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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 21, 2025The Luverne boys' track and field team placed eighth in the 2025 State True Team competition. Luverne faced stiff competition at the 2025 Class A State True Team meet in Eden Prairie Saturday, May 17. The LHS girls’ team placed third and the boys’ team finished in eighth place in the cold and windy conditions. LHS had 20 personal and season records broken at the event, placed 34 Top 10…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 21, 2025By Greg Hoogeveen The LHS and H-BC trap shooting teams recorded their fifth week of competition scores. Nicholas Mann (LHS) posted a 25-straight score this week. Patriot Hunter Leenderts shot a perfect 50-straight targets this past week. The rest of the results are as follows: Week 5 scores LHS – Class 2A Round 1 Round 2 Total Ashton Altman 14 18 32 Jesse Aning 16 19 35 Alex DeWispelaere…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 21, 2025The Luverne softball team earned two wins over the past week, beating Worthington 9-8 at home Tuesday, May 13, and pounding Marshall 22-4 on the road Thursday, May 15. The girls are now 10-9 for the season and 7-5 in Big South Conference play. The Cardinals were scheduled to take on Redwood Valley at home Tuesday, May 20, in the first round of the section playoffs. LHS 9, Worthington 8 The…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 21, 2025The Luverne boys’ tennis team traveled to take on Benson in team sectional play Tuesday, May 13. The No. 7 seed LHS team fell 7-0 to the No. 2 seed team from Benson. “Although Luverne did not win any individual matches, I was very proud of how our kids competed and played,” head coach Nathan Rud said. “They each gave a full effort and represented Luverne well in the section tournament.” In…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 21, 2025Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek participated in the Third Annual Border Battle trap shooting event at the Garretson Sportsmen’s Club Friday, May 9. H-BC, Luverne, Southwest Minnesota Christian, Garretson, South Dakota, Edgerton Public, Brookings, South Dakota, Madison, South Dakota, and Pipestone all participated in the event. “The event brings shooters together who may compete against each…
May 14, 2025Luverne utility workers Mike Buss (on the ground) and Brayden Ripka (in the bucket) hang a new round of banners on Main Street light poles Friday honoring Luverne High School seniors. The two banners here feature Blaycie Remme (left) and Eli Woodley. Luverne High School will graduate 97 seniors during commencement exercises at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 25. See the May 22 edition of the Star Herald…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 14, 2025The Luverne girls’ track team won the Big South Conference Small Schools Championship Saturday, May 10, at Paulsen Field in Pipestone. The LHS boys finished in third place behind Jackson and Redwood Valley. The Cardinals posted 10 first-place finishes, 34 personal records, and seven season records at the meet. Sophomore Darius Dolo placed first in the boys’ 100-meter with a (PR) time of 11.26…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 14, 2025Luverne baseball racked up three more wins to extend their winning streak to eight games in a row. The Cardinals beat Jackson County Central 10-0 at home Tuesday, May 6, and took two games from St. James 8-1 and 11-4 in a doubleheader on the road Thursday, May 8. LHS is now 14-3 for the season with three regular season games left before they start the postseason with sections Tuesday, May 27.…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 14, 2025The 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. LHS fell 11-1 to Edgerton at home Friday, May 9, and lost to Adrian 8-7 on the road Monday, May 12. The Cardinals were scheduled to host Worthington Tuesday, May 13, and will travel to Marshall Thursday, May 15. Luverne 18,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 14, 2025The Luverne boys’ tennis team lost four matches this week. Blue Earth topped Luverne 7-0 Tuesday, May 6, at home, Lac qui Parle and Benson both beat Luverne 7-0 at home Saturday, May 10, in a doubleheader, and Fairmont beat LHS 7-0 on the road Monday, May 12. “Benson was our toughest opponent of the week, and though the kids actually played better, only Kaleb Hemme at first singles was able to…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 14, 2025The Luverne High School golf team participated in the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Invitational Friday, May 9. The LHS boys’ team placed fourth and the girls’ team finished in fifth place. The Cardinal girls’ team traveled to Morton for the Big South Conference Championship meet Monday, May 12, finishing in eighth place with a team score of 449. The Luverne boys’ golf team was scheduled to…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 14, 2025The LHS and H-BC trap shooting teams recorded their third week of competition scores. Piper Wynia (LHS) and Cameron Allen (H-BC) each recorded a 25-straight score this week. The rest of the results are as follows: Week 3 scores LHS Round 1 Round 2 Total Ashton Altman 19 16 35 Jesse Aning 8 11 19 Alex DeWispelaere 22 24 46 Martin Fick 12 9 21 Dylan Hoff 20 18 38 Gavin Hoven 18 22 40…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 07, 2025The Cardinals baseball team finished a perfect week with five wins and no losses against four teams to bring their season record to 11-3. LHS beat Pipestone 12-7 on the road Tuesday, April 29, and took two games from host Redwood Valley Cardinals 9-1 and 19-1 in doubleheader action Thursday, May 1. Luverne traveled to Milroy Saturday, May 3, beating the BOLD Warriors 5-4 in the first of two…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 07, 2025Several 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. The two-day event features hundreds of teams and thousands of individual athletes from South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. Athletes participating in the events are invited, based on certain standards and criteria specific to each…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 07, 2025LHS and H-BC track and field teams posted Top 3 finishes at the Bob Nangle Relays in Pipestone Tuesday, April 29. The Cardinals boys’ team finished in second place with 120 team points, and the Patriots placed third with 103.5 team points. Worthington was first in the team competition with 164 points. The Luverne girls’ team took top honors with 219 total team points, and Hills-Beaver Creek…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 07, 2025The Luverne High School softball team lost four games in the past week to bring their season record to 6-7. In two games in Pipestone, the Cardinals fell to the Arrows 14-3 on April 29 and 17-6 on May 5. In a doubleheader against Fairmont on May 1, Luverne fell 10-9 in the first game and 9-4 in the second game. Luverne will play a doubleheader in Blue Earth Thursday, May 8, and the Cardinals…
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