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By Lori SorensonJuly 16, 2025Rock County Historian Betty Mann threw out the opening pitch ahead of Friday night’s game between the Luverne Redbirds and the Brandon Belugas. For the casual “Nutcracker Base Race” game during Luverne’s Nutcracker Fest weekend, the Redbirds became the “Luverne Nutcrackers,” donning special nutcracker-themed jerseys. Luverne ended up beating Brandon 5-2 at Redbird Field, but for a moment, 95-…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 09, 2025The Luverne Redbirds fell 4-1 to the Milroy Irish July 2 and beat the Jackson Bulls 9-3 July 6 in two road games. The Redbirds now sit at a 5-6 season record with four games slated for this week. Luverne was scheduled to host Hadley Tuesday, July 8, and play in Pipestone Wednesday, July 9. Friday, July 11, the Redbirds will don Nutcracker jerseys and host the Brandon Belugas in the Nutcracker…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 02, 2025The Luverne Redbirds beat the Hadley Buttermakers 8-1 Sunday, June 29, on the road. Luverne opened the scoring in the top of the fourth inning with three runs. Braydon Ripka, Jake Haugen and Will Serie each crossed home plate once in the inning. The Redbirds tacked on another four runs in the top of the fourth inning to take a 7-0 lead through 5 1/2 innings. Skyler Wenninger scored on a Serie…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 25, 2025The Luverne Redbirds captured two big wins and now stand at 4-4 for the season. Luverne beat the Worthington Cubs 9-0 June 18 at home and the Heron Lake Lakers 17-8 June 22 on the road. The Redbirds were rescheduled to host Hadley Wednesday, June 25. They are on the road Friday, June 27, versus Larchwood and play Sunday, June 29, at Pipestone. Luverne will kick off July on the road for two…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 18, 2025The Luverne Redbirds fell 2-1 in 13 innings of play to the Lakefield Horned Frogs Wednesday, June 11, on the road. Lakefield scored one run in the bottom of the third, but Luverne tied the game 1-1 in the top of the seventh with Braydon Ripka scoring on a wild pitch. The game went another five innings with no scoring. In the bottom of the 13th inning, Lakefield had two outs and a man on third…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 11, 2025The Luverne Redbirds fell 5-3 to the Windom Pirates at home Sunday, June 8. The Redbirds started the game scoring one run in the bottom of the first inning. Skyler Wenninger singled on a line drive to center field, scoring Blake Sauer from second. Windom took the lead in the top of the second inning driving in two runs on two singles. With two outs in the bottom of the second inning, Redbird…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 04, 2025The Redbirds dropped one game against Milroy and fell to Renner in an exhibition game at Redbird Field this past week. Luverne fell 8-6 to the Irish Sunday, June 1, and lost 8-4 to Renner Wednesday, May 28. The Redbirds will host the Windom Pirates at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 8, and will travel to play the Lakefield Horned Frogs Wednesday, June 11. Irish 8, Redbirds 6 The Redbirds fell 8-6 to…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 28, 2025The Redbirds fell 7-4 to the Worthington Cubs Sunday, May 25, on the road. Worthington managed to get five hits against the Redbirds, scoring five runs in the fourth and two runs in the fifth inning. In the top of the second inning, Jacob Stroh hit a double to deep right field for the Redbirds, driving in Elliot Domagala from first base to take a 1-0 lead. The Redbirds gathered three runs in…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 14, 2025The Luverne Redbirds met Pipestone at Redbird Field in Luverne for their season opener Sunday, May 11. Redbird Braydon Ripka drove a home run ball over the fence at Redbird Field in the eighth inning to help Luverne take an 11-1 win over Pipestone. With a 5-1 lead after seven innings, Ripka drove in two base runners with his homer to give Luverne an 8-1 advantage in the bottom of the eighth…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 21, 2024The Luverne Redbirds fell to the Kimball Express 10-0 in the first round of the 2024 Minnesota State Amateur Baseball Tournament Saturday, Aug. 17, in Belle Plaine. With the loss, the Redbirds have been eliminated from the tournament and end their season with a 20-5 record. Kimball moves on to the Sweet 16 to take on the Foley Lumberjacks Saturday, Aug. 24, in Jordan. Against Kimball, Luverne…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 14, 2024The Luverne Redbirds fell to the Fairmont Martins two games to one in the Region 13C Championship series this past week. Fairmont won the No. 1 seed and will have a bye in the first round of the state tournament. The Gopher League No. 2 seed Luverne Redbirds are scheduled to take on the Central Valley League No. 2 seed Kimball Express in the first round of the state playoffs Saturday, Aug. 17,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 07, 2024The Luverne Redbirds are heading back to state after defeating Windom 5-2 twice in Final Four series action. This marks the sixth straight year of state tournament appearances for the Redbirds. Luverne beat Windom 5-2 Wednesday, July 31, in Luverne and took the second game 5-2 in Windom Saturday Aug. 3. The Redbirds are scheduled to face Fairmont in the best-of-three Region 13C Championship…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 31, 2024The Luverne Redbirds beat the Lakefield Horned Frogs in two games to move on to the Final Four in Region 13C playoffs. Luverne beat Lakefield 10-0 at home Wednesday, July 24, and 5-3 on the road Friday, July 26. The Redbirds will open the Final Four, Game 1, in a best of three series against the Windom Pirates at Redbird Field Wednesday, July 31, at 7:30 p.m. Game 2 will be played Saturday,…
By Jason BerghorstJuly 24, 2024After completing a 15-2 regular season, the Luverne Redbirds won the 2024 Gopher League title and earned the No. 1 seed for the Region 13C playoffs. The Redbirds received a bye for the league play-in series and will face the Lakefield Horned Frogs in the first round of the Region 13C playoffs. Lakefield finished 5-10 in league play and fourth place in the First Nite League. They earned the No.…- By Jason BerghorstJuly 17, 2024The Luverne Redbirds completed a 15-2 regular season Sunday and earned the No. 1 seed in the Region 13C playoffs. The team was 13-2 in league play and finished first in the Gopher League. Region 13C is made up of 11 teams from the Gopher League and the First Nite League. The Jackson Bulls (12-3 in the league games) won the First Nite League and earned the No. 2 overall seed in Region 13C…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 10, 2024The Luverne Redbirds played just one game last week, taking the Jackson Bulls 4-1 at Redbird Field Sunday, July 7. The Redbirds were scheduled to travel to Brookings Monday, July 8, but the game was canceled due to player availability. If or when the game is rescheduled, the Star-Herald will pass the information on. Luverne will play their three final regular season games next week. The…
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