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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorNovember 25, 2025The Luverne girls’ varsity hockey team split two games this past week, beating New Ulm 3-1 on the road Thursday, Nov. 20, and falling 2-1 to Minnesota River at home Saturday, Nov. 22. The Cardinals, now 2-3 for the season, were scheduled to host Worthington Tuesday, Nov. 25, before traveling to Marshall Thursday, Dec. 4, and Fairmont Tuesday, Dec. 9. Luverne 3, New Ulm 1 Luverne took down…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorNovember 12, 2025The Luverne girls’ varsity hockey team opened their 2025-26 campaign with a 5-1 win against Willmar Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Willmar Civic Center. LHS scored the first goal of the game at 3:08 in the first period. Senior Greta McClure found the back of the Willmar net with assists by senior Ella Apel and freshman Tenlee Pick to go up 1-0. At 11:13 junior Tenley Behr scored her first goal of…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 15, 2025The Luverne girls’ tennis team finished their 2025 season at the Section 3A Individual Tournament at Huether Family Match Pointe in Sioux Falls Monday, Oct. 13. LHS sent two singles players and two doubles teams to the event, and all six players were eliminated in the first day of the tournament. In singles action, senior Addyson Mann won her first-round match against her Benson/KMS opponent 6-…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 08, 2025The Cardinals girls’ tennis team fell 4-3 to Lac Qui Parle Valley Monday, Oct. 6, in a team sectional playoff game, crushing their hopes of extended team postseason play. In the Cardinals’ final regular season match, they beat Worthington 4-3 at home Tuesday, Sept. 30, finishing with a 2025 season team record of 7-9. Luverne will have the opportunity to play again at the 2025 MSHSL Individual…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 24, 2025The Luverne girls’ tennis team traveled to Blue Earth Monday, Sept. 22, falling 7-0 to the Buccaneers. The Cardinals put up a fight in the singles matches keeping the games relatively close. In the No. 1 singles match, senior Addyson Mann fell 6-2, 6-1 against her Buccaneer opponent. Senior Hannah Kempema lost 6-0, 6-2 in the No. 2 singles match. Junior Sophia Remme relinquished her No. 3…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 10, 2025The Luverne girls’ tennis team played four matches in five days, finishing 1-3 for the week. The Cardinals fell 7-0 to Fairmont on the road Tuesday, Sept. 2, and they beat Pipestone 4-3 at home Thursday, Sept. 4, to reclaim the Battle Racket. On Saturday, Sept. 6, the Cardinals played a doubleheader against Benson Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg (KMS) falling 4-3, and they lost 6-1 to Morris Area/…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 03, 2025The Luverne girls’ tennis team improved their season record to 5-1, beating Redwood Valley and River Valley in home meets this past week. LHS blanked Redwood Valley with a 7-0 team win on Tuesday, Aug. 26, and outplayed River Valley 5-2 Wednesday, Aug. 27. Luverne will travel to three of their next four meets. LHS was scheduled to go on the road against Fairmont Tuesday, Sept. 2. Luverne…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 03, 2025The Hills-Beaver Creek High School volleyball team marched to a 2-0 start of the 2025 season, beating West Sioux 25-19 and 25-15 in the first game. The Patriots beat West Lyon 27-25 and 30-28 Tuesday, Aug. 26, in the second game of the night on the road. Both contests were played in Rock Rapids, Iowa. The Lady Pates were scheduled to travel to Viborg Tuesday, Sept. 2, and they will host Elk…
- By Mavis FodnessJune 04, 2025Three Luverne High School juniors have been selected for the upcoming Minnesota Boys State and Minnesota Girls State programs. Brooke Vis, Jessika Tunnissen and Zander Carbonneau are sponsored by the Arthur Moeller American Legion and Auxiliary Post 478 in Hardwick. Vis and Tunnissen will travel to Bethel University in Arden Hills to participate in the June 15-21 Minnesota Girls State program…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 28, 2025The Luverne girls’ softball team fell 10-9 to Redwood Valley in the first round of section play Thursday, May 22, on the road. LHS fell behind 9-6 at the end of the fifth inning but mounted a comeback in the bottom of the sixth inning scoring three runs to tie the game 9-9. In the top of the seventh inning, Redwood singled on a ground ball to put a runner on first base. They then advanced the…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 28, 2025The LHS boys’ and girls’ golf teams participated in the Minnesota State High School League 3AA Section Tournament Thursday, May 22, at the Oakdale Golf Club in Buffalo Lake. Luverne qualified five individual golfers, three boys and two girls, to advance to Day 2 of the tournament Wednesday, May 28, at Oakdale Golf Club. Advancing are senior Levi Gonnerman, sophomore Will Bergman and freshman…
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 editorApril 09, 2025The Luverne girls’ golf team traveled to Worthington Friday, April 4, for an 18-hole invitational of seven teams. Teams invited were Murray County Central, Fairmont, Lakeview, Jackson County Central, Lac qui Parle Valley, Luverne, and the host team Worthington. Because of inclement weather several golfers were unable to finish play, and team scores were not counted. Luverne freshman Ingrid…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 12, 2025The Patriot girls’ basketball team fell to MACCRAY 54-44 in the Section 3 championship Thursday, March 6, in Marshall. H-BC had a one-point lead at the half, 25-24, against the Wolverines. MACCRAY came back and collected 30 points in the second half to take the section championship. “Thursday night felt like a 12-round fight between the Patriots and Wolverines. That was one of the most…
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 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…
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