Gladys Lucille Siebenahler, 89, Luverne, died peacefully under hospice care on Thursday, June 3, 2021, at the Good Samaritan Society – Mary Jane Brown Home in Luverne.
A funeral service was Tuesday, June 8, at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. Burial followed at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne.
Gladys Goldammer was born on July 11, 1931, to Louie and Martha (Olawsky) Goldammer in Douglas County, South Dakota. She grew up with her 10 siblings on her parents’ farm near Dimock, South Dakota. Gladys was responsible for helping out with her siblings and often worked as hired help for others in the area to contribute to her family. Due to her mother’s health, she was only able to attend school through the eighth grade.
Gladys married Lloyd “Shorty” Siebehahler on Sept. 9, 1951, at St. John Lutheran Church in Dimock. They settled in Luverne in an apartment until 1956 when they moved into the home that they built on Cedar Street. Gladys helped Shorty with his business, Siebenahler Construction, until his death in 2001. She continued to reside at their home.
Gladys then worked for 17 years in food service at the Luverne High School, retiring in 2016. A few years ago, she moved into a condo in Luverne. In January her health declined and she became a resident of the Good Samaritan Society – Mary Jane Brown Home in Luverne.
Gladys was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne where she was active in choir, circle, MIA and helped wherever and whenever needed. She served as president of Grace Lutheran Church Women and loved to help with serving groups. She was a volunteer for Sanford Hospital and the Rock County Historical Society. She served as secretary and treasurer of the Maplewood Auxiliary.
Gladys loved to bake. She was also known for her special potato salad at family gatherings. Gladys was a sports fanatic and followed the Minnesota Twins, the Minnesota Vikings and the Luverne Cardinals as she cheered on her grandchildren.
Gladys is survived by her children, Sue (Donn) Sandbulte of Luverne and Kathy Siebenahler and friend Jim Johannsen of Luverne; six grandchildren, Amy Tripp (fiancé Todd Mergen), Eric Sandbulte (fiancé Tammi Miller), Wendy (Lucas) Peters, Anthony (Melissa) Sandbulte, Heidi (Bryan) Kraemer and Adam Siebenahler; 10 great-grandchildren; bonus grandchildren, Aiden Mergen, Andrew (Justine) Miller and their daughter, Oaklyn, Seth Miller and Gabbi Miller; siblings Edna Sprecher of Corsica, South Dakota, Ervin (Ella) Goldammer of Custer, South Dakota, Wilbert Goldammer of Bakersfield, California, Marlene Gerlack of Mitchell, South Dakota, Ann Wilson of Mesquite, Nevada, Darrel (Joyce) Goldammer of Sioux Falls, and Richard Goldammer of Mitchell; and other family.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd; daughter Carol (age 4); brothers Arnold, Arthur and Wayne Goldammer; and sisters-in-law, Patti and Marilyn Goldammer.
Arrangements were provided by Hartquist Funeral Home of Luverne, hartquistfuneral.com.
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Wendell Duane Marshall, 94, West Linn, Oregon, formerly of Hills, died Friday, June 4, 2021 in West Linn.
Wendell’s life will be celebrated in a private family ceremony at a later date.
Wendell was born on Dec. 7, 1926, to John and Henrietta (Speelman) Marshall in Hudson, South Dakota. Like so many of his generation, his life was shaped by the Depression and World War II. He served as an infantryman in the Philippines.
 Wendell graduated from Hudson High School in 1944 and got his undergraduate degree from Northern State University in Aberdeen and his master’s degree from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion.
Wendell married Donna Mae Katus on Feb. 15, 1947, in Minneapolis.
Wendell’s first position was high school principal in Bucyrus, North Dakota, where he later became superintendent. He also held the position of superintendent in Harrold, Buffalo and Burke, South Dakota. He taught seventh-grade history in New Mexico for three years before heading to Minnesota to serve as superintendent in Barrett and Hills-Beaver Creek.
During retirement Wendell and Donna enjoyed time in Iowa, Pacific City, Oregon, and Indio, California, before returning to Oregon for the remainder of their lives. Donna passed away in 2010.
Wendell was a lifelong learner and an unrelenting advocate for public education.
Wendell is survived by his children Mark Marshall of Garrison, Gary (Gwenie) Marshall of Hawley, Kent (Colleen) Marshall of Barrett, Jeff (Brenda) Marshall of West Linn, Oregon, Jane (Barry) Kirsch of Riverside, Iowa, and Viki (Jay) Meier of Cedar Bluff, Iowa; 23 grandchildren; 46 great-grandchildren; and a sister, LaVonne House.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Donna; a daughter, Judy Vogelgesang; a sister, Arvilla Vipond; and two brothers-in-law, Curt Vipond and Mel House.
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Paula Bloemendaal’s name was drawn for a 2020 Can Am Defender in the Chamber Side by Side Raffle.  Her name was drawn at Take 16 Brewery Friday night during the Buffalo Days Cruise-in. Two hundred fifty $100 tickets were sold with the proceeds supporting Chamber youth and community events, like the Night at the Zoo, Brown Bag Concert with Ron & Jane Cote, and Yoga at the City Park with Stephanie Hoven (all happening this week) Jaycox Implement partnered with the Chamber on the promotion. Main Street Financial is sponsoring the Brown Bag Concert with Ron and Jane Cote on Friday.

