Patriots girls bring home state track and field hardware
The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ track and field team ran away with the 2026 Minnesota State High School League Team State Championship in St. Michael June 4-5.
Cardinals place six on state meet track and field podium
Luverne placed five athletes and one team on the podium at the 2026 Class A Track and Field State meet in St. Michael June 4-5.
Luverne Baseball Association hosts annual Buffalo Days youth tournament
The Luverne Baseball Association hosted roughly 300 players on 22 youth teams and eight Junior Legion teams during the 2026 Buffalo Days celebration June 5-7.
Fourth annual Buffalo Days Run 4A Cause raises funds to normalize brain health conversations in local elementary schools
The Buffalo Days Run 4A Cause returned to Luverne’s Buffalo Days Celebration for its fourth year Saturday, June 4, in the Luverne City Park.
LHS and H-BC qualify several individuals and teams for the Section 3A State Track and Field Meet June 4-5
Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek track and field teams performed well at the Section 3A Championships in Pipestone Thursday, May 28.
Olson qualifies for state golf meet
Hills-Beaver Creek High School senior Abigayl Olson qualified for the girls’ golf state tournament placing fifth at the Section 3A competition in Worthington Wednesday, May 27.
Sports
- March 15, 2022The Luverne girls’ hockey team won the Section 3A Academic Award for being the team with highest average GPA in the section. Individually, Luverne senior Cheyenne Schutz was academic all-state for having a GPA of 3.9 or higher. In other conference honors, Coach Ellen Wenninger was the recipient of the Section 3A assistant coach of the year, voted by section coaches. Kamryn VanBatavia was named to…
- March 15, 2022Luverne High School senior Braydon Ripka is the only Cardinal wrestler to be named to the list of 54 students earning all-conference honors for their efforts in the Big South Conference. Conference team champion Jackson County Central led the list with 10 all-conference wrestlers followed by Fairmont/Martin County West (eight), New Ulm (six wrestlers), St. Peter (six wrestlers), Pipestone (five…
- March 15, 2022Three gymnasts from Luverne High School were named to the Big South Conference All-Conference Team. Sophomore Sarah DeCesare and freshmen Amira Cowell and Ella Reisdorfer were among the 15 athletes named to the west division team. Pipestone had three gymnasts listed on the team along with Big South team champions Worthington. Marshall and Jackson County Central had two athletes named to the team…
- March 15, 2022Luverne’s Brock Behrend, a junior, and Patrick Kroski, a sophomore, were among 13 boys’ hockey players chosen for the 2021-22 Big South All-Conference team. Receiving honorable mention honors were LHS sophomores Tyler Arends and Owen Sudenga. Luverne posted a 13-3 record for 2021-22 and finished second in the Big South Conference behind New Ulm, 16-0. Other teams in the conference include…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldMarch 08, 2022The Luverne High School girls’ basketball team saw its record-breaking season come to an end Friday night in Worthington. The No. 2-seeded Fairmont Cardinals defeated the No. 1-seeded Luverne Cardinals 53-42 in the Section 3AA-South sub-section championship game. Luverne, which ended the season 23-5, set a new school record for number of wins in girls’ basketball with 23. The team also was…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldMarch 08, 2022The Lady Pates fought hard all the way to the finish, but their first half deficit was too much to overcome Tuesday night, March 1, in Worthington where they lost to Southwest Christian 75-43. The E-gals built an early double-digit lead, but the Patriots were able to keep it within striking distance for most of the first half. With about four minutes remaining in the first half, things got away…
