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.
Hills, Beaver Creek, Hardwick add public pickleball courts
Four additional pickleball courts were added to the area recently with two new courts constructed in Hills, one painted on the basketball court at the elementary school in Beaver Creek and an additional court painted
Sports
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldFebruary 22, 2022The Hills-Beaver Creek girls split two basketball games on the road in the past week nudging their record to 11-13 overall and 10-6 in the conference. The Lady Pates rolled past the Rebels 64-37 in Slayton on Feb. 14, but lost a close match in Mountain Lake 52-45 on Feb. 17. Monday night’s game with Adrian was postponed to Tuesday (Feb. 22). The Patriot girls drew the No. 3 seed in Section 3A…
- By Canaan Petersen for the Star HeraldFebruary 22, 2022The Cardinal wrestling team traveled to Adrian to take on Wabasso Thursday, Feb. 17, and came up short against the Rabbits 51-24. The team has been preparing since then for the 3A Individual Section Tournament starting Friday, Feb. 25, in Wabasso. Wabasso jumped out to a 27-0 lead after four pins between 106 and 126 pounds before Gavin Marotzke won by a 9-7 decision over Luverne’s Hudson Hough…
- Section gymnastics results in personal bests, news school record and coach of year honors to LuverneBy Mavis FodnessFebruary 15, 2022The Luverne gymnasts’ “Road to Success”-themed season led the team to Marshall Saturday for the Section 3A tournament, where the Cardinals posted their highest team score of the season, achieved personal best scores and broke one school record. Luverne placed third out of the seven teams with a score of 132.75. The Cardinals achieved season-best scores on the bars (31.775) and the floor (34.95)…
- By Matt Lais for the Star HeraldFebruary 15, 2022The Luverne girls’ hockey team received the No. 2 seed in section play last week and got a first-round bye. In the second round of sectionals, the Cardinals met Marshall Saturday afternoon in Luverne, where they won the semifinal matchup. Luverne now advances to play section rival New Ulm Tuesday night (after press time) in New Ulm for the Section 3 championship. With the win over Marshall,…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldFebruary 15, 2022The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team improved their conference record to 7-5 when they defeated the Adrian-Ellsworth Dragons Feb. 10 in Adrian. The Patriots’ record is now 9-8 overall. They hosted Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda Tuesday night (Feb. 15) after the Star Herald went to press. The H-BC boys’ team is scheduled to host MLA-C on Friday and has an away game set for Tuesday, Feb. 22, at…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldFebruary 15, 2022The Luverne girls’ basketball team moved its season record to 18-4 after three more wins last week. The Cards defeated Pipestone Area 61-35 on Feb. 8, Windom Area 81-39 on Feb. 10 and Montevideo 47-45 on Saturday. Luverne was scheduled to play in Adrian Tuesday night after this edition of the Star Herald went to press. The Cardinals will travel to Jackson to face the Huskies in a rescheduled game…
- By Matt Lais for the Star HeraldFebruary 15, 2022The Luverne boys’ hockey team picked up three more wins this week to improve to 14-9 on the year. The Cardinals went on the road Feb. 8 to play Fairmont before playing one home and one away contest with Minnesota River Friday and Saturday. Luverne concludes the regular season when they host New Ulm tonight (Thursday, Feb 17) at Blue Mound Ice Arena in Luverne. Section seedings will come out this…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldFebruary 15, 2022The Lady Pates improved to 10-4 in conference play and 11-11 overall this week after a win Friday night against Edgerton Public and a loss at home Tuesday (Feb.8) against Southwest Christian. The Pates traveled to Slayton Monday (Feb. 14) to take on the Murray County Central Rebels. (See next week’s Star Herald for complete game results). The H-BC girls will play MLA-C at Mountain Lake Thursday,…
- By Canaan Petersen for the Star HeraldFebruary 15, 2022The Cardinal wrestling team continued its winning ways on Feb. 8 by defeating Springfield (Minnesota) 42-39 and Viborg-Hurley (South Dakota) 60-18. The team has posted a 4-1 record the past three weeks heading into the Section 3A team tournament. The Cardinals travel to Adrian to take on Wabasso in the first round of the section tournament Thursday, Feb. 17. Luverne 42, Springfield 39 The…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldFebruary 15, 2022The Luverne boys’ basketball team continued their winning ways last week, defeating the Windom Area Eagles 76-57 and the Montevideo Thunder Hawks 60-54. The two victories over section opponents were the Cardinals’ third and fourth in a row and sixth and seventh wins of the season. “It was good to get two section wins this week,” said Luverne head coach John Sichmeller. “After a slow start to the…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldFebruary 08, 2022The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team improved to 6-5 in Red Rock Conference play and 8-8 overall after a couple of solid victories in the past week. The Patriots took down Westbrook Walnut Grove 70-62 in Westbrook Thursday, Feb. 3, and beat Red Rock Central 64-48 the following night in Hills. The Patriot boys will look to extend their winning ways to three in a row when they travel to…
- By Jason BerghorstFebruary 08, 2022The Luverne girls’ basketball team won two more games this week to advance their record to 15-4 on the season. The Cardinals avenged one of their four losses when they defeated the Worthington Trojans 64-51 Feb. 3 in Luverne. The Cards then bested Southwest Minnesota Christian one night later 51-41 in Edgerton. Luverne was scheduled to play in Pipestone Tuesday (Feb. 8) and will travel to…
- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 08, 2022Luverne gymnasts closed out the 2021-22 season with another win and their highest scores on two of the four events. The Cardinals posted a team score of 130.525 against the Saints (100.275) with the highest scores of 30.7 on the uneven bars and 34.65 on the floor exercise through the nine-meet season. Coach Phoebe Flom is proud of her team’s performance. “We added some new skills in our final…
- By Canaan Petersen for the Star HeraldFebruary 08, 2022The Luverne wrestling team secured its first winning night after traveling to Beresford, South Dakota, Tuesday, Feb. 1, returning home with two team wins. The Cardinals were scheduled to host a dual Tuesday, Feb. 8, in the Classic Gym with Springfield and Viborg Hurley. LHS 41, Garretson 36 In the first match with Garretson, the Cardinals bested the Dragons 41-36 by winning seven out of eight…
- By Matt Lais for the Star HeraldFebruary 08, 2022The Luverne Cardinals boys’ hockey team advanced to 11-9 on the season, picking up wins against Marshall Tuesday, Feb. 1, Morris Benson Area Saturday, Feb. 5, and Windom Monday, Feb. 7. The Cardinals were scheduled to play Fairmont on the road Tuesday, and they’ll host Minnesota River Friday at Blue Mound Ice Arena before traveling to Le Sueur Saturday for a make-up game against Minnesota River…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldFebruary 08, 2022It was a successful week overall for the Luverne boys’ basketball team. The Cardinals won their fourth and fifth games of the year, including a surprising six-point upset over the 17-1 Martin County West Mavericks. LHS lost in Worthington Feb. 3, defeated MCW Saturday and won a lopsided victory in Edgerton Monday night. Luverne, now 5-11, travels to Windom to face the Eagles tonight (Thursday).…
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