Sports

Luverne baseball places fifth at state tourney
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
June 18, 2025
The Luverne High School baseball team ended the 2025 season in fifth place in the MSHSL State Baseball Tournament in St. Cloud June 12. Luverne, the No. 5 seed, fell in a heartbreaking 5-4 loss to No. 4 Glencoe-Silver Lake in the state quarterfinals at Dick Putz Field in St. Cloud June 11. With the loss, LHS moved to the state consolation bracket. Luverne beat No. 8 Concordia Academy 4-3 at…
H-BC’s Abigayl Olson competes at state individual golf tournament
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
June 18, 2025
Patriot junior Abigayl Olson finished the 2025 golf season placing 52nd at the MSHSL Girls’ Class A Golf State Tournament June 11 at Pebble Creek Golf Course in Becker. Olson carded a two-day score of 196 in 18-hole play. On June 10 she shot a 99 on the first 18 holes, finishing with a 47 on the front nine and a 52 on the back nine. On June 11 Olson improved her score by two strokes, finishing…
LHS, H-BC excel at state track & field
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
June 18, 2025
Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek track and field teams sent 28 athletes to the 2025 MSHSL Class A State Track & Field Championship June 10-11 in St. Michael. The Cardinals finished the two-day event with five Top 10 finishes. “The kids did an outstanding job of getting out, competing hard, and chasing their personal bests,” LHS head coach Pete Janiszeski said. “We talk all the time about…
Cardinals, Patriots compete in 2025 Trap Championship in Alexandria
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
June 18, 2025
The Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek trap teams participated in the 2025 Minnesota Trap Shooting Championships in Alexandria this past week. The Cardinals competed in Class 2A Tuesday, June 10, and the Patriots shot in Class 4A on Thursday, June 12. In the Championship Tournament, teams shoot two sessions of two rounds in one day. Scores are kept for individual and team placements in their…
Luverne Legion baseball season in full swing
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
June 18, 2025
The Luverne Junior and Senior American Legion baseball teams kicked off their summer season after the high school team finished in fifth place at the MSHSL State Baseball Tournament in St. Cloud June 12. This season the Junior Legion team has been divided into two teams. The Legion 9 and Legion 10 teams are both coached by Jake Haugen and Ben Serie and will usually play back-to-back games in…
Luverne Redbirds fall to Horned Frogs in Lakefield
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
June 18, 2025
The Luverne Redbirds fell 2-1 in 13 innings of play to the Lakefield Horned Frogs Wednesday, June 11, on the road. Lakefield scored one run in the bottom of the third, but Luverne tied the game 1-1 in the top of the seventh with Braydon Ripka scoring on a wild pitch. The game went another five innings with no scoring. In the bottom of the 13th inning, Lakefield had two outs and a man on third…
Luverne golfers named to all-conference team
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
June 18, 2025
Four Luverne golfers were named to the 2025 Big South All-Conference team. Sophomore Will Bergman and freshman Mallachi Domagala made the boys’ all-conference team. Sophomore Macie Edstrom and freshman Ingrid Mostad were named to the girls’ all-conference team. All four played in the Section 3AA tournament May 28 at the Oakdale Golf Club in Buffalo Lake but were unable to advance to the state…
Local race results for June 13-15 posted
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
June 18, 2025
Local racer results have been posted for the June 13-15 weekend. FMT Raceway June 13 – Fairmont, MN Rainout Rapid Speedway June 13 - Rock Rapids, IA Sportsmen #17 Brandon Boeve – placed 9th in A Feature, finished fourth in Heat 2 USRA Hobby Stock #10 Blake Schneekloth – placed third in the A Feature, finished fourth in Heat 2 #22E Eric Gaul – placed fifth in the A Feature,…
Cardinal baseball team clinches Section 3AA Championship
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
June 11, 2025
The Luverne Cardinals baseball team is heading to the 2025 State Tournament after winning the Section 3AA Championship Thursday, June 5, in Marshall. Luverne fell 6-1 to Montevideo in the first of two games in the championship. The loss, giving Luverne and Montevideo one loss each in sections, forced a Game 2 between the schools. Luverne found their groove, defeating Montevideo in a 9-0…
Redbirds fall 5-2 to Windom Pirates at home
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
June 11, 2025
The Luverne Redbirds fell 5-3 to the Windom Pirates at home Sunday, June 8. The Redbirds started the game scoring one run in the bottom of the first inning. Skyler Wenninger singled on a line drive to center field, scoring Blake Sauer from second. Windom took the lead in the top of the second inning driving in two runs on two singles. With two outs in the bottom of the second inning, Redbird…
LHS, H-BC post spring all-conference honorees
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
June 11, 2025
Several Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek spring sports athletes have been named to all-conference teams. Named to the LHS Big South Conference All-Conference Track & Field Team are the following Cardinals: Seniors Augusta Papik, Emma Nath, Hannah Sneller, Kendra Thorson, Owen Janiszeski, Keaton Ahrendt, Ryker Johnson, Eli Woodley, Dylan Ommen, Sage Viessman and Ashton Hood. Juniors Hannah…
Race results
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
June 11, 2025
By Greg Hoogeveen The following local race results were posted for the June 6-7 weekend. Rapid Speedway June 6 - Rock Rapids, IA Sportsmen #17 Brandon Boeve – placed 8th in A Feature, finished fourth in Heat 2 Hobbystock #14K Bryant Klaassen – placed 5th in Feature A, finished third in Heat 1 #10 Blake Schneekloth – placed 10th in A Feature, finished second in Heat 2 #24H Brock…
Luverne hosts Buffalo Days baseball tournaments
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
June 11, 2025
The 41st annual Buffalo Days and the Luverne Baseball Association hosted 32 team in the Jr. Legion and 9U-12U tournaments June 5-8 at Redbird Field, Joe Roberts and Riverside Park diamonds. New Ulm won the 16U Jr. Legion Tournament. Brandon Valley-White won 12U, Luverne Jr. Redbirds won 11U and qualified for MSF 11U state tournament, Sioux Falls Cubs won 10U, and Sioux Falls Dirtbags won 9U…
Carson’s Cause hosts third annual Buffalo Days Run 4A Cause
June 11, 2025
More than 100 people gathered in the Luverne City Park Saturday morning for the third annual Buffalo Days Run for a Cause. More than 60 participants competed in 5K and one-mile events under sunny, mild conditions. “The weather was absolutely perfect,” said Lori Sorenson, who organizes the annual event as a fundraiser for Carson’s Cause. She is co-founder of the local nonprofit that works with…
Luverne one game away from state baseball tournament
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
June 04, 2025
The Luverne Cardinals baseball team is knocking on the door to the 2025 State Class AA Minnesota Baseball Tournament after taking down four teams in the section playoffs. Luverne, the No. 2 south seed, beat Redwood Valley, the No. 7 south seed, 8-1 at home Tuesday, May 27, in the first round of the section tournament. The Cardinals hosted St. James, the No. 3 south seed, narrowly beating the…
LHS, H-BC track teams send 23 event winners to state meet June 10-11
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
June 04, 2025
The Luverne Cardinals and the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots qualified for the state event in 23 events at the Section 3A track and field meet in Redwood Valley Thursday, May 29. LHS qualified in 11 events and H-BC qualified in 12 events for the 2025 state meet June 10-11 in St. Michael. Class A prelims start at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, and the finals start at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 11. In…