Rock-Nobles Cattlemen’s Association's Jay Bakken presents Linda DeSplinter of the Green Lantern Bar & Grill with the 2021 Love the Burger trophy Friday night, June 4, at Take 16 Brewery during the Buffalo Days Friday Night Cruise-In on Main Street. In all, 1,307 burgers were sold during the month-long contest in Rock County. This amounted to a local economic impact of over $91,000, according to information from the Luverne Area Chamber.

I recently made the seven-hour drive to Upper Red Lake in Minnesota. I figured this was about the 15th time I had made this annual trip to the best walleye fishing in North America. It is a father-son experience I cherish.
For those of you who can remember back that far, the walleye fishing on Upper Red Lake collapsed from overnetting and to some extent overfishing by anglers back in about 2000.
Anglers get to fish only about 25 percent of this giant lake. The rest is off limits to all but tribal members. When the walleye fishing crashed, it turned into the best crappie fishing on the continent for about five years until the walleyes were restored by stocking efforts.
I was told by a fisheries expert that the largest windswept shallow basins in the state produce the greatest numbers of walleyes annually.
Upper Red Lake is huge and has an average depth of only 15 feet.  We fished this basin 2 1/2 days and did so during the week. The reason I will only fish this lake during the week is because so many other folks know how good it is and go there, too.
On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday I could easily count 45-65 boats within 1 mile in each direction. On the weekends this can easily be 300-400 boats in the same space.
We leave early on Wednesday and fish that afternoon and the next two days and leave on Saturday morning as soon as we can get packed out.
I stay at West Wind Resort in Washkish, Minnesota, and with the fee to stay, the cost to rent an additional boat for my son-in-law and his dad, along with bait, groceries and gas, the entire trip costs each participant about $300. This is dirt-cheap compared to some of the other options.
We bought a fish counter for each boat and kept track of the number of fish we caught each day. We had a small bet for the biggest walleye, biggest northern pike and the biggest sheep head for each day. I broke about even.
The fishing here can just blow you away. The average angler in Minnesota catches .7 walleyes per outing. On Friday one boat with six anglers caught 118 fish, and my boat with three anglers caught 56.
Almost all of the fish caught were pretty small. Pretty small to me is 13 inches or less. We kept our three fish per person per day but had to go through lots of smaller fish to find a few over 15 inches.
We were fishing with jigs and minnows and almost every fish we caught was hooked in the roof of the mouth and was easily released without harm.
If we did deep hook one that would die if released, we kept it and cleaned it as part of our daily limit.
On Red the limit is three fish per day with only one of those over 17 inches in length. The possession limit is also three fish.
This means if you catch three on Wednesday, you need to eat those three before you can catch three on Thursday. We did not eat the larger fish we caught so we could not possess the full three-fish limit the following day. On the last day, seven fishermen could only keep 13 in order to stay within the law.
There are very few places where you catch a fish on almost every cast, but Upper Red is one of those places. It is managed well and the limits and length regulations change almost every year.
A large portion of the year’s walleye take happens in the winter when there can easily be 5,000 fish houses on the lake. This number can double when the bite is hot.
 By the middle of June, the angling pressure decreases dramatically. The fish spread out and are harder to find and convince to bite.
Fresh fish and time with family and close friends are among the best reasons to go fishing. If I catch a lot or only a few, my outdoor memory is still a great one.
 
Scott Rall, Worthington, is a habitat conservationist, avid hunting and fishing enthusiast and is president of Nobles County Pheasants Forever. He can be reached at scottarall@gmail.com. or on Twitter @habitat champion.

The Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek track teams competed at the Section 3A Southwest Sub-Section meet in Pipestone on Thursday, June 3.
The Luverne girls’ team placed first, while the boys’ team finished third overall.
The H-BC boys’ team placed second overall, while the girls finished sixth overall.
“I thought we had a really nice showing,” H-BC track coach Rex Metzger said.
“We had a lot of Top 3 performances. We have a nice group of guys and girls advancing to the section meet. We had a lot of our sprinters that performed well.”
 
Luverne
Isabella Oye finished fourth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13 seconds and 63 milliseconds.
Sarah Stegenga placed third in the 200 with a time of 28.44.
Gracie Zewiske placed first in the 400 with a time of 1:00.61.
“She’s just a great leader. She’s a senior that’s really stepped up and taken charge,” said Luverne track coach Pete Janiszeski.
“She does great in any event we slide her in. She’d probably win our section in the 100, 200 or 400. When we get to the state meet it’s about where’s your best chance to get a medal.”
The senior sprinter is a member of two relay teams that finished first at the sub-section meet.
The 4-by-400 relay team placed first with a time of 4:09.12. The other three athletes on the relay team are Regan Feit, Tiana Lais and Tenley Nelson.
The 4-by-200 relay team of Stegenga, Oye, Christina Wagner and Zewiske placed first with a time of 1:49.41.
“She wants to be part of the relay teams,” Janiszeski said of Zewiske.
“That’s her favorite part of track and field. … She wanted to help other kids qualify for the state meet as well. She has that selflessness and leadership and humility. She’s just an all-around great kid.”
Elizabeth Wagner placed first overall in the 800 with a time of 2:34.63. Ella Schmuck finished fourth with a time of 2:37.33. Cassi Chesley finished fifth overall with a time of 2:38.33.
In the 1,600, the Cardinals had three athletes finish in the Top 4.
Grace Ingebretson crossed the finish line first with a time of 5:58.34. Maria Rops finished third with a time of 6:08.69. Kayla Bloemendaal finished fourth with a time of 6:10.16.
Jenna DeBates finished second in the 3,200 with a time of 11:25.23. Tenley Nelson finished third with a time of 11:51.07.
Regan Feit finished first in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 47.24.
The 4-by-100 relay team of Mia Wenzel, Oye, Anna Banck and Stegenga finished third with a time of 53.98.
The 4-by-800 relay team continued its dominance with a first-place finish. The team of Feit, Lais, DeBates and Nelson finished with a time of 9:41.87.
“Tradition,” Janiszeski said. “We are two-time defending state champions in that event.  We’ve had a lot of success in that event. They take a lot of pride in that.”
Jocelyn Hart placed first in the shot put with a throw of 37-01.00. Jadyn Hart finished third with a throw of 31-04.00.
Jocelyn Hart placed first in the discus with a throw of 112-10. Jadyn Hart finished fourth with a heave of 99-07.
“We weren’t sure at the beginning of the season if Jocelyn was going to be able to compete,” Janiszeski said about her back injury.
“She and Jadyn have had great seasons. They’ve consistently been at the top of all of our meets. The distances have been improving. They spend a lot of time working. It’s kind of their pride and joy.”
He said the girls come from a family of throwers.
“They’ve been around it their whole life,” Janiszeski said. “They’ve learned a lot about it and they just have a lot of event knowledge.”
Elizabeth Wagner placed first in the high jump with a leap of 4-10.00.
Elise Jarchow placed second in the pole vault with a mark of 8-08.00.
Kendra Thorson placed fourth in the long jump with a leap of 14-11.50. Thorson took home fifth place in the triple jump with a leap of 30-09.00.
Eli Radtke placed first in the pole vault with a mark of 12-07.00. Noah Mehlhaff placed fourth with a mark of 10-07.00.
Peter Baustian placed sixth in the discus with a heave of 113-10. Ethan Teunissen finished seventh with a throw of 112-05.
The Cardinals had six athletes finish in the Top 6 in the shot put.
Zach Ahrendt placed third with a throw of 45-07.00. Jordan Friedrichsen placed fifth with a throw of 42-05.00. Teunissen finished sixth with a heave of 41-08.00.
“That group of boys, outside of Jordan, are all seniors. It’s their sixth year of competing,” Janiszeski said.
“They push each other. Every step of the way they’ve been with each other and competing against each other. It develops a good chemistry. It develops a good practice challenge every day. There is somebody you’re comparing yourself to on a daily basis.”
The relay team of Arekel McLaughlin, Camden Janiszeski, LaShad Smith and Ashton Sandbulte placed second in the 4-by-400 relay with a time of 3:37.19.
The 4-by-200 relay team of McLaughlin, Radtke, Smith and Sandbulte finished first with a time of 1:34.99.
Sage Viessman finished third in the 3,200 with a time of 11:33.88.
Camden Janiszeski finished first in the 1,600 with a time of 4:39.37. Owen Janiszeski finished right behind him in second place with a time of 4:52.44.
Coach Janiszeski said his sons have had success due to the work they’ve invested in getting stronger and faster.
“They’re students of the events. Camden does a lot of teaching to Owen. They work well together, being brothers,” he said.
“They hear me talk about it all the time. They’ve been around it since they were little.”
Owen Janiszeski placed third in the 800 with a time of 2:14.56.
Lucky Dara placed fourth in the 200 with a time of 25.10.
Sandbulte took home first place in the 100 with a time of 11.32.
“He’s got one of the top times in the section and state,” Janiszeski said. “He’s a very talented and gifted runner. He has a lot of ability there.”
 
