The Luverne High School trap shooting team posted scores for Week 7 of the season at the Rock County Sportsman’s Club.
Lucas Madison shot a perfect 25 in his second round this week, finishing with a total of 47.
Thirteen athletes were able to break the 40s this week, and scores are as follows:
 
Week 7 scoring
Round1   Round 2    Total
Cash Bonnett 21 22 43
Morgan Bonnett 14 15 29
Tyson Cowell 22 20 42
Alex DeWispelaere 20 19 39
Fox Forrest 8 10 18
Lucas Hansen 17 18 35
Jacob Henning 22 20 42
Samuel Honerman 22 22 44
Gavin Hoven 20 19 39
Andrew Kinsinger 22 23 45
Jacob Madison 18 22 40
Lucas Madison 22 25 47
Liam Murphy 21 19 40
Makayla Oechsle 18 17 35
Austin Ossefoort 21 23 44
Holden Overgaard 18 22 40
David Rathman 23 23 46
Jaden Reisch 17 19 36
JT Remme 23 22 45
Rayann Remme 18 17 35
Tucker Remme 15 15 30
Sawyer Sasker 16 16 32
Cameron Wieneke 17 18 35
Grant Wieneke 17 18 35
Piper Wynia 23 21 44

By Greg Hoogeveen
The LHS tennis team dropped four matches in the past week.
Luverne went on the road losing to Pipestone 3-2 Tuesday, May 9, Vermillion 7-2 Thursday, May 11, Yellow Medicine 5-2 and Montevideo 7-0 on Monday, May 15.
The Luverne tennis team was scheduled to host Fairmont Tuesday, May 16, and will host Benson and Lac Qui Parle Valley Thursday, May 18, and travel to a Quad at St. James Saturday, May 20. 
 
Pipestone 3, LHS 2
The Luverne tennis team traveled to Pipestone, winning one of four single matches and beating the Arrows in doubles Tuesday, May 9.
“This week’s matches were both very close. Just a few points swinging the other way for us would have given us a team win,” head coach Nathan Rud said.
“Ethan Nath played very well and Ross Bergman continues to improve every time out, and younger kids are coming along as well.”
In singles, senior Ethan Nath defeated Lucas Zupp, winning the first set 6-2, losing the second set 7-5, and winning the third 5-4. 
Senior Parker Carbonneau lost to Cody Norberg, winning the first set 6-2, and losing the last two sets 6-2, 6-3.
Senior Ross Bergman was defeated by Chase Wilson 6-3, 6-4.
Sophomore Kaleb Hemme was defeated by Mathew Swenson. Hemme won the first set 6-3 and lost the last two sets 6-3 and 6-2.
In two exhibition matches freshman Zander Carbonneau won 6-0 and freshman Elijah Henrichs lost a close match 6-7, 6-8.
The Luverne doubles team of Elijah Henrichs and Zander Carbonneau won by forfeit.
 
Vermillion 7, LHS 2
The Luverne tennis team went on the road Thursday, May 11, to play Vermillion.
Ethan Nath beat Caiden Mandernach 10-0.
Carbonneau lost to Lucus Green 10-4, Bergman was defeated by Grant Freeling 10-9, Carbonneau lost to Caleb Reins 10-3, Hemme lost to Theo Wittmuss 10-1, and Henrichs was defeated by Mason Freeling 10-0.
In doubles play Carbonneau and Hemme were defeated by Lucus Green and Mason Freeling 10-3.
Carbonneau and Nath beat Caiden Mandernach and Grant Freeling 10-2.
Freshmen Austin Sandbulte and Elijah Henrichs lost to Caleb Reins and Theo Wittmuss 10-2.
 
Yellow Medicine 5, LHS 2
The Luverne tennis team traveled to play Yellow Medicine losing 5-2 May 15.
In singles, Nath lost to Ryan Syring 6-1, 6-4, Carbonneau lost to Karter Canatsey 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, Bergman won against Liam Hadfield 6-0, 6-0, and Luverne gave up the last match by forfeit.
In doubles play Carbonneau and Hemme lost to Gage Corner 6-3, 7-5, Sandbulte and Henrichs beat Devin Ladwig and Mathias Vonderharr 6-3, 6-2, Luverne lost the last doubles match to forfeit.
 
