Carolyn Wilma Sneller, 92, formerly of Parker, South Dakota, died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
A funeral service was Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Calvary Reformed Church in Monroe, South Dakota, with burial following at the Rosehill Cemetery in Parker.
Carolyn Boone was born on Dec. 18, 1928, to William and Carrie (VerSteeg) Boone in Sanborn, Iowa. She was one of 14 children. She graduated from Sioux Center High School in Sioux Center, Iowa, and received her teaching certificate from Westmar College in LeMars, Iowa. She retired from teaching in 1953.
On Dec. 30, 1949, Carolyn married Raymond Sneller in Sioux Center, Iowa. For the first few years of their marriage, she lived on a farm near Sioux Center, Iowa. After her husband served in the Korean War, they moved in 1954 to a farm near Milan, Minnesota. In 1959 they moved to a farm near Monroe and in 1968 moved to their farm near Parker. They retired to Parker in 1991.
Carolyn was a member of the Calvary Reformed Church in Monroe. She served as a Sunday School teacher, choir director, soloist, and guild secretary for many years. She was Calvary’s church librarian for 22 years.
She had many hobbies including music, cooking, crocheting, reading and decorating. She also loved spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Carolyn fought three bouts of cancer. She went on to live a full life and lived to see the weddings of her sons and her grandchildren, the births of her great-grandchildren, and the graduation of her oldest great-granddaughter.
Carolyn is survived by her husband, Raymond; two sons, Rev. Wayne (Tamra DeNeui) Sneller of Luverne and Robert (Janelle VanDerWeerd) Sneller of Parker; six grandchildren, Kari Dykstra of Sioux Falls, Jodie (Paul) Wielenga of Sioux Center, Iowa, Jana (Dr. Codie) Zeutenhorst of Luverne, Deric (Rebecca)  Sneller of Okinawa, Japan, and Jared Sneller of Parker; nine great-grandchildren; six sisters, Joan Den Hartog of Sioux Center, Lillian Hogan of Lakewood, California, Karen (Irv) DeBoer of Sioux Center, Judy (Ivan) Friese of New Ulm, Audrey Gesink of Orange City, Iowa, Ruth (Gib) Meyer of Sioux Center; one brother, Raymond (Hazel) Boone of Jacksonville, Texas; and two sisters-in-law, Ruth Boone and Donna Boone of Sioux Center.
She was preceded in death by her parents; stillborn daughter Lynette Rae; sisters June VanDenBerg and Ann Cochran; brothers William D. Boone, Vernon Boone, Marvin Boone and Kenneth Boone; brothers-in-law Paul DenHartog, Norm Hogan, Elmer Gesink, Ted VanDenBerg, and Jim Cochran.
Arrangements were provided by the Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Home of Parker, www.hofmeisterjones.com
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H-BC High School Honor Roll
 
Quarter 1
A Honor Roll
Seniors: Austin Allen, Jacob Axness, Taylor Durst, Troy Durst, Journey Dwire, Kenadie Fick, Weston Kellenberger, Josephyne Klosterbuer, Ethan Kruger, Danette Leenderts, Drew Leenderts, Daniel Martinyuk, Samantha Moser, Dallas Page, Tara Paulsen, Liam Raymon, Max Scholten, Aliyah Stoltenberg, Gideon Taubert, Tess Van Maanen, Conner Vande Voort, Mackenzie Voss.
Juniors: Olivia Bork, Devon Dysthe, Jenifer Martinyuk, Brayden Metzger, Amallia Ternus, Leif Tollefson, Joshua Wiersema.
Sophomores: Grace Anderson, Lanae Elbers, Sylvia Fick, Alexis Gardner Swenson, Taylor Gehrke, Tahliya Kruger, Ty Leuthold, Brynn Rauk, Larissa Steinhoff, Joylynn Taubert.
Freshmen: Beau Bakken, Isabella DeBoer, Gracie Fagerness, Jackson Gacke, Lukas Hubbard, Blake Leenderts, Michael Martinyuk, Jack Moser, Harli Rozeboom, Bailey Spykerboer, Lexxus Wessels, Amber Wiersema.
Eighth: Micah Bush, Mya Erickson, Claire Knobloch, Jamin Metzger, Abigayl Olson, Austyn Pap, Sarah Prohl, Ella Sammons.
Seventh: Brynn Bakken, Katelyn Chesley, Hailey Moser, Ava Steinhoff.
 