H-BC
Ashlee Kelderman placed fifth in the 100 with a time of 13.83.
Taryn Rauk took home first place in the 200 with a time of 27.81.
Kenadie Fick placed seventh overall in the 800 with a time of 2:42.40. Fick also placed second in the 1,600 with a time of 6:03.04.
The 4-by-100 relay team of Abigail Harris, Kelderman, Layla Deelstra and Rauk placed first with a time of 52.72.
The 4-by-200 relay team of Harris, Kelderman, Deelstra and Rauk finished fourth overall with a time of 1:51.88.
Abby Knobloch finished sixth overall in the shot put with a throw of 30-03.00.
Cole Baker placed second in the triple jump with a leap of 42-03.50. Liam Raymon finished third with a jump of 40-06.50.
Baker placed fifth in the long jump with a leap of 19-10.50.
Max Scholten placed fifth in the discus with a throw of 118-08.
Casey Kueter finished fourth in the shot put with a toss of 42-09.00.
The 4-by-100 relay team of Dewell Rauk, Baker, Gavin Wysong and Tyson Bork placed first overall with a time of 44.59.
Brandon Taubert finished third in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 45.49. Brock Harnack finished in fourth place with a time of 47.05.
Taubert placed third in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 18.47.
Liam Raymon finished second in the 800 with a time of 2:12.33.
Bork finished first in the 200 with a time of 23.37. Rauk finished in second place with a time of 23.77. Ty Bundesen gave the Patriots three athletes in the Top 5 in the event by finishing in fifth place with a time of 25.26.
Bork placed second in the 100 with a time of 11:38. Bundesen finished in fifth place with a time of 11.98.
The 3A Section meet will be held on Thursday, June 10, in Redwood Falls.

The Luverne tennis team qualified for the state tournament for a 10th straight year. They’ll be in action on Tuesday, June 8, at St. Cloud Tech High School against Mounds Park Academy.
Pierce Cunningham also qualified for the individual state tournament, and the doubles team of Blake Frahm and Ben Jarchow qualified for the doubles state tournament.
Cunningham will compete against Lincoln Reichenau of Minnehaha Academy in the first round on Thursday, June 10, at 8 a.m.
“Pierce making the state tournament as an individual is truthfully no surprise,” Luverne tennis coach Lucas Larson said.
“He has been the team’s rock all season. His success has been deserved. Pierce is the definition of hard work paying off.”
Frahm and Jarchow will compete against Hermantown’s team of Zam Plante and Aaron Evjen on Thursday, June 10, at 10 a.m.
“Blake and Ben achieving first in the section and making the state tournament is well deserved,” Larson said.
“All season we’ve relied on them getting wins. To see them get recognized is awesome. I have never seen two guys have so much fun playing together.”
Cunningham has been around the game of tennis for quite some time. His two older siblings, Carissa and Graham Cunningham, have pushed him to become a better player.
“It means a lot,” Cunningham said. “My sister came really close back when she was in high school,” Cunningham said. “My brother missed out on it as well. It was nice to qualify and do something they didn’t.”
In a sibling rivalry, the elder sibling usually has the upper hand. Pierce said that his older brother no longer holds that edge.
“My brother always trash-talked me when I was younger,” Cunningham said. “I always told him that I’d be better than him one day. Here I am. I’ve played him a couple times and was able to beat him.”
Qualifying for the state tournament is a testament to all the work that Cunningham has put into his game. All that hard work started during the summer of his seventh-grade year.
“I started playing almost every day during the summer,” Cunningham said. “That’s when I really started to play a lot.”
His teammates noticed the effort as well. “He plays all the time,” Jarchow said. “He’s just a really good player.”
One of Cunningham’s strengths on the court is the velocity of his hits.
“He just hits with a lot of power,” Frahm said. “He’s just a really consistent player.”
Frahm started playing tennis when he was in eighth grade.
Frahm was a member of the 2019 state tournament team for the Cardinals. He said he’s excited to play in the team tournament and the doubles tournament.
“It means a lot,” Frahm said. “I played third doubles when we went to state as a team. This year playing one doubles and qualifying as a doubles team meant a lot.”
The Luverne duo plays loosely on the court, and the joy that they play with is a big reason why they’ve enjoyed such a successful first season playing together, Cunningham said.
“They just have fun out there,” he said. “They’re always smiling and talking to their opponents. I think they just really enjoy being out there and playing together.”
The 2021 season marked the first year that Jarchow played tennis. He intended to be on the team last spring, but due to COVID-19, there was no spring sports season in Minnesota.
“I just didn’t enjoy baseball as much when I got to high school,” Jarchow said.
“I quit after my freshman year. I was going to join tennis last year as a junior, but then it got canceled. I started playing this year and it was a lot of fun.”
It’s all about the people, Jarchow said, adding that everybody involved with the tennis program made his first season on the team enjoyable.
“The people involved make it fun,” Jarchow said. “We don’t take it too seriously and we have fun with it.”
Luverne’s No. 1 doubles team earned the top seed in the section tournament and kept on winning all the way to a state tournament bid.
Jarchow said the key to a title run is to continue to enjoy the ride.
“We just have fun,” Jarchow said. “The other teams take it too seriously sometimes. We just go out there and have fun.”

