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By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025The Luverne girls’ hockey team fell 5-2 to Marshall in the section championship Tuesday, Feb. 11, at Lund Arena in St Peter. With the loss, the Cardinals finished their 2024-25 season with a record of 18-7-2. Marshall is scheduled to take on Section 8A Warroad in the state quarterfinals Wednesday, Feb. 19, at the Xcel Energy Center. During the regular season, Luverne and Marshall split wins.…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025The Patriot girls’ basketball team finished their regular season as the Red Rock Conference Champions. The Lady Pates amassed a 20-6 season record after beating Red Rock Central 68-16 at home Thursday, Feb. 13, and taking Murray County Central 55-48 on the road Monday, Feb. 17. H-BC receives a bye in the first round of the Section 3A tournament. The Patriots are scheduled to play the winner of…- By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 12, 2025The H-BC girls’ basketball team beat the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Knights 66-57 on the road Friday, Feb. 7. “I thought Friday night against the Knights the girls played one of their best all-around games on the offensive end,” head coach Dylan Gehrke said. “We had balanced scoring across the board and needed all of it because the Knights had a hot shooting night hitting eight three-pointers.”…
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 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…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 05, 2025The Patriot girls’ basketball team won three games to extend their Red Rock Conference record to 17-6 overall. H-BC took down Adrian 53-47 at home Thursday, Jan. 30, beat Garretson 38-23 on the road Friday, Jan. 31, and outplayed Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 40-28 Monday, Feb. 3, on the road. The Patriots have three games left in the regular season. They take on Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Friday, Feb. 7…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 29, 2025The Luverne girls’ basketball team fell in three games this past week. The Cardinals lost 71-62 to Redwood Valley at home Tuesday, Jan. 21, fell 61-60 in a heartbreaker against St., James at home Friday, Jan. 24, and lost 76-33 to Fairmont at home Monday, Jan. 27. Luverne was scheduled to host Southwest Christian Tuesday, Jan. 28, and will host Adrian-Ellsworth Friday, Jan. 31. Redwood…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 29, 2025The Luverne girls’ wrestling team recorded three first-place finishes this past week. Junior Bernie Rock and sophomore CeCe Rock took first place at the Roseville Invite in St. Paul, and eighth-grader Ellie Rock was first in the 2025 girls’ Region 1 and 2 individual state qualifier in Jackson Saturday, Jan. 25. At the Roseville Invite, Bernie placed first in the girls’ 112-pound weight class…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 29, 2025The Patriot girls finished a busy week of basketball taking three wins and one loss along the way. H-BC won 62-59 at home against Southwest Christian Tuesday, Jan. 21, and they beat Mountain Lake 66-29 at home Friday, Jan. 24. On the road, the Lady Pates fell to Deubrook 50-42 Saturday, Jan. 25, and beat George-Little Rock 48-45 Monday, Jan. 27. H-BC will host Adrian-Ellsworth Thursday, Jan.…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 29, 2025The Luverne girls’ hockey team beat their conference rivals, the New Ulm Eagles, 4-2 on the road Thursday, Jan. 23. The Cardinal girls put 54 shots on goal and held the Eagles to 19 attempts in the game. Junior Emma Saarloos stopped 17 of the 19 shots to take the win. In the first period Luverne sophomore Rylee Kurtz got the Cardinals on the board scoring at 13:39 assisted by junior Ella Apel…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 22, 2025The Luverne girls’ basketball team fell to Pipestone 67-37 at Pipestone Friday, Jan. 17, and lost 63-37 to Colman-Egan on the road Saturday, Jan. 18. The Cardinals were scheduled to host Redwood Valley Tuesday, Jan. 21. LHS hosts St. James Friday, Jan. 24, and Fairmont Monday, Jan. 27. Pipestone 67, LHS 37 Luverne had a hard time handling Pipestone on the road Friday, Jan. 17. The Arrows…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 22, 2025The Luverne girls’ hockey team went 2-1 on the road this past week. The Cardinals fell 1-0 to Albert Lea Tuesday, Jan. 14, and beat Waseca 5-1 Saturday, Jan. 18, and Minnesota River 5-2 Monday, Jan. 20. LHS improved their season record to 13-6-2. They still trail Minnesota River and Marshall in the Big South Conference. Luverne is down to their last three games of the regular season. The…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 22, 2025The Patriot girls’ basketball team won two big conference games last week, defeating Westbrook Walnut Grove 59-44 on the road Thursday, Jan. 16, and Edgerton 69-45 Saturday, Jan. 18, at home. The Lady Pates, now 11-5 for the season, were scheduled to host the Edgerton Southwest Minnesota Christian Eagles Tuesday, Jan. 21, and will play at Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey Friday, Jan. 24. H-BC 59,…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 22, 2025The girls’ wrestling team traveled to Harrisburg for a tournament Friday, Jan. 17, finishing with two championships and one non-placer. Junior Bernie Rock placed first in the 120-pound weight class, sophomore CeCe Rock placed first in the 152-pound weight class, and eighth-grader Elle Rock was two and two in the 107-pound weight class. As a team Luverne placed fourth out of four teams with a…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 15, 2025The Luverne girls’ hockey team beat Fairmont 4-2 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 7, in conference action. “The Fairmount game was not our best game, but it felt like we were in control most of the game,” head coach Mat McClure said. “It is always good to get that conference win.” Against Fairmont, LHS senior Payton Behr scored two goals and recorded her 200th career point. After the game, Payton…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 15, 2025The Patriot girls’ basketball team collected two conference wins, beating Red Rock Central 72-20 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 7, and Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 45-38 at home Friday, Jan. 10. H-BC fell 48-41 to a solid West Lyon team on the road Thursday, Jan. 9. “These girls continue to buy into playing unselfish basketball, and it is showing,” Gehrke said. “We (the team) understand that some nights…
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