Quarter 1
B Honor Roll
Seniors: Cole Baker, Ty Bundesen, Oliver Deelstra, Taylor Dolphin, Andrew Harris, Carter Hartz, Nathan Kruid, Donavon Leenderts.
Juniors: Luke Fuerstenberg, Tyrae Goodface, Alexander Harris, Taylor Huisman, Ellynor Klosterbuer, Britton McKenzie, Cody Moser, Riley Sheppard, Elisha Taubert.
Sophomores: Taryn Birger, Layla Deelstra, Madison Gaugler, Cooper Gehrke, Aiden Kerhove-Brandt, Justin Roelfs, Taylor Spykerboer, Avril Susie, Olivia Susie, Riley Tatge, Carter Vande Voort.
Freshmen: Sawyer Bosch, Emma Deelstra, Kadence Rozeboom, Ashton Taubert, Johnathan Tiesler, Quintyn Volden, Gracie Wilhelmi.
Eighth: Callum Bartels, Ally Birger, Caidence Ellis, Abigail Harris, Bode Kruger, Jack Kruger, Gavyn Leuthold, Henre Merson, Hadley Spath, Joshua Ternus, Jacob Tiesler, Nate Van Maanen, Gavin Voss, Jacob Wallin, Eduardo Wegener, Isabel Wysong.
Seventh: Camdyn Broesder, Olivia Deelstra, Jed Fagerness, Makynzie Hellerud, Brooklynne Hubbard, Hunter Leenderts, Carielynne Merson, Riggins Rheault, Tryg Tollefson, Tatyana Williams.

Seniors: Jase Arp, Trista Baustian, Reghan Bork, Luke Bosch, Kendall Buss, Pierce Cunningham, Elise Ferrell, Jordan Friedrichsen, Hunter Gaffaney, Trygve Gangestad, Kayetlin Huiskes, Olivia Huisman, Griffen Jarchow, Tenley Nelson, Mary Opitz, Eli Radtke, Ethan Rahm, Kristin Rud, Ashton Sandbulte, Alenya Sayavong, Madeleine Schmuck, Cheyenne Schutz, Casey Sehr, Brenn Siebenahler, Macy Stratton, Macie Swenson, Luke Thielbar, Hope Thorson, Luke Thorson, Chance Tunnissen, Brooklynn Ver Steeg, Olivia Wieneke.
Juniors: Justis Ahrendt, Mariam Alinizi, Abigail Anderson, Josie Anderson, Ross Bergman, Emma Beyer, Brady Bork, Parker Carbonneau, Phoebe DeBates, Zachary DeBoer, Egypt Forrest, Sarah Gehrke, Jacie Graham, Lauren Hansen, Jadyn Hart, Joceyln Hart, Tori Hemme, Camden Hoven, Grace Ingebretsen, Camden Janiszeski, Anja Jarchow, Ashlyn Johnson, Katharine Kelm, Isabella Lanoue, Reese Louwagie, Jocelynn Mann, Lacey Morseman, Ethan Nath, Mallory Nelson, Carly Olson, Logan Ommen, Isabella Oye, Joseph Remme, Alyia Renken, Travis Schempp, Averill Sehr, Ryenn Stegenga, Kamryn Van Batavia, Cedar Viessman, Mallory Von Tersch, Ava Vortherms, Christina Wagner, Elizabeth Wagner.
Sophomores: Morgan Ahrendt, Tyler Arends, Tucker Banck, Zoey Berghorst, Kayla Bloemendaal, Abby Boltjes, Brynn Boyenga, Kai Buss, Cassandra Chesley, Conner Connell, Jenna DeBates, Elliot Domagala, Elle Halverson, Henry Hartquist, Roselynn Harshorn, Uriel Hernandez, Julia Hoogland, Kira John, Patrick Kroski, Maya Limones Gonzalez, Emma Lusty, Jacob Madison, Evan McCrary, Makena Nelson, Tori Serie, Elizabeth Smidt, Kiesli Smith, Sarah, Stegenga, Skylar VanderSteen, Brooklyn Wicks.
Freshmen: Keaton Ahrendt, Zachary Brown, Jaycee Chapa, Nathan Cole-Kraty, Hailey Como, Kaitlin Conger, Audrie DeBates, Marcos Diaz, David Happeny, Zariah Holmgren, Leif Ingebretsen, Owen Janiszeski, Katia Jarchow, Ryker Johnson, Caitlin Kindt, Brianna Kinsinger, Linkon Knorr, Nora Louwagie, Andrea Luitjens, Xavier McKenzie, Elijah McLendon, Liam Murphy, Emma Nath, Janica Oechsle, Hallie Pergande, Katherine Pizel, Ella Reisdorfer, Maria Rops, Layne Sasker, Hannah Sneller, Sage Viessman, Marcus Vortherms, Elijah Woodley, Piper Wynia.
 