The Luverne Cardinals will need three wins if they’re going to reach the 1A State Baseball Tournament this season.
The Cardinals will need to defeat Paynesville on Tuesday, June 8, in Marshall to set up a date with Atwater Cosmos-Grove City on June 10. If the Cardinals defeat Paynesville, they’ll have to defeat ACGC twice in order to win the section championship and qualify for the state tournament.
The Cardinals got into this position by defeating Fairmont 8-4 on Tuesday, June 1, in Luverne.
Luverne then fell to ACGC 7-2, in Marshall on Saturday, June 5.
 
LHS 8, Fairmont 4
In the battle of the Cardinals, it was Luverne coming out on top with an 8-4 victory.
Fairmont struck first in the opening inning by scoring a run to take an early 1-0 lead.
Luverne scored three runs in the bottom of the second inning to take a 3-1 lead.
In the bottom of the third inning, Luverne tacked on four more runs to build a 7-1 lead.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Luverne hit back-to-back one out singles to put runners on first and second base.
Connor Connell was then hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out.
Riley Sneller hit a sac-fly to drive in a run to push Luverne’s lead to 8-1.
In the top of the fifth, a Fairmont batter hit a two-out RBI single to make it an 8-2 Luverne lead.
With two outs in the top of the fifth, Fairmont hit a two-run, two-out double to trim Luverne’s lead to 8-4.
In the top of the sixth, Luverne set down Fairmont in order. Connell recorded two strikeouts in the inning.
Cade Wenninger hit a pair of doubles and drove in three runs for Luverne.
Bailey Cowell and Sneller both drove in a pair of runs for Luverne.
Connell pitched two innings in relief and recorded three strikeouts.
 
Fairmont 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 7 0
LHS 0 3 4 1 0 0 x 811 3
 
Hitting: Cowell 1-5; Wenninger 3-4; Beyer 1-5; Sehr 1-3; Overgaard 1-2; Ripka 1-3; Connell 1-2; Anderson 2-3
Doubles: Sehr, Connell, Cowell, Anderson; Wenninger 2
RBI: Wenninger 3; Cowell 2; Sneller 2; Anderson 1
 
ACGC 7, LHS 2
Luverne pushed across a run in the top of the first inning to take an early 1-0 lead over Atwater Cosmos-Grove City Saturday at home.
In the top of the third inning, ACGC team members started to shift the momentum of the game when their starting pitcher struck out the side.
With the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the third inning, ACGC hit a two-run single to take a 2-1 lead.
Connell recorded a strikeout to end the inning.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Luverne issued four walks, including walking in two runs. ACGC scored four runs in the inning to push their lead to 6-1.
In the top of the fifth inning, ACGC’s starting pitcher struck out the side again to keep the lead at 6-1.
The Cardinals scored one run in the bottom of the sixth to trim ACGC’s lead to 6-2.
Luverne loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh inning, but they failed to scrape across a run.

