Luverne Sports

Luverne placed five athletes and one team on the podium at the 2026 Class A Track and Field State meet in St. Michael June 4-5. In the two-day event, LHS collected two third-place finishes, one seventh-, one eighth-, one 15th- and one 16th-place finish in the finals. “Just getting to the state meet is an accomplishment in and of itself, and then to place in the top nine and get on the podium is…

The Luverne Baseball Association hosted roughly 300 players on 22 youth teams and eight Junior Legion teams during the 2026 Buffalo Days celebration June 5-7. Games were held at Redbird Field, Joe Roberts Field and Riverside Park. Teams played in 9U (9 years old and under) 10U, 11U, 12U and Junior Legion brackets. Brandon Valley won the 9U tournament, and Watertown teams won the 10U, 11U and…

The Luverne Redbirds played an abbreviated game against Fox Lake Sunday, June 7, falling 6-2 to the Foxes on the road. The Redbirds welcomed four recent LHS baseball graduates to the flock for the game. They were Blake Sauer, Landyn Lais, Josh Hansen and Maddox Domagala. Their inaugural game did not go quite like they would have hoped against a solid Fox team. In the first inning Elliot…

The Buffalo Days Run 4A Cause returned to Luverne’s Buffalo Days Celebration for its fourth year Saturday, June 4, in the Luverne City Park. “The weather was absolutely beautiful, and we had great support from our runners and participants in the park,” said Lori Sorenson, who co-founded Carson’s Cause after her 21-year-old son, Carson Ehde, died of suicide in 2022. “It’s always so gratifying to…

Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek track and field teams performed well at the Section 3A Championships in Pipestone Thursday, May 28. Both LHS and H-BC qualified several individuals and teams for the Class A State Tournament June 5-6 in St. Michael, Minn. “We were extremely pleased with how well the kids performed on the big stage on a hot day,” LHS head coach Pete Janiszeski said. “They competed…

The Luverne High School baseball team finished their 2026 season falling 6-1 to New London-Spicer in Section 3AA tournament play. LHS lost to the Wildcats Monday, June 1, in Milroy, Minn., to close their season 17-6. In section play Luverne beat Pipestone 10-0 May 26 in Luverne and fell 3-2 to Windom May 28 at home to move down to the elimination bracket. The Cardinals beat Redwood Valley 4-3…

The Luverne Redbirds baseball team won one league game and fell twice in exhibition play this past week. Luverne lost 3-1 to the Brookings Cubs on the road Wednesday, May 27, and fell 3-2 to the Harrisburg Woodies at home Friday, May 29, in exhibition play. The Redbirds beat Worthington 11-1 at home Sunday, May 31, in league play. Against Worthington the Redbirds flew to a 4-0 lead after three…

Luverne finished out the 2026 golf season playing in Day 2 of the Section 3AA tournament at Oakdale Golf Club in Buffalo Lake on Wednesday, May 27. Luverne players competed well but were unable to qualify for the state golf tournament as a team or individually on May 27. The boys’ team placed sixth out of 14 schools with a team score of 344. The LHS girls’ team was unable to record a score…

By Greg Hoogeveen Luverne hosted the 2026 Section 3A South Subsection Track and Field competition Thursday, May 21. The LHS girls’ team placed first with a team score of 205 and Hills-Beaver Creek placed second with a score of 122. The Luverne boys’ team finished in second place with a team score of 108 and the H-BC boys placed fourth with a 101.5. Athletes named in the following information…

The Luverne High School softball team closed its 2026 section run going 2-2 in Section 3AA play. The Cardinals beat Windom 4-2 Tuesday, May 19, in Round 1 of the section finals. They followed up falling 10-1 to Pipestone in quarterfinal action May 19 in their second game of the day. On Saturday, May 23, LHS beat Litchfield 8-4 in Marshall in Round 1 of the elimination bracket. The Cardinals…

LHS and H-BC trap shooting teams recorded scores for a final week of the 2026 spring season. Luverne finished the five-week season in third place in Class 2A, Conference 4 team standings with a total of 6,507.00 targets hit. Hills-Beaver Creek finished in fifth place in Class 3A, Conference 3 standings with a total of 8,707.00 targets hit. Athletes breaking the Top 25 in Class 2A, Conference 4…

By Greg Hoogeveen The Luverne High School golf team qualified six players for Day 2 of Section 3AA individual competition this past week. During Day 1 play at the Oakdale Golf Club in Buffalo Lake sophomore girls’ team members Ingrid Mostad and junior Macie Edstrom qualified Wednesday, May 20. Qualifiers for the boys’ team were freshman Graham Hartquist, sophomore Mallachi Domagala, freshman…

The Luverne High School baseball team fell 7-0 to Montevideo in their last regular game of the season Thursday, May 21, on the road. LHS was scheduled to host Worthington Friday, May 23, but that game was canceled due to weather. The Cardinals have racked up a 15-4 record heading into the section tournament. The No. 2 seed Cardinals are scheduled to host the No. 7 seed Pipestone Arrows Tuesday…

The Luverne boys’ tennis team sent two players to the Section 3A individual tournament in Redwood Valley Thursday, May 21. Seniors Elijah Henrichs and Austin Sandbulte faced stiff competition in their first round of the event. “Austin and Eli both had tough matchups in the tournament against the second and third seeds respectively,” LHS head coach Nathan Rud said. “It was extremely gratifying…

Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek athletes performed well in windy conditions at the Trojan Relays Tuesday, May 12, in Worthington. The LHS girls’ team finished in second place in Class AA team competition with 135 points. The Luverne boys’ team finished in fourth place with a score of 99. The H-BC girls’ team placed second in Class A standings with a score of 116 and the H-BC boys’ team finished…

The Luverne High School baseball team lost 15-8 to Windom Tuesday, May 12, on the road and beat Adrian-Ellsworth 10-0 Monday, May 18, in Adrian. The Cardinals, now 14-3 for the season, will travel to Montevideo Thursday, May 21, before sections play starts Tuesday, May 26. Section seeding and brackets should be determined by the end of the week.   Windom 15, Luverne 8 Windom handed Luverne…