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 Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldMay 10, 2022The Patriot track teams traveled to Slayton Thursday afternoon, May 8, to compete in the Dick Davidson Invite. With the weekend’s Howard Wood Relays scheduled, the coach held some athletes back and let the younger athletes fill some events for the Slayton meet. Senior Kenadie Fick led the way for the H-BC girls with a second-place finish in the 1600-meter run with a time of 5:56. Fick also led…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldMay 10, 2022The Luverne boys’ tennis team upped its season record to 12-1 after defeating St. James Area, Redwood Valley and Vermillion, South Dakota, this week. The Cardinals, currently ranked the No. 8 team in Minnesota Class A boys’ tennis, remain undefeated in Section 3A and Big South Conference play. LHS is scheduled to host Pipestone Area today (Thursday) before traveling to Benson and Lac Qui Parle on…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldMay 10, 2022The Patriot track teams participated at the Pipestone Bob Nagle Relays Tuesday, May 3, where the girls’ and boys’ teams both placed fifth among seven teams. H-BC competed with Luverne, MCC, Pipestone, RTR, SWC-E and TMB in the meet. The girls’ 4-by-100 (52.97) and 4-by-200 (1:54.14) relay teams of Abbie Harris, Brynn Rauk, Layla Deelstra and Brynn Bakken placed first. Bakken also came in first in…
- By Stacy Olson for the Star HeraldMay 03, 2022The Luverne High School softball team kept the ball rolling with another win on Friday, April 29, when they beat the Edgerton Dutchmen at home by a score of 11-4. The Cardinals, 8-0 for the season, have a busy week coming up with a doubleheader at home versus Jackson County Central Tuesday, May 3, a doubleheader in St. James Thursday, May 5, and a single game in Ellsworth Friday, May 6. LHS 11…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldMay 03, 2022The Hills-Beaver Creek golf teams competed in their first Red Rock Conference meets of the year Thursday when the girls traveled to Westbrook and the boys competed in Fulda. The girls’ team was incomplete, but Tess VanMaanen placed eighth overall with an 18-hole score of 96. H-BC senior Danette Leenderts shot a 110. Brielle Vis from Southwest Christian is the girls’ leader after the first…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldMay 03, 2022There were two more opponents and two more wins for the Luverne High School boys’ tennis team this week. The victory in Worthington on April 29 was a close-as-can-be 4-3 win, and by contrast, Luverne’s win in Fairmont on Monday was a 7-0 sweep of the host Cardinals. Luverne, now 9-1, was scheduled to play in St. James on Tuesday after this edition of the Star Herald went to press. LHS is…
- By John Sichmeller for the Star HeraldMay 03, 2022The Luverne High School boys’ and girls’ golf teams played with mixed results over the past week that included two rounds of conference play and dual wins in Pipestone. The Cardinal boys and girls will be back in action Tuesday versus Southwest Christian at home and then will finish off the week at the Fairmont Invitational on Saturday. Big Southwest Division Meet Round 1 The Luverne boys’ and…
- By Blaine Radtke for the Star HeraldMay 03, 2022The Luverne High School track teams had a successful outing in Worthington on April 28 where the girls’ team took first place, and the boys were second. The Cardinals are only a week away from the True Team Section meet and a hopeful return to state. True team rules have each team with two competitors in each event and one relay team. Every entrant scores points. With 12 teams participating this…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldMay 03, 2022The Hills-Beaver Creek High School track teams went to Worthington Thursday night to compete in the Worthington invite. The Patriots attended the Pipestone meet Tuesday and will compete in Slayton Thursday. They’ll travel to Sioux Falls May 6 and 7 for the Howard Wood Relays. Worthington hosted an 11-team meet on April 28 that included Adrian-Ellsworth, Canby-Minneota, Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda, H…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldMay 03, 2022The Luverne High School baseball team tallied three more wins this week to move its record to 6-4 and extend its win streak to six. The Cards won two games in two towns on Tuesday, April 26, defeating Windom 11-1 in five innings in a late afternoon contest before stopping in Adrian on the way home to down the Adrian Area Dragons 10-7 in the night game. On Thursday, April 28, Luverne traveled to…
- By Stacy Olson for the Star HeraldApril 26, 2022The Luverne High School softball team made quick work of Blue Earth Area on Friday, April 22, in a doubleheader that favored the Cardinals 10-3 and 16-0. The Luverne girls improved their record to 7-0 after also sweeping Pipestone April 19 (see related story). The Cardinals will look to continue their winning streak when they host the Edgerton Dutchmen at 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 29. LHS 10,…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldApril 26, 2022The Luverne High School baseball team won its first games of the season this week after coming up short in its first four contests. After dropping two games to Redwood Valley at home April 19, the Cardinals defeated Pipestone Area 7-4 and swept a doubleheader in Blue Earth 14-3 and 16-6 Saturday. “It was nice getting our first wins under our belts,” said Phil Paquette, LHS head coach. “You can…
- By Blaine Radtke for the Star HeraldApril 26, 2022Extremely windy conditions posed major challenges Saturday at the Pipestone Invitational Track Meet. A strong south wind presented a direct headwind for the final 100 meters of each race, effectively slowing times. The pole vault was canceled prior to the start of the meet due to the wind and the concern for athletes’ safety, and high jump competition ended when the pit literally blew away,…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldApril 26, 2022The two Rock County golf teams faced off Thursday afternoon, April 21, at Meadow Acres Golf Course in Larchwood, Iowa. “It was a great opportunity for us to have the junior varsity and varsity compete,” said H-BC coach Dan Ellingson. “We were able to have a few kids get their best individual scores for the year.” The Cardinal boys were able to come away with a win in the dual meet vs the Patriots…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldApril 26, 2022The H-BC track and field teams traveled to Pipestone on a very windy Saturday afternoon to compete against nine other area schools. The meet included Adrian/Ellsworth, Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda, Lakeview, Luverne, Murray County Central, Pipestone Area, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, Southwest Christian/Edgerton, and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton. The weather was less than ideal with the wind blowing 35 mph in the…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 26, 2022The Luverne and the Hills-Beaver Creek high schools’ trap shooting teams opened the five-week Spring 2022 season April 18. “Scores weren’t the best because of the wind (which averaged 11 mph with high gusts up to 35 mph),” said LHS coach Scott Loosbrock. “Overall, not too bad for the conditions.” Luverne competed at the Rock County Sportsmen’s Club near Luverne. H-BC travels to the Garretson…
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