Traveling Europe Together
Luverne High School world language students and teachers spent 10 days traveling in Spain and Germany from June 17-26.
Redbirds win two, lose one, improve to 11-2 for the season
The Redbirds won two games and fell once this past week, bringing their season record to 11-2.
Luverne beat Heron Lake 4-0 in Worthington Wednesday, June 26.
Senior Legion versus Edgerton rained out, takes Marshall 6-4 with rain delay
The weather proved to be a challenge for the Senior Legion games this week.
Blaze host 2024 Bash-A-Rama fastpitch softball tournament
The Luverne Blaze fastpitch softball club hosted its fourth annual Bash-A-Rama tournament Saturday, June 29, and Sunday, June 30.
Luverne Junior Legion baseball beats Pipestone 11-5 at home
The Luverne Junior Legion baseball team beat Pipestone 11-5 at home Monday, June 24.
Because of flooding at Redbird Field, the game was played at the Luverne High School south baseball field.
Christensen Broadcasting to start streaming LHS varsity sports this fall
Luverne Public Schools signed a three-year sports streaming contract Thursday, June 20.
The contract begins September 1.
Sports
- By Brennen RuppApril 13, 2021The Luverne Cardinals opened the 2021 softball season with a pair of wins against Blue Earth on Thursday, April 8, in Blue Earth. The Cardinals won the first game of the double header 15-1 and the second game 18-6. LHS 15, Blue Earth 1 In the first inning played in nearly two years, the Cardinals scored eight runs to put Blue Earth in an early 8-0 hole. In the following frame the Cardinals…
- By Brennen RuppApril 13, 2021The Luverne track and field team competed in its first event in nearly two years on Thursday, April 8, in Blue Earth. The Cardinals dominated the 100 meters on the boys’ side, with three Luverne sprinters holding down the top three spots. Ashton Sandbulte finished first with a time of 11.3. Arekel McLaughlin finished second with a time of 11.8. LaShad Smith finished third with a time of 11.9.…
- By Brennen RuppApril 13, 2021The Luverne tennis team opened the season on Friday, April 9, in Luverne against Fairmont. Under first-year head coach Lucas Larson, the Cardinals defeated Fairmont 6-1. In St. James on Saturday, April 10, the Cardinals defeated St. James in doubles action 3-2. LHS 6, Fairmont 1 Luverne’s No. 1 singles player Pierce Cunningham kicked off his season in impressive fashion. Cunningham defeated…
- By Brennen RuppApril 13, 2021Rock County families who participated in a youth wrestling tournament in Sioux Falls learned this week that they were exposed to a COVID-19 outbreak at the event. The Northland Youth Wrestling Association held its 2021 State Wrestling Tournament at the Premier Center Complex in Sioux Falls. The event took place from Wednesday, March 31, to Saturday, April 3, for Minnesota youth club wrestling…
- By Brennen RuppApril 13, 2021The Hills-Beaver Creek track athletes competed in their first meet of the season on Friday, April 9, in Slayton. The Patriots met with Murray County Central, Adrian/Ellsworth and Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton. Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton took home first place in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions. Hills-Beaver Creek finished third in both divisions. “After missing all of last…
- By Brennen RuppApril 06, 2021High school spring sports are back in Rock County. A year after the 2020 spring season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the spring sports teams for Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek are back practicing in preparation for the upcoming season. “It’s exciting to have the kids back at it,” Luverne track coach Pete Janiszeski said. “It feels great to be working with the kids and helping them…
- By Brennen RuppApril 06, 2021The Big South Conference recently announced its All-Conference teams for boys’ and girls’ hockey, wrestling and gymnastics, and multiple Luverne athletes made the list. The Red Rock Conference released its All-Conference teams for basketball. Several Hills-Beaver Creek athletes were named to the team. Gymnastics In gymnastics, Amira Cowell and Ella Reisdorfer both earned all-conference honors…
- By Brennen RuppMarch 30, 2021For the second straight year, the Luverne Cardinals girls’ hockey team traveled to the Xcel Energy Center for state tournament action. Last year the Cardinals opened the state tournament against Breck, the eventual state champions. The Cardinals fell to Breck 8-1. In the consolation bracket, the Cardinals lost to South St. Paul 8-4. Fast forward a year and the Cardinals fell to undefeated Proctor…
- March 30, 2021For a second straight year Luverne’s Ella Reisdorfer competed at the Class A Gymnastics State Tournament. Last year as a seventh-grader, Reisdorfer earned a spot at state on the bars. This year she punched her ticket on the beam by recording a score of 8.875 at the section meet. At the state tournament, Reisdorfer tied for 18th with two other individuals with a score of 8.80. The two other…
- By Brennen RuppMarch 30, 2021Rylee Gee has been playing the game of hockey for as long as she can remember. It’s a game that she fell in love with at an early age. “I love that hockey is so much more than a skills sport,” Gee said. “You can have the ability to stickhandle and shoot and skate, but it will be tough to get anywhere without your team. Everyone can have a strength that they bring to the game, and no two players…
- By Brennen RuppMarch 23, 2021The Luverne boys’ hockey team opened the section tournament with a 9-4 victory over Fairmont on Tuesday, March 16, in Luverne. On Thursday, March 18, the Cardinals ended their season with an 8-0 loss to Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato. LHS 9, Fairmont 4 Luverne entered Tuesday’s opening round in the section tournament having outscored Fairmont 16-4 during their two regular season meetings. The two…
- By Brennen RuppMarch 23, 2021As a seventh-grader, Luverne’s Ella Reisdorfer qualified for the gymnastics state tournament in the bars. Fast-forward to this year and she qualified for the state tournament on the beam with a score of 8.875. That score was good enough for sixth place. “It’s always such a great accomplishment to make it to the state tournament for any athlete, and to make it two consecutive years is tremendous…
- By Brennen RuppMarch 23, 2021The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ basketball team and Southwest Minnesota Christian have squared off in the section tournament four straight years. The Eagles have won all four of those matchups, with the previous three meetings being in the section semifinals. Those two teams met again in the section semifinals on Monday, March 22, in Edgerton. Once again the Eagles had the Patriots’ number, with…
- By Brennen RuppMarch 23, 2021It’s hard to beat a team three times in a season. That old adage rang true Saturday, March 20, when the Luverne Cardinals hosted the Windom Eagles in the section tournament. Luverne defeated Windom during the regular season, 86-65 and 72-63. In the third meeting, it was the Eagles coming out on top 63-56 to end Luverne’s season sooner than expected. Gannon Ahrendt split a pair of free throws to…
- By Brennen RuppMarch 23, 2021The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball season came to an end Thursday, March 18, when they lost to Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 67-51. The Patriots trailed 37-29 at the half. H-BC opened scoring in the second half to trim HLOF’s lead to 37-31. Following H-BC’s bucket, the Coyotes went on an 8-0 run to build a 45-31 lead. A Cole Baker three-point play cut HLOF’s lead to 45-36. The Coyotes responded…
- By Brennen RuppMarch 23, 2021The Luverne wrestling team competed in the individual section tournament in Redwood Falls on Tuesday, March 16. Luverne had three wrestlers reach the third-place match in their respective weight classes. Unfortunately for the three Cardinal grapplers, those third-place matches were not wrestled. Riley Cowell Cowell capped off his prep wrestling career by going 2-1 and earning a spot in the…
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