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  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    November 13, 2024
    The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots took down the Border West Buccaneers 34-14 in the 9-player state quarterfinal action Thursday, Nov. 7, in Buffalo. With the win, H-BC extended their season record to 11-0. The Patriots are scheduled to play Mountain Iron-Buhl (12-0) in the state semifinals at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at the US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The winner moves on to the state…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    November 13, 2024
    The Luverne girls’ varsity hockey team won their first two games of the 2024-25 season over the past week. The Cardinals blanked Austin 13-0 at home Thursday, Nov. 7, and beat Willmar 2-1 at home Saturday, Nov. 9. This is the first season with Matthew McClure at the helm as the head coach. McClure is assisted by Scott Adams and Skyler Wenninger. Chelsea Miles is their athletic trainer.…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    November 13, 2024
    The Luverne High School trap team placed first in Class 1A-Conference 8 action this season. The team also tied for sixth place in the True Team competition. “The Luverne trap team members had an excellent fall season,” assistant manager Julie Wynia said. “Several league members also finished individually in the Top 20 for males/females in the conference, and one was ranked in the top 20 for…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    November 06, 2024
    The Luverne boys’ cross-country team placed second at the 2024 MSHSL State Tournament Saturday, Nov. 2, at the University of Minnesota Les Bolstadt Golf Course in St. Paul. LHS finished with 91 total team points, just five points behind the first-place team from Redwood Valley with 86 team points. “Initially we were disappointed as we missed the state title by five points,” head coach Pete…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    November 06, 2024
    The Hills-Bever Creek Patriots won the Section 3 Championship, beating Mountain Lake 37-6 Friday, Nov. 1, in Marshall. Now 10-0, H-BC heads to the state quarterfinals against the Section 4 champions, the Border West Buccaneers, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in Buffalo. Border West High School is a consolidation of the school districts of Wheaton, Clinton, Graceville, Beardsley, Herman, and…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    November 06, 2024
    The Luverne Cardinal volleyball team fell 3-1 to Redwood Valley in the Section 3AA Quarterfinal game Tuesday, Oct. 29, in Redwood Falls. “We ended the season playing our best volleyball and gave the No. 1 seed Redwood Cardinals a run for their money,” head coach Sarah DeBeer said. “Unfortunately, we came up a little short.” Luverne, the No. 5 seed, stunned the crowd and the Redwood team when…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    November 06, 2024
    Ray Hoogeveen recorded his fifth hole-in-one Tuesday, Oct. 29, at the Luverne Country Club. “I hit a soft 5 wood into the wind,” Hoogeveen said about the Par 3 seventh hole. “I watched it go into the cup.” Four of his holes-in-one have come at the Luverne Country Club, while the other one was registered in South Dakota. His last hole-in-one came on the same hole at LCC back in October of 2015…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    October 30, 2024
    In Section 3AA volleyball action, the No. 5 seed Luverne Cardinals upset the No. 4 seed Pipestone Arrows 3-2 Friday, Oct. 25, in Pipestone. With the win, Luverne was scheduled to travel to take on No. 1 seed Redwood Valley Tuesday, Oct. 29, for a 7 p.m. section quarterfinal matchup. Against Pipestone, Luverne came out and took the very close first game 27-25. Pipestone came back and won game 2…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    October 30, 2024
    The Patriots keep their win streak alive after beating Aldon Conger-Glenville Emmons 50-6 in the Section 3 Nine-Player Tournament Saturday, Oct. 26. The No. 1 seed Patriots rolled over the No. 5 Knights at home to move on to the Section Championship game against No. 2 seed Mountain Lake. Game time is 12:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. “I thought we…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    October 30, 2024
    The Luverne cross country team exceled at the 2024 MSHSL Section 3A Championships Thursday, Oct. 24, in Luverne. The LHS boys’ 5,000-meter team and four individual Cardinals qualified for the state tournament set for Saturday, Nov. 2, at the University of Minnesota Les Bolstad Golf Course in St. Paul. The boys’ state team qualifiers are senior Owen Janiszeski, sophomore, Marcus Papik, senior…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    October 30, 2024
    The No. 10 seed Patriots fell to No. 7 seed Edgerton Public 3-2 in the Section 3A South Subsection volleyball tournament Monday, Oct. 21, on the road. H-BC won the first two sets 25-19 and 25-21 and had the Flying Dutchmen on their heels. Edgerton came back and took the third game 25-16 and the fourth 25-22 to tie the match 2-2. In the fifth set, played to 15, the Patriots let a slim lead go…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    October 30, 2024
    The Luverne Cardinals beat Albert Lea 41-0 in their Section 3AAA quarterfinal game Tuesday, Oct. 22, before falling to Fairmont 27-14 in the section semifinals Friday, Oct. 25. Luverne finished its season with record of 7-3. “It’s always tough to lose in the playoffs,” head coach Todd Oye said. “This year’s team was very successful and it will be tough replacing our seniors.”   LHS 41,…
  • By Scot Rall, Outdoor Columnist
    October 30, 2024
    The reports are all over the map about pheasant hunting success in the first few weeks of the pheasant hunting season. My efforts were pretty solid for the first few days and they have tailed off greatly since. There is a whole list of possible excuses, but I will start with the ones that I think can actually hold water from a pheasant and dog biology perspective. The crops are pretty much gone…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    October 30, 2024
    The Luverne trap team turned in final scores for the fall league this past week. “It has been a great season of shooting,” team assistant Julie Wynia said. “Although we didn’t have any perfect rounds this week, we did have nine athletes in league/in-house that scored at least one round of 20 or more.” Lucas Madison was high scorer in the fifth and final week with a 45. Dylan Hoff was two…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    October 30, 2024
    John Call recorded his first hole-in-one Wednesday, Oct. 23, on hole No. 7 at the Luverne Country Club. “I knew I hit a good shot off the tee box,” Call said. “I did not see the ball land as we were hitting into the sun.” Call used a No. 4 hybrid driver on the 157-yard, Par 3 hole. His partners, Ray Hoogeveen, Claude Van Driel and Harold Hoftyzer all walked to the green with Call and couldn’t…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    October 23, 2024
    The Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball teams squared off on the court Tuesday, Oct. 15. The Cardinals beat the Patriots 3-0 at home on senior night. H-BC traveled to Garretson Thursday, Oct. 17, falling to the Blue Dragons 3-0. Both LHS and H-BC now head into the post-season and section tournament action. Hills-Beaver Creek, the No. 10 seed, was scheduled to play Edgerton, the No. 7…
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