Montevideo 7, LHS 0
The LHS tennis team traveled to Montevideo, losing 7-0 May 15.
In singles, Nath lost to Tyson Quigley 7-5, 6-2, Carbonneau lost to Simon Fitzkappes 6-0, 6-2, Bergman lost to Gabriel Lindermann 6-2, 6-0 and LHS gave up one match due to forfeit.
In doubles play, Carbonneau and Hemme lost to Soden and Ostendorf 6-0, 6-1, Sandbulte and Henrichs lost to Hagen and Canatsey 6-1, 6-0 and LHS gave up one doubles match due to forfeit.

The Luverne High School baseball team collected three more wins at home in the past week, nudging its season record to 12-3.
Luverne beat Jackson 7-6 Tuesday, May 9, and took two games from Redwood Valley 6-2, 10-0 Thursday, May 11.
The Cardinals were scheduled to travel to Worthington Tuesday, May 16, and they’ll host a doubleheader with Adrian/Ellsworth and Edgerton Monday, May 22. 
 
LHS 7, Jackson 6
Luverne beat Jackson County Central 7-6 Tuesday, May 9, at home after building a five-run lead through five innings.
In the bottom of the second, sophomore Layke Miller grounded out while scoring senior Riley Sneller from third base.
In the fourth inning Miller got his second RBI on a grounder to second, scoring Sneller once again from third.
In the fifth, junior Conner Connell sent a ball over the left field wall to bring in sophomore Carter Sehr from third and junior Elliot Domagala from second.
In the sixth and seventh innings Luverne gave up six runs total, letting the Huskies take the lead 6-5.
In the bottom of the seventh, with Luverne down by one run and one out, Connell tied the game at six on an error by the Huskies catcher.
With the game now tied and LHS with two outs, junior Jacob Stroh singled on a 2-2 count, and Sneller scored his third run of the game.
LHS seized the 7-6 victory, bringing their season record to 10 wins and three losses.
Connell started on the mound going 6 1/3 innings, allowing four hits and four runs while striking out 12 batters.
Stroh was given the win pitching two-thirds of an inning, giving up two hits and two runs and striking out two batters.
 
BOX Score
JHC 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 6
LHS 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 7
 
Batting
Luverne AB R H RBI
Sehr 3 1 1 0
Domagala 4 1 0 0
Serie 2 0 0 0
Connell 3 2 2 3
Sneller 2 3 1 0
Miller 3 0 0 2
DeBoer 4 0 0 0
Schlosser 1 0 1 0
Stroh 2 0 1 1
Kroski 2 0 0 0
Left on base: 6 
HR: Connell
TB: Connell 5, Schlosser, Sehr, Sneller, Stroh
SB: Connell, Schlosser, Sneller
 
Pitching
Luverne  IP  H R ER  SO
Connell   6.1  4 4  2   12
Stroh       .2   2  2  2   2
Win: Stroh
Pitches-Strikes: Connell 18-28, Stroh 1-5
 
LHS 6, Redwood 2
The Cardinals hosted Redwood Valley Thursday, May 11, for a doubleheader, beating the Redwood Cardinals 6-2 in Game 1 and 10-0 in the second game.
LHS won off solid pitching and smart base management.
Stroh started on the mound and pitched 4 1/3 innings while allowing five hits and two runs and striking out five batters.
Patrick Kroski and Sehr came in as relievers and held Redwood to only one hit between them.
Scoring for Luverne in the fourth inning were Serie off a Miller single, Stroh off  a Domagala ground ball single and Miller from third base on an error by Redwood’s first baseman.
The Cardinals added three more runs in the sixth inning. Landon Ahrendt scored from third on an error by the center fielder, and Domagala and Zach DeBoer scored off a Schlosser hard ground ball past the shortstop.
 
BOX Score
RWV 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
LHS 0 0 0 3 0 3 x 6
 
Batting
Luverne AB R H RBI
Sehr 2 0 0 0
Sneller 3 0 0 0
Serie 3 1 1 0
Connell 3 0 0 0
Stroh 2 1 0 0
Ahrendt 0 1 0 0
Miller 2 1 1 1
Domagala 2 1 2 1
DeBoer 3 1 1 0
Schlosser 3 0 1 2
Left on base: 3 
TB: DeBoer, Domagala 2, Miller, Schlosser, Serie
SB: DeBoer, Sehr
 
Pitching
Luverne IP H R ER  SO
Stroh      4.1  5  2  2   5
Kroski      1   1  0  0   1
Sehr       1.2  0  0  0   5
Win: Sehr
Pitches-Strikes: Stroh 82-49, Kroski 18-9, Sehr 21-16
 
LHS 10, Redwood 0
Luverne blanked Redwood 10-0 in the second game of the May 11 doubleheader, allowing the Redwood Cardinals only two total hits in the five-inning game.
DeBoer pitched the full five innings and did not give up a run while striking out six batters and walking one.
Luverne collected 10 RBIs off 11 hits. Six of the RBIs came from Connell and DeBoer with three apiece.
LHS covered 15 total bases in the game and had four doubles.
 