Quarter 1
B Honor Roll
Seniors: Hunter Ahrendt, Kayden Anderson, Rylee Anderson, Christopher Aning, Hannah Baker, Brandon Berghorst, Ayden Bonnett, Paige Bruhn, Jordyn Cleaveland, Nathaniel Cole-Kraty, Billi Connell, Timothy Eisma,  Sam Emery, Blake Frahm, Morgan Gonnerman, Jacob Hansen, Burke Johnson, Kyle Kephart, Zachary Kruse, Cody Mounce, Chase Overgaard, Connor Overgaard, Silvia Recuero, Ethan Roemeling, Grace Sandbulte, Lacey Sasker, Jack Schlosser, Colin Schoneman, Jacey Smith, Tanner Terrio, Mia Wenzel.
Juniors: Gannon Ahrendt, Avarie Brecher, Tyson Cowell, Lily Ehlers, Yoselyn Gonzalez Quintana, Andy Halverson, Lucas  Hansen, Nicholas Hansen, Kaleb Hein, Tiana Lais, Kaysie Lenz, Cole Mann, Priscilla Muehr, Deziree Nath, Austin Ossefoort, Lola Peterson, Riley Sneller, Carsen Tofteland, Ryan Vos, Zoe Wek, Harley Wendland.
Sophomores: Anika Boll, Morgan Bonnett, Sarah de Cesare, Gavin DeBeer, Brendan Eidem, Ryan Fick, Kenedee Franken, Morgan Hadler, Michael Halsne, Samuel Honerman, Addison Huiskes, Spencer Kracht, Ava Loosbrock, Joelia Lopez-Bomstad, Gracie Nath, Alyssa Petroff, Tyler Rolfs, Dennie Sandbulte, Sawyer Sasker, Mitchel Sauer, Will Serie, Owen Sudenga, Zachary Terrio, Perceyis Trierweiler, Zane Verba, Josie Voorhees, Steven Woods, Aiden Worshek, Adam Ask, Bethany Behr, Payton Behr, Christopher Bonilla, Amira Cowell, Lucky Dara, Trevor DeBates, Tiana Franken, Madison Hansen, Kaleb Hemme, Ashton Hood, William Johnson, Camden Kunkel, Christopher Matthiesen, Shelby McCarthy, Morgan McTigue, Regan Mehlhaff, Gemma Nelson, Dylan Ommen, Corynn Oye, Lilian Palmquist, Augusta Papik, Jaden Reisch, Tucker Remme, Carter Sehr, Maren Stegenga, Coulter Thone, Kendra Thorson, Zane Walgrave, Tayden Xaphakdy.

Sanford Luverne Hospice personnel led the 2021 Tree of Lights ceremony Thursday, Dec. 2, at the corner of Main Street and Highway 75. More than 300 loved ones were honored and remembered with a lighted bulb on the holiday tree. The tree will be lit through the holiday season. Proceeds from the event benefit the hospice program.

