Redbirds win 2025 season opener
The Luverne Redbirds met Pipestone at Redbird Field in Luverne for their season opener Sunday, May 11.
Cardinals baseball team strings three wins in a row
Luverne baseball racked up three more wins to extend their winning streak to eight games in a row.
Girls’ softball team beats Blue Earth twice, falls to Edgerton and Adrian
The Luverne girls’ softball team won two games and fell in two in a busy week of play.
LHS beat Blue Earth 18-4 and 19-4 in a doubleheader on the road Thursday, May 8.
Luverne boys’ tennis team drops four matches
The Luverne boys’ tennis team lost four matches this week.
Cardinals win five straight baseball games
The Cardinals baseball team finished a perfect week with five wins and no losses against four teams to bring their season record to 11-3.
Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek participate in 100th annual Howard Wood Relays May 2-3
Several Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek athletes were invited to compete at the 100th Annual Howard Wood Dakota Relays May 2-3 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Sports
- By Brennen RuppDecember 21, 2020The Luverne Cardinals girls’ hockey team in 2020 reached state tournament play for the second time in program history. With a strong core returning for the 2021 season, the Cardinals could be in store for another epic season on the ice. Six seniors, Regan Feit, Shelby Kracht, Rylee Gee, Brynn Thier, Roz Oye and Sophie Holmberg, will lead the way for the Cardinals. “With the whole Covid-19…
- By Brennen RuppDecember 15, 2020As it stands right now, the winter sports season for the Minnesota State High School League is scheduled to begin on Dec. 21. The first contests are scheduled to take place on Jan. 4. If and when the winter sports season starts, it should be an exciting one in Rock County. The Luverne girls’ hockey team is coming off a state tournament berth and finished the regular season with a 20-4 record. …
- By Scott Rall, outdoors columnistDecember 15, 2020I consider myself a pretty die-hard outdoors man. I have been spending many late afternoons chasing ringnecks across the southwest portion of the state. Populations in this part of the state are normally higher than elsewhere, but I don’t often see many other hunters. That changed in the past few weeks. As I drove from one public ground to the next, it took me until about the fifth stop to find a…
- By Brennen RuppDecember 15, 2020Hills-Beaver Creek’s football coach, Rex Metzger was named District Coach of the Year for the 2020 season. Metzger coached the Patriots to a perfect 7-0 season. The Patriots ended the 2020 season with a section championship victory over Mountain Lake Area. The Patriots were recently awarded the Associated Press nine-man state champions.
- By Brennen RuppDecember 08, 2020The 2020 fall sports season in Rock County was like no other, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. At the start of the fall sports season, it appeared the football and volleyball seasons would be played in the spring. That meant cross-country and tennis would stand alone as the only prep fall sports in Rock County. Then the Minnesota State High School League changed course and opted to play a shortened…
- By Brennen RuppDecember 08, 2020Taryn Rauk has been around the game of basketball since she can remember. As the daughter of a coach, she fell in love with the thrill of competition at an early age. “Basketball has been a huge part of my life ever since I was a little girl,” Rauk said. “My dad (Chad Rauk) coached basketball. I got to go to so many basketball games before I could even play.” Rauk started playing organized…
- By Brennen RuppDecember 08, 2020The South Central District announced their all-district team for the 2020 season recently and the Luverne Cardinals were well represented. In total the Cardinals had five players receive all-district honors. LaShad Smit, Zach Ahrendt, Bailey Cowell, Cade Wenninger, Peter Baustian and Ethan Beyer all received first-team all-district honors. Jamie McCarthy was named all district honorable mention.…
- By Brennen RuppDecember 08, 2020The Big South Conference announced its fall sports all-conference teams for volleyball on Monday, Nov. 30. The Luverne Cardinals had three players recognized. Senior Gracie Zewiske and junior Elise Ferrell both received first-team all-conference honors. Junior setter Reghan Bork received honorable mention. The Cardinals finished conference play with an even 5-5 record. Luverne finished with an…
- By Brennen RuppDecember 08, 2020The nine-man Southwest Conference announced its all-district teams on Tuesday, Dec. 1. The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots, the top-ranked team in nine-man football, were well represented. H-BC head coach Rex Metzger was named Coach of the Year. Metzger guided the Patriots to a perfect 7-0 season that was capped off with a Section Championship. The Patriots defeated Mountain Lake Are in the section…
- By Brennen RuppDecember 08, 2020The Red Rock Conference released all-conference volleyball honors on Dec. 2 and the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots had two players receive honors. H-BC senior Abby Knobloch received first-team all-conference honors. Fellow senior Taryn Rauk received all-conference honorable mention. Under the direction of first-year head coach, Dylan Gehrke, the Patriots finished the shortened 2020 campaign with a 4…
- By Brennen RuppDecember 01, 2020Covid-19 has caused plenty of disturbances in 2020, some with life-altering ramifications. For the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots football team it caused a disturbance in what was fixing to be a historic season in 2020. Over the previous two seasons the Patriots accumulated a record of 18-4 and were knocking on the door of the state tournament. In 2018 they lost to Mountain Lake Area in the section…
- By Brennen RuppDecember 01, 2020The Luverne Cardinals were just starting to find their footing when the state of Minnesota put a halt on all youth sports due to Covid-19. The Cardinals were on a four-game winning streak and owned a 5-5 record. They appeared to be picking up momentum as the section tournament neared. Then the emergency order came and the surging Cardinals never got to see their season through. “The last game of…
- By Brennen RuppDecember 01, 2020On Nov. 18 Gov. Tim Walz released new Covid-19 restrictions that impacted youth sports in the state of Minnesota. The new guidelines put a pause on youth sports for four weeks. Those orders went into effect on Nov. 20 and are in effect through Dec. 18. The restrictions shortened the football section tournaments, but section champions were still able to be crowned. Those same restrictions halted…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 23, 2020COVID-19 has now impacted three Minnesota State High School League seasons since it reared its ugly head in March. It put a premature end to winter sports while teams were preparing or already playing in their respective state tournaments. Due to COVID-19 there were no spring sports in the state of Minnesota. This fall the pandemic delayed the start of fall sports after they were originally going…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 23, 2020The Luverne Cardinals entered Friday night’s Section 3AAA Championship Game boasting one of the stingiest defensive units in the area. It was a unit that recorded three shutouts and was giving up 13.6 points per game. Those defensemen stood tall again Friday, Nov. 20, against Sibley East. The Cardinals defense didn’t give up a point until the very end en route to a 44-6 section championship…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 23, 2020If it weren’t for Covid-19, the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots likely would have been celebrating a trip to the nine-man state tournament and possibly a state championship. But due to the pandemic, the Minnesota State High School League opted not to host state tournaments for fall sports. Instead, the Patriots had to settle for a one-game section tournament. Rather than celebrating a section…
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