BOX Score
LHS  0 0 5 1 4 x x 10
RWV 0 0 0 0 0 x x  0
 
Batting
Luverne AB R H RBI
Sehr 4 2 2 0
Sneller 2 2 0 0
Serie 2 2 1 1
Connell 3 1 3 3
Domagala 3 1 1 1
Miller 2 0 0 0
Stroh 1 0 0 0
DeBoer 2 1 1 3
Schlosser 3 1 2 0
Buss 2 0 1 2
Left on base: 7 
2B: Connell, DeBoer, Schlosser, Sehr
TB: Connell 4, DeBoer 2, Domagala, Buss, Schlosser 3, Sehr 3, Serie
SB: Sehr, Sneller
 
Pitching
Luverne IP H R ER  SO
DeBoer   5   2   0   0    6
Win: DeBoer
Pitches-Strikes: DeBoer 71-51

The Luverne High School softball team upped its season record to 10-6 after a successful week on the ball diamonds.
The Cardinals beat Windom 3-1 and 14-1 at home in a doubleheader May 9. They took down Blue Earth 18-0 and 21-5 in a doubleheader on the road May 11 and beat Adrian at home 21-5 on May 15.
Luverne was scheduled to host Worthington Tuesday, May 16, and Edgerton Thursday, May 18.
 
LHS 3, Windom 1
The Cardinals softball host team pulled away from the Eagles in the fourth, closing the inning leading 3-1 during the first game of the Windom doubleheader on May 9.
In the bottom of the fourth, the Cardinals’ first two batters, sophomore Amira Cowell and junior Anika Boll, reach first on errors.
Sophomore Payton Behr then grounded into a fielder’s choice, Cowell reached third on a throw to second and scored on an error by the catcher.
Boll and Behr then scored off a hard single to center field by junior Kenedee Franken.
Junior Gracie Nath pitched a complete game for LHS, allowing five hits and one run, striking out 10 and walking none.
 
BOX Score
WHS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0  1
LHS 0  0 0 3 0 0 x 3
 
BATTING
Luverne AB R H RBI
Smidt 4 0 1 0
Olson 3 0 0 0
Reisdorfer 3 0 0 0
Cowell 3 1 1 0
Boll 2 1 1 0
Behr 3 1 1 0
Franken 3 0 1 2
Serie 2 0 0 0
Kracht 2 0 0 0
Lenz 1 0 0 0
3B: Smidt
Total bases: Smidt 3, Cowell, Franken, Behr, Boll
SB: Serie, Reisdorfer
 
PITCHING
Luverne IP H R    ER   SO
Nath         7    5   1     0    10
Pitches-Strikes: Nath 88-63
Batters faced: Nath 26
 
LHS 14, Windom 1
The Cardinals started the second game against Windom on May 9 in Luverne where they left off in the first game — in charge.
“We really came out with an aggressive mindset at the plate, and it paid off,” head coach Brooks Maurer said.
“We had 11 different girls get hits, which was fun to see as a coach.”
Luverne scored 14 points off nine hits and had a team total of 14 RBIs, five of them coming from senior Carly Olson.
In the second inning, 
Behr scored off a bases-loaded walk. Olson then drove one out of the park with the bases still loaded for a grand slam.
Junior Tori Serie, sophomore Regan Mehlhaff and junior Elizabeth Smidt all crossed home plate with Olson, making the score 5-0 at the end of the second inning.
Freshman Allie Kracht scored for Luverne in the third, and sophomore Ella Reisdorfer scored in the fourth inning, making it a 7-1 game after four.
The fifth and sixth innings were stalemates with no runs scored.
 In the seventh inning the flood gates opened and the Cardinals doubled their score, driving senior Kaylee Lenz, Serie, Kracht, Smidt, Olson, Reisdorfer and Cowell across home plate.
Cowell led things off on the mound for LHS, pitching five innings, allowing one run on four hits, striking out one.
 
