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- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 21, 2026The Luverne girls’ basketball team dropped two games on the road this week. LHS lost a 63-26 game to Fairmont Tuesday, Jan. 13, and fell 44-35 to Castlewood, South Dakota, Saturday, Jan. 17. The Luverne-vs.-Windom game Friday, Jan. 16, was postponed due to weather. The Cardinals were scheduled to play Jackson County Central Tuesday, Jan. 20, away, before hosting Minneota Thursday, Jan. 22, and…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 07, 2026The Luverne girls’ wrestling team “Rocked” the Belle of the Border Meet in St. James Saturday, Jan. 3, with four Rock sisters placing in the event. The Belle of the Border is an annual meet in St. James among invited Minnesota, South Dakota and Iowa high school girls’ wrestling teams. This year there were 270 total athletes from 28 teams grappling for top honors in their weight divisions. In…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 07, 2026The Luverne girls’ hockey team finished a tough week 2-2 against four solid hockey teams. In the Stillwater Holiday Tournament, the Cardinals lost 2-1 to Stillwater Monday, Dec. 29. They beat Western Wisconsin 2-1 Tuesday, Dec. 30, and blanked Moose Lake Area 5-0 Wednesday, Jan. 31. Luverne fell 3-1 on Saturday, Jan. 3, in a home game against Mankato East. The Cardinals, now 9-7 for the season…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 07, 2026The Luverne girls’ basketball team notched two wins on the road giving the Cardinals a 7-4 season record to date. LHS handily beat Worthington 74-28 Friday, Jan. 2, and topped the Wynot, Nebraska, Blue Devils 37-24 in Madison, South Dakota, Saturday, Jan. 3. “I think our defense the last two games has been outstanding. Any time you hold a team under 30 points you give yourselves a great chance…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 30, 2025The Luverne girls’ basketball team beat Adrian-Ellsworth by 14 points in a 75-61 win on the road Monday, Dec. 22, improving the Cardinals’ record to 5-4 for the season. The LHS girls jumped to a 6-0 lead and built a 22-16 cushion halfway through the first half before taking a commanding 48-31 lead at the half. The Cardinals added another 27 points in the second half to win 75-61 over the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 23, 2025The Luverne girls’ hockey team won two conference games and now have a 7-5 season record and a 5-3 Big South Conference record. Luverne beat Windom 8-0 Tuesday, Dec. 16, at home and won 4-1 against New Ulm Friday, Dec. 19, on home ice. The Cardinals will travel to St. Croix Valley Recreation Center in Stillwater Monday, Dec. 29, to take on the Stillwater Ponies, and on Dec. 31, they’ll play…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 23, 2025The Luverne girls’ basketball team split a pair of conference games to put its record at 3-3 in the Big Red Conference and 4-4 overall. The Cardinals fell 63-40 to Pipestone on the road Tuesday, Dec. 16, and beat Redwood Valley 78-25 Friday, Dec. 19, on their home court. Luverne was scheduled to travel to take on Adrian-Ellsworth Tuesday, Dec. 22. The Cardinals will then play two games on the…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 23, 2025The H-BC girls’ basketball team took two games and fell once this past week. The Patriots beat Murray County Central 71-45 Tuesday, Dec. 16, at home and won 53-48 against Edgerton Public Friday, Dec. 19, at home. The Lady Pates fell 60-51 to a strong Central Lyon team Saturday, Dec. 21, on the road. H-BC is now 5-1 for the season and 5-0 in conference action. The Patriots are scheduled to…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 17, 2025By Greg Hoogeveen The Luverne girls’ basketball team collected two wins and fell once in conference play this past week. LHS beat Jackson County Central 74-71 at home Tuesday, Dec. 9, and topped Blue Earth 74-64 on the road Friday, Dec. 12. The Cardinals lost 72-57 to Windom Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Target Center. Luverne is now 3-3 for the season. LHS was scheduled to travel to Pipestone…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 17, 2025The Luverne girls’ hockey team won two games and fell once at home this past week. The Cardinals lost 2-1 to Fairmont Tuesday, Dec. 9, beat Willmar 4-1 Friday, Dec. 12, and took down South Central 13-0 Saturday, Dec. 13. The Cardinals, now 5-5 for the season, were scheduled to host Windom Tuesday, Dec. 16, and will host New Ulm Friday, Dec. 19. Fairmont 2, Luverne 1 Luverne fell to…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 17, 2025The Lady Pates beat Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 70-30 on the road Thursday, Dec. 11. The Patriots came ready to play against their conference rival Coyotes. “We wanted to make everything tough and I thought all of our girls did a great job executing that,” Patriots head coach Dylan Gehrke said. “Our defense did a nice job making them uncomfortable for 36 minutes.” As a team the Patriots hit 45…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 10, 2025Luverne fell twice this past week in girls’ basketball action. LHS lost 67-51 to Fairmont at home Tuesday, Dec. 2, and lost a one-point game to Arlington, South Dakota, 50-49 on the road Friday, Dec. 5. The Cardinals, now 1-2 for the season, were scheduled to host Jackson County Central Tuesday, Dec. 9, and Blue Earth Area Friday, Dec. 12. They will take on Windom Saturday, Dec. 13, at the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 10, 2025The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ basketball team started off the 2025-26 season with two big Red Rock Conference home wins. H-BC beat Southwest Minnesota Christian 66-33 Tuesday, Dec. 3, and took down Adrian/Ellsworth 72-52 Friday, Dec. 5. The Patriots are scheduled to face Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda on the road Thursday, Dec. 11. H-BC 66, SWMC 33 The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ basketball team…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 10, 2025The Luverne girls’ hockey team fell 6-1 to Marshall Thursday, Dec. 4, on the road. The Cardinals hurt their efforts being penalized five times in the game, forcing them to play one skater down for a total of 10 minutes. Fortunately, Marshall capitalized on the LHS penalties only twice scoring two goals power plays. Cardinal senior goalie Emma Saarloos faced 45 shots and turned away 39 in the 6…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 03, 2025Luverne girls’ hockey team blanked Worthington 7-0 at home Tuesday, Nov. 25. The Cardinals put 40 total shots on Worthington’s goalie in the game and held the Trojans to just seven shots on goal in the win. LHS junior Tenley Behr started the scoring with a goal at 1:27 in the first period, marking her 100th career point as a Cardinal. “I was very excited to get the goal at home,” she said.…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 03, 2025The Luverne girls’ basketball team took down Edgerton Public 67-40 in its 2025 home opener Monday, Nov. 24. The Cardinals ran up a 32-13 lead in the first half and didn’t look back. In the second half they gathered another 35 points and finished the game with a 67-40 win over the Flying Dutchmen. Freshman Brielle John led the Cardinals posting a double-double in the first game. She had 15…
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