Due to inclement weather, the Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek golf teams haven’t competed in as many meets to open the season as they had hoped. 
On Thursday, April 15, the two Rock County teams squared off at the Luverne Country Club.
The Luverne boys topped H-BC 167-200. On the girls’ side of things, it was Luverne defeating H-BC 210-241.
For the Cardinals, Henry Hartquist finished atop the boys’ leaderboard by shooting a 40.
Luverne’s Brady Bork finished one stroke behind Hartquist, with a final score of 41.
Luverne’s Owen Sudenga and Cooper Arends both shot a 43.
Colin Schoeneman shot a 47 for the Cardinals.
Thomas Dysthe was H-BC’s top golfer with a final score of 48.
Jacob Axness finished with a score of 49 for the Patriots.
Tyler Arends and Dallas Page both shot a 50 for H-BC.
On the girls’ side of things, it was Luverne’s Paige Sandbulte leading the way with a score of 48.
A pair of H-BC golfers finished right behind Sandbulte. Hannah Fick and Tess Van Maanen both shot a 49.
“Hannah and Tess had a good first meet,” H-BC coach Dan Ellingson said. “Both will consistently be at or below bogey golf the entire season. As our number three, four and five golfers get more experience, we hope to be around 220 as a team and eventually get below 220 by the end of the season.”
Cheyenne Schutz and Morgan Gonnerman both finished with a score of 53 to finish tied for fourth place.
Three golfers for H-BC were competing in their first varsity meet. Mackenzie Voss shot a 70. Tara Paulsen shot a 73 and Danette Leenderts shot an 87.
“Mackenzie, Tara, and Danette had never played in a golf meet before,” Ellingson said. “They did very well considering their inexperience.”

The Luverne tennis team improved to 5-0 on the season with three match victories this past week.
The Cardinals defeated Blue Earth 5-2 in Blue Earth on Thursday, April 15.
In Granite Falls on Saturday, April 17, the Cardinals defeated Montevideo 7-0 and Yellow Medicine East 4-3.
 
LHS 7, Blue Earth 2
Pierce Cunningham won the first set of his match 6-1 and picked up the win with a 6-1 second set victory.
Griffen Jarchow took his match with 6-2 and 6-0 set victories.
Blake Frahm and Ben Jarchow topped their opponents 6-3 and 6-4 in their match.
Ethan Nath and Logan Ommen won a back and forth first set 7-5. They then won the second set 6-2.
Jayson Rops and John Miller won their match in straight sets. The duo won the first set 6-0. They then took the second set 6-3 to pick up the 2-0 victory.
 
LHS 4, YME 3
The Cardinals edged the Sting tennis team on Saturday 4-3.
Griffen Jarchow won his match in straight sets. Jarchow won the first set 6-1 and the second set 6-0 to pick up the victory.
Miller won his match in straight sets. Miller won his first set 6-0 and the second set 6-2.
Frahm and Ben Jarchow took the first set of their match 6-4. The Luverne duo dominated the second set 6-0 to pick up the victory for the Cardinals.
Nath and Ommen won their match with scores of 6-0 and 6-2 to pick up the victory.
 
LHS 7, Montevideo 0
The Cardinals didn’t lose a match against Montevideo on Saturday.
Cunningham won his match 2-0. He won the first set 6-1 and the second set 6-0.
Griffen Jarchow took his match in straight sets, 6-0 and 6-1.
Miller won the first set of his match 6-3 and the second set 6-4.
Ferguson easily won his match in straight sets, 6-1 and 6-0.
Frahm and Ben Jarchow were victorious in their doubles match in straight sets with identical 6-2, 6-2 sets.
 Nath and Ommen also won their match in identical 6-2, 6-2 sets.
Spencer and Caleb Kracht won the first set of their match 6-4 and took the second set 6-3.
With the three victories, the Cardinals now own a 5-0 record.
The Cardinals will return home on Thursday, April 22, to take on Worthington.

