Luverne Sports
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 02, 2025The Luverne High School track and field team traveled to Brookings, South Dakota, for the SDSU Ruth Marske Invite Saturday, March 29. The indoor meet hosted 26 high school teams from Minnesota, South Dakota and Iowa. Luverne had 10 top-10 finishes between the track and field events. Senior Eli Woodley topped the boys’ shot put event with a toss of 50-7.27. Senior Augusta Papik placed third in…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 02, 2025The Big South Conference and Red Rock Conference released their 2024-25 basketball all-conference picks. Luverne High School boys’ basketball seniors Carter Sehr and Landon Ahrendt and girls’ basketball freshman Taya Johnson were named to the all-conference team in the Big South Conference. In the Red Rock Conference, Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball juniors Micah Bush and Jamin Metzger,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 02, 2025Luverne activities director Todd Oye was named the “Paul Krueger - Class A Activities Administrator of the Year” Wednesday, March 26, at the state activities banquet in St. Cloud. A 1990 graduate of Luverne High School, Oye continued his education at North Dakota State College of Science (NDSCS) and Southwest Minnesota State University (SMSU), playing football at both institutions. He earned…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 02, 2025Local hockey player Easton Johnson of Luverne was recently invited to play for the USA Hockey National Team Development Program. “The objective of the NTDP is to develop the most promising players from anywhere in the United States. NTDP players come from all across the country,” according to the program’s website, usahockeyntdp.com. “The culmination of the two-year scouting process is an…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 02, 2025Eli Radtke, a 6-foot-2-inch junior at Northern State University, posted a personal best pole vault of 16 feet 4 inches Feb. 21 in the SDSU Last Chance meet at the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex in Brookings, South Dakota. His vault landed him a third-place finish in the meet. “Two more inches in my vault and I would have qualified for D2 Nationals,” Radtke said. While at Luverne High…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 02, 2025A college basketball player with local ties has just completed a successful season with the South Dakota State University women’s basketball team. Brooklyn Meyer, a 6-foot-2-inch junior on the team is the granddaughter of Bob and Karla Osterday of Luverne. She started in all 33 games for the Jackrabbits this season and participated in the second-round game in the 2025 NCAA Tournament against…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 26, 2025The Luverne High School student council held its annual March Mayhem basketball event Tuesday, March 18, in the Cardinal Gym. It’s an annual fundraiser for the organization, according to LHS Student Council adviser Jason Berghorst. “The council uses the funds raised to support events such as Homecoming, Snow Week, leadership events, Wellness Week, student recognition programs, and many other…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 26, 2025The Blue Mound Figure Skaters performed their 34th annual ice show at the Blue Mound Ice Arena Friday, March 21, and Saturday, March 22. This year’s title “Showtime” included 107 skaters from preschool to high school seniors featuring soloists, duets, trios and group skating performances. “The annual ice show is our year-end performance and is our biggest event of the year,” said Teresa Wieneke…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 19, 2025The Big South Conference released its 2024-25 all-conference boys’ hockey and wrestling team selections. LHS boys’ hockey players named to the all-conference list are junior Maddux Domagala, junior Gavin Hoven, junior Jaxon Lais, junior Landyn Lais and sophomore Ben Hartquist. Senior Blaik Bork received all-conference honorable mention. Landyn Lais scored his 100th career point against…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 12, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team finished the 2024-25 season falling twice in the state hockey tournament in St. Paul. The Cardinals lost a 7-0 game to the No. 1 seed Hibbing/Chisholm Bluejackets in the quarterfinals Wednesday, March 5, and fell 5-3 to the Northern Lakes Lightning in the consolation semifinals Thursday, March 6. Luverne finished the season with a 22-6-2 record and won the section…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 12, 2025The Luverne boys’ basketball team finished their 2024-25 season falling to Jackson County Central 73-61 in the section championship Saturday, March 8, in Marshall. The Cardinals beat Redwood Valley 90-79 in Windom Thursday, March 6, in the section semifinals to advance to the championship game against the Huskies. Luverne finished the season with a record of 19-8 this year. LHS 90, Redwood…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 05, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team beat Mankato West 3-2 in double overtime action Wednesday, Feb. 26, in the Section 3A championship at Lund Arena in St. Peter. “It was a great win in a tough-fought game,” said head coach Tony Sandbulte. “The boys hung together and finished what they started after going down 2-0 in the second period.” Luverne rallied, scoring two goals of their own in the final…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 05, 2025The Luverne boys’ basketball team beat St. James 91-72 in the first round of the section tournament Friday, Feb. 28, at home. Head coach John Sichmeller said he was happy with his team’s energy in the game. “We missed some easy shots early that would have helped us put them away a little sooner, but we made some nice runs to put the game out of reach,” Sichmeller said. The Cardinals had a 45-…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 05, 2025Luverne Cardinal wrestlers junior Bernie Rock and sophomore CeCe Rock both placed in the 2025 MSHSL state girls’ wrestling tournament Saturday, March 1, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Bernie Rock took home a second-place finish in the 122-pound weight class, and CeCe Rock finished in third place in the 148-pound weight class out of a bracket of eight competitors. “The girls competed…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 05, 2025The Big South Conference released the 2024-25 All-Conference girls’ hockey and gymnastics team selections. LHS gymnasts named all-conference are senior Amira Cowell and juniors Kianna Winter and Addyson Mann. Luverne girls’ hockey had two all-conference selections, senior Payton Behr and sophomore Izzy Steensma. Honorable mentions went to sophomore Tenley Behr and freshman Ellie Van Batavia.
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 26, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team will advance to the section championship after two big wins in the past week. The Cardinals beat Redwood Valley 9-0 at home Thursday, Feb. 20, in the section quarterfinals, and they edged out Mankato East 3-2 in the section semifinals Saturday, Feb. 22, in St. Peter. Luverne will take on Mankato West in the Section 3A championship game at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.…
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