Dr. Marques “Marc” Rhoades, 82, St. Paul, formerly of Yankton, South Dakota, died Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne.
A memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 11, at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Yankton, with visitation at 9 a.m. at the church.
Arrangements are provided by Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home of Yankton, opsahl-kostelfuneralhome.com.
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John David Thies, 81, Luverne, died Friday, May 20, 2022, in his home.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 26, at the Hartquist Funeral Home in Luverne. A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 27, at the United Methodist Church in Luverne with burial to follow at Salem Cemetery in rural Pipestone.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be donated to Salem Cemetery.Arrangements are provided by Hartquist Funeral Home of Luverne, hartquistfuneral.com.
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The Cardinal track teams had an early 4:30 a.m. bus ride to make the long trek to Stillwater for the state True Team meet. 
Twelve teams were competing, including one champion from each of the eight sections and four wild card teams.
The Cardinal girls placed second and the boys were fourth in an overall solid competition, according to coach Pete Janiszeski.
“I am extremely proud of the efforts the kids put in today,” he said.
“They got out and competed hard and put themselves in a position to be on the podium and win the meet. That’s all you can ever ask for.”
True Team competition originated in 1987 by the State Track and Field Coaches Association. 
The year-end Minnesota State High School Track and Field Meet also has a team winner, but it can often be won by a few athletes with high finishes.
The True Team meet embraces a full “team” concept. Each team has two entries per event and one relay team. Every entrant scores based on their finishes first on down to twenty-fourth, for example, in individual events.  
Throughout the meet the girls were steadily in the top three teams score-wise, ultimately taking home an impressive second-place finish. 
They were edged out by a mere four points by Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ost/Kingland.  
The LHS girls racked up six first-place finishes.
Tenley Nelson won the 800-meter run (2:21.96) and the 1,600-meter run (5:14.44). Jenna DeBates was first in the 3200-meter run (11:53.63), Elizabeth Wagner was first in the 300-meter hurdles (48.88), Jocelyn Hart was first in the shot put (38-07 3/4), and the 4-by-400-meter relay team of Tiana Lais, Elizabeth Wagner, Sarah Stegenga and Tenley Nelson was first in 4:09.62. 
Third-place finishers were Jenna DeBates 1600-meter run (5:26.07), Ella Schmuck 3,200-meter run (12:29.09), Jadyn Hart discus (116-06), Elizabeth Wagner high jump (4-10) and Kendra Thorson triple jump (32-01). 
The LHS boys finished fourth overall, missing third place by just 14.5 points. 
The boys had a big day from Ashton Sandbulte who finished first in the 100-meter-dash (11.18), first in the 200-meter dash (22.35), fourth in the 400-meter-dash (52.04) and fifth in the long jump (19-02.50). 
Eli Radtke won the pole vault (13-3).  
Camden Janiszeski had a second in the 1600-meter run (4:36.19). Third place finishers were Owen Janiszeski in the 800-meter run (2:07.78) and Jordan Friedrichsen shot put (47-05 3/4).
Janiszeski stated said he was proud of his Cardinal athletes.
“I told them before the meet to focus on excellence, execution and having fun, and if they did that, the points would take care of themselves,” he said.
“In a meet with 5,136 points available and to come within four points of a title on the girls’ side and 14.5 points of the podium on the boys’ side is just a tremendous tribute to these kids, the sacrifices they’ve made and their commitment to being the very best they can be.” 
The rest of the Cardinal finishes are as follows:
 
LHS girls
100  12. Isabella Oye 13.65  15. Sarah Stegenga 13.73 
200  11. Mia Wenzel 28.24  15. Anna Banck 28.62
400  7. Tiana Lais 1:04.06  8. Sarah Stegenga 1:04.18
800  14. Cassi Chesley
100H  19. Roselynn Hartshorn 19.11  21. Augusta Papik 19.31
300H  21. Augusta Papik 55.90
4x100  3. Mia Wenzel, Hailey Como, Anna Banck, Isabella Oye 53.06
4x200  9. Makena Nelson, Isabella Oye, Hailey Como, Anna Banck 1:54.58
4x800  3. Tiana Lais, Elizabeth Wagner, Maria Rops, Cassi Chesley 10:24.71
Shot put  5. Jadyn Hart 33-07 1/4
Discus  5. Jocelyn Hart 107-09
High jump  5. Mia Wenzel 4-10
Pole vault  10. Alexis Hultgren 8-00  22. Corynn Oye 6-00
Long jump  5. Kendra Thorson 15-04 3/4   14. Makena Nelson 14-09
Triple jump  13. Makena Nelson 30-06 1/4
 
