Luverne Sports
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 17, 2025The Luverne cross country team traveled to Rochester to participate in the Mayo Invitational on Thursday, Sept. 11. Luverne and 24 other schools took part in the large and competitive meet in which LHS was among the smallest schools running in the event. “Part of the reason we go to that meet is because there’s a larger number of competitors in each race. We get to see different teams and we…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 17, 2025The Luverne volleyball team lost four matches and won one this past week on the road. LHS fell to Redwood Valley Tuesday, Sept. 9, losing three games to one. On Saturday, Sept. 13, Luverne lost three matches and won one at the Jackson Invitational. LHS fell to Adrian/Ellsworth, Triton and New Ulm and beat Red Rock Central Saturday. The Cardinals, now 6-8 for the season, were scheduled to take…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 10, 2025The Luverne girls’ tennis team played four matches in five days, finishing 1-3 for the week. The Cardinals fell 7-0 to Fairmont on the road Tuesday, Sept. 2, and they beat Pipestone 4-3 at home Thursday, Sept. 4, to reclaim the Battle Racket. On Saturday, Sept. 6, the Cardinals played a doubleheader against Benson Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg (KMS) falling 4-3, and they lost 6-1 to Morris Area/…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 10, 2025The Luverne volleyball team fell twice and took West Lyon in five games to finish the week 2-1. LHS hosted Pipestone Tuesday, Sept. 2, losing the match 3-1 at home. Windom won a 3-0 match against Luverne Thursday, Sept. 4, in the Cardinals’ gym. Luverne beat West Lyon 3-2, winning in a fifth game 16-14 Monday, Sept. 8, at home. The Cardinals were scheduled to play Redwood Valley Tuesday, Sept…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 10, 2025The Luverne cross country team hosted the Bruce Gluf Invitational in Luverne Saturday, Sept. 6. In addition to Luverne, eight schools participated in the event including Dell Rapids, Garretson, Heron Lake-Okabena, Jackson County Central, Martin County West, Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey and South West Minnesota Christian/Edgerton. Luverne finished with 11 Top 10 finishers in the boys’ and girls’…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 10, 2025By Greg Hoogeveen The Luverne Cardinals football team ran over Sibley East 49-8 Friday, Sept. 5, on the road. Luverne amassed seven touchdowns in the first half, three coming on the ground and four through the air. “It was a good win for us, and all the kids were able to get minutes,” LHS head coach Todd Oye said. “It was apparent that we had the advantage in speed and were able to make some…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 03, 2025The Luverne Cardinals football team took the wind out of Blue Earth’s sails on Aug. 28, beating the Buccaneers 40-6 at home. After a scoreless first quarter, Luverne got the first score of the game in the second quarter on a 51-yard pass-and-catch play between senior quarterback Josh Hansen and junior Darius Dolo for six points. Dolo caught the ball in the middle of the field surrounded by four…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 03, 2025The Luverne girls’ volleyball team opened the 2025 season with a loss in Edgerton and a third-place tournament finish in Rochester in the past week. LHS has a 4-2 record for the season with three games set for the next week. The Cardinals were scheduled to play Pipestone Tuesday, Sept. 2, at home, and they’ll host Windom Thursday, Sept. 4, and West Lyon Monday, Sept. 8. SWMC 3, Luverne 1…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 03, 2025The Luverne girls’ tennis team improved their season record to 5-1, beating Redwood Valley and River Valley in home meets this past week. LHS blanked Redwood Valley with a 7-0 team win on Tuesday, Aug. 26, and outplayed River Valley 5-2 Wednesday, Aug. 27. Luverne will travel to three of their next four meets. LHS was scheduled to go on the road against Fairmont Tuesday, Sept. 2. Luverne…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 03, 2025The Luverne cross country team had 12 runners place in the Top 10 Friday, Aug. 29, in Mountain Lake. Luverne and 15 other regional schools participated in the Paul Metcalf Invitational at the Mountain Lake Golf Course. Lacking varsity runners in the early season, LHS placed three runners in the Top 6 spots in the boys’ and girls’ varsity 5,000-meter races. In the boys’ varsity race junior…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 27, 2025The Luverne girls’ tennis team jumped to three wins and one loss to start the 2025 season. The Cardinals beat MACCRAY 5-2 and took Yellow Medicine 4-3 in their first doubleheader Tuesday, Aug. 19, at home. LHS posted a one win, one loss doubleheader against Lac Qui Parle and Montevideo Thursday, Aug. 21. Luverne beat Lac Qui Parle 4-3 and fell 6-1 to Montevideo on the road. “All in all, it was…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 27, 2025The Luverne cross country team started the 2025 season participating in the Marshall Cross-Country Invitational Monday, Aug. 25. Luverne was one of nine teams invited to the event at the Marshall Golf Course. “We were very proud of the kids’ effort tonight. They got out and competed hard, which is all you ask for,” head coach Pete Janiszeski said. “It was a lot of kids’ first cross country…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 20, 2025The Luverne Country Club hosted three club tournaments in the past couple of weeks as golfing winds down for the season. The Senior Club Tournament was on Aug. 9, the Ladies Club Tournament was Aug. 15 and the Men’s Club Tournament was played Aug. 16-17. Senior Club Tournament The Senior Club Tournament was played Saturday, Aug. 9. First place went to Joe Dorhout with a score of 70.…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 13, 2025The 2025 youth soccer season kicked off Tuesday, Aug. 5, with over 200 kids, Pre-K through seventh grade, playing their first game of the short season. Organized games are played Tuesday and Thursday evenings from Aug. 5 through Aug. 28 on four separate fields west of the Luverne High School. Organizer Michelle DeKam said one of the reasons she started the program was so that her son could play…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 13, 2025The Luverne Redbirds ended their District 8B tournament run Saturday, Aug. 9, in New Ulm after falling 10-5 to the Raymond Rockets for a second time in the playoffs. The Rockets beat Luverne 5-3 Aug. 2 in the first round of the District Tournament in New Ulm. That loss put the Redbirds into the consolation bracket where they still had a chance to move on to the state tournament. Luverne beat…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 13, 2025Jaydon Johnson placed first overall in the Cardinal Pride competition on the first day of football practice. Individual event winners are: Bench press: Dawson Holtz - 225 pounds/six times. Squat: Landyn Lais - 315 pounds/six times. Lucas Madison - 375/one time. Power press: Landyn Lais - 185 pounds/five times, Dayson Fritz - 205/one time. Cleans: Connor Bose - 185 pounds/eight times, Jaydon…
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