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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 22, 2026The 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 fell 13-9 to St. Clair in the first round of the sub-state tournament Sunday, July 19, in Ruthton. With the loss Luverne moved down to elimination bracket play. On Monday, July 20, Luverne took down Adrian 6-1 in elimination bracket…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 15, 2026The 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. Luverne fell 6-4 to Adrian July 12 and 20-10 to Edgerton July 13 in the sub-sub state playoffs. Luverne Red lost 8-5 to Dell Rapids in their final regular season game July 7 at home and beat Adrian 13-0 in the sub-sub section championship. Luverne Red…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 08, 2026The Luverne Junior Legion Red baseball team beat Sioux Falls Christian 11-1 on the road Tuesday, June 30. Luverne Junior Legion White fell 18-8 to Pipestone on the road Monday, July 6. Junior Legion Red was scheduled to host Dell Rapids Tuesday, July 7. Both the Luverne Red and White Junior Legion teams will start the sub-sub state tournament Sunday, July 12. Brackets and seeding had not yet…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 24, 2026The Luverne Red Junior Legion baseball team went 1-3 June 19-20 at the New Ulm Junior Legion Tournament. On Saturday, June 19, Luverne fell 10-5 to Alexandria in their first game of the day and lost 9-1 to VFW 17U in the evening matchup. On Sunday, June 20, Luverne lost a 6-0 game to New Ulm and beat Harrisburg 16-6 in the evening. Luverne Red and Luverne White Junior Legion teams were…
By Jason BerghorstJune 17, 2026Luverne’s Junior Legion baseball teams have been busy this week. Luverne is again fielding two Junior Legion teams – a “Red” team and a “White” team — primarily made up of players who are 15 and 16 years old. Luverne White split games this week beating Adrian and losing to Sleepy Eye. The Red team defeated Adrian before coming up short against Marshall Orange, Sleepy Eye, Springfield and…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 09, 2026The 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. Games were held at Redbird Field, Joe Roberts Field and Riverside Park. Teams played in 9U (9 years old and under) 10U, 11U, 12U and Junior Legion brackets. Brandon Valley won the 9U tournament, and Watertown teams won the 10U, 11U and…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 23, 2025The Luverne Junior Legion baseball team started the 2025 Southwest Sub-State Tournament 1-1 this past week and needs to fight their way back in the consolation bracket. Luverne fell to Slayton 10-3 in their first-round game Sunday, July 20, at Redbird Field and came back to beat Madelia 10-0 Monday, July 21, in Luverne in the consolation bracket. The win against Madelia moves Luverne on, and…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 09, 2025The Luverne Junior Legion 10 baseball team made short order of Windom, beating them 16-2 Tuesday, July 1, on the road. Kelby Schomacker and Coy Thone led Luverne with two hits each in the game. Carter Como and Ben Hartquist each had one hit against Windom. Como collected three runs, and Hartquist got one double in the win. Hartquist, Colton Haubrich, Maddox Miller, Schomacker and Thone each…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 02, 2025The Luverne Junior Legion 9 and 10 teams played a double-header against Pipestone Monday, June 30, at Redbird Field. The Junior Legion 9 game ended in a 5-5 tie after four innings, and the Luverne Junior Legion 10 team beat Pipestone 12-1 after 5 1/2 innings. Legion 10 was scheduled to take on Windom on the road Tuesday, July 1. Legion 9 and 10 travel to play Heron Lake Monday, July 7. …
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 25, 2025The Luverne Junior Legion 10 baseball team posted a 3-2 record this past week in a busy schedule. Luverne fell 1-0 to Worthington on the road Tuesday, June 17. At the New Ulm Tournament over the weekend, Luverne beat Prior Lake 12-4, and New Ulm 12-1 Friday, June 20. Luverne finished the tournament beating Omaha 8-3 June 21. On Monday, June 23, Luverne fell to Slayton 12-5 at home. Luverne is…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 25, 2025The Luverne Junior Legion 9 team is primarily freshmen and younger players coached by Ben Serie and Jake Haugen. They play a limited schedule with a total of five games in 2025. The team fell to Worthington 6-1 Tuesday, June 17, at Redbird Field. Luverne is scheduled to host Marshall June 26 and Pipestone June 30. They will go on the road Monday, July 7, to take on Heron Lake-Okabena. Team…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 07, 2024The Luverne Junior Legion baseball team is headed to the 2024 Division II State Tournament after beating Sleepy Eye 12-7 in the sub state championship game Tuesday, July 30, in Springfield. The team is led by Redbird players Jake Haugen and Ben Serie, both second-year coaches at the helm of the program. “Through all my years of playing, I have had really impactful coaches like Mike Wenninger,…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 31, 2024The Luverne Junior Legion baseball team won two games and lost one in the 2024 Southwest Sub State Tournament this past week in Springfield. Luverne beat Slayton 5-4 and won against Sleepy Eye 5-3 on Sunday, July 28. Sleepy Eye then beat Luverne 5-4 on Monday, July 29, forcing another game between the two teams on Tuesday, July 30, in the double elimination tournament. Tuesday’s game was…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 24, 2024The Luverne Junior Legion baseball team is the Southwest Sub State (A-Pod) champion after beating Russell-Tyler-Ruthton twice at home this past week. On Sunday, July 21, Luverne defeated RTR 7-0, and on Monday night, July 22, they won again 13-1. There were only three teams in the Southwest Sub State A-Pod tournament, Luverne, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton and Adrian. Edgerton was the fourth seed and…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 10, 2024The Luverne Jr. Legion baseball team took two games this past week, getting by Slayton 5-4 on the road Tuesday, July 2, and blanking Adrian 7-0 at home Monday, July 8. Luverne is now 12-2 on the season and was scheduled to play Minneota at home Tuesday, July 9. Luverne 5, Slayton 4 The Luverne Jr. Legion’s late push led to a 5-4 victory over Slayton Tuesday, July 2, on the road. The win…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 03, 2024Luverne Jr. Legion won three games and lost two this past week to bring their season record to 10-2. Luverne traveled to New Ulm for a tournament Friday, June 28, and Saturday, June 29. On Friday Luverne lost to New Ulm 3-1 and beat Peitzmeier 9-4. On Saturday they lost to Prior Lake 5-3 and beat Wayzata 15-2. On Monday, July 1, Luverne beat Marshall 3-1 at Redbird Field. Due to weather and…
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