The Luverne softball season came to an end Saturday, June 5, in Pipestone at the hands of the Pipestone Area Arrows.
The Cardinals went 2-2 in section tournament play, with both losses coming to the top-seeded Arrows.
Luverne started the section tournament by defeating Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 4-2 on Tuesday, June 1, in Pipestone.
Following Luverne’s victory over TMB, the Cardinals lost to Pipestone 4-0.
On Saturday, June 5, in Pipestone, the Cardinals defeated Windom Area 3-0.
The Cardinals could not solve Pipestone’s pitching, as they fell to the Arrows 7-0 on Saturday, June 5.
 
LHS 4, TMB 2
After holding the Panthers off the scoreboard in the top of the first inning, the Cardinals scored a pair of runs in the bottom half of the inning to take an early 2-0 lead.
Billi Connell led off the inning with a hard-hit single. Connell then advanced to second on an error.
With runners on the corners and no outs, Roz Oye hit an RBI single to give the Cardinals a 1-0 lead.
A sac-bunt from Averill Sehr put the Cardinals up 2-0.
After giving up a hit to start the second inning, Luverne’s catcher, Carly Olson, picked off the runner for the first out.
Gracie Nath then recorded back-to-back strikeouts to end the inning.
Nath opened the third inning by striking out the first two batters she faced.
The Cardinals added two more runs in the bottom of the third inning to open up a 4-0 lead.
In the top of the fourth inning, Nath recorded a pair of strikeouts.
The Panthers finally broke through in the top of the fifth inning to trim Luverne’s lead to 4-1.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Oye hit a one-out double, but unfortunately the Cardinals were unable to drive her in for a run.
Luverne right fielder Reghan Bork made a running catch in right field to record the first out in the top of the sixth inning.
The Panthers drew a leadoff walk to start the seventh inning.
TMB scored a run to make it a 4-2 ballgame.
The Panthers loaded the bases with two outs but were unable to score the tying run, as the Cardinals held on to win 4-2.
Nath finished the game with seven strikeouts.
 
TMB 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 7 2
LHS 2 0 2 0 0 0 x 4 6 0
 
Hitting: Connell 1-3; Robinson 1-3; Olson 1-3; Oye 2-3; Kracht 1-2
Doubles: Oye, Connell
 
PAS 4, LHS 0
The Cardinals could not figure out Pipestone’s starting pitcher as they only mustered two hits and struck out 12 times on Tuesday, June 1.
With the bats silenced, the Cardinals fell to the Arrows 4-0.
The Arrows scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning to take an early 2-0 lead.
Pipestone added one run in the bottom of the fifth inning and the bottom of the sixth inning to make the final score 4-0.
 
LHS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
PAS 2 0 0 0 1 1 x 4 5 1
 
Batting: Connell 1-3; Sehr 1-3
 
LHS 3, Windom 0
The Cardinals blanked the Eagles 3-0 on Saturday, June 5, in Pipestone.
Nath gave up only four hits against the Eagles. With Windom’s bats silenced by Nath and Luverne’s defense, the Cardinals only needed three runs to advance in the section tournament.
With the game tied at 0-0, the Cardinals scored one run in the top of the fourth inning.
Luverne added two more runs for good measure in the top of the seventh inning to pick up the 3-0 victory.
Anika Boll, Shelby Kracht and Oye all hit doubles for the Cardinals. Averill Sehr hit a triple
 
LHS 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 6 1
Windom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
 
Hitting: Robinson 1-3; Oye 1-3; Sehr 1-3; Boll 1-2; Kracht 1-3; Smidt 1-1
Doubles: Boll; Kracht; Oye
Triples: Sehr
RBI: Beyer 2; Kracht
 
PAS 7, LHS 0
Prior to Saturday’s matchup with the Arrows, the Cardinals had faced Pipestone three times during the 2021 season.
In the three previous meetings the Arrows had outscored the Cardinals 29-1, with two shutouts.
That trend continued in Pipestone on Saturday in the section tournament. The Arrows blanked Luverne 7-0 to end the Cardinals’ season.
The Arrows scored six runs in the first three innings. Pipestone added one more run in the bottom of the fifth inning to make the final score 7-0.
With the loss the Cardinals finished the 2021 season with an 11-13 record.
 
LHS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
PAS 2 3 1 0 1 0 x 7 9 0
 
Batting: Connell 1-3; Robinson 1-3; Smidt 1-3