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 Mavis FodnessDecember 14, 2021Reigning Section 3A gymnastics champions, the Worthington Trojans, showed why they’re ranked fourth in the state when they visited Luverne Dec. 7. Worthington captured the meet win over the Cardinals 140.475 to 131.700. The Trojans swept all four events along with the all-around title in their almost nine-point win over the Cardinals. The Cardinals kept the meet close on two of the events with…
- By Matt Lais for the Star HeraldDecember 14, 2021The Luverne girls’ hockey team welcomed section foe Mankato East to Luverne for an afternoon tilt Saturday, Dec. 11, at the Blue Mound Ice Arena. The Cardinals took an early lead and never looked back on their way to a 5-2 win. The victory moves Luverne to 7-1 on the season Luverne senior Billi Connell, a Division 1 Gopher softball commit, got the girls started just 5:42 into the first period.…
- December 14, 2021The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots opened up their 2021-22 basketball season Saturday afternoon in Rock Rapids, Iowa, where the hosts claimed a 90-61 victory. Central Lyon opened the game on an 18-6 run on the way to a 58-25 lead at the break. The Patriots battled in the second half, outscoring the Lions 36-32 on their way to a 90-61 defeat. Drew Leenderts (16 points) led the way for the Pates,…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldDecember 14, 2021The Luverne Cardinal boys’ basketball team opened the 2021-22 campaign with two losses over the past week. The Cardinals hosted the Jackson County Central Huskies Dec. 7 and came up eight points short, falling 48-40. On Saturday Luverne faced Fairmont in Pipestone and lost 55-35. The Luverne Cardinals were next scheduled to play the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriot boys in Hills Tuesday night, Dec.…
- By Canaan Petersen for the Star HeraldDecember 14, 2021The Cardinals wrestling team traveled twice to Jackson last week and returned with two medals. On Tuesday, Dec. 7, they lost both team matches to Jackson (79-0) and Redwood Valley (50-12) but won a couple of individual matches against Redwood Valley. At the JCC Pizza Ranch Invite Dec. 11 two Cardinal wrestlers placed and as a team they placed 12th. The Cardinals travel to Redwood Falls for the…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldDecember 14, 2021The Lady Pates led the way from start to finish Thursday, Dec. 9, in Hills where they claimed a 56-16 victory over the Murray County Central Rebels. The Patriots (29 steals) were able to run a full-court press and force the Rebels into 46 turnovers in the contest. Layla Deelstra (10 points and four assists) led the defense for the Patriots with nine steals in the game. The home team sported a 22-…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldDecember 14, 2021The Luverne girls’ basketball team moved their record to 3-0 on the young 2021-22 campaign by defeating the Jackson County Central Huskies 76-58 December 7 in the Luverne Classic Gym. The Cardinals were scheduled to play at Southwest Minnesota Christian Friday night, but the Dec. 10 snowstorm forced that game to be rescheduled to February 1. Against the Huskies, the Cardinals scored first in the…
- By Matt Lais for the Star HeraldDecember 07, 2021The Cardinals had a busy span of days with three games in seven days that ended with an impressive 3-0 record on the year. The Luverne boys hockey team hosted Marshall for a thrilling 7-6 overtime win Nov. 30 and traveled to Redwood Falls Dec. 2 to pick up an easier 13-0 victory before returning home Saturday to beat Waseca 10-1. New Ulm comes to the Blue Mound Ice Arena Friday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 07, 2021In an extremely close contest, the Luverne gymnastics team opened the 2021-22 season Dec. 2 in Blue Earth with a narrow win 128.725-128.700 over the Blue Earth Area Buccaneers. Luverne kept slim leads over BEA in three of the four events. In the opening rotation, Luverne led in the uneven bars (29.550-29.075), followed by the vault (34.225-34.025) and floor exercise (33.90-33.25). BEA won the…
- By Matt Lais for the Star HeraldDecember 07, 2021The Luverne girls’ hockey team is finding the back of the net a lot this season and winning a lot of games in dominant fashion. The Cardinals improved to 6-1 on the season by picking up a big conference road win over Marshall Nov. 30 and beating Waseca at home Saturday. The Cardinal girls currently have three of the Top 10 scorers in the state with Kamryn Van Batavia (first) Reghan Bork (fourth)…
- By Canaan Petersen for the Star HeraldDecember 07, 2021The Cardinal wrestling team traveled to Flandreau, South Dakota, Saturday to kick off the 2021-22 season and came home with three pieces of hardware. Nearly all the Luverne wrestlers recorded wins, and two seventh-grade wrestlers in their first varsity tournament placed third and fourth. “Our guys wrestled well for the first tournament of the year,” said head coach Jordan Kopp. “We had three on…
- By Jason BerghorstDecember 07, 2021The Luverne girls’ basketball team opened the 2021-22 campaign with three consecutive wins within five days. The Cardinals defeated Mountain Lake Area 78-40 Nov. 30, Pipestone Area 56-53 Dec. 2 and Fairmont 45-39 Dec. 4. “It was a busy week,” LHS head coach TJ Newgard said. “We have been tested early in the season, playing two of the top teams in our subsection (Pipestone Area and Fairmont),”…
- December 07, 2021RTR 73 HBC 59 The Lady Pates came up just short in their first Section 3A matchup of the year Monday, Nov. 29, in Tyler. The Knights’ physical play led them to a 14-point victory over H-BC. The Patriots were led in scoring by senior Kenadie Fick (24 points, eight rebounds and assists) and sophomore Lanae Elbers (14 points). Elbers was also able to complete a triple double by adding 10 rebounds…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 07, 2021LHS senior Tenley Nelson will continue her cross country running close to home, as she recently accepted an athletic and academic scholarship from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Nelson joined the Division II college team because the decision felt right to her. “Augustana felt really similar to Luverne in a sense that it was more of a family than just a team,” she said. “I felt…
- By Mavis FodnessNovember 30, 2021When Solomon Nielsen graduated from LHS in 2017, he achieved wrestling feats no one else in school history had reached. There is, however, one wrestling feat he hasn’t achieved — an individual championship — which he’s set as a goal to accomplish this year at the college level with Augsburg University. “It would mean a lot just because I’ve worked so many years and I’ve never won a state title…
- By Matt Lais for the Star HeraldNovember 30, 2021Luverne senior standout Reghan Bork joined an elite group of Cardinal girls by scoring her 100th career goal Tuesday, Nov. 23. She found the back of the net five times at Blue Mound Ice Arena to help give the Cardinal girls an impressive 10-0 win over Fairmont. The Cardinals got on the board halfway through the first period with Bork getting the tip off a hard wrist shot from seventh-grader Macie…
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