BOX Score
LHS  0 5 1 1 0 0 7 14
WHS 0 0 0 1 0 0 x 1
 
BATTING
Luverne AB R H RBI
Smidt 3 2 0 2
Olson 4 2 1 5
Reisdorfer 4 2 2 2
Cowell 4 1 1 1
Boll 4 0 1 1
Behr 3 1 2 2
Franken 2 0 0 0
Lenz 1 1 0 0
Serie 4 2 2 1
Mehlhaff 3 1 0 0
2B: Behr, Reisdorfer
3B: Serie
HR: Olson
Total bases: Serie 4, Olson 4, Behr 3, Reisdorfer 3, Boll, Cowell
SB: Reisdorfer 2, Behr, Cowell
 
PITCHING
Luverne IP H R    ER   SO
Cowell      5    4   1    0     1
Nath         2    0   0    0     1
Pitches-Strikes: Cowell 99-59, Nath 17-14
Batters faced: Cowell 22, Nath 6
 
LHS 18, Blue Earth 0
Gracie Nath took the mound throwing a no-hitter over four innings to help beat the Buccaneers 18-0 in Blue Earth on May 11.
Nath struck out six and walked one.
The Cardinal batters could not be stopped, racking up 18 hits and 14 RBIs in the game.
Olson and Serie hit two doubles while Boll and Behr added one each.
Reisdorfer posted her second homer of the year, smacking one over the fence in the first inning, collecting one of her two RBIs with Olson on base.
 
BOX Score
LHS   5 5 8 0 x x x 18
BLRT 0 0 0 0 x x x 0
 
BATTING
Luverne AB R H RBI
Behr 4 3 3 1
Smidt 3 1 1 1
Olson 4 3 3 4
Reisdorfer 2 3 2 2
Cowell 3 3 2 1
Mehlhaff 1 1 0 0
Franken 2 1 1 1
Lenz 2 1 1 1
Serie 4 1 2 2
Boll 4 1 2 1
Kracht 4 0 1 0
2B: Olson 2, Serie 2, Boll, Behr
HR: Reisdorfer
Total bases: Olson 5, Reisdorfer 5, Behr 4, Serie 4, Boll 3, Cowell 2, Lenz, Franken, Kracht, Smidt
SB: Boll, Behr, Olson
 
PITCHING
Luverne IP H R  ER  SO
Nath         4  0   0   0    6
Pitches-Strikes: Nath 49-34
Batters faced: Nath 14
 
LHS 21, Blue Earth 5
The second game in Blue Earth played out much like the first. The LHS batters were on fire.
Blue Earth was able to get some offense going, scoring five on six hits.
Reisdorfer was clutch at bat for LHS going three for three at bat, crossing the plate twice, and posting six RBIs in the game.
She added another home run in the first inning, knocking in two of her six RBIs.
Boll had three RBIs and three runs, Mehlhaff drove in three RBIs and crossed the plate twice, and Olson added two RBIs and three runs in the game.
Cowell started on the mound pitching three innings, allowing four hits and five runs while striking out three batters.
Nath came in to relieve, pitching one inning, allowing two hits and no runs.
 
BOX Score
BLRT  0 0 5 0 x x x   5
LHS    8 8 5 x x x x  21
 
BATTING
Luverne AB R H RBI
Behr 2 2 2 1
Smidt 2 3 1 1
Olson 2 3 1 2
Reisdorfer 3 2 3 6
Cowell 1 1 1 1
Nath 0 0 0 0
Serie 2 2 1 1
Boll 4 3 3 3
Lenz 3 2 1 0
Mehlhaff 3 2 2 2
2B: Reisdorfer, Boll
HR: Reisdorfer
Total bases: Reisdorfer 7, Boll 4, Behr 2, Mehlhaff2, Olson, Smidt, Cowell, Serie, Lenz
 
PITCHING
Luverne IP H R  ER  SO
Cowell      3 4   5   3    3
Nath         1  2   0   0    1
Pitches-Strikes: Cowell 64-42, Nath 15-11
Batters faced: Cowell 19, Nath 5
 
