LHS and H-BC track and field teams have strong showing in Luverne, Garretson
Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek track and field teams had a strong start to the 2026 spring season in Luverne and Garretson meets over the past week.
Girls’ softball team wins two games and falls once to improve to 3-1
The Luverne High School softball team went 2-1 this past week recording four home runs by two batters along the way.
LHS baseball team steals three wins
The Luverne High School baseball team pocketed three wins over the past week, improving its record 3-0.
H-BC holds inaugural Athletics Hall of Fame inductions
The Hills-Beaver Creek School District hosted its inaugural Hall of Fame banquet Saturday, April 11, to honor six outstanding athletes, Coach Hugo Goehle and the 1990 state football team that made their marks in H-BC
H-BC opens track and field season at Dakota Wesleyan University Invite
The H-BC Patriots track and field athletes flourished at the Dakota Wesleyan University Invite where they captured 11 top 10 finishes.
Patriots golfers tee off season in Pipestone
The Hills-Beaver Creek High School golf team opened the 2026 golf season taking on Pipestone and Russell-Tyler-Ruthton at the Pipestone Country Club Monday, March 30.
Sports
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 23, 2025The Luverne boys’ basketball team won one and lost one in conference action over the past week. Luverne lost 67-59 to Pipestone Tuesday, Dec. 16, on the road and beat Redwood Valley 74-43 at home Friday, Dec. 19. The Cardinals now stand at 6-2 for the season and carry a 5-1 Big South Conference record. Luverne was scheduled to travel to take on Adrian/Ellsworth Tuesday, Dec. 22, and will…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 23, 2025The Luverne girls’ basketball team split a pair of conference games to put its record at 3-3 in the Big Red Conference and 4-4 overall. The Cardinals fell 63-40 to Pipestone on the road Tuesday, Dec. 16, and beat Redwood Valley 78-25 Friday, Dec. 19, on their home court. Luverne was scheduled to travel to take on Adrian-Ellsworth Tuesday, Dec. 22. The Cardinals will then play two games on the…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 23, 2025The H-BC girls’ basketball team took two games and fell once this past week. The Patriots beat Murray County Central 71-45 Tuesday, Dec. 16, at home and won 53-48 against Edgerton Public Friday, Dec. 19, at home. The Lady Pates fell 60-51 to a strong Central Lyon team Saturday, Dec. 21, on the road. H-BC is now 5-1 for the season and 5-0 in conference action. The Patriots are scheduled to…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 23, 2025The Luverne gymnastics team fell 138.475 - 131.4 to Worthington on the road Tuesday, Dec. 16. In the team competition, Luverne fell in all four events to the Trojans. Worthington won the team vault 35.425 to 33.950, the bars 33.150 to 29.450, the beam 34.350 to 34.200 and the floor exercise 35.550 to 33.800. In individual all-around results Luverne senior Kianna Winter finished in third place…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 17, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team collected two big conference wins at home and extended their winning streak to 7-0. The Cardinals beat Fairmont 11-2 Tuesday, Dec. 9, and pushed past Waseca winning a 4-2 contest Saturday, Dec. 13. Luverne was scheduled to host Windom Tuesday, Dec. 16, before going on the road to play New Ulm Friday, Dec. 19. The Cardinals will then host Dodge County Saturday, Dec…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 17, 2025By Greg Hoogeveen The Patriots boys’ basketball team notched their second win of the season taking down Red Rock Central 87-52 at home Thursday, Dec. 11. “I thought our guys played with great effort all night,” H-BC head coach Chad Rauk said. “We were able to create some turnovers early and establish a lead.” H-BC built up a 50-36 lead in the first half and held the Falcons to just 16 points…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 17, 2025The Luverne boys’ basketball team had a successful week claiming three conference wins for a 5-1 season record to date. The Cardinals beat Jackson County Central 75-61 at home Tuesday, Dec. 9, squeezed out a 62-58 win over Blue Earth on the road Friday, Dec. 