By Scott Rall, Outdoors columnist
December 27, 2023
So, when does an afternoon pheasant hunt turn into a nature walk?
Every hunt is a nature walk, but normally at least a few of those nature walks will result in a pheasant or two in the game vest.
Late season is far harder than hunting the young and dumb ones that had never been busted by a dog. There is a certain challenge in hunting last season roosters and it is a challenge I enjoy, but this…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
December 27, 2023
The Luverne Cardinals wrestling team traveled to Lamberton for the Red Rock Central Quad on Tuesday, Dec. 19.
“Tuesday was a tough day. The team was hurting by the loss of Josh,” head coach Jordan Kopp said.
“They pulled together and wanted to go wrestle and be together. It was an emotional night,” Kopp said.
“They went out and wrestled as well as they could.”
Teams at the quad were the host…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
December 27, 2023
The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team traveled to Edgerton Tuesday, Dec. 19, defeating the Flying Dutchmen 67-48.
With the win, the Patriots are now 5-1 for the season going into the winter break.
H-BC is scheduled to travel to Southwest Minnesota State University Saturday, Dec. 30, to play Minneota.
The H-BC Patriots shot 52 percent inside the paint and made six of 14 3-point shots…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
December 20, 2023
The Luverne High School wrestling team hosted its second annual Top the Tree Holiday Duals Saturday, Dec. 16.
Luverne participated in the round-robin tournament along with the Chester Area Flyers, Ortonville Trojans, Quad County Cobras, Springfield Tigers and Viborg-Hurley Cougars.
The Cardinals wrestled their way to five team dual wins at the tournament.
Luverne beat Ortonville 60-15 in the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
December 20, 2023
The Luverne boys’ basketball team finished the week with one win and one loss, beating Jackson County Central 68-47 on the road Dec. 12 and falling to Redwood Valley 92-69 at home Dec. 15.
Luverne’s next game will be Tuesday, Jan. 2, at home against Windom, followed by a game with Marshall on the road Friday, Jan. 5.
LHS 68, Jackson County Central 47
The Luverne boys’ basketball team…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
December 20, 2023
The Luverne boys’ hockey team is now 6-0 for the season after beating Windom 9-4 on Dec. 12 and Rochester 9-0 on Dec. 16, both on home ice.
The Cardinals will face Worthington Thursday, Dec. 21, and Dodge City Friday, Dec. 22, both at the Blue Mound Ice Arena.
LHS 9, Windom 4
The Luverne boys’ hockey team picked up its fifth straight win Tuesday, Dec. 12, against Windom, beating the Eagles…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
December 20, 2023
The Luverne girls’ basketball team lost two home games this past week.
The Cardinals fell 71-61 to Jackson County Central Dec. 12 and 59-25 to Redwood Valley Dec. 15.
Luverne is scheduled to host H-BC Tuesday, Dec. 19 and Windom on Tuesday, Jan. 2.
JCC 71, LHS 61
The Luverne girls’ basketball team hosted Jackson County Central Tuesday, Dec. 12, in the Classic Gym.
The Cardinals fell to…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
December 20, 2023
The Patriots posted two wins and one loss this past week in boys’ basketball action.
H-BC beat Murray County Central 69-64 Dec. 12 on the road, took down Red Rock Central at home 71-41, and fell to Central Lyon in Rock Rapids 74-46.
The Patriots were scheduled to travel to Edgerton Tuesday, Dec. 19, and will be off until Dec. 30 when they play in a tournament in Marshall.
H-BC 69, Murray…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
December 20, 2023
The Patriot girls’ basketball team went 1-1 this past week, beating HLOF 63-12 on Dec. 14 and falling to Central Lyon 53-42 on Dec. 16, both games on the road.
H-BC was scheduled to take on the Cardinals in Luverne Tuesday, Dec. 19 and host Westbrook Walnut Grove Thursday, Dec. 21.
H-BC 63, HLOF 12
The Patriot girls’ basketball team played Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda Thursday, Dec. 14, blowing…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
December 20, 2023
The Luverne gymnasts traveled to Pipestone Tuesday, Dec. 12, and flipped over the Arrows for a team win.
The Cardinals posted a 127.1750 to 126.8750 combined team win over the Arrows.
“I’m continually impressed with how hard the girls are working,” head coach Phoebe Flom said.
In the all-around competition junior Amira Cowell took second place with a combined events score of 33.2000 in four…
By Scott Rall, Outdoors columnist
December 20, 2023
When is the last time someone did something really impressive and you had more fun watching than if you had done that impressive thing yourself? It happens to me all the time in the outdoors. Watching someone harvest or catch their personal best in just about any category is pretty easy to get excited about.
My son Brandon moved home from the Denver, Colorado, area about a year ago, and now I…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
December 13, 2023
The Luverne girls’ hockey team lost once and rallied for two wins this past week.
The Cardinals fell to Willmar 5-3 Tuesday, Dec. 5, at home, came from behind to beat Mankato East 4-3 Saturday, Dec. 9, at home and traveled to Austin Monday, Dec. 11, beating the Packers 10-0.
The Cardinals girls’ team will play their next game against Worthington Thursday, Dec. 21, at home.
Luverne will…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
December 13, 2023
The Luverne Cardinals wrestling team hosted the Luverne Triangular Tuesday, Dec. 5, losing to Redwood Valley 36-31 and falling to Jackson County Central 66-10.
The Luverne boys’ team traveled to Jackson County Central Saturday, Dec. 9, placing 13th, and the girls’ team traveled to Hutchinson Saturday, Dec. 9, placing second.
The Luverne girls’ team travels to Minnetonka Saturday, Dec. 16, for…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
December 13, 2023
The Patriots and Cardinals boys’ basketball teams played head-to-head in Luverne Tuesday, Dec. 5.
H-BC came out on top beating LHS 77-65 in the Cardinal Gym.
“I thought for our first game of the year, our guys competed well,” H-BC head coach Chad Rauk said.
“I thought we moved the ball really well and made the extra pass to find the open guy.”
The Patriots took a five-point lead (44-39)…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
December 13, 2023
The Luverne gymnastics team hosted Worthington Tuesday, Dec. 5, falling to the Trojans 139.2750 to 129.5000.
The Cardinals traveled to St. James for the Snowflake Invite Saturday, Dec. 9, placing second behind Redwood Valley.
The Cardinal gymnasts were scheduled to travel to Pipestone Tuesday, Dec. 12, to take on the Arrows.
Worthington 139.2750, LHS 129.5000
The Luverne gymnastics team…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
December 13, 2023
The Patriot girls hosted Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey Tuesday, Dec. 2, beating the Wolverines 60-42 for their second win of the basketball season.
“The Wolverines are a scrappy bunch with a lot of good shooters,” head coach Dylan Gehrke said.
“Our goal was to speed them up and make them uncomfortable.”
The Patriots’ plan prompted 20 Wolverine turnovers and 10 H-BC steals in the game.
As a team…
