Nutcrackers beat Belugas 9-8 in 2nd Annual Nutcracker Fest game
The Luverne Redbirds captured two home wins in the past week, beating the Brandon Belugas 9-8 in an exhibition game July 17 and taking down the Jackson Bull 3-2 July 19.
Luverne Junior Legion Red Baseball team keeps hopes alive in sub-state baseball tournament
The Luverne Junior Legion Red team went 1-1 in the Junior Legion Sub-State Tournament in the past week to stay alive in elimination bracket play.
Luverne Senior Legion slides into Southwest Sub-State Tournament
The Luverne Senior Legion Baseball team went 2-1 at home in warm and humid conditions over the past week.
Luverne beat Dell Rapids 9-4 July 7 in the final regular season game.
Luverne Junior Legion Red moves on to sub-state action, White ends season abruptly
The Luverne Junior Legion Red and White teams went 1-3 this past week at home.
Luverne White fell twice to finish their post season push.
Nutcracker Half Marathon draws runners to local trails
Nearly 50 runners participated in the 2026 Nutcracker Half Marathon Saturday, July 11, in the Luverne City Park.
Redbirds beat A’s 4-1 on the road
The Luverne Redbirds pulled off an extra inning win over Pipestone Wednesday, July 8, on the road.
Sports
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 25, 2026Luverne gymnast eighth-grader Marrs Thone finished 21st in the individual vault competition at the 2026 Class A State gymnastics meet in St. Paul Saturday, Feb. 21. Thone took 21st place out of 45 vaulters, scoring a 9.075 in her first attempt. In her second pass she scored an 8.550. Placements are figured by the highest vault value of the gymnasts’ two attempts. In her first state meet Thone…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 25, 2026Luverne freshman Briella John hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer to help LHS beat Windom 79-76 in section playoff action Friday, Feb. 20, on the road. After finding themselves down by 11 points with less than three minutes in the game, the Cardinals fought back tying the game 76-76 with less than a minute on the game clock. The Luverne girls dug in and fought for control of the ball with…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 25, 2026The Lady Pates were able to move on in the Section 3A playoffs beating Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 75-40 in Round 2 of the tournament Saturday, Feb. 21, in Worthington. H-BC was scheduled to take on the No. 5 seed Westbrook Walnut Grove Chargers in quarterfinal action Tuesday, Feb. 24, in Worthington. The Patriots also beat Murray County Central in their final regular season game 59-42 Monday, Feb. 16…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 25, 2026The Luverne boys’ hockey team captured two Section 3A games this past week beating Windom 11-0 Feb. 19, at home in the section quarterfinals and New Ulm 8-2 in the section semifinals Feb. 21, in St. Peter. The Cardinals are scheduled to take on Mankato West Thursday, Feb. 26, for the section championship in St. Peter. LHS, the No. 1 seed, will face a tough Mankato West, the No. 2 seed, in the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 25, 2026The Luverne boys’ basketball team collected two wins improving their season record to 19-5. LHS beat H-BC 70-67 at home Feb. 19, and topped Minneota 83-67 on the road Feb. 20. The Cardinals were scheduled to travel to Edgerton to take on Southwest Minnesota Christian Tuesday, Feb. 24, for their final regular season game. LHS 70, H-BC 67 Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek faced off in head-to-…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 25, 2026The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team collected three conference wins and fell once in non-conference play this past week. H-BC beat Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda 89-33 Feb. 17, Southwest Minnesota Christian 72-49 Feb. 20 and Murray County Central 69-51 in Red Rock Conference games. The Patriots fell 70-67 to Luverne Feb. 19 in a close non-conference game in Luverne. H-BC finished the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 17, 2026The Luverne girls’ hockey team is heading to the state tournament after beating Marshall 3-2 in an exciting section championship game Tuesday, Feb. 10, in St Peter. “There’s not a team that the girls wanted to beat more than Marshall after they beat us in the section championship last