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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 Luverne boys’ hockey team ended their season earlier than they expected. The Cardinals fell 2-1 to Mankato West Thursday, Feb. 26, in the Section 3A Championship game in St. Peter. It took three overtime periods to decide who would move on to the 2026 state tournament. With the game tied 1-1 after the second period in regulation play, both teams dug in and dragged out the game another four…

The Luverne girls’ hockey team finished its 2026 state tournament run falling twice to two strong contenders. LHS fell 5-1 to the No. 1 seed Warroad Warriors Wednesday, Feb. 18, and lost 4-0 to the No. 5 seed Proctor-Hermantown Mirage. The Cardinals finished the regular season 16-9, completed their section run 19-9 and finished 19-11 through the state tournament games. LHS made the state…

The Luverne boys’ hockey team captured two Section 3A games this past week beating Windom 11-0 Feb. 19, at home in the section quarterfinals and New Ulm 8-2 in the section semifinals Feb. 21, in St. Peter. The Cardinals are scheduled to take on Mankato West Thursday, Feb. 26, for the section championship in St. Peter. LHS, the No. 1 seed, will face a tough Mankato West, the No. 2 seed, in the…

The Luverne girls’ hockey team is heading to the state tournament after beating Marshall 3-2 in an exciting section championship game Tuesday, Feb. 10, in St Peter. “There’s not a team that the girls wanted to beat more than Marshall after they beat us in the section championship last season and stopped our sixth straight state appearance,” LHS head coach Matthew McClure said. Luverne also had…

The Luverne boys’ hockey team beat New Ulm 6-3 Thursday, Feb. 12, at home and fell 6-2 to Waseca Friday, Feb. 13, on the road in the Cardinals’ final two games of the regular season. They finish with a 21-4-1 regular season record as they push on the section play. Luverne, the Section 3A No. 1 seed, will host a team yet to be determined Thursday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. LHS was given a bye in the…

Luverne started their section run taking down Morris/Benson Area 15-0 at home Thursday, Feb. 5, in the 3A quarterfinals and topped Fairmont 5-2, Saturday, Feb. 7, in the Section 3A semifinals. Luverne is scheduled to face Marshall, the No. 1 seed, in the Section 3A championship game Tuesday, Feb. 10, at the Don Roberts Ice Arena in St. Peter. Game time was 7:30 p.m. Luverne had faced the…

Luverne and Minnesota River skated to a 2-2 tie in Le Sueur Saturday, Feb. 7, after one overtime period. The Cardinals put 17 shots on the Bulldogs goalie throughout the game compared to Minnesota River’s 20 shots on LHS senior goaltender Gavin Hoven who stopped 18 of them. The first period went by without a goal or penalty from either team, and both teams put four shots on their opposing…

The Luverne boys’ hockey team sits atop the Big South Conference with a 20-3 record after taking down three competitors this past week. Luverne beat Marshall 5-1 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 27, topped Worthington 17-1 on the road Thursday, Jan. 29, and outscored Austin 9-4 at home Saturday, Jan. 31. Luverne has two more regular season games, both on the road. The Cardinals will take on Minnesota…

The Luverne girls’ hockey team fell twice to Marshall and beat Worthington once to go 1-2 this past week in conference action. The Cardinals hosted Marshall Tuesday, Jan. 27, falling in a close 4-3 game. Luverne beat Worthington 9-1 on the road Thursday, Jan. 29, in its last regular season game. On Friday, Jan. 30, Luverne once again hosted Marshall for the Big South Conference title. Luverne…

The Luverne girls’ hockey team improved their season record to 15-7 beating Fairmont and Princeton-Big Lake-Becker this past week. The Cardinals skated past Fairmont winning 8-0 at home Tuesday, Jan. 20, and blanked Princeton-Big Lake-Becker 8-0 on the road Saturday, Jan. 24. Luverne was scheduled to host Marshall Tuesday, Jan. 27. Luverne travels to Worthington Thursday, Jan. 29, and will…

The Luverne High School boys’ hockey team shut out two teams by a total of 29 points to secure two conference wins over the past week. The Cardinals beat Fairmont 14-0 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 20, and blanked Redwood Valley 15-0 at home Thursday, Jan. 22. Luverne is now 17-3 for the season with five regular season games left to play. The Cardinals were scheduled to take on Marshall Tuesday,…

The Luverne girls’ hockey secured two team wins and improved to 13-7 with just five regular season games left before post season play. Luverne beat Albert Lea 7-4 at home Tuesday, Jan. 13, and obliterated South Central 20-0 on the road Saturday, Jan. 17. The Cardinals were scheduled to host Fairmont Tuesday, Jan. 20, before playing Northern Lakes Friday, Jan. 23, and Princeton Saturday, Jan. 24…

The Cardinal boys were handed their third hockey loss of the season Saturday, Jan. 17, when they fell 5-4 in overtime to Waseca on the road. The Cardinals and Bluejays played to a 4-4 tie after three periods of regulation play as they headed into an overtime period to determine the winner. In the overtime period, Waseca put two shots on the Luverne goalie before finding the back of the net for…

The Luverne girls’ hockey team finished a tough week 2-2 against four solid hockey teams. In the Stillwater Holiday Tournament, the Cardinals lost 2-1 to Stillwater Monday, Dec. 29. They beat Western Wisconsin 2-1 Tuesday, Dec. 30, and blanked Moose Lake Area 5-0 Wednesday, Jan. 31. Luverne fell 3-1 on Saturday, Jan. 3, in a home game against Mankato East. The Cardinals, now 9-7 for the season…

The Luverne boys’ hockey team went 2-2 this past week bringing their overall season record to 13-2. In the Granite City Showcase in St. Cloud Luverne won one game and fell twice in the three-day tournament. Luverne fell 6-2 to Cloquet/Esko/Carlton in the first day of the tournament Monday, Dec. 29. Monticello beat the Cardinals 7-3 Tuesday, Dec. 30, and Luverne took down Litchfield/Dassel-…