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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 05, 2025The Luverne boys’ basketball team beat St. James 91-72 in the first round of the section tournament Friday, Feb. 28, at home. Head coach John Sichmeller said he was happy with his team’s energy in the game. “We missed some easy shots early that would have helped us put them away a little sooner, but we made some nice runs to put the game out of reach,” Sichmeller said. The Cardinals had a 45-…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 05, 2025Luverne Cardinal wrestlers junior Bernie Rock and sophomore CeCe Rock both placed in the 2025 MSHSL state girls’ wrestling tournament Saturday, March 1, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Bernie Rock took home a second-place finish in the 122-pound weight class, and CeCe Rock finished in third place in the 148-pound weight class out of a bracket of eight competitors. “The girls competed…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 05, 2025The Big South Conference released the 2024-25 All-Conference girls’ hockey and gymnastics team selections. LHS gymnasts named all-conference are senior Amira Cowell and juniors Kianna Winter and Addyson Mann. Luverne girls’ hockey had two all-conference selections, senior Payton Behr and sophomore Izzy Steensma. Honorable mentions went to sophomore Tenley Behr and freshman Ellie Van Batavia.
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 26, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team will advance to the section championship after two big wins in the past week. The Cardinals beat Redwood Valley 9-0 at home Thursday, Feb. 20, in the section quarterfinals, and they edged out Mankato East 3-2 in the section semifinals Saturday, Feb. 22, in St. Peter. Luverne will take on Mankato West in the Section 3A championship game at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 26, 2025Luverne gymnasts senior Amira Cowell and junior Kianna Winter participated in the 2025 MSHSL individual and all-around state tournament Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul. Cowell competed in her fourth state tournament of her career, with 2025 being the first time she qualified in the all-around competition. Winter participated in her first state tournament qualifying…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 26, 2025The Patriot boys’ basketball team swept three teams to finish their regular season with a 23-2 record. The Patriots beat Edgerton 72-47 at home Tuesday, Feb. 18, topped Heron Lake 80-41 on the road Friday, Feb. 21, and beat Adrian-Ellsworth 79-30 at home Monday, Feb. 24. H-BC moves on to the Section 3A tournament with a game scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, March 1, in Worthington. Hills-Beaver…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 26, 2025The Luverne boys’ basketball team collected two wins in their last two regular season games for a 17-7 record going into the playoffs. The Luverne Cardinals beat Fairmont 59-42 at home Tuesday, Feb. 18, and took down Minneota 92-60 at home Thursday, Feb. 20. Luverne will host St. James in the first game of the 2025 section playoffs Friday, Feb. 28. Game time is 7 p.m. LHS 59, Fairmont 42…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 26, 2025The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ basketball team beat Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 60-41 in Section 3A quarterfinal action Saturday, Feb. 22, in Worthington. “I was pleased with how we got out of the gates. The girls stormed out to a 7-0 lead setting the tone of the whole game,” head coach Dylan Gehrke said. “We had stretches after that where we weren’t finishing well around the rim and some shots weren’t…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 26, 2025The Luverne wrestling team sent nine Cardinals to the 2025 MSHSL Section 3AA individual wrestling tournament at Dawson Saturday, Feb. 22. Luverne had one fifth-place finish, three sixth-place finishes and five unplaced wrestlers in the tournament. “The boys wrestled tough, and we were able to get some placers,” head coach Jordan Kopp said. “This was the toughest section tournament for…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 26, 2025The Luverne girls’ basketball team gave up two losses to Fairmont to end their season with a record of 4-22. The Cardinals took on Fairmont in their last regular season game of the season, falling 66-41 Tuesday, Feb. 18, on the road. In the first section 3A playoff game Luverne lost 61-37 to Fairmont once again Friday, Feb. 21, on the road. “I think playing them Tuesday and then Friday was a…
By Mavis FodnessFebruary 05, 2025Luverne High School seniors Sage Viessman and Maria Rops were crowned Monday afternoon as the school’s Snow Week 2025 king and queen respectively. Viessman is the son of Tricia and Scott Viessman. Rops is the daughter of Jodi Rops and Tom and Teri Rops. Ten seniors were chosen as this year’s Snow Week royalty. Anna Banck emceed the event with Ella Schmuck. “During today’s coronation, we…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 05, 2025The Luverne girls’ hockey team finished the regular season beating Worthington 8-0 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 28, and LHS rolled over Marshall 5-2 at home Thursday, Jan. 30. With the two wins, the Cardinals finished the regular season 17-6-2. Section 3A tournament seeding places Luverne at No. 2, with Marshall getting the No. 1 seed. Fairmont is the third seed, New Ulm the fourth,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 05, 2025The Luverne boys’ basketball team won two home games this week, bringing their season record to 14-5 with five games left in the regular season. LHS outplayed Southwest Minnesota Christian Thursday, Jan. 30, beating the Eagles 80-44, and took down Adrian-Ellsworth 98-63 Monday, Feb. 3. The Cardinals finish their season with a five-game home stand starting with Windom Friday, Feb. 7, and will…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 05, 2025The Luverne wrestling team finished 1-3 this past week in two triangulars. “We wrestled a few tough teams this week but the kids wrestled tough,” head coach Jordan Kopp said. “We had to deal with open weights and injuries a lot of the season, and it’s been hard to put a full team out there.” LHS traveled to Blue Earth Tuesday, Jan. 28, beating Blue Earth Area 53-24, and falling 43-29 to Waseca…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 05, 2025Luverne eighth-grader Ellie Rock finished in sixth place at the 2025 Minnesota Girls’ Wrestling League State Individual Tournament Saturday, Feb. 1, in Champlin. Rock won one match and fell to three strong wrestlers in the 107-pound weight class. In her first match, Rock beat a Stillwater opponent in a 7-6 decision. In the semifinals, she lost to a Prior Lake competitor by a fall. Having lost…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 05, 2025The Luverne girls’ basketball team went 1-1 at home, falling to Southwest Christian 68-56 Tuesday, Jan. 28, and beating Adrian 64-49 Friday, Jan. 31. The Cardinals have four conference games left in their regular season schedule. LHS hosts Windom Friday, Feb. 7, Jackson County Central Tuesday, Feb. 11, and Worthington Thursday, Feb. 13. Luverne will travel to Fairmont Tuesday, Feb. 18, before…
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