By Greg Hoogeveen
February 19, 2025
The Patriot boys went 1-1 over the past week to bring their season record to 20-2 with three regular season games left.
Southwest Christian handed the Patriots their second loss of the season so far with the 83-65 road loss Tuesday, Feb. 11.
H-BC beat Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 69-47 on the road Friday, Feb. 14.
The Patriots were scheduled to host Edgerton Public Tuesday, Feb. 18, and they’ll…
By Greg Hoogeveen
February 12, 2025
The Luverne boys’ hockey team gathered three more wins, taking down Marshall 7-3 on the road Tuesday, Feb. 4, topping New Ulm 6-2 at home Friday, Feb. 7, and routing Windom 12-0 on the road Monday, Feb. 10.
The Cardinals’ final regular season game is Friday, Feb. 14, against Minnesota River at home.
LHS 7, Marshall 3
The Cardinals powered through Marshall in a 7-3 win on the road Tuesday,…
By Greg Hoogeveen
February 12, 2025
Two Luverne girls’ wrestlers qualified for state at the section individual tournament Friday, Feb. 7, and Saturday, Feb. 8, in Redwood Falls.
Junior Bernie Rock and her sister, sophomore CeCe Rock, are heading to the state tournament for the third year in a row.
Bernie qualified in the 112-pound weight class with a first-place finish in section action. She received a bye in the first round.
In…
By Greg Hoogeveen
February 12, 2025
The Luverne High School boys’ basketball team fell by two points in a 109-107 finish against Windom at home Friday, Feb. 7.
At halftime the Cardinals found themselves down 60-37, and in the second half they fell behind Windom by 26 points before fighting their way to a 95-95 tie late in the game.
The Cardinals were not able to overtake the Eagles in the final minutes and fell in a close contest…
By Greg Hoogeveen
February 12, 2025
The H-BC girls’ basketball team beat the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Knights 66-57 on the road Friday, Feb. 7.
“I thought Friday night against the Knights the girls played one of their best all-around games on the offensive end,” head coach Dylan Gehrke said.
“We had balanced scoring across the board and needed all of it because the Knights had a hot shooting night hitting eight three-pointers.”…
By Greg Hoogeveen
February 12, 2025
The Luverne gymnastics team lost 134.550-129.675 to Martin County Area on the road Tuesday, Feb. 4, and beat St. James 134.950-121.925 at home Thursday, Feb. 6, in the last regular season meets of the year.
Luverne will host the 2025 Section 3A gymnastics tournament Saturday, Feb. 15, at noon in the Classic Gym.
Martin County Area 134.550, LHS 129.675
The Luverne gymnastics team fell to…
By Greg Hoogeveen
February 12, 2025
The Luverne girls’ basketball team fell 79-38 to the Windom Eagles at home Friday, Feb. 7.
The Cardinals found themselves down 40-21 at the half and were only able to put 17 more points on the board in the second half.
Luverne had 34 turnovers and gave up 18 stolen balls in the game.
Rebounds favored Windom with 38 and the Cardinals with 35.
Freshman Taya Johnson led the Cardinals with 13…
By Greg Hoogeveen
February 12, 2025
The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team won two games, beating Murray County Central 70-68 at home Tuesday, Feb. 4, and Westbrook Walnut Grove 58-39 on the road Thursday, Feb.6.
The Patriots are now 19-1 for the season and were scheduled to host Southwest Christian Tuesday, Feb 11. They will travel to play Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Friday, Feb. 14.
H-BC 70, MCC 68
The Patriots hung on for…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
February 12, 2025
The Luverne wrestling team participated in the Elk-Point-Jefferson quadrangular Tuesday, Feb. 4, falling in two duals and winning one.
Luverne fell 48-36 to Garretson, 51-30 to Elk Point-Jefferson, and beat Baltic 54-12.
The Cardinals traveled to Springfield Friday, Feb. 7, placing nine wrestlers in the invitational.
Luverne takes on Marshall Thursday, Feb. 13, on the road for the section…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
February 05, 2025
The Luverne girls’ hockey team finished the regular season beating Worthington 8-0 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 28, and LHS rolled over Marshall 5-2 at home Thursday, Jan. 30.
With the two wins, the Cardinals finished the regular season 17-6-2.
Section 3A tournament seeding places Luverne at No. 2, with Marshall getting the No. 1 seed.
Fairmont is the third seed, New Ulm the fourth,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
February 05, 2025
The Patriot boys’ basketball team extended their season record to 17-1, beating two conference opponents this past week.
H-BC beat Murray County Central 81-47 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 28, and took down Red Rock Central 87-53 at home Friday, Jan. 31.
The Patriots travel to play Westbrook-Walnut Grove Thursday, Feb. 6, and will take on Southwest Minnesota Christian on the road Tuesday, Feb. 11…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
February 05, 2025
The Luverne boys’ basketball team won two home games this week, bringing their season record to 14-5 with five games left in the regular season.
LHS outplayed Southwest Minnesota Christian Thursday, Jan. 30, beating the Eagles 80-44, and took down Adrian-Ellsworth 98-63 Monday, Feb. 3.
The Cardinals finish their season with a five-game home stand starting with Windom Friday, Feb. 7, and will…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
February 05, 2025
The Luverne wrestling team finished 1-3 this past week in two triangulars.
“We wrestled a few tough teams this week but the kids wrestled tough,” head coach Jordan Kopp said.
“We had to deal with open weights and injuries a lot of the season, and it’s been hard to put a full team out there.”
LHS traveled to Blue Earth Tuesday, Jan. 28, beating Blue Earth Area 53-24, and falling 43-29 to Waseca…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
February 05, 2025
Luverne eighth-grader Ellie Rock finished in sixth place at the 2025 Minnesota Girls’ Wrestling League State Individual Tournament Saturday, Feb. 1, in Champlin.
Rock won one match and fell to three strong wrestlers in the 107-pound weight class.
In her first match, Rock beat a Stillwater opponent in a 7-6 decision.
In the semifinals, she lost to a Prior Lake competitor by a fall.
Having lost…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
February 05, 2025
The Luverne girls’ basketball team went 1-1 at home, falling to Southwest Christian 68-56 Tuesday, Jan. 28, and beating Adrian 64-49 Friday, Jan. 31.
The Cardinals have four conference games left in their regular season schedule.
LHS hosts Windom Friday, Feb. 7, Jackson County Central Tuesday, Feb. 11, and Worthington Thursday, Feb. 13.
Luverne will travel to Fairmont Tuesday, Feb. 18, before…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
February 05, 2025
The Patriot girls’ basketball team won three games to extend their Red Rock Conference record to 17-6 overall.
H-BC took down Adrian 53-47 at home Thursday, Jan. 30, beat Garretson 38-23 on the road Friday, Jan. 31, and outplayed Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 40-28 Monday, Feb. 3, on the road.
The Patriots have three games left in the regular season. They take on Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Friday, Feb. 7…