Luverne Sports
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 26, 2025Luverne gymnasts senior Amira Cowell and junior Kianna Winter participated in the 2025 MSHSL individual and all-around state tournament Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul. Cowell competed in her fourth state tournament of her career, with 2025 being the first time she qualified in the all-around competition. Winter participated in her first state tournament qualifying…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 26, 2025The Luverne boys’ basketball team collected two wins in their last two regular season games for a 17-7 record going into the playoffs. The Luverne Cardinals beat Fairmont 59-42 at home Tuesday, Feb. 18, and took down Minneota 92-60 at home Thursday, Feb. 20. Luverne will host St. James in the first game of the 2025 section playoffs Friday, Feb. 28. Game time is 7 p.m. LHS 59, Fairmont 42…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 26, 2025The Luverne wrestling team sent nine Cardinals to the 2025 MSHSL Section 3AA individual wrestling tournament at Dawson Saturday, Feb. 22. Luverne had one fifth-place finish, three sixth-place finishes and five unplaced wrestlers in the tournament. “The boys wrestled tough, and we were able to get some placers,” head coach Jordan Kopp said. “This was the toughest section tournament for…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 26, 2025The Luverne girls’ basketball team gave up two losses to Fairmont to end their season with a record of 4-22. The Cardinals took on Fairmont in their last regular season game of the season, falling 66-41 Tuesday, Feb. 18, on the road. In the first section 3A playoff game Luverne lost 61-37 to Fairmont once again Friday, Feb. 21, on the road. “I think playing them Tuesday and then Friday was a…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025The Luverne gymnastics team hosted the 2025 Section 3A tournament Saturday, Feb. 15, and took second place in the event. Seven conference teams participated in the team and individual events for a chance to quality for the state tournament Feb. 21-22 at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul. The Cardinals’ second-place team score was 133.925. They followed Worthington, which took top honors…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025The Luverne girls’ hockey team fell 5-2 to Marshall in the section championship Tuesday, Feb. 11, at Lund Arena in St Peter. With the loss, the Cardinals finished their 2024-25 season with a record of 18-7-2. Marshall is scheduled to take on Section 8A Warroad in the state quarterfinals Wednesday, Feb. 19, at the Xcel Energy Center. During the regular season, Luverne and Marshall split wins.…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025The Luverne boys’ basketball team hosted two conference games this past week, falling 75-62 to Jackson County Central Tuesday, Feb. 11, and beating Worthington 91-73 Thursday, Feb. 13. The Cardinals will host Minneota Thursday, Feb. 20, in their last regular-season game of the year. JCC 75, LHS 62 Luverne fell 75-62 to Jackson County Central at home Tuesday, Feb. 11. Trailing 36-24 at the…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team tied Minnesota River 3-3 after one overtime period Friday, Feb. 14, at home. In the final regular season conference game, both teams would not relinquish their position and played tough in the final eight-minute overtime period. In the first period, Minnesota River drew first blood, scoring an even-strength goal at 8:10. In the second period, LHS sophomore Ben…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025By Greg Hoogeveen The Luverne High School girls’ basketball team split two conference games at home this past week. LHS fell 91-55 to Jackson County Central Tuesday, Feb. 11, and beat Worthington 52-46 Thursday, Feb. 13. The Cardinals were scheduled to play their final regular season game Tuesday, Feb. 18, against Fairmont on the road. JCC 91, LHS 55 Luverne fell to a strong Jackson…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 12, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team gathered three more wins, taking down Marshall 7-3 on the road Tuesday, Feb. 4, topping New Ulm 6-2 at home Friday, Feb. 7, and routing Windom 12-0 on the road Monday, Feb. 10. The Cardinals’ final regular season game is Friday, Feb. 14, against Minnesota River at home. LHS 7, Marshall 3 The Cardinals powered through Marshall in a 7-3 win on the road Tuesday,…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 12, 2025The Luverne girls’ hockey team took down Fairmont 6-1 in section semifinal action at home Saturday, Feb. 8. The Cardinals took a 3-0 lead in the first period with two goals from freshman Ellie Van Batavia and one from junior Greta McClure. In the second period Van Batavia completed a hat trick, scoring the lone goal in the period, bringing the score to 4-0. In the third period Luverne tacked…- By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 12, 2025Two Luverne girls’ wrestlers qualified for state at the section individual tournament Friday, Feb. 7, and Saturday, Feb. 8, in Redwood Falls. Junior Bernie Rock and her sister, sophomore CeCe Rock, are heading to the state tournament for the third year in a row. Bernie qualified in the 112-pound weight class with a first-place finish in section action. She received a bye in the first round. In…
- By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 12, 2025The Luverne High School boys’ basketball team fell by two points in a 109-107 finish against Windom at home Friday, Feb. 7. At halftime the Cardinals found themselves down 60-37, and in the second half they fell behind Windom by 26 points before fighting their way to a 95-95 tie late in the game. The Cardinals were not able to overtake the Eagles in the final minutes and fell in a close contest…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 12, 2025The Luverne gymnastics team lost 134.550-129.675 to Martin County Area on the road Tuesday, Feb. 4, and beat St. James 134.950-121.925 at home Thursday, Feb. 6, in the last regular season meets of the year. Luverne will host the 2025 Section 3A gymnastics tournament Saturday, Feb. 15, at noon in the Classic Gym. Martin County Area 134.550, LHS 129.675 The Luverne gymnastics team fell to…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 12, 2025The Luverne girls’ basketball team fell 79-38 to the Windom Eagles at home Friday, Feb. 7. The Cardinals found themselves down 40-21 at the half and were only able to put 17 more points on the board in the second half. Luverne had 34 turnovers and gave up 18 stolen balls in the game. Rebounds favored Windom with 38 and the Cardinals with 35. Freshman Taya Johnson led the Cardinals with 13…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 12, 2025The Luverne wrestling team participated in the Elk-Point-Jefferson quadrangular Tuesday, Feb. 4, falling in two duals and winning one. Luverne fell 48-36 to Garretson, 51-30 to Elk Point-Jefferson, and beat Baltic 54-12. The Cardinals traveled to Springfield Friday, Feb. 7, placing nine wrestlers in the invitational. Luverne takes on Marshall Thursday, Feb. 13, on the road for the section…
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