- By Canaan Petersen for the Star HeraldMarch 08, 2022Braydon Ripka earned a trip to the state wrestling tournament Friday, March 4, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul by placing second in the Section wrestling tournament. For his first match at state, Ripka drew the Section 6A senior from West Central - Ashby, Ruebens Swanson, with a 44-9 record, and it proved to be a tough first match. In the first period, Ripka worked for his takedown but was…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldMarch 08, 2022The Patriots’ season came to an end after a well-fought battle with Tracy-Milroy-Balaton Saturday afternoon in Worthington. The No. 6-seed Patriots took a lead right from the beginning, thanks to a three-pointer by senior Liam Raymon on the first possession. Seniors Ty Bundesen and Cole Baker each added a three of their own as the Patriots opened up a 14-4 lead. They maintained the lead all the…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldMarch 08, 2022It was a tale of two halves for the Luverne Cardinal boys’ basketball team during the opening round of the Section 3AA-South tournament. The No. 6-seeded Luverne team traveled to No. 3-seeded Fairmont Saturday afternoon. After falling behind 28-16 in the first half, LHS more than doubled its offensive output in the second half, outpacing Fairmont 33-23. It wasn’t quite enough, however, as the…
- March 01, 2022Two Hills-Beaver Creek High School basketball players joined the school’s 1,000-point club in the past week. H-BC senior Kenadie Fick scored her 1,000th point on Tuesday night, Feb. 22, during the game with Adrian-Ellsworth. “I have said it time and time again, Kenadie Fick is one of the hardest working players I have ever been around,” said H-BC girls’ basketball head coach Dylan Gehrke. “To…
- By Canaan Petersen for the Star HeraldMarch 01, 2022The Cardinal wrestling team traveled to Wabasso Saturday, Feb. 26, and returned home with seven medals. Luverne senior Braydon Ripka earned a trip to the 3A State Tournament with his second-place finish at 145 pounds. Seven out of eight Cardinal wrestlers placed, beginning with Rayden Boyenga at 113 pounds. Posting a 2-2 record, Boyenga returned home with a fourth-place medal. At 120 pounds,…
- By Matt Lais for the Star HeraldMarch 01, 2022The Luverne Cardinal Girls’ hockey team season came to an end during the Minnesota State Hockey Tournament Thursday. The Cardinals met a solid South St. Paul team in the quarterfinals falling 3-1 before dropping a contest to River Lakes the next day 4-2. The Cardinals finish the year with an impressive 23-5 record. LHS 1, South St. Paul 3 The No. 5 seeded Luverne Cardinals opened the 2022…
- By Matt Lais for the Star HeraldMarch 01, 2022The No. 3 seeded Luverne Boys’ hockey team opened the Section 3A tournament play Thursday hosting the No. 6 seed Worthington Trojans. The Blue Mound Ice Arena was standing room only and the Cardinals ended up skating away with a 7-1 victory. The Cardinals would meet the No. 2 seed Mankato East Cougars on Saturday in Mankato in the Section 3A Semifinals. The Cardinals couldn’t rebound from some…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldMarch 01, 2022The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ basketball team wrapped up the season with a pair of wins over the past week. The Lady Pates took down the Dragons 61-48 in Adrian Tuesday, Feb.22, and went on to beat Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda 61-51 Saturday in Worthington. The Patriots capped a solid regular season finishing in second place in the Red Rock Conference with a record of 11-5 and 13-12 overall. H-BC…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldMarch 01, 2022The Luverne girls’ basketball team won both of its final regular season games and its first playoff game last week. The Cardinals defeated Edgerton Public 69-47 on the road Tuesday, Feb. 22, to secure their 21st victory and end the regular season 21-4. On Saturday night, the LHS girls, seeded No. 1 in Section 3AA-South, opened the tournament by hosting the No. 8-seeded Redwood Valley Cardinals…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldMarch 01, 2022The Luverne boys’ basketball team split its final two regular season games last week. The Cardinals lost to Worthington at home Feb. 22 by a score of 84-76 before winning on the road in Minneota, 73-59, Friday night. Luverne finished the regular season 10-13 overall and 4-7 in Section 3AA play. The team earned the No. 6 seed in the section tournament. The Cards open the playoffs Saturday night in…
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