LHS boys
100  7. Eli Radtke 11.64
200  14. Eli Radtke 24.52
400  12. Lucky Dara 54.64
800  4.  Camden Janiszeski 2:09.70
1600  4. Owen Janiszeski 4:36.85
3200  4. Ryan Fick 10:23.57  11. Sage Viessman 10:53.70
110H  20. Isaac DeBates 19.19  22. Micah Andersen 19.71
300H  20. Micah Andersen 48.17  23. Darius Dolo 50.31 
4x100  10. Noah Mehlaff, Ashton Hood, Tyler Rolphs, Zachary Terrio 48.72
4X200  8. Lucky Dara, Ashton Hood, Tyler Rolphs, Zachary Terrio 1:39.47
4x400  5. Lucky Dara, Camden Janiszeski, Owen Janiszeski, Zachary Terrio 3:45.23
4x800  9. Ryan Fick, Sage Viessman, Leif Ingebretsen, Kaleb Hemme 9:14.12
Shot put 9. Elijah Woodley 41-05
Discus  4. Jordan Friedrichsen 135-05  20. Elijah Woodley 102-08
High jump  10. Isaac DeBates 5-06  13. Gavin DeBeer 5-04
Pole Vault  9. Noah Mehlhaff 11-00
Long jump  22. Gavin DeBeer 16-08 3/4
Triple jump  16. Anyuon Atem 35-11 1/4   17. Gavin DeBeer 35-05.05

The Luverne High School softball players finished their regular season in Edgerton on Friday, May 20, when they defeated the Dutchmen 4-0.
The 17-3 Cardinals secured the first seed and were scheduled to host the first round of playoffs at home on Tuesday, May 24 (after this edition of the Star Herald went to press).
They will face the winner of Minneota/Canby and Windom.
Luverne was unable to get a baserunner in the first two innings versus the Dutchmen.
Jacey Smith got on base in the third off an Edgerton error. Billi Connell hit an RBI double to put Luverne on the board. 
The Dutchmen were unable to score and Luverne led 1-0 after three. Carly Olson hit a double to start off the fourth inning.
Reghan Bork sacrificed to move Olson over, and Kendall Buss was able to score the run with a pop fly that created another Edgerton error.
The Cardinals advanced their lead to 2-0 after four innings of play.
Ella Reisdorfer singled to start off the fifth inning. Billi Connell kept the hits coming with a single that scored Reisdorfer.
Peyton Behr hit a sacrifice fly to score Connell, taking the Cardinal lead to 4-0 after five innings.
Anika Boll had the only hit in the sixth inning. The Cardinals were unable to put any runners on base in the seventh, and the game ended with the Cardinals defeating the Dutchmen 4-0.
Gracie Nath pitched all seven innings for the Cardinals, allowing one hit and no runs. Nath walked one and struck out 13. 
 
Box score          AB    R     H    RBI 
B Connell           3       1     2     2 
P Behr                2       0     0     1 
C Olson              2       1     1     0
A Cowell            1       0     0     0
R Bork                2       0     0     0
K Buss               3       0     0     0
A Boll                 3       0     1     0 
B Smidt              3       0     0     0 
A Boll                 2       1     0     0  
J Smith               3       1     0     0
E Reisdorfer      3       1     1     0

The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ and boys’ golf teams traveled to Worthington Tuesday for their fourth and final Red Rock Conference meet of the season.
Senior Tess Van Maanen placed first overall for the third straight day with an 18-hole score of 92. Her lowest two-score total remained at 176, which was good enough to win the conference by nine strokes over the second-place finisher at 185.
Senior Danette Leenderts shot a 122 for the Lady Pates. Her current lowest two-round score was 228, which placed her 15th in the conference. 
The Patriot boys came away with a third-place finish in the Red Rock Conference.
Senior Austin Allen shot a 98 on his last day. His lowest two-round score was a 180, which gave him a fifth-place finish in the conference.
Patriot seniors Dallas Page (103), Ethan Kruger (104), Jacob Axness (118), and Daniel Martinyuk (103) contributed to the H-BC team’s results on the final day.
Axness was the other Top 15 finisher in the conference for the Patriots, finishing 14th.
The boys’ team total after four days of conference golf was 1245, just 54 strokes back from the first-place finishers Adrian/Ellsworth at 1191.
 