LHS 16, Adrian 1
The Cardinals softball team fired up early and didn’t look back against Adrian Monday night, May 15.
In the first inning Reisdorfer doubled, scoring Behr and Mehlhaff to go ahead 2-0.
In the second inning Luverne let loose, driving in 11 runs and put the game out of reach for the Dragons.
Scoring in the second  was Lenz off a Smidt single. Kracht, Behr and Smidt crossed the plate on an Olson double.
Mehlhaff scored on a Boll sacrifice fly.
Reisdorfer scored when Lenz was hit by a pitch.
Cowell scored when Kracht picked up a walk.
Serie scored on a Behr single, and Lenz scored on an error by the shortstop.
Kracht scored on a Smidt fly ball single.
Behr scored on a wild pitch.
In the third inning the Cardinals added two more runs when Smidt singled to center. Lenz scored and Kracht scored, beating the throw to home.
And finally in the fourth inning Boll scored on a Serie double.
Nath got the win, pitching four innings, allowing one run on two hits and striking out seven batters.
 
BOX Score
AHS 0  0  0 1  x x x   1
LHS 2 11  2 1 x x x  16
 
BATTING
Luverne AB R H RBI
Behr 2 3 1 1
Mehlhaff 0 2 0 0
Smidt 4 1 3 4
Olson 3 0 2 3
Reisdorfer 1 1 1 2
Franken 1 0 0 0
Cowell 1 1 0 0
Nath 1 0 0 0
Boll 3 1 1 1
Serie 3 1 1 1
Lenz 0 3 0 1
Kracht 1 3 1 1
2B: Olson, Kracht, Reisdorfer, Serie
Total bases: Olson 3, Smidt 3, Kracht 2, Reisdorfer 2, Serie 2, Behr, Boll
SB: Behr 2
 
PITCHING
Luverne IP H R  ER   SO
Nath        4   2   1   1    7
Pitches-Strikes: Nath 63-38
Batters faced: Nath 16

The Hills-Beaver Creek golf teams participated in the Red Rock Conference No. 3 meet on Tuesday, May 9.
The boys’ team traveled to Westbrook-Walnut Grove, finishing six out of seven teams, and the girls played at Slayton and did not place with only two girls competing.
The Patriots traveled to Adrian May 12 where the boys lost 161-209 and the girls played a two-on-two match with the Dragons.
H-BC was scheduled to travel to the Red Rock Conference golf meet No. 4 in Worthington Tuesday, May 16, and the Patriots will take on Lamberton Thursday, May 18, on the road.
 
Red Rock Conference golf meet No. 3
The Hills-Beaver Creek golf team competed in the Red Rock Conference golf meet No. 3 Tuesday, May 9.
Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda/Westbrook Walnut Grove took first with a combined 18-hole score of 318. Adrian/Ellsworth placed second with 328, Southwest Christian-Edgerton was third with 357, Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey was fourth with 369, Murray County Central was fifth with 399, Hills-Beaver Creek was sixth with 409, and Red Rock Central finished seventh with 410.
“The boys’ team shot a low score for the year and so did Cameron Allen and Micah Bush,” Patriots head coach Dan Ellingson said.
Bush, a freshman, led the Patriots with an 18-hole score of 92.
Allen, a sophomore, turned in a two-round total of 93, eighth-grader Camdyn Broesder finished with a 109, senior Brock Harnack posted a 115, and junior Cooper Gehrke finished with a 124.
Freshman Abby Olson turned in an 18-hole score of 132, and junior Taylor Spykerboer shot a 193.
“The girls’ team did not have a good day,” Ellingson said. “They started off poor and never recovered.” 
 
H-BC vs. Adrian
In a golf meet at Adrian Friday, May 12, the Patriot boys lost to Adrian 161-209 in nine-hole play.
“This was the first time our players have played at Adrian,” Ellingson said.
“Although our scores were not the best of the year, our experience is helping us to make better decisions on the course.”
He said the boys are on the verge of breaking the 200-stroke team barrier for nine holes.
“I feel like we will do that this week,” Ellingson said. “Either Tuesday at Worthington or Thursday at Sanborn.”
Allen led H-BC with a round of 49, Harnack turned in a score of 50, Bush shot a 51, Broesder finished with a 59 and Gehrke shot a 63.
For the girls’ team Olson turned in a round of 59 and Spykerboer shot a 65.
Both H-BC and Adrian had only two female golfers in the meet.

