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  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    June 05, 2024
    The Cardinals ended their postseason baseball run this week, falling to Montevideo 1-0 Saturday, June 1, and 4-3 to Fairmont Monday, June 3, in Marshall. In the final game of the regular season, LHS beat Jackson 9-0 at home on Thursday, May 30. Luverne ended the season 17-7 and had a 14-game winning streak between April 18 and May 16.   LHS 9, Jackson 0 Luverne beat the Jackson Huskies 9-0…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    May 29, 2024
    The Luverne softball team moves on to the Section 3AA semifinals after knocking off Pipestone 7-5 Thursday, May 23, at home and outscoring Morris 2-1 Saturday, May 25, in Marshall. With the wins, the Cardinals up their season record to 18-4 and will take on the Dassell-Cokato Chargers in the section semifinals Tuesday, May 28, in Marshall at 5 p.m. Luverne has been to the section finals twice,…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    May 29, 2024
    The Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek track and field teams gave the Section 3A South Sub Section meet a one-two punch Thursday, May 23. At the meet in Slayton the Luverne boys’ and girls’ teams finished in first place and the H-BC boys’ and girls’ teams placed second. “I thought we did well on both the boys’ and girls’ teams,” H-BC head coach Rex Metzger said. “We have quite a few kids moving on…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    May 29, 2024
    The Luverne boys’ golf team took fourth place in team sections Thursday, May 23, in Buffalo Lake. The team and individual players are now headed to the second day of competition Wednesday, May 29, back at Buffalo Lake. The girls’ team finished eighth May 29, failing to move on as a team. Senior Kiesli Smith finished the day with a score of 97 and senior Kayla Bloemendaal shot a 98. They…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    May 29, 2024
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    May 29, 2024
    The Luverne Redbirds calmed the Tea Storm, beating them 12-2 Friday, May 24, at home. The Redbirds scored first, putting two runs on the board in the bottom of the second inning. Jake Haugen doubled on a line drive to right field, scoring Darek Lundgren from second base, and Ethan Beyer scored from third on a ground out to the Storm shortstop from Braydon Ripka. In the top of the fifth, Tea…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    May 29, 2024
    Luverne native Carly Olson was named to the 2024 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) All-Conference team. Olson, in her freshman year at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, batted in the No. 5 spot all season, started in all 42 of the Gusties’ games between catcher and third base. Olson led the team with a .351 batting average and a .450 slugging percentage. Olson ranked…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    May 29, 2024
    The Luverne boys’ baseball team had the rest of this week off after beating Adrian 3-0 on Monday, May 20, on the road. The Cardinals secured the No. 1 seed and have a bye in the first week of section play. On Thursday, May 30, LHS will face the winner of the Jackson County Central and Redwood Valley game scheduled to be played Tuesday, May 28, in Redwood Falls. Redwood Valley is the No. 4 seed…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    May 22, 2024
    The Luverne High School softball team picked up two conference wins, beating Worthington 6-4 on the road Tuesday, May 14, and Pipestone 7-6 at home Thursday, May 16. In the Big South Conference Championship in New Ulm, the Cardinals fell 10-4 to the Tigers Saturday, May 18. Luverne is now 16-5 for the season. The Cardinals are the No.1 seed in the south section playoffs and are scheduled to…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    May 22, 2024
    Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek participated in the Trojan Relays Tuesday, May 14, in Worthington. The Luverne boys’ team finished in fifth place and the girls’ team placed fourth in Class AA action. The Patriots boys’ team finished in third place and the girls’ team took first place in Class A. The boys’ Class AA team results are as follows: Fairmont – first with 146.5 team points, St. Peter…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    May 22, 2024
    The Redbirds went 1-1 on the road this past week, beating the Milroy Yankees 4-1 Friday, May 17, and falling 16-13 to the Milroy Irish Sunday, May 19. Luverne is now 2-1 for the season and is scheduled to host Jackson Wednesday, May 22, and Tea, South Dakota, Friday, May 24. Both games will be played at Redbird Field with 7:30 p.m. starts.   Redbirds 4, Yankees 1 The Redbirds beat Milroy 4-1…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    May 22, 2024
    The Luverne High School baseball team picked up three wins and one loss over the past week to close the regular season of play with a record of 16-5. Luverne won a doubleheader 10-0 and 6-4 against St. James Thursday, May 16, at home and fell 5-3 to Marshall for the Big South Conference championship Saturday, May 18. To finish the season, Luverne beat Adrian 3-0 on the road Monday, May 20.…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    May 22, 2024
    The Luverne girls’ track and field team was crowned the Class A True Team State Champion Saturday, May 18, in Stillwater. The LHS boys’ team finished in fifth place in the True Team competition. “I felt we had a tremendous day, and the kids got out and competed hard and gave it their very best,” said head coach Pete Janiszeski. “It was a pleasant surprise to have the girls come out as…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    May 22, 2024
    The Luverne High School trap team finished their fifth week of competition at the Rock County Sportsman’s Club. Senior Cash Bonnett and junior Liam Murphy led the team with 45 clay targets shot in two rounds. Sophomore Nicholas Mann followed with a round of 44. Eight other LHS shooters scored in the 40s and 12 shot in the 30s. Luverne had one more regular season competition the week of May 19…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    May 22, 2024
    The Luverne golf team participated in the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Invitational Friday, May 17. The boys’ team finished in second place out of six teams, and the girls’ team finished fourth out of five teams. In the Boys’ team 18-hole competition, Dawson-Boyd took top honors with a team low score of 317. Luverne took second, finishing 10 strokes behind with a score of 327. Marshall was third…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    May 15, 2024
    The Luverne softball and baseball bats heated up this past week sending eleven balls over the fence. The softball girls had eight homers and the boys baseball team had three. Twins seniors, Tori and Will Serie, both had grand slams two days apart. Tori's grand slam was against Wisdom on Tuesday, May 7, and Will's was against Redwood Thursday, May 9. Junior Regan Mehlhaff had three total homers…
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