Luverne Sports
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 19, 2025The Big South Conference released its 2024-25 all-conference boys’ hockey and wrestling team selections. LHS boys’ hockey players named to the all-conference list are junior Maddux Domagala, junior Gavin Hoven, junior Jaxon Lais, junior Landyn Lais and sophomore Ben Hartquist. Senior Blaik Bork received all-conference honorable mention. Landyn Lais scored his 100th career point against…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 12, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team finished the 2024-25 season falling twice in the state hockey tournament in St. Paul. The Cardinals lost a 7-0 game to the No. 1 seed Hibbing/Chisholm Bluejackets in the quarterfinals Wednesday, March 5, and fell 5-3 to the Northern Lakes Lightning in the consolation semifinals Thursday, March 6. Luverne finished the season with a 22-6-2 record and won the section…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 12, 2025The Luverne boys’ basketball team finished their 2024-25 season falling to Jackson County Central 73-61 in the section championship Saturday, March 8, in Marshall. The Cardinals beat Redwood Valley 90-79 in Windom Thursday, March 6, in the section semifinals to advance to the championship game against the Huskies. Luverne finished the season with a record of 19-8 this year. LHS 90, Redwood…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 05, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team beat Mankato West 3-2 in double overtime action Wednesday, Feb. 26, in the Section 3A championship at Lund Arena in St. Peter. “It was a great win in a tough-fought game,” said head coach Tony Sandbulte. “The boys hung together and finished what they started after going down 2-0 in the second period.” Luverne rallied, scoring two goals of their own in the final…
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 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 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 Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025The Luverne gymnastics team hosted the 2025 Section 3A tournament Saturday, Feb. 15, and took second place in the event. Seven conference teams participated in the team and individual events for a chance to quality for the state tournament Feb. 21-22 at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul. The Cardinals’ second-place team score was 133.925. They followed Worthington, which took top honors…
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 Luverne boys’ basketball team hosted two conference games this past week, falling 75-62 to Jackson County Central Tuesday, Feb. 11, and beating Worthington 91-73 Thursday, Feb. 13. The Cardinals will host Minneota Thursday, Feb. 20, in their last regular-season game of the year. JCC 75, LHS 62 Luverne fell 75-62 to Jackson County Central at home Tuesday, Feb. 11. Trailing 36-24 at the…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team tied Minnesota River 3-3 after one overtime period Friday, Feb. 14, at home. In the final regular season conference game, both teams would not relinquish their position and played tough in the final eight-minute overtime period. In the first period, Minnesota River drew first blood, scoring an even-strength goal at 8:10. In the second period, LHS sophomore Ben…
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