Sports

Eli Radtke posts personal best 16 feet 4 inches pole vault Feb. 21 for Northern State University
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
April 02, 2025
Eli Radtke, a 6-foot-2-inch junior at Northern State University, posted a personal best pole vault of 16 feet 4 inches Feb. 21 in the SDSU Last Chance meet at the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex in Brookings, South Dakota. His vault landed him a third-place finish in the meet. “Two more inches in my vault and I would have qualified for D2 Nationals,” Radtke said. While at Luverne High…
Brooklyn Meyer helps SDSU women’s basketball team at NCAA tourney
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
April 02, 2025
A college basketball player with local ties has just completed a successful season with the South Dakota State University women’s basketball team. Brooklyn Meyer, a 6-foot-2-inch junior on the team is the granddaughter of Bob and Karla Osterday of Luverne. She started in all 33 games for the Jackrabbits this season and participated in the second-round game in the 2025 NCAA Tournament against…
March Mayhem
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
March 26, 2025
The Luverne High School student council held its annual March Mayhem basketball event Tuesday, March 18, in the Cardinal Gym. It’s an annual fundraiser for the organization, according to LHS Student Council adviser Jason Berghorst. “The council uses the funds raised to support events such as Homecoming, Snow Week, leadership events, Wellness Week, student recognition programs, and many other…
SHOWTIME
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
March 26, 2025
The Blue Mound Figure Skaters performed their 34th annual ice show at the Blue Mound Ice Arena Friday, March 21, and Saturday, March 22. This year’s title “Showtime” included 107 skaters from preschool to high school seniors featuring soloists, duets, trios and group skating performances. “The annual ice show is our year-end performance and is our biggest event of the year,” said Teresa Wieneke…
H-BC falls 59-52 to Dawson Boyd in Marshall
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
March 19, 2025
The Patriot boys’ basketball team traveled to Marshall Thursday, March 13, to take on Dawson Boyd for the Section 3 championship title. The No. 2-seed Patriots played the No. 1-seed Blackjacks tight in the first half of the game and took a 27-25 lead into the half. “I thought our boys came out and played very well in the first half,” head coach Chad Rauk said. “Our defense played really well…
Big South all-conference athletes announced for LHS boys’ hockey and boys’ and girls’ wrestling
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
March 19, 2025
The Big South Conference released its 2024-25 all-conference boys’ hockey and wrestling team selections. LHS boys’ hockey players named to the all-conference list are junior Maddux Domagala, junior Gavin Hoven, junior Jaxon Lais, junior Landyn Lais and sophomore Ben Hartquist. Senior Blaik Bork received all-conference honorable mention. Landyn Lais scored his 100th career point against…
Patriots head to section basketball championship
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
March 12, 2025
The Patriot boys’ basketball team moves on to the section championship after beating Southwest Minnesota Christian 76-62 in the section quarterfinals Thursday, March 6, and taking down Murray County Central 60-44 Saturday, March 8, in the section semi-finals. The Patriots are scheduled to take on Dawson-Boyd for the Section 3 championship Thursday. March 13, at Southwest Minnesota State…
Cardinal boys fall to No. 1 and No. 5 seeds in state hockey tournament
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
March 12, 2025
The Luverne boys’ hockey team finished the 2024-25 season falling twice in the state hockey tournament in St. Paul. The Cardinals lost a 7-0 game to the No. 1 seed Hibbing/Chisholm Bluejackets in the quarterfinals Wednesday, March 5, and fell 5-3 to the Northern Lakes Lightning in the consolation semifinals Thursday, March 6. Luverne finished the season with a 22-6-2 record and won the section…
LHS boys’ basketball team falls to JCC in section championship
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
March 12, 2025
The Luverne boys’ basketball team finished their 2024-25 season falling to Jackson County Central 73-61 in the section championship Saturday, March 8, in Marshall. The Cardinals beat Redwood Valley 90-79 in Windom Thursday, March 6, in the section semifinals to advance to the championship game against the Huskies. Luverne finished the season with a record of 19-8 this year. LHS 90, Redwood…
Lady Pates fall to MACCRAY in section championship
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
March 12, 2025
The Patriot girls’ basketball team fell to MACCRAY 54-44 in the Section 3 championship Thursday, March 6, in Marshall. H-BC had a one-point lead at the half, 25-24, against the Wolverines. MACCRAY came back and collected 30 points in the second half to take the section championship. “Thursday night felt like a 12-round fight between the Patriots and Wolverines. That was one of the most…
Cardinal boys’ hockey heads to state tourney
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
March 05, 2025
The Luverne boys’ hockey team beat Mankato West 3-2 in double overtime action Wednesday, Feb. 26, in the Section 3A championship at Lund Arena in St. Peter. “It was a great win in a tough-fought game,” said head coach Tony Sandbulte. “The boys hung together and finished what they started after going down 2-0 in the second period.” Luverne rallied, scoring two goals of their own in the final…
Luverne tops St. James to move on to section quarterfinals March 4
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
March 05, 2025
The Luverne boys’ basketball team beat St. James 91-72 in the first round of the section tournament Friday, Feb. 28, at home. Head coach John Sichmeller said he was happy with his team’s energy in the game. “We missed some easy shots early that would have helped us put them away a little sooner, but we made some nice runs to put the game out of reach,” Sichmeller said. The Cardinals had a 45-…
Rock sisters make third state wrestling tournament appearance
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
March 05, 2025
Luverne Cardinal wrestlers junior Bernie Rock and sophomore CeCe Rock both placed in the 2025 MSHSL state girls’ wrestling tournament Saturday, March 1, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Bernie Rock took home a second-place finish in the 122-pound weight class, and CeCe Rock finished in third place in the 148-pound weight class out of a bracket of eight competitors. “The girls competed…
Lady Pates to play MCCRAY for section championship March 6
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
March 05, 2025
The Patriot girls’ basketball team is heading to the section championship against MCCRAY Thursday, March 6, after beating Westbrook Walnut Grove 48-35 in quarterfinal action Tuesday, Feb. 25, in Worthington and taking down Adrian-Ellsworth 66-43 Saturday, March 1, in Marshall. In the win against the Dragons, H-BC won the sub-section championship, the first time since 2004. The Lady Pates are…
Patriots boys’ basketball team beats Adrian-Ellsworth 73-47 in section tournament
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
March 05, 2025
The H-BC boys’ basketball team beat Adrian-Ellsworth 73-47 in the section tournament Saturday, March 1, in Worthington. The Patriots built a 33-26 lead in the first half and added another 40 points in the second half to win the game 73-47. Head coach Chad Rauk said he thought his players had a slow start in the first half of the game but later found their footing. “I thought we played a really…
2025 Big South All-Conference team announced
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
March 05, 2025
The Big South Conference released the 2024-25 All-Conference girls’ hockey and gymnastics team selections. LHS gymnasts named all-conference are senior Amira Cowell and juniors Kianna Winter and Addyson Mann. Luverne girls’ hockey had two all-conference selections, senior Payton Behr and sophomore Izzy Steensma. Honorable mentions went to sophomore Tenley Behr and freshman Ellie Van Batavia.