Patriot golfers compete in Adrian
The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ and boys’ golf teams traveled to Adrian Thursday afternoon, May 19, for a nine-hole matchup against Adrian/Ellsworth.
“The boys’ team lost to the conference champs in the last meet before the section meet. Tess Van Maanen had her lowest nine-hole score ever with a 39,” said coach Dan Ellingson. “Our seniors are playing well and our goal is to play the second day of sections.”
Van Maanen placed first overall for the day with her 39, five strokes better than the second-place finisher. Eighth-grader Abigayl Olson finished in seventh place for the Lady Pates with a 58 while senior Danette Leenderts came in ninth with a 62.
The Patriot boys lost to the Dragons by a score of 177-192. Seniors Daniel Martinyuk and Dallas Page led the way for H-BC by shooting 46s. Jacob Axness shot a 47 while Austin Allen shot a 53.
The Patriots are now preparing for the section golf meet in Worthington on Wednesday, May 25.

The Luverne amateur baseball team upped its season record to 3-1 with three decisive wins this week, all of them on the road. 
The Redbirds defeated Ruthton 19-0 on May 18, Pipestone 11-1 on Friday and Mountain Lake 10-3 on Sunday. 
The team returned to Redbird Field for a game against the Hadley Buttermakers on Wednesday (May 25) and will host the Jackson Bulls Friday night at 7:30 p.m. The Birds are then scheduled to play in Worthington on Wednesday, June 1. 
 
Luverne 19, Ruthton 0
The Redbirds had both offensive and defensive success when they picked up their first win of the season in Ruthton May 18. 
Luverne defeated Ruthton 19-0 in a seven-inning game shortened by the 10-run rule. 
Ethan Beyer pitched a complete game for Luverne. Beyer struck out nine while giving up seven hits, no runs and no walks. 
The Redbirds opened the game early by scoring nine runs in the top of the first inning. 
Declan Beers had a two-run RBI and Cade Wenninger added an RBI double, both in the first inning. 
Beers, who totaled five RBIs in the game, had another two-RBI double in the third inning. 
Luverne scored six more runs in the third inning and added two more in the fourth and seventh innings each to total 19 runs. 
Phil Paquette belted a two-run homerun in the fourth inning while Beers had a solo homerun in the seventh stanza. 
“It felt good to get into the win column,” said Luverne manager Brooks Maurer. “Our bats really came alive, and Beyer looked really sharp in his first outing of the year.” 
The win was also Maurer's 100th victory as Redbirds manager. 
 
Luverne     9 0 6 2 0 0 2 X X   19
Ruthton     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X     0
 
                           AB    R     H     BI
D Lundgren        6       3     3     1
P Paquette         4       3     4     3
C Reisch            2       0     1     0
S Wenninger      4       2     2     1  
B Serie               5       2     1     2
D Beers              5       3     3     5
N Johnson         3       1     1     2
B Maurer            0       1     0     0
E Beyer              4       2     1     0
C Wenninger      4       1     3     2
G Nath                5       1     0     1
 
Luverne 11, Pipestone 1
The Luverne Redbirds traveled to Pipestone Friday night for a make-up game against the A’s. They came home with a decisive 11-1, seven-inning victory. 
Luverne led 9-0 before Pipestone scored its lone run in the bottom of the fourth inning. 
When the Redbirds plated two more runs in the top of the fifth and held the A’s scoreless through the seventh, the game ended because of the ten-run rule. 
Derek Lundgren had three hits and scored three runs in the game. 
Skyler Wenninger, Jake Haugen and Cade Wenninger had two hits each with Skyler Wenninger scoring two runs and tallying three RBIs. 
Beyer and Cade Wenninger had two RBIs. 
Isaiah Bartels pitched a complete seven-inning game. Bartels offered only three hits, one run and one walk. He struck out 13 Pipestone hitters. 
 
Luverne         5 2 2 0 2 0 0 X X   11
Pipestone      0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X    1
 
                           AB    R     H     BI
D Lundgren       4        3     3     0
P Paquette         4       1     1     0
S Wenninger      3       2     2     3
B Serie               1       0     0     0
C Crabtree         1       1     0     0
J Haugen           5       1     2     1
E Beyer              5       1     1     2
C Wenninger      5       1     2     2
C Reisch            2       1     1     0
G Nath                5       0     1     0
 
Luverne 10, ML 3
It was the third road game in five days for the Redbirds and the third road victory when Luverne played in Mountain Lake Sunday. 
Beers led the Redbirds at the plate going three for five, including a triple, scoring three runs and adding three RBIs. 
Maurer tallied two hits and scored three runs. 
Luverne pitcher Cade Wenninger helped his cause on the mound by earning two hits, scoring one run and batting in two more runners. 
He gave up five hits, three runs and walked three while striking out 10 batters in eight innings on the mound. 
Maurer replaced Wenninger for the final inning. He gave up one hit and struck out two. 
 
