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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 05, 2024The Luverne High School softball players ended their postseason run, falling twice in section play Tuesday, May 28, in Marshall. The Cardinals fell to Dassel-Cokato 6-2 in the semifinals and lost 3-0 to Jackson in the elimination round later that night. LHS finished the season with an 18-7 record. Head coach Brooks Maurer pointed out that it was obviously a tough ending to a very good season…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 29, 2024The Luverne softball team moves on to the Section 3AA semifinals after knocking off Pipestone 7-5 Thursday, May 23, at home and outscoring Morris 2-1 Saturday, May 25, in Marshall. With the wins, the Cardinals up their season record to 18-4 and will take on the Dassell-Cokato Chargers in the section semifinals Tuesday, May 28, in Marshall at 5 p.m. Luverne has been to the section finals twice,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 29, 2024Luverne native Carly Olson was named to the 2024 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) All-Conference team. Olson, in her freshman year at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, batted in the No. 5 spot all season, started in all 42 of the Gusties’ games between catcher and third base. Olson led the team with a .351 batting average and a .450 slugging percentage. Olson ranked…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 22, 2024The Luverne High School softball team picked up two conference wins, beating Worthington 6-4 on the road Tuesday, May 14, and Pipestone 7-6 at home Thursday, May 16. In the Big South Conference Championship in New Ulm, the Cardinals fell 10-4 to the Tigers Saturday, May 18. Luverne is now 16-5 for the season. The Cardinals are the No.1 seed in the south section playoffs and are scheduled to…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 15, 2024The Luverne softball and baseball bats heated up this past week sending eleven balls over the fence. The softball girls had eight homers and the boys baseball team had three. Twins seniors, Tori and Will Serie, both had grand slams two days apart. Tori's grand slam was against Wisdom on Tuesday, May 7, and Will's was against Redwood Thursday, May 9. Junior Regan Mehlhaff had three total homers…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 15, 2024The Luverne High School softball team notched three wins and one loss in two doubleheaders over the past week. The Cardinals split games with Windom Tuesday, May 7, on the road, falling 2-1 in the first game and winning 15-6 in the second. LHS hosted Blue Earth Thursday, May 9, beating the Buccaneers 17-2 in both games. The Cardinals’ bats were on fire, recording eight home runs in four games…
By Greg Hoogeveen, Sports EditorMay 08, 2024The Luverne High School softball team extended its season record to 11-3 with three wins over the past week. The Cardinals beat Redwood Valley twice (12-2 and 13-3) Thursday, May 2, in Luverne and took down Edgerton Southwest Christian 11-4 Friday, May 3, in Edgerton. Luverne is scheduled to play Windom in a doubleheader Tuesday, May 7, on the road and will host Blue Earth in a doubleheader…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 01, 2024The Luverne High School softball team grabbed three big wins this past week to bring their season record to 8-3. The Cardinals took two games (doubleheader) on the road from St. James Thursday, April 25. LHS beat the Saints 14-0 in the first game and followed with a 15-0 win in the second game. The Cardinals won their third game of the week 11-4 in Pipestone Monday, April 29. The Cardinals…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 24, 2024The Luverne High School softball team went 3-3 this past week. Against Jackson County Central, LHS won one game 7-4 and lost one game 0-15 in doubleheader action Thursday, April 18, at Jackson. The Cardinals played in the Morris Area Tournament Saturday, April 20, and beat Sacred Heart 14-5, fell to Morris Area 4-5, and defeated Paynesville 5-1. On Monday, April 22, LHS fell to Fairmont 7-1…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 17, 2024The Luverne High School softball team beat Edgerton-Southwest Christian 16-6 in five innings at home Monday, April 15. The win puts the Cardinals at 2-0 for the season with LHS scheduled to travel for a double header against Jackson County Central Tuesday, April 16. The Cardinals take on Sacred Heart in Morris, Saturday, April 20, and they’ll host Fairmont Monday, April 22. Against Edgerton,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 10, 2024The Luverne High School softball team opened its season against Adrian Thursday, April 4, beating the Dragons 17-2 at home. The game ended after 3 1/2 innings of play on the 15-run rule. “It’s always good to get a win in the first game of the season,” said head coach Brooks Maurer. “I thought we ran the bases really well and stayed aggressive at the plate.” In the top of the first inning,…
By Greg HoogeveenJuly 27, 2023Luverne Blaze fastpitch softball team sent two teams on to state competition this past week. The Blaze 14U team traveled to Rochester July 22-23 and took home second place in the Minnesota State Championship. The 14U team played three games Saturday, July 22. The Blaze won the first game against New Ulm Blue 11-1, then lost to Redwood 2-1, and finished the day beating Hutchinson 13-5. On Sunday…
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