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 Jason BerghorstJune 14, 2022The Luverne Senior American Legion baseball team opened the 2022 season with a very busy week and a half. Luverne played six straight games at home, including four as part of their home weekend tournament, and went 4-2 during the opening stretch. The team was scheduled to host Jackson Tuesday, June 14, after this edition of the Star Herald went to press. Luverne will travel to Slayton tonight (…
- By Jason BerghorstJune 14, 2022The Luverne Junior Legion baseball team picked up two more wins last week. Luverne earned a 6-3 win in Minneota Thursday before defeating Worthington 7-2 at home Monday night. The team has a busy week ahead. Luverne hosted Jackson at Redbird Field Tuesday night after this edition of the Star Herald went to press. Luverne will play in Slayton tonight (Thursday) and in Lamberton on Monday. On…
- By Blaine Radtke for the Star HeraldJune 07, 2022The Cardinals are back-to-back Class 3A team section champions after defending their titles Thursday in Pipestone. The girls scored 118.92 points, and second-place Redwood Valley had 62. The LHS boys scored 81.66 points, beating Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta’s 67.16. As has been the case most of the year, the Luverne Cardinals turned in multiple high-placing finishes, sending athletes in 15 events…
- By John Sichmeller for the Star HeraldJune 07, 2022The Luverne boys’ and girls’ golf teams wrapped up their seasons last week, but one LHS golfer kept his season alive by qualifying for the state meet. Sophomore Henry Hartquist turned in an impressive 2-under par round of 70 in the second round of section play to finish as the Section 3AA Individual Runner-Up. Hartquist’s two-day total of 148 was only bested by New London-Spicer’s Peyton Coahran…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldJune 07, 2022The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ 4-by-100-meter relay ran the top time in the Section 3A track meet on Thursday afternoon in Pipestone. The team of Abbie Harris, Brynn Rauk, Layla Deelstra and Brynn Bakken ran a 51.68 to qualify for the state track meet this week. Bakken, just a seventh-grader, qualified in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dash. She ran a personal best 12.71 seconds in the 100,…
- By Stacy Olson for the Star HeraldJune 07, 2022The Cardinals played in the Section 3AA championship Thursday, June 2, against the Pipestone Area Arrows, who ended Luverne’s season in four innings, 15-0. LHS was unable to score any runs. Anika Boll, Kendall Buss and Belle Smidt had the only hits for the Cardinals, who were unable to catch a break during the game. The Cardinal batters hit the ball hard; they just could not find a gap. Pipestone…
- By Jason BerghorstJune 07, 2022The Luverne Redbirds amateur baseball team upped its season record to 6-1 with a 15-0 victory in seven innings over the Worthington Cubs in Worthington on Wednesday, June 1. The shutout victory was the third in a row, and fourth this season, for Luverne. After an opening game loss to the Milroy Irish on May 15, the Redbirds have won six straight games, outscoring their opponents 86-4 in those six…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldJune 07, 2022Patriot golfers competed in the Section 3A golf meet Wednesday and Friday mornings in Worthington. Senior Tess Van Maanen finished tied for third place with a score of 197. She was in second place just one stroke off the lead with a 97 after the first day of the event and finished with a score of 100 on the second day. “This is her third trip to the state tournament,” said coach Dan Ellingson.…
- By Jason BerghorstJune 07, 2022The Luverne High School baseball team ended its 2022 season with a close 3-2 loss to Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City Saturday in Marshall. The Cardinals won two games in the elimination bracket of the Section 3AA tournament before falling to the Falcons to wrap up a 16-8 season. Luverne defeated Windom Area 6-1 Tuesday, May 31, and Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 3-1 Thursday, June 2. Luverne 6, Windom 1…
- By Jason BerghorstJune 07, 2022The Luverne Junior Legion baseball team opened its summer season with three losses during their home Buffalo Days tournament before earning a victory over Adrian Monday night. Luverne is scheduled to play in Minneota tonight (Thursday) and in Worthington on Monday. Marshall 5, Luverne 1 Luverne suffered a 5-1 loss to Marshall Orange in their season opener Friday at Redbird Field. Patrick Kroski…
- By Jason BerghorstJune 07, 2022The Luverne boys’ tennis team faced a tough challenge in the quarterfinal round of the state tournament Tuesday morning in Minneapolis. The Cardinals fell 7-0 to St. Paul Academy/Summit School, the top-ranked team in Class A. Although LHS did not win a match, the No. 2 singles match was extremely competitive. Luverne’s Griffen Jarchow and SPA’s Harry Mahmic required a tie-breaker set, which…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldMay 31, 2022Luverne will again represent Section 3A at the Minnesota boys’ tennis state tournament next week in Minneapolis. The Cardinals won their 12th consecutive Section 3A team championship on Tuesday, May 24, in Redwood Falls, continuing a streak that began in 2010 (excluding the 2020 no-sports pandemic year). After defeating MACCRAY in the tournament quarterfinals 7-0 May 23, Luverne took down…
- By John Sichmeller for the Star HeraldMay 31, 2022The Luverne boys’ golf team played in the first round of the Section 3AA Golf Tournament on Thursday, May 26, at Buffalo Lake Golf Club in Oakdale. The Cardinals shot a team score of 325 to place fourth out of 16 teams in the tournament. The top five teams in the section advance to Round 2 on Wednesday, June 1. New London-Spicer currently sits at the top of the leaderboard after shooting a team…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldMay 31, 2022Patriot athletes traveled to Luverne Thursday afternoon for the Section 3A Sub-section Southwest track meet that included Adrian/Ellsworth, Hills-Beaver Creek, Luverne, Murray County Central, Pipestone, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, Southwest Christian, and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton. The Lady Pates finished in fifth place with 64.5 points while the boys finished in fourth place with 73 points. Pipestone will…
- By Blaine Radtke for the Star HeraldMay 31, 2022Luverne hosted the Section 3A Subsection Southwest track meet on Thursday, May 26, where the Cardinal girls took the team title and the LHS boys were second. In this competition, coaches are looking to win the team title, but athletes look to advance to the section meet and a chance for a trip to state. The top four in each event advance to the section meet. Also, the next top four performances…
- By Stacy Olson for the Star HeraldMay 31, 2022The Luverne High School softball team opened post-season play Tuesday, May 24, with an 11-6 victory over Windom at home after earning a bye for the first playoff game. Playoff action continued in Marshall Saturday, May 28, when the Cardinals beat Dassel-Cokato 1-0 but lost to Pipestone 7-6. The Cardinals dropped down to the loser bracket and will play Tuesday, May 31, in Marshall to try and earn…
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