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The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team was recently named Strib Varsity’s All-Minnesota Boys Team of the Year by the Minnesota Star Tribune. H-BC made history capturing the Class 1A basketball championship in its first-ever trip to the tournament. The No. 5 seeded Patriots beat Southland 72-69 in the state quarterfinals Thursday, March 26, in the Target Center. H-BC took down the No. 1…

All conference honorees have been announced for Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek high schools boys’ basketball teams. LHS senior Jaydon Johnson and junior Coy Thone were selected to the Big South All-Conference Gold Division team. H-BC seniors Micah Bush, Jamin Metzger, EJ Wegener and sophomore Brodie Metzger were named to the Red Rock All-Conference team. H-BC junior Riggins Rheault was named…

The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots collected their first-ever boys’ state basketball championship beating three solid teams in the tournament March 26-28 in Minneapolis. H-BC came into the tournament as the fifth seed and left as the state champion in Class A action. “I’ve been around this game a long time, and I can tell you — it doesn’t get much better than this group right here,” H-BC head…

The Red Rock Conference recently announced its 2025-26 all-conference team, which includes five Lady Pates girls’ basketball players. Seniors Abbie Harris and Ella Sammons along with juniors Olivia Deelstra and Brynn Bakken were selected all-conference. Sophomore Ella Rheault was named all-conference honorable mention. All five helped H-BC to a 26-4 season and made the Section 3A Championship…

The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots boys’ basketball team qualified for its first ever state tournament taking down Central Minnesota Christian 77-70 Thursday, March 12, in the Section 3A Championship game. H-BC, the No. 1 South seed, outplayed Central, the No. 1 North seed, beating the Bluejays 77-70 in the finals held at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. This was the Patriots…

Six Luverne boys’ hockey players and one girls’ basketball player received Big South All-Conference honors. Seniors Jaxon Lais, Landyn Lais and Maddux Domagala along with junior Ben Hartquist were named to the Big South All-Conference team. Senior Gavin Hoven and junior Will Bergman received All-Conference Honorable Mention. The Luverne boys’ hockey team was named the Big South Gold Division…

The Patriots head to the Section 3A Championship after taking down Edgerton Public 64-47 March 3 in Worthington and Southwest Minnesota Christian 69-48 March 7 in Marshall. H-BC, the No. 1 south seed, is scheduled to take on Central Minnesota Christian, the No. 1 north seed, Thursday, March 12, in Marshall for the Section 3A Championship. The winner of that contest will advance to the state…

The Luverne boys’ basketball team mounted a second half comeback against No. 1 north seed Montevideo only to fall by 13 at the final buzzer. The Cardinals fell 74-61 to the Thunderhawks in the Section 3 AA subsection semifinals in Windom March 3 to end their season. Montevideo built a 12-2 lead at the start of the game hitting multiple three-point shots and grabbing several LHS passes under…

The Lady Pates fell 55-33 to Central Minnesota Christian Thursday, March 5, in the Class 1A Section 3 Championship in Marshall. H-BC fell behind 38-14 in the first half after the Bluejays rallied several three-point shots and H-BC turned the ball over multiple times under the hoop. “We dug ourselves into a hole in the first half and were not able to come back from it in the second half,” H-BC…

After two section basketball playoff wins, the H-BC Lady Pates will take on Central Minnesota Christian for the Section 3A Championship Thursday, March 5, in Marshall. H-BC beat Westbrook Walnut Grove 62-38 Feb. 24 in the sub-section semifinals and won 48-40 against Murray County Central Feb. 27 in the sub-section finals. H-BC, the No. 1 south seed, will take on Central Minnesota Christian, the…

The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team beat Red Rock Central 68-29 in Section 3A sub section quarterfinal action Saturday, Feb. 28, in Worthington. The Patriots built a 39-17 lead at the half and tacked on 29 points in the second half for the section win. Game breakdown and stats were not available for this issue of the Star Herald. H-BC was scheduled to take on Edgerton Public in the…

Luverne gave Fairmont a scare in the Section 3 South Sub-Section Quarterfinal game Tuesday, Feb. 24, in Jackson. The No. 5 seed Luverne Cardinals matched the No. 1 seed Fairmont Cardinals to the last four minutes of the game before Fairmont went on a 14-point run to win a 52-42 game. Luverne started the game taking a 9-6 lead early in the contest. Fairmont then scored eight unanswered points…

The Luverne boys’ basketball team added two wins to their record when they beat Edgerton 75-68 Feb. 24 and won 79-67 against St. James in the Section 3 south sub-section quarterfinal game at home Feb. 27. The Cardinals’ win/loss record now sits at 21-5 for the season. Luvere was scheduled to take on Montevideo, the No. 1 south seed, Tuesday, Mar. 3, in the sub-section semifinals in Windom.  …

Luverne freshman Briella John hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer to help LHS beat Windom 79-76 in section playoff action Friday, Feb. 20, on the road. After finding themselves down by 11 points with less than three minutes in the game, the Cardinals fought back tying the game 76-76 with less than a minute on the game clock. The Luverne girls dug in and fought for control of the ball with…

The Lady Pates were able to move on in the Section 3A playoffs beating Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 75-40 in Round 2 of the tournament Saturday, Feb. 21, in Worthington. H-BC was scheduled to take on the No. 5 seed Westbrook Walnut Grove Chargers in quarterfinal action Tuesday, Feb. 24, in Worthington. The Patriots also beat Murray County Central in their final regular season game 59-42 Monday, Feb. 16…

The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team collected three conference wins and fell once in non-conference play this past week. H-BC beat Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda 89-33 Feb. 17, Southwest Minnesota Christian 72-49 Feb. 20 and Murray County Central 69-51 in Red Rock Conference games. The Patriots fell 70-67 to Luverne Feb. 19 in a close non-conference game in Luverne. H-BC finished the…