By John RittenhouseThe Luverne boys’ track team members flexed their muscles at the Section 3A Track and Field Championships in Pipestone Thursday.One week after placing second to Southwest Christian in the team standings at the sub-section meet, the Cardinals collected a more impressive trophy by repeating as the section team champions.Cardinal athletes won six event titles during an 85-point effort at the meet.Along with winning the team title, seven LHS boys earned the right to compete in seven events at the Minnesota State Class A Track and Field Championships set for Friday and Saturday at Hamlin University in Roseville.Athletes advance to state by placing first or second in individual events, winning relay races and meeting state-qualifying standards that are in place for every event at the section meet.Luverne runners won three relays, three individual titles and one athlete finished second in an individual event to qualify for the state meet.Sophomore Chris Ashby and senior Jake Hendricks landed individual titles for the Cards.Ashby won the 110- and 300-meter hurdles with respective 15.13 and 39.77 efforts.Hendricks took top honors in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.54.Luverne also won section championships in the 400-, 800- and 1,600-meter relays with respective 44.77, 1:32.54 and 3:28.82 performances.Seniors Hendricks, Tom Ward, Jordan Siebenahler and Mike Kunstle formed the 400- and 800-meter relays. Ashby, Ward, senior Tim Miller and junior Ben Uphoff formed the 1,600-meter team.Miller also qualified for the state meet individually by using a late push to finish second in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:03.86.All of Luverne’s state qualifiers will compete in preliminary events on Friday. Saturday’s finals begin at 3 p.m.The Cardinals received five more place-earning efforts to pad their team point total during the section meet.Thomas Christiansen made a bid to advance to state in the 3,200-meter run before placing third with a time of 10:27.09.Uphoff placed fifth in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 41.47, and Steve Schneiderman finished sixth in the 3,200 in 10:33.8.Siebenahler and Kunstle placed sixth and eighth with respective 23.75 and 23.87 efforts in the 200-meter dash.