Luverne Sports
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 08, 2025The Luverne Cardinals volleyball team finished 4-2 this past week, taking on six solid squads along the way. LHS won 2-1 against the Blue Earth Area Buccaneers Tuesday, Sept. 30, at home. Luverne traveled to the 2025 Jimmy John’s Classic in Marshall for a two-day tournament Friday, Oct. 3 and Saturday, Oct. 4. The Cardinals won three matches and fell twice at the tournament. On Friday LHS fell…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 08, 2025The Cardinals girls’ tennis team fell 4-3 to Lac Qui Parle Valley Monday, Oct. 6, in a team sectional playoff game, crushing their hopes of extended team postseason play. In the Cardinals’ final regular season match, they beat Worthington 4-3 at home Tuesday, Sept. 30, finishing with a 2025 season team record of 7-9. Luverne will have the opportunity to play again at the 2025 MSHSL Individual…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 08, 2025The Luverne cross country team hosted an eight team meet Thursday, Oct. 2, at the Luverne High School course west of the school. The LHS girls’ 5,000-meter varsity team finished in first place beating out four other teams in warm weather conditions. Luverne took first place with 46 total team points. Canby/Minneota was second with 56, Pipestone Area placed third with 62, Adrian/Ellsworth was…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 08, 2025Week 2 trap shooting scores are in for the Luverne team. Junior Lucas Madison was the high shooter, hitting 24 and 23 targets out of 25, for a 47-target total. Five athletes finished in the 40s, five finished in the 30s and one shot at 19. Luverne has three weeks left of competition shooting. Week 2 Results Athlete R1 R2 F Ashton Altman 19 19 38 Nolan…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 08, 2025Micky Sehr recorded his second career hole-in-one Wednesday, Oct. 1, at the Luverne Country Club. Both holes-in-one were dropped in on Hole 7 at LCC. His most recent hole-in-one went 146 yards off his 9-iron. Micky was golfing with Dan Serie, Pete Connell, Eric Lammert and his brother Jeff Sehr. “The ball landed a few feet right of the hole, spun left and appeared to stop right by the pin,”…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 01, 2025Luverne lost 20-16 to the Pipestone Arrows in the highly contested Battle Axe game Friday, Sept. 26, in Pipestone. LHS let a 16-13 fourth quarter lead slip with eight minutes left in the game on a broken passing play by Pipestone. The Arrows quarterback was pressured by Luverne, tucked the ball, and ran 63 yards to the end zone to take a 19-16 lead. The Arrows added the extra point kick to go…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 01, 2025The Luverne volleyball team posted two home wins, beating Jackson County Central 3-1 Tuesday, Sept. 23, and topping Edgerton Public 3-1 Monday, Sept. 29. The Cardinals are now 9-9 for the season. LHS was scheduled to host Blue Earth Tuesday, Sept. 30, and will take part in the Southwest Minnesota State University tournament in Marshall Oct. 3-4. Luverne 3, Jackson County Central 1 The…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 01, 2025Hills native Tony Goettsch joined 11 other runners to cover 437 miles in four days for one cause, The 437 Project. For the annual event, 12 runners traverse South Dakota from its Wyoming border to its Iowa border to raise money for the South Dakota Helpline Center, a suicide crisis center. The 2025 runners departed Spearfish Thursday, Sept. 25, and finished in Sioux Falls Sunday, Sept. 28. “…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 01, 2025The Luverne cross country team traveled to St. James Tuesday, Sept. 23, for in invitational at the Jackson Golf Course. The LHS girls’ 5,000-meter team placed first in their event, beating out St. James and Fairmont in the varsity event. The Cardinals boys’ varsity 5,000-meter team finished in sixth place behind Fairmont, Madelia, St. James, Lake Crystal Welcome Memorial-Nicollet and Sleepy Eye…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 01, 2025The Luverne girls’ tennis team lost two matches on the road this past week. The Cardinals fell 5-4 in a close match with Sioux Falls Lincoln Tuesday, Sept. 23, and lost 5-2 to Marshall Thursday, Sept. 25, to finish the regular season 6-8. The Cardinals are scheduled to host the Section 3A quarterfinals Monday, Oct. 6, at 4 p.m. The Cardinals’ opponent has yet to be determined as of this…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 01, 2025The Luverne High School trap shooting team started their fall season Monday, Sept. 22, at the Rock County Sportsman’s Club. This was their first of five weeks of competition in the Minnesota High School Clay Target League. Shooters compete in two 25-target rounds for a total of 50 targets, moving through different stations. Sophomore Ashton Altman shot a perfect 25 in his second round in the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 24, 2025The Luverne Cardinals edged out the Le Sueur-Henderson Giants Friday, Sept. 19, in a 6-0 victory at home in a defensive showdown between the teams. LHS junior Darius Dolo scored the only points in the game on an 81-yard catch and run pass from senior Josh Hansen in the second quarter. Dolo caught a short pass along the sideline, shook off a Giants defender, and sprinted to the end zone for a…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 24, 2025The Luverne Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) hosted their third of six flag football sessions in Luverne Saturday, Sept. 20. Ryan Johnson, along with several volunteers, coaches, and parents, host 45 teams and over 470 athletes each week for flag football games and to share the message of Christ. Johnson said, “The games expose the kids, grades 1-6, to flag football and the message of…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 24, 2025The Luverne volleyball team split two matches this past week The Cardinals beat St. James 3-2 on the road Tuesday, Sept. 16, and they fell 3-1 to Worthington at home Thursday, Sept. 18. Luverne is now 7-9 for the season. The Cardinals were scheduled to host Jackson County Central Tuesday, Sept. 23. They’ll face Edgerton Public Monday, Sept. 29, and Blue Earth Tuesday, Sept. 30, at home before…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 24, 2025The Luverne cross country team went on the road for two meets this past week. LHS participated in the Jackson County Central Tri for Health Thursday, Sept. 18, and headed to the Roy Griak Invitational at the University of Minnesota Les Bolstad Golf Course Saturday, Sept. 20. “We had a great week on two tough courses. The kids competed hard and are continuing to work to improve each time out,”…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 24, 2025The Luverne girls’ tennis team traveled to Blue Earth Monday, Sept. 22, falling 7-0 to the Buccaneers. The Cardinals put up a fight in the singles matches keeping the games relatively close. In the No. 1 singles match, senior Addyson Mann fell 6-2, 6-1 against her Buccaneer opponent. Senior Hannah Kempema lost 6-0, 6-2 in the No. 2 singles match. Junior Sophia Remme relinquished her No. 3…
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