Luverne Sports
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 17, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team collected two big conference wins at home and extended their winning streak to 7-0. The Cardinals beat Fairmont 11-2 Tuesday, Dec. 9, and pushed past Waseca winning a 4-2 contest Saturday, Dec. 13. Luverne was scheduled to host Windom Tuesday, Dec. 16, before going on the road to play New Ulm Friday, Dec. 19. The Cardinals will then host Dodge County Saturday, Dec…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 17, 2025The Luverne boys’ basketball team had a successful week claiming three conference wins for a 5-1 season record to date. The Cardinals beat Jackson County Central 75-61 at home Tuesday, Dec. 9, squeezed out a 62-58 win over Blue Earth on the road Friday, Dec. 12, and beat Windom 74-57 at the Target Center in Minneapolis Saturday, Dec. 13. Luverne leads the Big South Conference with a 4-0…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 17, 2025By Greg Hoogeveen The Luverne girls’ basketball team collected two wins and fell once in conference play this past week. LHS beat Jackson County Central 74-71 at home Tuesday, Dec. 9, and topped Blue Earth 74-64 on the road Friday, Dec. 12. The Cardinals lost 72-57 to Windom Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Target Center. Luverne is now 3-3 for the season. LHS was scheduled to travel to Pipestone…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 17, 2025The Luverne girls’ hockey team won two games and fell once at home this past week. The Cardinals lost 2-1 to Fairmont Tuesday, Dec. 9, beat Willmar 4-1 Friday, Dec. 12, and took down South Central 13-0 Saturday, Dec. 13. The Cardinals, now 5-5 for the season, were scheduled to host Windom Tuesday, Dec. 16, and will host New Ulm Friday, Dec. 19. Fairmont 2, Luverne 1 Luverne fell to…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 17, 2025Luverne captured third place in team competition Saturday, Dec. 13, in the Marshall meet. Jackson County Central placed first in the team competition with a team score of 127.275. Pipestone Area was second with 126.075 points, Luverne finished third with 125.175 and Windom-Mountain Lake placed fourth with 112.05 team points. In team apparatus results on the vault, bars, beam and floor, Luverne…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 17, 2025The Luverne Cardinals wrestling team finished a busy week of tournament competition with several wrestlers earning podium appearances. The Luverne girls’ wrestling team headed to Baltic, South Dakota for an invitational Friday, Dec. 12, when the girls’ team won four places. Both the boys’ and girls’ teams participated in the Jackson Tournament Saturday, Dec. 13, when Luverne won five bracket…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 10, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team extended its winning streak to 5-0 after taking down Redwood Valley 18-0 on the road Dec. 2 and Marshall 3-0 Dec. 4 at home. The Cardinals were scheduled to face Fairmont at home Tuesday, Dec. 9, before hosting Waseca Saturday, Dec. 13, and Windom Tuesday, Dec. 16. Luverne 18, Redwood Valley 0 Luverne boys’ hockey team put 18 goals in the Redwood Valley net on…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 10, 2025The Luverne Cardinals wrestling team started off the 2025-26 season hosting a triangular and then traveling to separate boys’ and girls’ tournaments this past week. On Thursday, Dec. 4, the Cardinals wrestled two home duals where they fell 47-18 to Redwood Valley and lost 60-16 to Jackson County Central. The LHS boys and girls team traveled to two separate tournaments Saturday, Dec. 6. The…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 10, 2025The Luverne boys’ basketball team captured two wins and had one loss this past week to start the 2025-26 season with a 2-1 record. Luverne beat Fairmont 66-64 at home Tuesday, Dec. 2, and at the Maple River Holiday Tournament the Cardinals fell 64-54 to Maple River and beat Esko 82-44 Saturday, Dec. 6 The Cardinals were scheduled to host Redwood Valley Tuesday, Dec. 9, and will travel to Blue…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 10, 2025The Luverne gymnastics team opened the 2025-26 season beating Redwood Valley 128.45-126.725 at home. “It’s nice to have the first meet behind us. It helps clear out some of the jitters and see how the judges score their routines,” LHS head coach Phoebe Flom said. “Now we have a solid baseline and can start making adjustments moving forward.” The Cardinals are led by two seasoned seniors,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 10, 2025Luverne fell twice this past week in girls’ basketball action. LHS lost 67-51 to Fairmont at home Tuesday, Dec. 2, and lost a one-point game to Arlington, South Dakota, 50-49 on the road Friday, Dec. 5. The Cardinals, now 1-2 for the season, were scheduled to host Jackson County Central Tuesday, Dec. 9, and Blue Earth Area Friday, Dec. 12. They will take on Windom Saturday, Dec. 13, at the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 10, 2025Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek football programs recently announced 15 players on the 2025 All-District team. In Class AAA, the Cardinals have eight individuals on the team. All-District honors went to seniors Jaydon Johnson, Josh Hansen, Jaxon Lais and juniors Coy Thone and Darius Dolo. Honorable mention went to seniors Landyn Lais, Connor Bose and Dawson Holtz. In nine-player football, the…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 10, 2025The Luverne girls’ hockey team fell 6-1 to Marshall Thursday, Dec. 4, on the road. The Cardinals hurt their efforts being penalized five times in the game, forcing them to play one skater down for a total of 10 minutes. Fortunately, Marshall capitalized on the LHS penalties only twice scoring two goals power plays. Cardinal senior goalie Emma Saarloos faced 45 shots and turned away 39 in the 6…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 03, 2025Luverne boys’ hockey obliterated Worthington 18-3 at home Tuesday, Nov. 25. The Cardinals put a total of 52 shots on net compared with the Trojans’ eight shots on net in the game. Luverne scored once on its only power play while Worthington was shut down on all three penalty plays it faced against Luverne. Junior Ben Hartquist found the back of the Trojans’ net three times in the game for a…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 03, 2025Luverne girls’ hockey team blanked Worthington 7-0 at home Tuesday, Nov. 25. The Cardinals put 40 total shots on Worthington’s goalie in the game and held the Trojans to just seven shots on goal in the win. LHS junior Tenley Behr started the scoring with a goal at 1:27 in the first period, marking her 100th career point as a Cardinal. “I was very excited to get the goal at home,” she said.…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 03, 2025The Luverne girls’ basketball team took down Edgerton Public 67-40 in its 2025 home opener Monday, Nov. 24. The Cardinals ran up a 32-13 lead in the first half and didn’t look back. In the second half they gathered another 35 points and finished the game with a 67-40 win over the Flying Dutchmen. Freshman Brielle John led the Cardinals posting a double-double in the first game. She had 15…
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