By John RittenhouseUnseasonably cold temperatures late last week and Monday’s snowstorm disrupted scheduled events for spring sports teams from the Star Herald coverage area.The Luverne baseball team, softball team and golf squads lost potential contests on Thursday and Tuesday.The Cardinal baseball team was scheduled to open the season in Slayton Thursday. The event was moved to Tuesday, then it was rescheduled again for Friday, April 25.Luverne will open the season Saturday in Minneapolis when they play Buffalo in the Metrodome at 4 p.m. The Cards are scheduled to play in Tracy Tuesday.The LHS softball team was scheduled to play Southwest United in Okabena Thursday, and the game was later moved to Monday. When both dates didn’t pan out, the game was rescheduled for Friday, April 25.The Cardinal girls now are scheduled to open the season Saturday with a Southwest Conference double-header in Pipestone. LHS will play in Brandon, S.D., Tuesday.Luverne’s golf teams had a prospective match with Westbrook-Walnut Grove cancelled. The matches were scheduled to be played Thursday and Tuesday, but neither day worked out.The Cardinal golfers are scheduled to host Pipestone today.Snow-covered grounds also forced the postponement of the annual Cardinal Relays Tuesday.The track and field event, which features appearances of teams from Luverne, Adrian and Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton, has been rescheduled for today. Field events begin at 3:30 p.m.Adrian’s baseball and girls’ golf teams had their schedules altered by the recent weather, too.Adrian’s baseball game with Worthington was cancelled after it was unable to be played Thursday and yesterday (April 9).The Dragons were scheduled to host Red Rock Central-Westbrook-Walnut Grove to open Red Rock Conference play Tuesday, but snow on the field forced the game to be played in Lamberton. Look for the game story elsewhere in the sports section.The AHS girls golf team was scheduled to open the season in Slayton Tuesday. The match has been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 29, in Slayton.The Dragon girls are scheduled to play W-WG and Fulda in Fulda today.
