest four scores of each team were tallied at event’s end, and the fifth lowest scorers for each team (Luverne’s Berghorst and Windom’s Josh Elston) both shot 49s, leaving the sixth lowest scorers for each team to settle the issue.Luverne was awarded the victory with sixth-scorer Kirk Oldre topping Windom’s Sam Voth 50-53.Luverne’s Anderson and Windom’s Dan Johnson and Adam Teirab shared medalist honors for the meet by shooting four-over-par 40s.David Nelson shot a 43 for LHS, while Vogt and Haakenson rounded out the team scoring with 45s.Luverne 155, RRC 207The Cardinals played outstanding golf while disposing of the Falcons by 52 strokes Thursday at the Luverne Country Club.Three LHS players shot sub-40 rounds during the rout of RRC.Anderson led the charge by shooting a one-under-par 35.Haakenson and Berghorst added 38- and 39-stroke rounds to the winning team tally, while David Nelson added a 42.Grant and Kirk Oldre shot 45- and 50-stroke rounds without padding the team scoring.RRC’s Tyler Beerman shot a 49 to lead the Falcons.Luverne’s B squad topped the Falcons 198-218. Skyler Hoiland led the Cards with a 46.
