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 BerghorstMay 31, 2022The Luverne Cardinals baseball team closed out a 13-6 regular season before opening play in the Section 3AA tournament last week. The Cards bested Murray County Central 5-2 in Slayton Tuesday during their final regular season contest. Luverne earned the No. 4 seed in the South subsection for the playoffs. The Cardinals began postseason play by defeating No. 5-seeded Jackson County Central 4-2 in…
- By Jason BerghorstMay 31, 2022The Luverne Redbirds amateur baseball team moved to 5-1 on the season with two shutout, seven-inning victories this week. The Redbirds defeated the Hadley Buttermakers 11-0 on Wednesday, May 25, and the Jackson Bulls 20-0 on Friday, both at Redbird Field. Luverne was scheduled to play in Worthington Wednesday, June 1, after this edition of the Star Herald went to press. The Redbirds will play…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldMay 24, 2022The Worthington Trojan Relays took place Tuesday afternoon at Worthington High School. Sixteen teams attended the meet, and they were split into two classes based on school size. The Patriot girls finished fourth in Class A (smaller schools) with 202.5 points while the boys were able to come away in third place with 204 points. The story of the day came from seventh-grader Brynn Bakken, who…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldMay 24, 2022The H-BC track and field teams traveled to Mountain Lake Thursday to compete in the Red Rock Conference track meet. The girls placed third in the conference while the boys placed fourth. “We had a lot of individual success today,” said coach Rex Metzger. “As a team, our goal was to finish in the Top 3. The girls were able to finish in third while the boys missed third place by less than one point…
- By Blaine Radtke for the Star HeraldMay 24, 2022The Cardinal track teams had an early 4:30 a.m. bus ride to make the long trek to Stillwater for the state True Team meet. Twelve teams were competing, including one champion from each of the eight sections and four wild card teams. The Cardinal girls placed second and the boys were fourth in an overall solid competition, according to coach Pete Janiszeski. “I am extremely proud of the efforts…
- By Stacy Olson for the Star HeraldMay 24, 2022The Luverne High School softball players finished their regular season in Edgerton on Friday, May 20, when they defeated the Dutchmen 4-0. The 17-3 Cardinals secured the first seed and were scheduled to host the first round of playoffs at home on Tuesday, May 24 (after this edition of the Star Herald went to press). They will face the winner of Minneota/Canby and Windom. Luverne was unable to get…
- By John Sichmeller for the Star HeraldMay 24, 2022The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ and boys’ golf teams traveled to Worthington Tuesday for their fourth and final Red Rock Conference meet of the season. Senior Tess Van Maanen placed first overall for the third straight day with an 18-hole score of 92. Her lowest two-score total remained at 176, which was good enough to win the conference by nine strokes over the second-place finisher at 185. Senior…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldMay 24, 2022The Luverne amateur baseball team upped its season record to 3-1 with three decisive wins this week, all of them on the road. The Redbirds defeated Ruthton 19-0 on May 18, Pipestone 11-1 on Friday and Mountain Lake 10-3 on Sunday. The team returned to Redbird Field for a game against the Hadley Buttermakers on Wednesday (May 25) and will host the Jackson Bulls Friday night at 7:30 p.m. The…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldMay 24, 2022The Luverne boys’ tennis team suffered three consecutive setbacks to end the regular season before securing a solid victory in the quarterfinals of the section team tournament during a busy week. The Cardinals lost a close contest to St. Peter 4-3 on Wednesday, May 18, in the Big South Conference championship meet. On Saturday, May 21, Luverne went 0-2 at a tournament in St. James. “We used these…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldMay 24, 2022The Luverne High School baseball team upped its record to 12-6 by defeating the Worthington Trojans Tuesday, May 17, at Redbird Field. The Cardinals were scheduled to play their final regular season game at Murray County Central in Slayton Tuesday after this edition of the Star Herald went to press. LHS will open the Section 3AA playoffs on Saturday with the opponent and location to be…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldMay 24, 2022The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ and boys’ golf teams traveled to Worthington Tuesday for their fourth and final Red Rock Conference meet of the season. Senior Tess Van Maanen placed first overall for the third straight day with an 18-hole score of 92. Her lowest two-score total remained at 176, which was good enough to win the conference by nine strokes over the second-place finisher at 185. Senior…
- By Blaine Radtke for the Star HeraldMay 24, 2022The Cardinals competed in the Worthington Trojan Relays on Tuesday, May 17. Most athletes had a light workload that night, since the teams were trying to save up for Saturday’s True Team competition in Stillwater (see related story). The teams were divided into two divisions, and the Cardinals competed in the Big School Division with Pipestone, Windom, St. Peter, Jackson County Central, Marshall…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 24, 2022Hills-Beaver Creek and Luverne high school trap shooting teams ended the 2022 spring season in third and sixth places in their respective conferences. H-BC ended the season with 9,389 points in Class 3A-Conference 1 action. Verndale topped the conference with 11,002 points. Senior Journey Dwire finished first in the H-BC girls’ division with an average of 20.7 points per round of 25. She is…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldMay 17, 2022The Luverne High School boys’ tennis team remained unbeaten among Minnesota opponents this week by defeating Pipestone Area 6-1, Benson/KMS 6-1 and Dawson-Boyd/Lac Qui Parle Valley 7-0. The Cardinals are now 15-1 on the season, with their only loss to Sioux Falls Lincoln, the No. 1 team in South Dakota Class AA tennis. Luverne was scheduled to face the St. Peter Saints (8-3) in the Big South…
- By John Sichmeller for the Star HeraldMay 17, 2022The Luverne boys’ and girls’ golf teams competed in the Big South Conference championship meet on Monday, May 16, at the Dacotah Ridge Golf Club in Morton. In the boys’ meet, the St. Peter Saints came out on top with a team score of 324. The Cardinals shot a team score of 348 to finish in fourth place out of the 12 teams in the conference. The Cardinals were led by sophomore Henry Hartquist, who…
- By Stacy Olson for the Star HeraldMay 17, 2022By Stacy Olson For the Star Herald The Luverne High School softball team wrapped up another busy stretch of play with five games in the past week. They beat Fairmont 11-3 in a home game Tuesday, May 10, and defeated Redwood Valley 13-3 and 17-7 in a doubleheader that started May 12 and finished May 14 due to weather. Also on Saturday in Marshall, they made quick work of RTR 13-0 before falling to…
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