When Minnesota’s turkey hunting season begins Wednesday, April 14, hunters hoping to bag a tom turkey will see similar regulations as last year.
A spring turkey license will provide the opportunity to hunt all permit areas in the state, with the exception of three major wildlife management areas.
Permits are required for firearms turkey hunters ages 18 and older in Mille Lacs, Carlos Avery or Whitewater wildlife management areas (WMA) during A through C seasons. Permits have already been issued through a lottery.
“Turkey hunting is a great way to enjoy the outdoors in the spring,” said Leslie McInenly, wildlife populations program manager with the DNR. “Good luck to all hunters planning to take part in this springtime tradition.”
Wild turkey restoration is a conservation success story. As turkey populations have expanded, the DNR, with input from hunters, allowed more hunting season flexibility starting in 2020, and regulations this spring are similar to last year.
Last year hunters harvested a record 13,996 birds, topping the previous record of 13,467 set in 2010. The average harvest over the past 10 years has been 11,400.
2021 season details
Turkey season will be from April 14 to May 31 and is divided into six hunt periods, A through F (dates are in table below). Firearms hunters ages 18 and older must choose their hunt period when they purchase a license. Firearms turkey hunters can participate in Hunt F if they have an unused tag from one of the earlier hunt periods.
Archery-only license holders may hunt statewide for the entire season (April 14-May 31). Hunters cannot purchase both a firearms and archery-only license.
Licensed hunters ages 17 and younger may hunt statewide for the entire season (April 14-May 31) with firearms or archery equipment.
Because there is no lottery for statewide spring wild turkey licenses, the landowner and tenant drawing, which had set aside a percentage of lottery licenses in each permit area for landowners with qualifying land, was discontinued, and landowners and tenants can purchase licenses like other turkey hunters.
Turkey licenses can be purchased online at mndnr.gov/buyalicense, by phone at 888-665-4236, or in person from a license agent. More information about turkey hunting in Minnesota can be found on the DNR website: mndnr.gov.
 
2021 spring turkey hunt periods
Hunt A:  April 14-20
Hunt B:   April 21-27
Hunt C:   April 28-May 4
Hunt D:  May 5-11
Hunt E:   May 12-18
Hunt F:   May 19-31

For the first time in 21 years, the Bristol Motor Speedway had dirt on the track for a race.
Luverne’s own Colton Arends was one of the drivers that competed at Karl Kustoms Bristol Dirt Nationals
“The first two nights we were there we set the quickest lap time in all three sessions of practice,” Arends said. “My heat race I started sixth and finished second. In the qualifying feature I started fifth and we were halfway through and I was battling for second and we had a motor failure. We didn’t get to race after that due to weather so I had to start in the back of a B feature and missed the transfer spot by one position.”
Arends has been racing for six years now. He said that it’s been a thrill ride since he got behind the wheel and that his weekend in Bristol is one that he’ll cherish forever.
“The experience I had was like no other race track I’ve ever raced on,” Arends said. “Between the facility being a Nascar facility and how they prepared and maintained the racing surface, it was an all-around awesome experience. Also, the speeds we raced at were far greater than any dirt race tracks around Rock County so that was also another challenging and exciting experience.”

The Luverne Cardinals girls’ hockey team has reached the state tournament back-t0-back seasons. During those two seasons, the Cardinals have accumulated a record of 36-9-1.
With a strong core returning for the 2021-2022 season, the Cardinals could make it three straight trips to the state tournament.
The varsity hockey team wasn’t the only hockey team to enjoy a successful season this past year.
The 12U team finished this past season with a 31-1 record and outscored their opponents 353-17.
The team won two tournaments in Rochester and Cloquet.
 “It’s a real coachable group of girls,” coach Dave Van Batavia said. “They all run together really well. We got two lines and one extra skater. We have two lines that are very deep. Both lines can score. We’re very aggressive in the offensive zone.”
The team’s lone loss of the season came in the state tournament against Edina Black, a game in which the Cardinals outshot their opponent 30-10.
“The girls played a really solid two and a half periods against Edina Black,” Van Batavia said. “That was our loss in the state tournament in overtime. We hope they learn that it’s important to play all three periods, no matter who you are playing.”
Tenley Behr, Ella Apel, Ellisyn Van Batavia, Greta McClure, Kassidy Saarloos, Hannah Woodley, Rylee Kurtz, Marlee Nelson, Trinley Vanderburg, Isabella Steensma, Emma Saarloos, and Macie Edstrom were the 12 players that made up the roster.