Luverne’s boys’ and girls’ track and field teams won the Big South Championship in Blue Earth Monday, May 15.
The Cardinals claimed 13 first-place finishes, nine second places and four third-place medals at the meet, in addition to 42 other athletes placing in the Top 10.
The Cardinals beat six other schools in the conference to claim the title.
The Luverne boys’ team placed first with 136 total team points, followed by Jackson County Central with 103, Redwood Valley with 93, Pipestone Area with 81, Windom Area with 78, St. James Area with 70 and Blue Earth Area with 44 total points.
 
The LHS girls’ team placed first with 156.5 total team points, followed by Jackson County Central with 134, Redwood Valley with 99, Pipestone Area with 81, Windom Area with 58, Blue Earth Area with 53.5 and St. James Area with 29 total points.
The next Luverne track and field event is scheduled to be at Stillwater Saturday, May 20.
Individual event results from the Big South competition are listed below.
 
Girls’ 4x800 Meter Relay
First Place - 10:11.65
Jenna DeBates, Tiana Lais, Maria Rops, Cassi Chesley
 
Boys’ 4x800 Meter Relay
First Place - 8:30.24
Camden Janiszeski, Ryan Fick, Dylan Ommen, Sage Viessman 
 
Girls’ 100 Meter Hurdles
Fifth Place - 17.18 PR
Augusta Papik
Seventh Place - 18.90
Roselynn Hartshorn
10th Place - 20.09
Jerzey Hood
 
Boys’ 110 Meter Hurdles
Ninth Place - 21.79
Ashton Pick
 
Girls’ 100 Meters
Seventh Place - 14.15
Hailey Como
10th Place - 14.29
Baylee Smidt
14th Place - 14.43
Morgan Hadler
 
Boys’ 100 Meters
Second Place - 11.81
Lucky Dara
Seventh Place - 12.32 PR
Coulter Thone
Ninth Place - 12.51
Ashton Hood
 
Girls’ 4x200 Meter Relay
First Place - 1:52.47
Sarah Stegenga, Makena Nelson, Anna Banck, Isabella Oye 
 
Boys’ 4x200 Meter Relay
First Place - 1:35.20
DJ Rock, Gavin DeBeer, Zachary Terrio, Lucky Dara 
 
Girls’ 1600 Meters
Third Place - 5:45.10 PR
Ella Schmuck
Fifth Place - 5:54.73
Grace Ingebretsen
Ninth Place - 6:18.08
Kayla Bloemendaal
 
Boys’ 1600 Meters
Fourth Place - 4:48.88 PR
Carsen Tofteland
Seventh Place - 5:00.36 PR
Leif Ingebretsen
Eighth Place - 5:00.94
Sage Viessman
 
Girls’ 4x100 Meter Relay
First Place - 53.16
Sarah Stegenga, Anna Banck, Makena Nelson, Isabella Oye 
 
Boys’ 4x100 Meter Relay
Second Place - 47.49
Ashton Hood, Coy Thone, Coulter Thone, Isaac DeBates 
 
Girls’ 400 Meters
First Place - 1:00.50 PR
Elizabeth Wagner
Fifth Place - 1:09.67 PR
Roselynn Hartshorn
15th Place - 1:16.02
Josie Anderson
 
Boys’ 400 Meters
10th Place - 58.63 PR
Dylan Ommen
11th Place - 1:00.1
Ashton Hood
17th Place - 1:05.44 PR
Eli McLendon
 
Girls’ 300 Meter Hurdles
First Place - 49.70 PR
Reinha John
Sixth Place - 55.56 PR
Jerzey Hood
 
Boys’ 300 Meter Hurdles
Third Place - 46.90
Coy Thone
Ninth Place - 53.30
Ashton Pick
 
Girls’ 800 Meters
Third Place - 2:28.67
Jenna DeBates
Fourth Place - 2:29.01 PR
Cassi Chesley
Eighth Place - 2:41.85 PR
Grace Ingebretsen
 
Boys’ 800 Meters
Second Place - 2:05.85
Camden Janiszeski
Fifth Place - 2:11.04
Owen Janiszeski
12th Place - 2:18.03 PR
Marcus Papik
 
Girls’ 200 Meters
Fifth Place - 29.62
Hailey Como
Ninth Place - 29.93 PR
Baylee Smidt
12th Place - 30.24 PR
Morgan Hadler
 