12, and beat Windom 74-57 at the Target Center in Minneapolis Saturday, Dec. 13. Luverne leads the Big South Conference with a 4-0…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 17, 2025By Greg Hoogeveen The Luverne girls’ basketball team collected two wins and fell once in conference play this past week. LHS beat Jackson County Central 74-71 at home Tuesday, Dec. 9, and topped Blue Earth 74-64 on the road Friday, Dec. 12. The Cardinals lost 72-57 to Windom Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Target Center. Luverne is now 3-3 for the season. LHS was scheduled to travel to Pipestone…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 17, 2025The Luverne girls’ hockey team won two games and fell once at home this past week. The Cardinals lost 2-1 to Fairmont Tuesday, Dec. 9, beat Willmar 4-1 Friday, Dec. 12, and took down South Central 13-0 Saturday, Dec. 13. The Cardinals, now 5-5 for the season, were scheduled to host Windom Tuesday, Dec. 16, and will host New Ulm Friday, Dec. 19. Fairmont 2, Luverne 1 Luverne fell to…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 17, 2025Luverne captured third place in team competition Saturday, Dec. 13, in the Marshall meet. Jackson County Central placed first in the team competition with a team score of 127.275. Pipestone Area was second with 126.075 points, Luverne finished third with 125.175 and Windom-Mountain Lake placed fourth with 112.05 team points. In team apparatus results on the vault, bars, beam and floor, Luverne…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 17, 2025The Luverne Cardinals wrestling team finished a busy week of tournament competition with several wrestlers earning podium appearances. The Luverne girls’ wrestling team headed to Baltic, South Dakota for an invitational Friday, Dec. 12, when the girls’ team won four places. Both the boys’ and girls’ teams participated in the Jackson Tournament Saturday, Dec. 13, when Luverne won five bracket…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 17, 2025The Lady Pates beat Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 70-30 on the road Thursday, Dec. 11. The Patriots came ready to play against their conference rival Coyotes. “We wanted to make everything tough and I thought all of our girls did a great job executing that,” Patriots head coach Dylan Gehrke said. “Our defense did a nice job making them uncomfortable for 36 minutes.” As a team the Patriots hit 45…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 10, 2025Ella Apel, Izzy Steensma and Tenley Behr reached their 100th career points in the first six games of the 2025-26 Cardinals hockey season. Apel, a senior, was the first to break the 100-point career mark Nov. 8 in the game against Willmar. As of Dec. 3, Apel sits at 103 career points in 118 games played with 39 goals and 64 assists. When asked about the milestone, Apel gasped and said she did…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 10, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team extended its winning streak to 5-0 after taking down Redwood Valley 18-0 on the road Dec. 2 and Marshall 3-0 Dec. 4 at home. The Cardinals were scheduled to face Fairmont at home Tuesday, Dec. 9, before hosting Waseca Saturday, Dec. 13, and Windom Tuesday, Dec. 16. Luverne 18, Redwood Valley 0 Luverne boys’ hockey team put 18 goals in the Redwood Valley net on…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 10, 2025The Luverne Cardinals wrestling team started off the 2025-26 season hosting a triangular and then traveling to separate boys’ and girls’ tournaments this past week. On Thursday, Dec. 4, the Cardinals wrestled two home duals where they fell 47-18 to Redwood Valley and lost 60-16 to Jackson County Central. The LHS boys and girls team traveled to two separate tournaments Saturday, Dec. 6. The…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 10, 2025The Luverne boys’ basketball team captured two wins and had one loss this past week to start the 2025-26 season with a 2-1 record. Luverne beat Fairmont 66-64 at home Tuesday, Dec. 2, and at the Maple River Holiday Tournament the Cardinals fell 64-54 to Maple River and beat Esko 82-44 Saturday, Dec. 6 The Cardinals were scheduled to host Redwood Valley Tuesday, Dec. 9, and will travel to Blue…
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