Blooming plants are wonderful gifts to brighten our homes for the holiday season.  Knowing what makes them happy keeps the color show going.
Poinsettias are the traditional favorite. Red is the natural color and all other colors and variations are mutations that have been “hybridized” to give us choices.
The red color is actually a bract of red leaves that attract pollinators to the little yellow flowers in the center of the bract. Poinsettias are native to Mexico which means that winter cold is not their choice.
To keep them happy, protect them from cold drafts and keep the soil moist … like a cake is moist. If they dry to the point of wilting, they will definitely drop leaves to compensate (complain) for the lack of moisture. The flowers will mature and drop, but the red bract can last for several months.
Bright light keeps them happy … low light will result in a gradual loss of green leaves.
      Amaryllis bulbs are another gift choice for this holiday season. Again, not a native of cold climates, but grown indoors, they present a dramatic display of dazzling big flowers in shades of red, pink, white, and variegations.
The bulbs are often sold in a potting kit, and the fun part is the dramatic rate of growth once the flower spike emerges. Like many spring blooming bulbs, the flower buds are already formed in the bulb when it goes dormant, meaning that if you want a repeat performance, you have to give the bulb the opportunity to reestablish that bud in the bulb for the next year … yes, I did say for the next year. If you have it in a location with low light, the flower stalk and leaves will stretch and that’s not a good thing.
After the flowers have finished, cut off that stalk but NOT the leaves. The leaves feed the bulb, and that is essential if you want to see the flower cycle repeat.
In recent years, a new twist is the “waxed” bulb that does not get planted. It is just anchored and the flower stalk emerges because it is time for that to happen. When the flowers are finished, it hits the compost or garbage, a sad farewell!
Christmas cactus are another popular but finicky winter bloomer. Once they are acclimated to their “spot”, they resent being moved. Being a form of cactus, they like growing on the dry side except when the flower buds have developed. Letting them dry out will definitely shorten the bloom season.
Christmas cactus prefer bright light but will acclimate to indirect light; however, it will not stay as compact. Often they will do a repeat bloom about six to eight weeks after their initial show.
Like poinsettias, the short day length is what initiates flower buds. They are happiest root bound and can continue growing in a six- to eight-inch pot for years.
     Another fun gift is paper white narcissus bulbs. They can be grown in water in a container of pebbles or rocks because you are just coaxing the bulbs to bloom, not a long term keepsake. Growth is rapid, that’s the fun part.
The not so fun part is the fragrance … it is extremely heavy. That’s great if you like it, not so great if you don’t!

The Cardinals had a busy span of days with three games in seven days that ended with an impressive 3-0 record on the year.
The Luverne boys hockey team hosted Marshall for a thrilling 7-6 overtime win Nov. 30 and traveled to Redwood Falls Dec. 2 to pick up an easier 13-0 victory before returning home Saturday to beat Waseca 10-1.
New Ulm comes to the Blue Mound Ice Arena Friday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. for a big Section 3 game.
 
