Luverne Sports
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 07, 2025The Cardinals baseball team finished a perfect week with five wins and no losses against four teams to bring their season record to 11-3. LHS beat Pipestone 12-7 on the road Tuesday, April 29, and took two games from host Redwood Valley Cardinals 9-1 and 19-1 in doubleheader action Thursday, May 1. Luverne traveled to Milroy Saturday, May 3, beating the BOLD Warriors 5-4 in the first of two…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 07, 2025Several Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek athletes were invited to compete at the 100th Annual Howard Wood Dakota Relays May 2-3 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The two-day event features hundreds of teams and thousands of individual athletes from South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. Athletes participating in the events are invited, based on certain standards and criteria specific to each…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 07, 2025LHS and H-BC track and field teams posted Top 3 finishes at the Bob Nangle Relays in Pipestone Tuesday, April 29. The Cardinals boys’ team finished in second place with 120 team points, and the Patriots placed third with 103.5 team points. Worthington was first in the team competition with 164 points. The Luverne girls’ team took top honors with 219 total team points, and Hills-Beaver Creek…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 07, 2025The Luverne High School softball team lost four games in the past week to bring their season record to 6-7. In two games in Pipestone, the Cardinals fell to the Arrows 14-3 on April 29 and 17-6 on May 5. In a doubleheader against Fairmont on May 1, Luverne fell 10-9 in the first game and 9-4 in the second game. Luverne will play a doubleheader in Blue Earth Thursday, May 8, and the Cardinals…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 07, 2025The Luverne High School golf teams participated in two Big South Conference meets this past week. The LHS boys’ team finished in third and the girls placed fourth in the Week 2 competition Thursday, May 1. In Week 3 play the boys’ team took second and the girls’ team finished in fourth place Monday, May 5. The Luverne boys’ and girls’ teams will travel to Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Friday, May 9.…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 07, 2025The Luverne Cardinals and the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots track and field teams ran away with top spots at the 2025 True Team meet in Lakeview Monday, May 5. The LHS boys’ and girls’ teams both took first place in the team competitions. The boys took top honors with a total of 682 points, and the girls’ team topped all other teams with a total of 767.5 team points. The H-BC boys’ and girls’…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 07, 2025The LHS and H-BC trap shooting teams recorded their second week of competition scores. Aydon Kopp (LHS) and John Tiesler (H-BC) each recorded a 25-straight score this week. The rest of the results are as follows: Week 2 scores LHS Round 1 Round 2 Total Ashton Altman 21 17 38 Jesse Aning 18 13 31 Alex DeWispelaere 22 19 41 Martin Fick 16 20 36 Dylan Hoff / / / Gavin Hoven 17 17 34…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 30, 2025The Luverne Cardinals softball team took two games from Redwood Valley and fell twice to Jackson in doubleheader play. LHS beat Redwood 20-10 and 13-3 April 22 in Luverne and fell to Jackson 12-1 and 9-2 April 25 in Jackson. The Cardinal girls are now 6-3 for the season and were scheduled to take on Pipestone in a doubleheader Tuesday, April 29, on the road. They will travel to Fairmont…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 30, 2025The Cardinals baseball team split two games this week, beating Windom 14-2 Tuesday, April 22, and falling to Fairmont 2-0 Friday, April 25. Luverne now stands 6-3 for the season and will travel for their next three games. LHS was scheduled to take on Pipestone Tuesday, April 29. Luverne plays Redwood Valley Thursday, May 1, and Springfield Saturday, May 3. Luverne 14, Windom 2 The…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 30, 2025Luverne hosted Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Tuesday, April 22, in 9-hole play at the Luverne Country Club. The LHS boys’ team beat the Knights 169-212, and the girls fell by four strokes 220-224. In the boys’ individual play, LHS senior Levi Gonnerman took top honors with a low round score of 39. Sophomore Will Bergman took second place with a round of 42 strokes. Senior Philip Eisma and freshman…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 30, 2025The Luverne boys’ tennis team traveled to Pipestone April 22 falling 5-2 to the Arrows. “At Pipestone we had our best outing of the season so far,” head coach Nathan Rud said. “The team remains very inexperienced as a whole, but it’s been exciting to see the individual improvements occurring week by week.” LHS junior Caleb Kracht and sophomore Christopher Severns both won their singles matches…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 30, 2025The LHS and H-BCl trap shooting teams recorded their first week competition scores. Nicholas Mann recorded a 25-straight score this week. This is his second of the season. LHS Week 1 scoring Round 1 Round 2 Total Ashton Altman 20 22 42 Jesse Aning 19 …
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 30, 2025Due to weather conditions this past week, five sports events were postponed and two were rescheduled for this coming week. Thursday, April 24, LHS softball versus Jackson County Central, LHS and H-BC track and field in Worthington, and H-BC girls’ golf vs Red Rock Central were postponed due to severe weather. Monday, April 28, LHS softball versus Edgerton and H-BC boys’ and girls’ golf versus…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 23, 2025Luverne hosted a five-team track and field meet Monday, April 21. The Cardinals boys’ and girls’ teams finished in first place with the Patriots boys’ and girls’ team taking second place at the meet. The Luverne boys finished with a first-place team score of 146. H-BC placed second with a team score of 101. Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton was third with 65, Ortonville and Adrian/…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 23, 2025The Luverne boys’ tennis team fell 7-0 to Redwood Valley Tuesday, April 15, and fell 7-0 to St. James Monday, April 21. LHS was scheduled to travel to Pipestone Tuesday, April 22, and will host Blue Earth Area Tuesday, May 6. Redwood 7, Luverne 0 The Luverne varsity tennis team forfeited two singles and two doubles matches to Redwood Valley in a 7-0 loss Tuesday, April 15, at home. “We…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 23, 2025The Luverne golf team hosted Hills-Beaver Creek Tuesday, April 15, at the Luverne Country Club. The LHS boys’ varsity team pulled out a nine-stroke win against the Patriots in 9-hole play, 170-179. The LHS girls’ varsity team finished with a top four players score of 219. H-BC recorded a score of 114 with only two varsity players on their girls’ team. In individual play for the boys, senior…
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