Boys’ 200 Meters
First Place - 23.68 PR
Lucky Dara
Sixth Place - 24.88 PR
Zachary Terrio
10th Place - 25.47
Isaac DeBates
 
Girls’ 3200 Meters
Fifth Place - 14.44.06
Josie Anderson
 
Boys’ 3200 Meters
Second Place - 10:02.20 PR
Ryan Fick
10th Place - 12:24.84 PR
Eli McLendon
 
Girls’ 4x400 Meter Relay
First Place - 4:15.17
Tiana Lais, Ella Schmuck, Reinha John, Elizabeth Wagner 
 
Boys’ 4x400 Meter Relay
Fourth Place - 3:24.74
Zachary Terrio, Camden Janiszeski, Carsen Tofteland, Coulter Thone 
 
Girls’ Discus Throw
First Place - 121-03
Jadyn Hart
Second Place - 115-07
Jocelyn Hart
Fifth Place - 86-02 PR
Hannah Sneller
 
Boys’ Discus Throw
Second Place - 112-08
Elijah Woodley
Fifth Place - 107-01
Keaton Ahrendt
Eighth Place - 104-00
Ryker Johnson
 
Girls’ Shot Put
First Place - 37-01.0
Jadyn Hart
Second Place - 37-00.5
Jocelyn Hart
Fifth Place - 31.01.5 PR
Hannah Woodley
 
Boys’ Shot Put
Second Place - 42-06
Elijah Woodley
Fourth Place - 41-02.5
Keaton Ahrendt
Seventh Place - 40-03.5
Ryker Johnson
 
Girls’ Long Jump
Fourth Place - 15-02.5
Kendra Thorson
Ninth Place - 12-10.25 PR
Marlee Nelson
13th Place - 12-07.5 PR
Abby Boltjes
 
Boys’ Long Jump
Fifth Place - 19-04
Gavin DeBeer
11th Place - 17-07
Dylan Ommen
15th Place - 16-09.5 PR
Coy Thone
 
Girls’ Triple Jump
Seventh Place - 30-00
Kendra Thorson
Ninth Place - 29-08.25
Jerzey Hood
15th Place - 25-09
Abby Boltjes
 
Girls’ High Jump
First Place - 5-00 PR
Augusta Papik
Seventh Place - 4-06
Reinha John
10th Place - 4-04
Maria Rops
 
Boys’ High Jump
Second Place - 6-00 PR
Isaac DeBates
Third Place - 5-08
Gavin DeBeer
 
Girls’ Pole Vault
Fourth Place - 8-06 PR
Corynn Oye
11th Place - 6-00 PR
Kayla Bloemendaal
 
Boys’ Pole Vault
First Place - 13-00
DJ Rock
Sixth Place - 10-00
Tyler Rolfs
Eighth Place - 9-00
Leif Ingebretsen

The Luverne High School golf team had a busy week of competition, participating in three events.
The Cardinals played in the Fairmont Invitational Saturday, May 6, with the boys taking home second place and the girls eighth place.
They competed in the Big South West Event 3 Monday, May 8, when the boys took first place in Marshall and the girls were fourth in Redwood Valley.
LHS traveled to Morton for the Big South Conference Championship on Monday, May 15, when the boys took first place as the Big South Champions and the girls were eighth.
The Luverne golf teams will compete next week in the Buffalo Lake-Hector sections competition. The girls will play Wednesday, May 24, and the boys’ team will play Thursday, May 25.
 
Fairmont Invitational
The Luverne golf teams traveled to Fairmont Saturday, May 6, for the Fairmont Cardinal Invite.
 
The boys’ team played at Interlaken Golf Club, taking second place out of 12 teams, and the girls played at Rose Lake Golf Club, placing eighth out of 10 teams.
The Cardinal boys placed two golfers in the Top 10 at the 18-hole tournament.
Junior Henry Hartquist took first place overall with a score of 72.
Junior Owen Sudenga placed third with a score of 74.
Other LHS golfers at the meet were senior Brady Bork who shot an 85, sophomore Levi Gonnerman with an 85, junior Tyler Arends with an 88 and eighth-grader Will Bergman with an 89.
Luverne’s team score of 316 was good for second place behind Minnewaska with a 314 total.
Behind LHS were Marshall with 327, Fairmont with 336, St. Peter with 339, Blue Earth Area with 339, Worthington with 350, Jackson County Central with 360, Pipestone with 363, North Union with 363, New Ulm with 368, Redwood Valley with 373 and Windom with a partial team score of 286.
 