Luverne 7, Marshall 6
Hockey fans couldn’t have asked for a more thrilling game when the Luverne boys’ hockey opened the season on Tuesday, Nov. 30, at Blue Mound Ice Arena against the Marshall Tigers.
Three periods were not enough, so overtime decided the contest with Luverne coming up with the win.
It took 4:28 into the first period for the hometown Cardinals to get on the board. Sophomore Owen Sudenga dug a puck out of the corner to find junior Brock Behrend in the high slot, and he blasted a high wrister above the glove of Marshall’s goalie Ezra Maurice to take a 1-0 lead.
But the lead wouldn’t last but two minutes when Marshall scored two unanswered goals within 35 seconds of each other to take the lead from the Cardinals.
The Cardinals answered back with a beautiful pass from Behrend to Patrick Kroski who slid it past Maurice to tie the game at 2-2 halfway through the first period.
The Cardinals and Tigers went back and forth the rest of the period until Marshall went on the power play with 2:35 left in the period. Patrick Kroski intercepted a Marshall pass on the blue line and it beat Maurice for Kroski’s second score of the game with a big shorthanded goal with just 35 seconds left to give Luverne a 3-2 lead going into the locker room.
Shots on goal were 13-11 in favor of Luverne.
In the second period Luverne and Marshall traded a couple of goals each. At 4:04 into the period, Luverne’s Ethan Langseth fired a hard shot from the blue line, and Owen Sudenga buried the rebound for the Cardinals to take a two-goal lead.
Marshall answered back on the power play to narrow the gap to one.
It was the Cardinals’ turn on the power play when Kroski executed a wrap-around goal from behind the net with an Elliot Domagala assist to bring the lead back to two.
Marshall again capitalized on the penalty with a big goal with .9 seconds left in the period to bring the Tigers within one at the end of the second period.
Shots on goal for the period were 15-12 with Luverne goalie Tyler Arends making some big saves.
Like any rivalry, the game saw a lot of physical play, and the third period wasn’t any different, with a total of eight penalties in the period.
Marshall’s Zach Kramer ran into Arends, and a massive scrum ensued that led to five penalties and put Marshall on the power play on the major penalty. They capitalized on the opportunity with two goals within 24 seconds of each other to take the lead 6-5 early in the third period.
Down by one, the Cardinals didn’t give up, firing shot after shot on Maurice. With a smidge over a minute left in the game, Behrend fired a wrister on net and crashing winger Brady Bork got a big rebound on the backdoor and buried it to tie the game and force an exciting overtime.
In overtime Luverne threw a fury of shots in the first three minutes on Maurice. The Cardinals got the puck to defenseman Will Serie who blasted a hard wrister through the legs of Maurice to give the Cardinals an exciting win in front of their hometown fans.
Shots on goal for the game ended at 39-37 in favor of the Cardinals. Arends ended the game with 31 saves.
 
Luverne 13,
Redwood Falls 0
With the first away game of the season Thursday, the long bus ride didn’t slow the Cardinals boys down at all. They never let up in Redwood Falls.
Patrick Kroski got the scoring started for Luverne 5:55 into the game with an assist from Brady Bork to take a 1-0 lead. Not even two minutes later Luverne’s Brock Behrend beat Redwood Valley’s goalie Camden Cilek, with an assist by Henry Hartquist, to give the Luverne Cardinals a two-goal lead. Hartquist again got an assist with a goal from junior Caleb Hein, with sophomore Tucker Damann also assisting. The first period ended 3-0 in Luverne’s favor with a very commanding lead in shots on goal, 30-6.
The floodgates opened in the second, with Luverne making seven unanswered goals.
Blaik Bork made it 4-0 on an unassisted goal five minutes in. Behrend got his second goal of the game two minutes later with assists going to Owen Sudenga and senior Ethan Langseth. Brady Bork made his first of the game with a little over 11 minutes left in the second period, with assist going to Kroski.
With nine minutes left, Kroski would beat Cilek to make it 7-0. Brady Bork scored again at the 11-minute mark of the period. It was Sudenga and Tucker Damann getting the last two goals of the period to give Luverne a 10-goal lead at intermission. Luverne goalie Tyler Arends get the 0 on the scoreboard. Shots on goal were 52-13 Luverne.
Sudenga made two more goals to register his first varsity hat trick, and Henry Hartquist scored one more to close out the third period.
Arends got the shutout for Luverne. Total shots on goal for the game were Luverne 62, Redwood 18.
 