Luverne          0 0 0 1 2 0 3 4 0    10
Mt Lake           0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0     3
 
                           AB  R    H     BI
E Beyer              5     2     1     0
D Beers              5     3     3     3
S Wenninger      4     0     1     1
C Wenninger      5     1     2     2
J Haugen           4     0     0     0
C Crabtree         4     0     1     1
C Reisch            4     0     0     0
M Sterrett           3     1     0     0
B Maurer            4     3     2     0

The Luverne boys’ tennis team suffered three consecutive setbacks to end the regular season before securing a solid victory in the quarterfinals of the section team tournament during a busy week.
The Cardinals lost a close contest to St. Peter 4-3 on Wednesday, May 18, in the Big South Conference championship meet.
On Saturday, May 21, Luverne went 0-2 at a tournament in St. James.
“We used these meets to try out a few different lineups and changes before our section tournament this week,” said LHS head coach Lucas Larson.
“That being said, the day should have gone better for us,” Larson said on Saturday.
“We need to put these meets behind us and look forward to section play this week. If we take care of our business, then all will be well.”
The Cardinals did just that when they opened section play with a decisive 7-0 victory over MACCRAY Monday afternoon in Luverne.
LHS traveled to Redwood Falls for the team section semi-final and championship meets on Tuesday after this edition of the Star Herald went to press.
Section individual tournament play is scheduled to begin today (Thursday) in Redwood Falls.
 
St Peter 5, Luverne 2
For the second time in four days, the Luverne Cardinals faced the St. Peter Saints. And for the second time in as many days, the Saints came away with the win.
St. Peter defeated LHS 5-2 in the first meet of the day Saturday in St. James.
Coach Lucas Larson said the team used a different lineup to give players an opportunity to face competition at new positions they may play during the section individual tournament.
Luverne’s Pierce Cunningham defeated Marty Anderson 7-5, 6-3 at No. 1 singles.
At No. 2 singles, St. Peter’s Fede Zimmermann bested Ethan Nath in a close match 5-7, 7-6 (6), 10-4.
Parker Carbonneau of Luverne lost to Colton Abels 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3 singles and Luverne’s Hunter Gaffaney lost by the same score to Ezekiel Ribar at No. 4 singles.
Cardinals Blake Frahm and Griffen Jarchow played doubles for the first time this season and defeated Cooper Dean and Anders Dixon 3-6, 6-3, 10-8 at No. 1 doubles.
At No. 2 doubles, Ben Taylor and Will Elias won over Luverne’s Chance Tunnissen and Logan Ommen 6-3, 6-4.
Kyle Ferguson and Jase Arp of Luverne lost 6-4, 6-3 to Tyson Schmitz and Quinn Dixon 6-4, 6-3 at No. 3 doubles.
 
St. James 4, Luverne 3
Luverne lost its second meet of the day when the Cardinals dropped a close 4-3 contest to St. James Saturday afternoon.
St. James won three of the four singles matches, while Luverne won two of the three doubles contests.
At No. 1 singles, Cunningham defeated Andrei Rivera 6-2, 4-6, 10-5.
Nath lost 4-6, 6-4, 10-3 to Brennan Kern at No. 2 singles, and Carbonneau came up short to Vince Brown 5-7, 6-2, 10-4 at No. 3 singles.
Ross Bergman of Luverne lost 6-2, 6-2 to Zech Ciske at No. 4 singles.
In doubles play, Frahm and Jarchow defeated Payton Brown and Devon Olson 6-3, 6-2 in the No. 1 slot.
At No. 2 doubles, Ommen and Tunnissen bested Preston Wegner and Adan Rodriguez 3-6, 6-4, 10-6.
Arp and Ferguson were defeated by Dylan Reid and Christian Pineda4-6, 7-5, 11-9 in a close match at No. 3 doubles. 
 
