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 Stacy Olson for the Star HeraldApril 26, 2022By Stacy Olson For the Star Herald The Luverne High School softball team took on Pipestone Tuesday, April 19, and swept the Arrows for the first time in over two decades. The Cardinals are on a seven-game winning streak after sweeping Blue Earth Friday at home (see the related story), and they’ll host the Edgerton Dutchmen at 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 29. LHS 6, Pipestone 3 The Cardinals…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldApril 26, 2022The Luverne boys’ tennis team returned to its winning ways over the past week with three consecutive victories. The Cardinals, now 7-1 on the season, defeated Blue Earth Area on Thursday and Yellow Medicine East and Montevideo on Saturday. The scheduled meet in Fairmont Monday was postponed to May 2. The LHS team is currently ranked eighth in Class A in the Minnesota Tennis Coaches Association…
- By Blaine Radtke for the Star HeraldApril 19, 2022The Cardinal Relays on Tuesday, April 12, had been underway a while when the event experienced a one-hour lightning delay. The teams returned to the track only to have the remaining events canceled because of ongoing threatening weather. The events that did not take place were the 4-by-400 relay, 3200, 200, 800, and 300 hurdles for both boys and girls, and the 400 for the boys. The Luverne girls…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldApril 19, 2022The Luverne Cardinal boys’ tennis team hosted two teams from South Dakota this past week. LHS had little trouble defeating Madison on April 12 before falling to a strong Sioux Falls Lincoln team on Monday. The Cardinals, now 4-1 on the season, have a busy week ahead. Luverne is scheduled to host Blue Earth on Thursday before hosting both Yellow Medicine East (10 a.m.) and Montevideo (1 p.m.)…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldApril 19, 2022The Patriots track team traveled to Luverne Tuesday, April 12, to compete in the Luverne Cardinal Relays. The meet was cut short after the girls’ 400-meter race due to weather. Eleven teams from across Section 3 competed that day, but due to the meet being cut short, the final team results were incomplete. In girls’ competition, seventh-grader Brynn Bakken turned in a first-place performance in…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldApril 19, 2022It took 13 innings and over three hours to determine a winner when the Windom Eagles baseball team came to Redbird Field on Tuesday, April 12, to take on the Luverne Cardinals. The two longtime conference foes were tied 2-2 after the seven scheduled innings were complete and would play almost a second seven-inning contest before Windom scored five runs in the top of the 13th inning to take the…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldApril 19, 2022The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ and girls’ golf teams traveled to Fulda on April 12 to compete in a three-team meet against Heron Lake-Okabena Fulda/Westbrook Walnut Grove and Mountain Lake Area Comfrey at the Fulda Town and Country Golf Course. The Patriots boys picked up a win against Mountain Lake by a score of 205 to 208. However, they fell to HLOF/WWG who shot a 173. “The boys’ varsity went 1-1…
- By Stacy Olson for the Star HeraldApril 19, 2022By Stacy Olson For the Star Herald The Luverne High School softball team took a pair of wins in Windom on Tuesday, April 12. The Cardinals won the first game of the doubleheader 13-4 after being down 1-0 after two innings. In the third inning Billi Connell's bat came alive with a two-run home run to take the lead for LHS. In the fourth inning the Cardinals had runners in scoring position;…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldApril 12, 2022The Luverne Cardinal boys’ tennis team opened its 2022 season with a 3-0 record and earned the team championship at the St. James tournament Saturday. Luverne defeated New Ulm 4-3, Winona Cotter 7-0 and St. James 5-2. The three Cardinal singles players won all nine matches during the day. “After not having practice for most of the week (due to weather), I was quite happy with the performances…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldApril 12, 2022The Patriots track team traveled across the border to participate in the Jesse James Invitational Saturday in Garretson, South Dakota. The large 15-team meet included several smaller schools in southeast South Dakota, plus Hills-Beaver Creek and Southwest Christian. The Patriot girls placed 10th while the boys’ team finished 12th. “It’s always fun to compete against teams other than the ones we…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldApril 12, 2022The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ golf team traveled to Pipestone to compete against the Arrows Monday night at the Pipestone Golf and Country Club. The Patriots dropped their opening match by a score of 170 strokes to 217. “The boys did well for the first time out,” said H-BC golf coach Dan Ellingson. “Pipestone is one of the better teams we will have a chance to play against all year.” He said the…
- By Blaine Radtke for the Star HeraldApril 12, 2022The Cardinals competed in the Brandon Valley Lynx Invitational on a cold Saturday, April 9, against the stiff competition of all AA South Dakota schools. Despite the condition, LHS athletes turned in some winning performances. Ashton Sandbulte won the 100-meter dash in 11:47 and Jenna DeBates was the champion in the 3200 (11:21.68). Eli Radtke turned in a second-place finish Saturday at 13’ 6” —…
- April 12, 2022The Luverne Cardinal baseball team opened the 2022 season with a 3-0 loss in Fairmont Monday night. Braydon Ripka, Casey Sehr, Riley Sneller and Will Serie had one hit each for the Cardinals. Fairmont, which had only three total hits in the game, scored one run in the first inning and two runs in the sixth of the seven-inning contest. Sophomore Conner Connell was the opening pitcher for LHS. He…
- By Blaine Radtke for the Star HeraldApril 05, 2022The Cardinal girls finished second and the boys placed fourth Monday, April 4, at the Luverne Invitational track meet in Luverne. Coach Janiszeski said he’s pleased with what he’s seen so far with this meet and the Brookings, South Dakota, competition over the weekend. “The kids had some great early season performances, which creates excitement for what they could accomplish by the end of the…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldApril 05, 2022Hills-Beaver Creek track and field teams enjoyed some season opening successes at their first meet Monday night in Luverne. The girls placed fifth and boys sixth as teams, and coach Rex Metzger said he was pleased by the Patriots’ performances. “It was great to see our kids compete, and I thought overall we were very competitive,” he said. “I look forward to the rest of the season.” H-BC track…
- By Blaine Radtke for the Star HeraldApril 05, 2022The Cardinal track and field teams opened their season indoors March 28 at the Ruth Marske High School Invite at South Dakota State University. They were competing against several big schools from South Dakota and Iowa which provided for some tough competition. The Luverne Cardinals competed with over 1,000 high school athletes with the LHS boys finishing in seventh place in team scoring and…
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