By Brennen Rupp
April 06, 2021
The Big South Conference recently announced its All-Conference teams for boys’ and girls’ hockey, wrestling and gymnastics, and multiple Luverne athletes made the list.
The Red Rock Conference released its All-Conference teams for basketball. Several Hills-Beaver Creek athletes were named to the team.
Gymnastics
In gymnastics, Amira Cowell and Ella Reisdorfer both earned all-conference honors…
By Brennen Rupp
March 30, 2021
For the second straight year, the Luverne Cardinals girls’ hockey team traveled to the Xcel Energy Center for state tournament action.
Last year the Cardinals opened the state tournament against Breck, the eventual state champions. The Cardinals fell to Breck 8-1. In the consolation bracket, the Cardinals lost to South St. Paul 8-4.
Fast forward a year and the Cardinals fell to undefeated Proctor…
March 30, 2021
For a second straight year Luverne’s Ella Reisdorfer competed at the Class A Gymnastics State Tournament.
Last year as a seventh-grader, Reisdorfer earned a spot at state on the bars. This year she punched her ticket on the beam by recording a score of 8.875 at the section meet.
At the state tournament, Reisdorfer tied for 18th with two other individuals with a score of 8.80.
The two other…
By Brennen Rupp
March 30, 2021
Rylee Gee has been playing the game of hockey for as long as she can remember.
It’s a game that she fell in love with at an early age.
“I love that hockey is so much more than a skills sport,” Gee said. “You can have the ability to stickhandle and shoot and skate, but it will be tough to get anywhere without your team. Everyone can have a strength that they bring to the game, and no two players…
By Brennen Rupp
March 23, 2021
The Luverne boys’ hockey team opened the section tournament with a 9-4 victory over Fairmont on Tuesday, March 16, in Luverne.
On Thursday, March 18, the Cardinals ended their season with an 8-0 loss to Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato.
LHS 9, Fairmont 4
Luverne entered Tuesday’s opening round in the section tournament having outscored Fairmont 16-4 during their two regular season meetings.
The two…
By Brennen Rupp
March 23, 2021
As a seventh-grader, Luverne’s Ella Reisdorfer qualified for the gymnastics state tournament in the bars.
Fast-forward to this year and she qualified for the state tournament on the beam with a score of 8.875. That score was good enough for sixth place.
“It’s always such a great accomplishment to make it to the state tournament for any athlete, and to make it two consecutive years is tremendous…
By Brennen Rupp
March 23, 2021
The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ basketball team and Southwest Minnesota Christian have squared off in the section tournament four straight years.
The Eagles have won all four of those matchups, with the previous three meetings being in the section semifinals.
Those two teams met again in the section semifinals on Monday, March 22, in Edgerton. Once again the Eagles had the Patriots’ number, with…
By Brennen Rupp
March 23, 2021
It’s hard to beat a team three times in a season. That old adage rang true Saturday, March 20, when the Luverne Cardinals hosted the Windom Eagles in the section tournament.
Luverne defeated Windom during the regular season, 86-65 and 72-63.
In the third meeting, it was the Eagles coming out on top 63-56 to end Luverne’s season sooner than expected.
Gannon Ahrendt split a pair of free throws to…
By Brennen Rupp
March 23, 2021
The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball season came to an end Thursday, March 18, when they lost to Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 67-51.
The Patriots trailed 37-29 at the half.
H-BC opened scoring in the second half to trim HLOF’s lead to 37-31.
Following H-BC’s bucket, the Coyotes went on an 8-0 run to build a 45-31 lead.
A Cole Baker three-point play cut HLOF’s lead to 45-36.
The Coyotes responded…
By Brennen Rupp
March 23, 2021
The Luverne wrestling team competed in the individual section tournament in Redwood Falls on Tuesday, March 16.
Luverne had three wrestlers reach the third-place match in their respective weight classes. Unfortunately for the three Cardinal grapplers, those third-place matches were not wrestled.
Riley Cowell
Cowell capped off his prep wrestling career by going 2-1 and earning a spot in the…
By Brennen Rupp
March 23, 2021
The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ basketball team and Southwest Minnesota Christian have squared off in the section tournament four straight years.
The Eagles have won all four of those matchups, with the previous three meetings being in the section semifinals.
Those two teams met again in the section semifinals on Monday, March 22, in Edgerton. Once again the Eagles had the Patriots’ number, with…
By Brennen Rupp
March 16, 2021
The Luverne Cardinals girls’ basketball team closed out the regular season on a four-game winning streak after winning a pair of games this past week.
Luverne opened the week with a thrilling 60-54 victory over Pipestone Area in Luverne on Thursday, March 11.
The Cardinals wrapped up the regular season with a 52-37 road victory against New Ulm on Friday, March 12.
With the two wins and a four-…
By Brennen Rupp
March 16, 2021
The Luverne gymnastics team had its final tune-up before the section meet this weekend when the Cardinals hosted Blue Earth Area on Thursday, March 11.
The Cardinals hosted Blue Earth and came out on top 129.025-127.900.
“The team had a great night,” Luverne head coach Phoebe Flom said. “They are a cohesive group that really works hard. We are looking forward to our section meet and doing our…
By Brennen Rupp
March 16, 2021
The Luverne Cardinals boys’ hockey team went 1-2 this past week to finish the regular season with a 7-11 record.
The Cardinals opened the week with a 5-2 victory over Fairmont on Tuesday, March 9, in Fairmont.
Luverne then lost a 3-1 contest to Marshall in Marshall on Thursday, March 11.
The Cardinals wrapped up the week with a 5-4 loss to Windom in Windom on Friday, March 12.
LHS 5, Fairmont 2…
By Brennen Rupp
March 16, 2021
The Luverne girls’ hockey team went 3-0 this past week to wrap up the regular season. With those three wins, the Cardinals ended the regular season with a 14-4 record.
Luverne opened the week with a 7-0 victory over Fairmont on Tuesday, March 9, in Fairmont.
The Cardinals defeated the Marshall Tigers 4-1 on Thursday, March 11, in Marshall.
Luverne wrapped up the regular season with a 10-2 victory…
By Brennen Rupp
March 16, 2021
The Hills-Beaver Creek girls finished the regular season by winning seven of their last eight games, including a 60-28 victory over Adrian/Ellsworth on Friday, March 12.
The Patriots wrapped up the regular season with a 61-53 loss to Southwest Minnesota Christian on Saturday, March 13, in Edgerton.
H-BC 60, A/E 28
It was all H-BC all the time on Friday in Hills. The Patriots held the visiting…
