Nutcrackers beat Belugas 9-8 in 2nd Annual Nutcracker Fest game
The Luverne Redbirds captured two home wins in the past week, beating the Brandon Belugas 9-8 in an exhibition game July 17 and taking down the Jackson Bull 3-2 July 19.
Luverne Junior Legion Red Baseball team keeps hopes alive in sub-state baseball tournament
The Luverne Junior Legion Red team went 1-1 in the Junior Legion Sub-State Tournament in the past week to stay alive in elimination bracket play.
Luverne Senior Legion slides into Southwest Sub-State Tournament
The Luverne Senior Legion Baseball team went 2-1 at home in warm and humid conditions over the past week.
Luverne beat Dell Rapids 9-4 July 7 in the final regular season game.
Luverne Junior Legion Red moves on to sub-state action, White ends season abruptly
The Luverne Junior Legion Red and White teams went 1-3 this past week at home.
Luverne White fell twice to finish their post season push.
Nutcracker Half Marathon draws runners to local trails
Nearly 50 runners participated in the 2026 Nutcracker Half Marathon Saturday, July 11, in the Luverne City Park.
Redbirds beat A’s 4-1 on the road
The Luverne Redbirds pulled off an extra inning win over Pipestone Wednesday, July 8, on the road.
Sports
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 23, 2025The Luverne golf team hosted Hills-Beaver Creek Tuesday, April 15, at the Luverne Country Club. The LHS boys’ varsity team pulled out a nine-stroke win against the Patriots in 9-hole play, 170-179. The LHS girls’ varsity team finished with a top four players score of 219. H-BC recorded a score of 114 with only two varsity players on their girls’ team. In individual play for the boys, senior…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 23, 2025Luverne jumped all over Jackson County Central in the first inning of the baseball game Tuesday, April 15, to take a 19-1 win on the road over the Huskies. The Cardinals scored 10 runs in the top of the first inning to take a quick and decisive lead that Jackson could not recover from. Junior Maddux Domagala scored the first run for LHS on a triple by senior Carter Sehr. Sehr scored later on a…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 23, 2025The Luverne boys’ and girls’ golf teams topped Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton Thursday, April 17, in Adrian and both LHS teams placed third in the team competitions of the Big South Division tournament Monday, April 21. Luverne was scheduled to host Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Tuesday, April 22. Luverne travels for another Big South Division tournament Monday, April 28, with the boys going to…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 23, 2025The H-BC golf team hosted Mountain Lake Thursday, April 17 at Meadow Acres Golf Club in Larchwood. The H-BC boys’ team fell 174-189 to the Wolverines in 9-hole play. Senior Cameron Allen took top honors in the individual competition with a low round of 40. Sophomore Riggins Rheault placed seventh with a round of 47. Junior Callum Bartels, freshman Maddox Metzger and eighth-grader Auston Olson…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 23, 2025LHS Reserve week scoring Round1 Round 2 Total Ashton Altman 18 21 39 Jesse Aning 17 16 33 Alex DeWispelaere 23 25 48 Martin Fick 8 9…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 16, 2025Eight teams participated in the Cardinal Relays Tuesday, April 8, in Luverne. Both LHS and H-BC had strong performances at the meet in cool, windy conditions. Redwood Valley placed first in the boys’ varsity team competition with a team score of 159. Hills-Beaver Creek took second with a 144, Luverne was third with 119, Windom Area was fourth with 90, Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 16, 2025The Luverne High School softball team captured three wins with two losses this past week to start the season 3-2 LHS fell 6-0 to St. James in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday, April 8, at home and beat the Saints 11-1 in the second game. On Thursday, April 10, LHS hosted Windom in a doubleheader, beating the Eagles 8-6 in the first game and 8-6 in the second game. The Cardinals…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 16, 2025The Luverne boys’ tennis team lost two matches this past week. The Cardinals fell 6-1 to Worthington Tuesday, April 8, at home and 9-0 to Vermillion on the road Thursday, April 10. “Tuesday’s match against Worthington went very well,” head coach Nathan Rud said. “Thursday we ran into the proverbial buzz saw against Vermillion.” One highpoint in the Cardinals’ performance was senior Kaleb…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 16, 2025The Luverne baseball team went 2-2 this past week. LHS beat Blue Earth 15-5 and 20-2 at home Friday, April 11, but fell 4-3 to Esko Saturday, April 12, and lost 14-3 to Fairmont Monday, April 14. Luverne was scheduled to face Jackson County Central on the road Tuesday, April 15.The Cardinals travel to Windom Tuesday, April 22, and take on Fairmont in Fairmont Friday, April 25. Luverne 15,…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 16, 2025The Patriots track and field team participated in the Pipestone Invitational Friday, April 11, at Paulsen Field. Both the H-BC boys’ and girls’ teams finished in first place in the eight team competition. The H-BC boys’ team captured first place with a team score of 170. Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda was second with a 110.5, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton was third with 102.5, Southwest Minnesota Christian/…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 16, 2025Both the Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ golf teams traveled to Worthington to participate in the Trojan Invite Friday, April 11. LHS and H-BC were two of 13 total teams at the meet. In team competition, Lac qui Parle Valley took top honors with a low team score of 335. Lakeview was second with a 339, Luverne third with a 347, Windom Area fourth with a 370, Worthington was fifth with 370…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 16, 2025The Luverne boys’ and girls’ golf teams hosted Worthington Tuesday, April 8, at the Luverne Country Club. The Luverne boys’ golf team also traveled to Adrian Thursday, April 10, beating the Dragons in 9-hole play at the Adrian Country Club. LHS and H-BC were scheduled to tee off against each other at Meadow Acres Golf Course in Larchwood, home course for the Patriots, Tuesday, April 15.…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 16, 2025The Luverne High School track and field teams competed well on local tracks over the past week. The Cardinals girls’ and boys’ teams both finished in first place at the Garretson Jesse James Track Meet Saturday, April 12. At the Marshall meet Monday, the Luverne girls’ team took first place, and the boys finished in fourth. Luverne will travel to Worthington Thursday, April 24, and to…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 16, 2025The H-BC boys’ and girls’ golf teams traveled to Mountain Lake Golf Club Thursday, April 10, to take on Mountain Lake and Red Rock Central in 9-hole action. The Patriot boys’ team finished in second place with a team score of 211. Mountain Lake took first place with a team score of 188. H-BC beat Red Rock Central who finished with a team score of 217. The Patriot girls’ team, which consists…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 09, 2025The Luverne baseball team opened their 2025 season beating Pipestone 9-1 and Worthington 12-2 Thursday, April 3, at the Sanford Sports Complex in Sioux Falls. Conditions were cool and overcast with teams playing on all turf fields. The Cardinals played the Arrows at 4 p.m. and took on Worthington at 7 p.m. LHS is scheduled to host their next three opponents at Redbird Field. They will play…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 09, 2025Two H-BC seniors, Beau Bakken and Sawyer Bosch, received Red Rock Conference all-conference honorable mention recognition. Both Patriots were a big part of the season for H-BC and their section basketball run.
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