The Cardinal girls finished in eighth place with a combined team score of 420. 
Senior Lauren Hansen led Luverne with an 18-hole score of 91.
Hansen was followed by junior Perceyis Trierweiler with 106, junior Kiesli Smith with 109, senior Deziree Nath with 114, senior Mallory Von Tersch with 119 and senior Abigail Anderson with 125.
Redwood Valley took first place in the meet with a score of 338. Fairmont was second with 359, followed by Worthington with 366, Blue Earth Area with 373, St. Peter with 385, Marshall with 401, North Union with 405, Luverne with 420, Jackson County Central with plus 144 after 17 holes and New Ulm with 478.
 
Big South West Event 3
The Luverne boys’ golf team traveled to Marshall Monday, May 8, taking first place out of six teams.
The LHS girls’ golf team traveled to Redwood Valley May 8, placing fourth out of four teams.
 
Luverne’s boys’ team combined score of 303 beat out five other teams at the Big South West Event.
Three Luverne golfers placed in the Top 12 individual score for the day.
Hartquist took top honors with his first-place finish of 66.
Sudenga tied for fifth place with a score of 77.
Bork placed seventh with a score of 78.
Bergman finished in 12th place with a score of 82.
Gonnerman finished with an 84 and Arends shot an 85.
“We had a very good day today.  Hartquist’s round, I believe, is a school record and our team score of 303 is the best team score that I can remember,” head coach John Sichmeller said.  
“Hartquist had an awesome round with six birdies and no bogeys. It was also good to see Bergman have his best round of the year with an 82.”
Marshall came in second with 311, Pipestone finished third with 329, Worthington was fourth with plus 46, Windom was fifth with 335 and Redwood Valley placed sixth with 349.
 
The Luverne girls’ team finished in fourth place with a team combined score of 442.
“It’s always difficult to score well at this course,” head coach Chris Nowatski said. “Putting was our biggest struggle.”
One LHS girls’ golfer placed in the Top 12 individual players for the day. Hansen placed 12th with a score of 100.
Trierweiler finished the day at 107, Smith recorded a 114, Nath shot a 121, Anderson shot a 123 and Von Tersch finished with a 126.
Redwood Valley was first with 345, Worthington was second with 382 and Marshall was third with 391.
 
Big South Conference Championship
LHS boys’ and girls’ golf teams participated in the Big South Conference Championship Monday, May 15, at Dakotah Ridge Golf Club in Morton where the boys took first place and the LHS girls were eighth.
The Cardinal boys’ team placed first, taking the first-ever Big South Championship in LHS history.
Luverne beat out 11 other teams at this year’s event, finishing with a combined team score of 308.
Luverne placed four golfers in the Top 6 at the event. Bork placed second with an 18-hole total of 73. Hartquist was third with a 74, and Gonnerman and Sudenga tied for sixth place with 78s.
Two other Cardinal golfers for Luverne had good days but placed lower than 15th place in the individual competition. Arends finished with an 84 and Bergman shot an 89.
Three LHS golfers, Hartquist, Sudenga and Bork, also garnered Big South Conference All-Conference team awards.
In second place at Big South competition was St. Peter with 307. For third place there was a three-way tie at 332 among Blue Earth Area, Windom Area and Marshall.
Sixth place went to Fairmont with 341, Waseca was seventh with 344, Pipestone took eight with 346, New Ulm was ninth with 349, Redwood Valley took 10th with 353, Jackson County Central placed 11th with 354 and Worthington finish 12th with 357.
 
The Luverne girls’ golf team played later Monday, placing eighth out of 10 teams.
The Luverne girls placed in the event as follows: Hanson placed 28th with a 103, Thierweiler placed 40th with 113, Smith placed 43rd with 114, Nath placed 44th with 115, Von Tersch placed 49th with 120 and Anderson placed 52nd with 124.
The girls’ team championship went to Redwood Valley with a team combined score of 339.
Blue Earth Area was second with 352, Fairmont took third with 361, St. Peter finished fourth with 364, Worthington was fifth with 379, Marshall was sixth with 389, Waseca placed seventh with 421, Luverne was eighth with 445, Windom Area was ninth with 460 and New Ulm finished in 10th with 501.

Once upon a time there was a little blond boy who grew up near Luverne between the Rock River and Blue Mounds State Park.