The Big South Conference recently released its all-conference teams for boys’ and girls’ basketball.
A trio of Cardinals earned recognition for their play on the hardwood this past season.
For the boys, Bailey Cowell and Gannon Ahrendt both received all-conference honors.
Cowell and Ahrendt were the team’s two leading scorers and helped the Cardinals finish conference play with a record of 9-3 in the west division.
The other members of the all-conference in the west division were Connor Redman (Windom), Bryce Lance (Marshall), Josh Baker (Marshall), Dawson Kellen (Pipestone), Carson Woodford (Redwood Valley), Connor Josephson (Redwood Valley), Brock Bruns (Worthington) and Terbuto Ochothow (Worthington).
Christina Wagner was the lone representative for the Luverne girls’ basketball team.
Luverne finished the season with a record of 5-7 in the Big South Conference.
The other members of the all-conference team for the west division were Sadie Voss (Jackson County Central), Olivia Hayenga (Worthington), Jordyn Hilgemann (Marshall), Emily Meier (Marshall), Abby Wendorff (Marshall), Sydney Sommers (Redwood Valley), Haley Garman (Redwood Valley), Allison Letcher (Windom), and Delaney Smith (Windom).

Fishing seasons open for walleye, bass, trout in lakes, and northern pike on Saturday, May 15, with this year’s date taking the prize for the latest possible opener under Minnesota statute.
“We know there is some confusion about this year’s opener date,” said Jon Hansen, fisheries program consultant for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Minnesota statute sets the fishing opener as the Saturday two weeks prior to the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend.
This year, with Memorial Day the latest it can be, on May 31, that puts the fishing opener on Saturday, May 15.
Also related to May fishing, there is an error in the printed version of the Minnesota Fishing Regulations book regarding the dates for the 2021 Take a Mom Fishing Weekend.
The correct dates for this year’s Take a Mom Fishing Weekend — when Minnesota-resident moms can fish without purchasing a license — are  Saturday, May 8, to Sunday, May 9.
That special weekend is defined in Minnesota statutes as the weekend that coincides with Mother’s Day.
Most years, under Minnesota law, the fishing opener and Take a Mom
Fishing Weekend fall on the same weekend, but not this year.
“We encourage Minnesota moms to get out and fish for free on May 8 and 9,” Hansen said. “Even though the walleye season won’t be open, there are still plenty of fun and easy fishing opportunities for crappie, sunfish, or even under-appreciated fish like buffalo, sucker, bullhead or sheepshead.”
Fishing season dates, and the corrected Minnesota Fishing Regulations handbook, are available online
at mndnr.gov/fishing.
Biologists with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will collect walleye eggs this spring; however, social distancing requirements mean this popular springtime activity will not be open for public viewing this year.
Hatcheries, the destination for the eggs collected, also remain closed to the public.
“Egg take operations are neat things to watch,” said Henry Drewes, northwest region fisheries supervisor. “But the closeness required to observe this work makes it impossible for onlookers to maintain safe and adequate social distancing among themselves and from DNR staff.”
Last year, DNR fisheries biologists did not collect walleye eggs because of COVID-related considerations.
This year, egg collection procedures have been re-engineered to minimize close contact among employees.
Egg take stations and hatcheries will remain closed and offer no tours through 2021.
“We’re asking that people respect these closures and not visit these sites so we can work safely,” Drewes said. “We really appreciate the interest in our work, but keeping the public and DNR staff healthy is our number one priority.”

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