season and stopped our sixth straight state appearance,” LHS head coach Matthew McClure said. Luverne also had…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 17, 2026The Luverne gymnastics team placed second in the team section meet and qualified one gymnast for the state meet in St. Paul Feb. 20-21 at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium. LHS eighth-grader Marrs Thone qualified for the state meet placing sixth on the vault. This will be her first state meet. “I am so incredibly proud of the entire team,” LHS coach Phoebe Flom said. “We had an amazing meet on…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 17, 2026The H-BC boys’ basketball team collected two conference wins over the past week to improve its season record to 20-2. The Patriots beat Westbrook Walnut Grove 73-34 Tuesday, Feb. 10, and Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 70-46 Friday, Feb. 13. H-BC was scheduled to play Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda on the road Tuesday, Feb. 17. The Patriots travel to Luverne Thursday, Feb. 19, and will take on Southwest…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 17, 2026The Luverne boys’ hockey team beat New Ulm 6-3 Thursday, Feb. 12, at home and fell 6-2 to Waseca Friday, Feb. 13, on the road in the Cardinals’ final two games of the regular season. They finish with a 21-4-1 regular season record as they push on the section play. Luverne, the Section 3A No. 1 seed, will host a team yet to be determined Thursday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. LHS was given a bye in the…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 17, 2026The Luverne boys’ basketball team beat Worthington 65-52 at home Thursday, Feb. 12. The Trojans took a 30-27 lead in the first half of the game, but Luverne switched gears and outscored the Trojans 38-22 in the second half to collect the conference victory. LHS made 24 of 47 shots under the hoop topping the Trojans who made 14 of 40 attempts. Worthington hit seven of 21 long range balls while…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 17, 2026The Luverne girls’ basketball team split two games at home in the past week, finishing the regular season with a 14-12 record. The Cardinals fell 80-55 to Hills-Beaver Creek Tuesday, Feb. 10, and beat Worthington 84-46 Thursday, Feb. 12. LHS will open the post season playing Windom on the road in section action Friday, Feb. 20. H-BC 80, LHS 55 The Luverne Cardinals hosted the Hills-Beaver…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 17, 2026The Luverne wrestling team ended its season falling 41-36 to Red Rock Central in the Section 3A team tournament Thursday, Feb. 12, in Jackson. Out of 13 matches, LHS forfeited six weight classes and Red Rock Central forfeited four in the dual. The Cardinals won two matches by pin and the Falcons took one match by technical fall. Luverne gave up the 107- and 114-pound weight classes by forfeit…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 17, 2026The Lady Pates captured three wins in the past week to improve their regular season record to 23-3. H-BC beat Luverne 80-55 on the road Tuesday, Feb. 10, Mountain Lake 66-42 Thursday, Feb. 12, and Murray County Central 59-42 Monday, Feb. 16, at home. Depending on the outcome of the Feb. 19 game between No. 8 Tracy-Milroy-Balaton and No. 9 Southwest Christian, the No. 1 seed Patriots will take…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 11, 2026Luverne started their section run taking down Morris/Benson Area 15-0 at home Thursday, Feb. 5, in the 3A quarterfinals and topped Fairmont 5-2, Saturday, Feb. 7, in the Section 3A semifinals. Luverne is scheduled to face Marshall, the No. 1 seed, in the Section 3A championship game Tuesday, Feb. 10, at the Don Roberts Ice Arena in St. Peter. Game time was 7:30 p.m. Luverne had faced the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 11, 2026The H-BC girls’ basketball team locks in three wins as they improve to 20-3 this season. The Patriots beat Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 54-41 at home Friday, Feb. 6, topped Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 67-49 at home Saturday, Feb. 7, and beat Westbrook-Walnut Grove 65-45 on the road Monday, Feb. 9. H-BC was scheduled to travel to Luverne for a game against the Cardinals Tuesday, Feb. 10. They will host…
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