Luverne 7,
MACCRAY 0 
The Cardinals returned to their winning ways in the quarterfinal round of the Section 3A team tournament Monday afternoon.
LHS swept every game and match of singles play.
At No. 1 singles, Cunningham remained undefeated on the season with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Josiah Seehusen.
Jarchow, also undefeated in 2022, defeated Daniel Seehusen 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 singles.
At No. 3 singles, Frahm defeated Josh Castaneda and at No. 4 singles Nath defeated Brent Rassat by identical 6-0, 6-0 scores.
Luverne also swept the two doubles matches that were contested.
At No. 1 doubles, Ommen and Tunnissen were victorious over Brogan Harguth and Andrew Janssen 6-1, 6-3.
Ferguson and Arp defeated Nate Wieberdink and Austin Sweep 6-2, 6-2 at No. 2 doubles.
Spencer Kracht and Luke Bosch received a forfeit at No. 3 doubles to secure the 7-0 Cardinal victory.

The Luverne High School baseball team upped its record to 12-6 by defeating the Worthington Trojans Tuesday, May 17, at Redbird Field. 
The Cardinals were scheduled to play their final regular season game at Murray County Central in Slayton Tuesday after this edition of the Star Herald went to press. 
LHS will open the Section 3AA playoffs on Saturday with the opponent and location to be determined. 
The first two rounds of play will be at the high seeds on Saturday with round three games being played on Tuesday. 
Against Worthington, the Cards had a balanced offensive effort, scoring runs in each of the first four innings, including five in the fourth inning. 
Five Luverne players had hits in the game and seven players scored runs. 
Riley Sneller led the Cardinal offense against the Trojans. The LHS junior was three for three with three RBIs and one run scored. 
Sneller, Casey Sehr and Connor Overgaard all had doubles in the game. 
Braydon Ripka and Kaden Anderson each scored two runs for Luverne. Sehr had three RBIs.
Anderson (three innings), Sehr (two innings) and Conner Connell (two innings) all pitched for Luverne. 
Anderson gave up two hits, two runs and one walk. Sehr struck out two and gave up no hits and no runs. Connell gave up two hits, no runs and struck out four Trojan batters. 
 
Wgtn           2 0 0 0 0 0 0   2
Luverne      2 1 1 5 0 0 x   9
 
                           AB    R     H       BI
B Ripka              3       2     1        0
K Anderson       3       2     1        0
Casey Sehr        3       1     1        3
C Connell           2       1     0        1
C Overgaard      4       1     1        1
W Serie              2       0     0        0
N Cole-Kraty      1       0     0        0
R Sneller            3       1     3        3
E Domagala       1       0     0        0
Z DeBoer            2       0     0        0
Carter Sehr        3       1     0        0
P Kroski             0       0     0        0

The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ and boys’ golf teams traveled to Worthington Tuesday for their fourth and final Red Rock Conference meet of the season.
Senior Tess Van Maanen placed first overall for the third straight day with an 18-hole score of 92. Her lowest two-score total remained at 176, which was good enough to win the conference by nine strokes over the second-place finisher at 185.
Senior Danette Leenderts shot a 122 for the Lady Pates. Her current lowest two-round score was 228, which placed her 15th in the conference. 
The Patriot boys came away with a third-place finish in the Red Rock Conference.
Senior Austin Allen shot a 98 on his last day. His lowest two-round score was a 180, which gave him a fifth-place finish in the conference.
Patriot seniors Dallas Page (103), Ethan Kruger (104), Jacob Axness (118), and Daniel Martinyuk (103) contributed to the H-BC team’s results on the final day.
Axness was the other Top 15 finisher in the conference for the Patriots, finishing 14th.
The boys’ team total after four days of conference golf was 1245, just 54 strokes back from the first-place finishers Adrian/Ellsworth at 1191.
 
Patriot golfers compete in Adrian
The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ and boys’ golf teams traveled to Adrian Thursday afternoon, May 19, for a nine-hole matchup against Adrian/Ellsworth.
“The boys’ team lost to the conference champs in the last meet before the section meet. Tess Van Maanen had her lowest nine-hole score ever with a 39,” said coach Dan Ellingson. “Our seniors are playing well and our goal is to play the second day of sections.”
Van Maanen placed first overall for the day with her 39, five strokes better than the second-place finisher. Eighth-grader Abigayl Olson finished in seventh place for the Lady Pates with a 58 while senior Danette Leenderts came in ninth with a 62.
The Patriot boys lost to the Dragons by a score of 177-192. Seniors Daniel Martinyuk and Dallas Page led the way for H-BC by shooting 46s. Jacob Axness shot a 47 while Austin Allen shot a 53.
The Patriots are now preparing for the section golf meet in Worthington on Wednesday, May 25.