Luverne 10, Waseca 1
The Luverne boys’ hockey team was back at the Blue Mound Ice Arena Saturday against Waseca.
It didn’t take long for the Cardinals to get on the board in the first period. Luverne sophomore Patrick Kroski beat Waseca’s Eli Wetzel just 44 seconds into the game with assist going to Brock Behrend.
Four minutes later defenseman Henry Hartquist blasted a shot past Wetzel to give the Cardinals a two-goal lead five minutes into the game.
Waseca got on the scoreboard midway through the period, beating Luverne goalie Tyler Arends. The first period ended 2-1 with Luverne having an 18-14 advantage in shots on goal.
Arends made 13 saves in the period.
Luverne pulled away from Waseca in the second. Brady Bork, Elliot Domagala, and Kroski each got one goal, and Blaik Bork put a couple past Wetzel to make the score 7-1 after two periods.
Sudenga had a couple of assists, and Behrend had three in the second for the hometown Cardinals. Shots on goal for the period were 12-11 Luverne.
The third period started with Sudenga picking up two goals at the 2:00 and the 7:53 mark. Domagala and Brady Bork assisted on the goals.
Kroski got his third goal of the game with an assist to Behrend.
Tyler Arends made another three saves in the period and ended with 27 on the game. Finals shot on goal were 40-28 in favor of Luverne.
The Cardinals boys had an impressive first week of the season and moved to 3-0 on the year.
New Ulm comes to the Blue Mound Ice Arena Friday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. for a big Section 3 game.

In an extremely close contest, the Luverne gymnastics team opened the 2021-22 season Dec. 2 in Blue Earth with a narrow win 128.725-128.700 over the Blue Earth Area Buccaneers.
Luverne kept slim leads over BEA in three of the four events.
In the opening rotation, Luverne led in the uneven bars (29.550-29.075), followed by the vault (34.225-34.025) and floor exercise (33.90-33.25). BEA won the beam event (32.350-31.05).
“The girls were very nervous and that transfers to falls on the beam, mistakes on the floor,” Flom said. “It’s nice to get the first meet out of the way.”
Individually, Luverne’s Ella Reisdorfer took the all-around competition with a score of 34.625. She took the top score in the uneven bars (8.0) and balance beam (9.0). BEA’s Addison Armstrong won the floor exercise (9.05) and vault (8.825).
In the junior varsity competition, Luverne won over BEA 108.550-58.1.
Luverne’s next meet is Tuesday night, Dec. 7, in a home matchup against Worthington, who won the section meet last year.
“I feel like we were physically prepared, but we need to be mentally prepared for Tuesday,” Flom added. “It will be nice to be on our own turf.”
 
Luverne individual scores
Vault: Kianna Winter 8.7, Ella Reisdorfer 8.625, Tianna Lais 8.5, Amira Cowell 8.4 and Sara deCesare 8.275.
Uneven bars: Reisdorfer 8.0, Cowell 7.450, deCesare 7.4, Hailey Como 6.7 and Kendra Thorson 6.450.
Balance beam: Reisdorfer 9.0, Cowell 8.050, deCesare 7.0, Addyson Mann 6.925 and Kendra Benson 6.025.
Floor exercise: Reisdorfer 9.0, Winter 8.350, deCesare 8.3, Cowell 8.250 and Mann 7.55.
All-around: Reisdorfer 34.625, Cowell 32.150 and deCesare 31.050.

The Luverne girls’ hockey team is finding the back of the net a lot this season and winning a lot of games in dominant fashion.
The Cardinals improved to 6-1 on the season by picking up a big conference road win over Marshall Nov. 30 and beating Waseca at home Saturday.
The Cardinal girls currently have three of the Top 10 scorers in the state with Kamryn Van Batavia (first) Reghan Bork (fourth) and Payton Behr (eighth).
 
Luverne 13, Marshall 9
The Cardinal girls’ hockey team went on the road Tuesday, Nov. 30, to take on rival Marshall at the Red Baron Arena in Marshall.
Peyton Behr got things rolling 19 seconds into the game beating Marshall goalie Belle Deutz to give the Cardinals an early 1-0 lead
Assists went to Anika Boll and Reghan Bork.
As in most every game this season it didn’t take long for Kamryn Van Batavia to find the back of the net. She buried an unassisted goal at the 16:06 mark.
It was Reghan Bork who would round out the scoring in the first period with assists from Mallory Nelson and Anika Boll.
Cheyenne Schutz made nine saves to keep Marshall scoreless after one period. Shots on goal for the period were in favor of the Cardinals at 15-9.
The second period in Marshall had a lot of scoring, with Luverne claiming the next four goals.
Behr started it with assists from Van Batavia and Bork. Billi Connell picked up the next two goals to make it 6-0 midway through the second.
Van Batavia scored her second of the game two minutes later, but Marshall responded with two goals in 17 seconds of each other to narrow the lead to 5 for the Cardinals.
With two minutes left in the second, Macie Edstrom stopped Marshall’s momentum, finding the back of the net with assists from Behr and Van Batavia.
Luverne dominated the shots on goal for the period 20-4.
The final period went back and forth until Bork made it a 9-2 game at the 9:57 mark. Marshall got a late goal in the period, but the game ended with the Cardinals winning 9-3.
Schutz recorded with 14 saves. Luverne tallied 44 total shots on goal compared with Marshall’s 17.
 
