Luverne boys’ and girls’ track teams win True Team
Luverne hosted the Section 3A True Team Track and Field Tournament Tuesday, May 7.
LHS softball team wins 3, loses 1
The Luverne High School softball team notched three wins and one loss in two doubleheaders over the past week.
Luverne Redbirds back in action
The Luverne Redbirds caged the Worthington Cubs 10-0 in their season opener Sunday, May 12, at Redbird Field.
The Redbirds piled up nine hits in the game.
Van Dyke named to NSIC All-defensive team
Southwest Minnesota State University (SMSU) freshman Paris Van Dyke, Luverne, was named to the 2024 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference All-defensive team.
Three LHS seniors earn recognition at Big South Conference Championship
The Luverne boys’ golf team finished third and the LHS girls’ team placed eighth in the Big South Conference Championship Monday, May 13, at the Dacotah Ridge Golf Club in Morton, Minnesota.
LHS and H-BC compete in Bob Nangle and Howard Wood Relays
The Cardinals’ and Patriots’ track teams competed in the Bob Nangle Relays Tuesday, April 30, in Pipestone and the Howard Wood Dakota Relays Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, in Sioux Falls.
Sports
- By Brennen RuppNovember 23, 2020The Luverne Cardinals were on a four-game winning streak when Gov. Tim Walz announced his emergency order to halt sporting events in Minnesota. The order went into effect at midnight Friday, Nov. 20, leaving the Cardinals with one more match to play. The Cardinals lost that final match 3-1 to Jackson County Central. Due to Covid-19 and Gov. Walz’s order, the Cardinals won’t get an opportunity to…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 23, 2020On Parents Night the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots volleyball team played their final game of the shortened 2020 season against Edgerton High School. The Patriots did not disappoint the home crowd with a 3-0 victory over the visiting Dutchmen. In the opening set, H-BC used a long scoring run to pull away from Edgerton. With the Dutchmen trailing 11-8, H-BC went on a 14-5 run to win the first set 25…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 17, 2020The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots entered Thursday night’s matchup against Mountain Lake Area on a five-game losing streak to the Wolverines. Of those five losses, three of them came in the section tournament. The first loss came in the opening round of the section tournament in 2017. The next two came in 2018, during the regular season and the 2018 section championship. The fourth loss came during…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 17, 2020The Luverne Cardinals extended their winning streak to four games on Thursday, Nov. 12, with a 27-13 victory over Worthington. With the win, the Cardinals end the regular season with a 5-1 record. Luverne’s defense made the first impact play of the game when Ethan Beyer intercepted a Worthington pass. Beyer’s interception set the Cardinals up at Worthington’s 41-yard line. It took only six plays…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 17, 2020The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots ran into a well-oiled machine, the Red Rock Central volleyball team, on Friday, Nov. 13. The Falcons defeated H-BC 3-0 to hand the Patriots their fifth-straight loss after the Patriots started the season 3-2. With the loss, the Patriots are now 3-7 overall. The first set was the most competitive of the match for H-BC. The Falcons defeated H-BC 25-16 to take a 1-0…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 17, 2020The Luverne Cardinals volleyball team picked up a pair of victories this past week by defeating the Windom Area Eagles 3-0 and Jackson County Central 3-2. The Cardinals defeated the Eagles 3-0 at home on Friday, Nov. 13. With Luverne holding a 6-4 lead in the first set, the home team went on a 5-0 scoring run to open up an 11-4 lead. The Eagles managed to trim Luverne’s lead to 14-11 before the…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 17, 2020The Luverne Cardinals ended the regular season on a four-game winning streak and finished with a 5-1 overall record. There have been a number of factors that have led the Cardinals to end the season on a hot streak. They have received exceptional play from a stingy defense that’s given up just 13.6 points per game. They have an offensive line that’s giving the quarterback time to pass and paving…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 17, 2020For a lot of prep athletes they have two goals in mind: to reach the state tournament in their respective sports and to be able to play that sport at the collegiate level. Luverne’s Regan Feit has accomplished that first goal plenty of times during her time as a Luverne Cardinal. Since becoming a member of the cross country team in seventh grade, Feit has competed at the state tournament each…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 10, 2020It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. The Luverne Cardinals were able to overcome a sluggish start on Friday, Nov. 6, against the Redwood Valley Cardinals. Luverne trailed Redwood Valley 21-6 at halftime, but the home Cardinals were able to outscore the visiting Cardinals 28-7 in the second half and in overtime to pick up a thrilling 34-28 victory. “Losing isn’t an option anymore for us,”…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 10, 2020The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots did what they wanted, when they wanted, on Friday, Nov. 6, in their football game against Granada-Huntley-East Chain-Truman. The top-ranked Patriots improved to 5-0 on the season with a 50-0 victory. The Patriots jumped on GHEC-T early and never took their foot off the gas, scoring 24 points in the first quarter. “We deferred the coin toss and forced GHEC-T to go…
- By Brennen Rupp, sports writerNovember 10, 2020Change can be difficult. Too much change can be overwhelming. This past year we’ve all had to deal with some sort of change in our everyday lives, and some of it I’m sure has been downright overwhelming. The changes I dealt with came in waves. Albeit my changes were much smaller waves compared to the struggles that other people have gone through this year. It all started when the company I had…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 10, 2020The Luverne Cardinals found themselves down 2-0 in their match against the Pipestone Area Arrows on Thursday, Nov. 5, in Pipestone. The Cardinals were staring at another 3-0 loss, but were able to come back to win the match 3-2. “We allowed longer service runs by Pipestone during the first two sets,” Luverne head coach Sarah DeBeer said. “We made some adjustments and recognized our faults for the…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 10, 2020The Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda Coyotes entered their match with Hills-Beaver Creek on Thursday, Nov. 5, with a perfect 4-0 record. Not only did the Coyotes have a perfect record, they also hadn’t dropped a set through four matches. The visiting Coyotes kept their perfect season alive by sweeping the Patriots, who battled but dropped their fourth straight match and fell to 3-6 overall. In the first…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 10, 2020Prior to the start of the shortened 2020 season, the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots football team had accumulated an 18-4 record over the last two seasons. All four of those losses have come against Mountain Lake Area. The two teams have met in the section tournament back-to-back years with MLA winning both matchups. H-BC and MLA will clash again in Hills on Thursday, Nov. 12. The Patriots enter the…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 03, 2020Due to Covid-19, the Minnesota State High School League opted not to hold state tournament events this year for fall sports. A two-day showcase in Atwater at the Island Pine Golf Club served as a de facto cross country state tournament. With all the top runners from the state attending, the event provided a chance for the Luverne cross country team to compete against the best of the best. A total…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 03, 2020The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots football team continued their push for a perfect season on Friday, Oct. 30, with a 36-0 victory over Edgerton. The top-ranked Patriots improved to 4-0 with the road victory. After forcing the Flying Dutchmen to punt on their opening drive, it didn’t take long for the Patriots to get on the scoreboard. On the first offensive play for the Patriots, Gavin Wysong…
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