Luverne 13, Waseca 0
The Waseca Bluejays came to the Blue Mound Ice Arena Saturday in a girls’ and boys’ varsity tilt.
The Cardinal girls didn’t take long to get on the board, and they kept the pedal to the floor with a commanding 14-0 win.
It took 38 seconds from puck drop to get the Luverne Cardinals on the scoreboard.
Kamryn Van Batavia got three first period goals and Reghan Bork registered one to give the Cardinals a 4-0 lead at the end of the first period.
Bork had two assists, and Van Batavia and Anika Boll each had one.
Luverne goalie Cheyenne Schutz had two saves in the period heavily dominated by Luverne with shots on goal 26-2.
The second period started with Van Batavia finding the back of the net with an assist from Nelson.
 Luverne’s second line got on the scoreboard with Greta McClure getting the puck past Waseca’s Alicia Kelly. Fellow linemate Billi Connell got an unassisted goal to make it 7-0 halfway through the second period.
Bork got her second of the game with assists by Van Batavia and Boll.
It was McClure again with 2:36 left in the second to give the Cardinals a 9-0 lead at the intermission.
Second period shots on goal were 21-8, Luverne, with Schutz making all eight saves on the shots she faced.
In the last period of the game, the Cardinals got four more goals on Waseca from Behr, Bork and Nelson to round out the win for the hometown Cardinals.
Schutz got her third shutout of the year with 10 saves in the game.
Final shots on goal were Luverne 58 and Waseca 10.
The Cardinals host Mankato East Saturday, Dec. 11, at Blue Mound Ice Arena. Game time is 1 p.m.

The Cardinal wrestling team traveled to Flandreau, South Dakota, Saturday to kick off the 2021-22 season and came home with three pieces of hardware.
Nearly all the Luverne wrestlers recorded wins, and two seventh-grade wrestlers in their first varsity tournament placed third and fourth. 
“Our guys wrestled well for the first tournament of the year,” said head coach Jordan Kopp. “We had three on the podium.” 
Senior Braydon Ripka went 3-1 at 152 pounds to secure a third-place finish on the podium. “The first tournament went well. It feels good to break off the rust a little bit,” he said.
At 106, Brody Kopp fought his way back after an initial first-round loss with three consecutive wins before losing his last match for a fourth-place finish.
Josh Stroh, at 113, won his first-round match before losing to the second-place finisher in the semifinals. He went on to pin his next two opponents to achieve his third place spot on the podium.  
Coach Kopp said Stroh and Kopp were not the only seventh-graders to record wins. “All of our seventh-graders (four) that wrestled received their first varsity win,” he said.
“We have a really young team and two of our seventh-graders placed in the top four, which is awesome to see,” Ripka said.  
Matt Gangestad, Hudson Hough, Zach Bradley, Jacob Madison and Ayden Bonnett each recorded a 1-2 mark on the day and did not place. 
 
“Bradley got hurt and injury defaulted out. Otherwise, he would have placed, and a few others were one match away,” coach Kopp said.
Ripka said winning in wrestling is a mindset.
“It’s knowing you are just as good as whoever you step on the mat with,” he said.
“I think a lot of us could definitely improve what we’re thinking going out onto the mat. We proved this weekend that we all can hang with anyone on the mat.” 
The Cardinals travel to Jackson for a tournament Saturday, Dec. 11.