By John RittenhouseThe Luverne boys successfully defended their 2005 title at the Section 3A True Team Track and Field Championships staged in Slayton Monday.Luverne, which advanced to the state meet in true team competition for the first time last season, will make a repeat appearance after running away with the section title.The Cardinals won the nine-team meet with 505 points, easily outscoring second-place Murray County Central (421) by 83 points.Luverne will compete at the state meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 20, in Stillwater.The LHS girls placed second (586.5-532) to two-time defending true team state champion Cedar Mountain-Comfrey-Springfield at the section meet. The LHS girls will find out if they will advance to the state meet as an at-large qualifier on Saturday.Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton also participated at the true team meet. The boys placed third with 410.5 points. The girls placed sixth with 368.5 points.Strong individual performances carried the Cardinal boys to their second straight section title. LHS athletes won 10 individual titles and placed second in a pair of individual events during the meet."True to their success all season, the boys put it all together to have a successful meet," said Cardinal coach Craig Nelson."It makes a big difference when you have two guys place in the top four in events at this meet. That’s what we did."Mike Kunstle led the charge for LHS by winning four meet titles. He prevailed in the 100-meter dash (11.65), 200-meter dash (11.65), long jump (20-7 1/2) and triple jump (40-8 1/2).Chris Ashby and Thomas Christiansen won two events. Ashby won the 110- and 300-meter hurdles with respective 15.71 and 40.83 times. Christiansen won the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs in 4:45.65 and 10:31.89.Tom Ward won the 800-meter run in 2:09.74 for LHS. Jake Hendricks, who placed second in the 200 with a time of 23.46, won the 400 in 51.19.Tim Miller placed second behind Ward in the 800 with his 2:11.22 effort.Luverne’s 400- and 800-meter relays finished second with 46.65 and 1:36.39 times.C.J. Xaisongkham, Erick Phommaracksa, Ashby and Jordan Siebenahler ran the 400. Mark Van Aartsen, Siebenahler, Ryan Jacobsma and Ward teamed up in the 800.The LHS girls won two events and placed second in three events.Lexi Heitkamp, who cleared 5-0 to finish second in the high jump, won the 800 in 2:25.65.The 400-meter relay consisting of Morgan Bosshart, Alyssa Stegenga, Stephanie Hendricks and Erin Hoiland turned in the winning time of 53.37.Victoria Arends placed second in the 300-meter hurdles in 49.12, and the 800-meter relay team of Bosshart, Brittany Mulder, Hendricks and Hoiland placed second in 1:52.95.The H-BC-E-E boys won the 400- and 1,600-meter relays with respective 46.62 and 3:36.71 times during the meet.Pawel Matejski, Cody Rozeboom, Casey Van Midden Dorp and Aaron Vander Schaff ran the 400. Rozeboom, Cody Schilling, John Sandbulte and Kerry Fink teamed up in the 1,600.Fink placed second with a time of 51.96 in the 400.The Patriot girls left the meet as champions of the 1,600-meter relay. Amanda Connors, Ashley Bucher, Amanda Tilstra and Mya Mann ran the distance in 4:20.4.Here is a look at the team standings and the rest of individual results turned in by LHS and H-BC-E-E athletes.Boys’ standings: Luverne 505, MCC 421, H-BC-E-E 410.5, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 360, Jackson County Central 345, CM-C-S 278, Southwest United 264, Wabasso 157.5, Lincoln HI-Lake Benton 120.Girls’ standings: CM-C-S 586.5, Luverne 532, SWU 477, Windom 456, JCC 389, H-BC-E-E 368.5, W-WG-RRC 345, T-M-B 345, MCC 337, Wabasso 271.5, LH-LB 155.5.Luverne boysThird place: Ben Uphoff, 300 hurdles, 17.19; Craig Rogers, shot, 41-8; Rogers, discus, 108-9; 1,600 relay (Uphoff, Xaisongkham, Christiansen and Hendricks), 3:38.9.Fourth place: Siebenahler, 100, 11.99; Uphoff, 300 hurdles, 42.44; Devin Nelson, pole vault, 8-6; Hendricks, long jump, 19-3.Fifth place: Steve Schneiderman, 3,200, 11:03.44; Ward, high jump, 5-6; Aaron Altman, discus, 105-0.Sixth place: Ward, 1,600, 5:11.2; Schneiderman, pole vault, 8-0; 3,200 relay (Miller, Schneiderman, Jacobsma and Xaisongkham), 9:16.34.Ninth place: Jacobsma, 400, 56.97.10th place: Miller, high jump, 5-2; Sam Dooyema, shot, 37-7 1/2.12th place: Miller, triple jump, 35-8 1/2.Luverne girlsThird place: Heitkamp, 1,600, 5:30.81; Abby Elbers, triple jump, 32-10; 3,200 relay (Katlyn Sawtelle, Kelsey Dooyema, Kayla Raddle and Tara Muck), 10:23.63.Fifth place: Elbers, long jump, 15-2 1/2.Sixth place: Sawtelle, 400, 1:03.72; Arends, 100 hurdles, 17.82; Sawtelle, pole vault, 7-6; Natalie Willers, discus, 98-7; Willers, shot, 31-4; 1,600 relay (Arends, Britton Dyer, Elbers and Heitkamp), 4:29.02.Seventh place: Hendricks, 200, 28.75; Hoiland, long jump, 14-11 3/4.Eighth place: Stegenga, 100, 14.03; Debbie Schneiderman, 3,200, 13:23.15; Rachel Nath, 300 hurdles, 54.13; Katie Schneiderman, pole vault, 7-6.Ninth place: Stegenga, triple jump, 30-3 1/4; Ariella Bucher, discus, 89-0; K.Schneiderman, 3,200, 13.34.27.11th place: Sawtelle, 800, 2:42.1; Amanda Kannas, 1,600, 6:06.38; Raddle, high jump, 4-4.12th place: Dyer, 400, 1:06.78.13th place: Hoiland, 100, 14.26; Bucher, shot, 28-9.14th place: Mulder, 200, 29.21.15th place: Nath, 100 hurdles, 19.02.H-BC-E boysThird place: Van Midden Dorp, long jump, 19-6; Tyler Paulsen, 1,600, 4:54.62; Halden Van Wyhe, 3,200, 11:01.5; 3,200 relay (Sandbulte, Brent Kramer, Van Wyhe and Adam Finke), 8:57.4.Fourth place: Roger DeBoer, 110 hurdles, 18.6; Paulsen, 800, 2:11.55; Fink, 200,23.68.Fifth place: Pete Luchtenburg, pole vault, 8-6; Vander Schaff, 100, 12.02; Matejski, 200, 24.99; 800 relay (Van Midden Dorp, Schilling, Rozeboom and Vander Schaff), 1:38.23.Sixth place: Sandbulte, 300 hurdles, 45.05; Dustin Verhey, 3,200, 11:04.2.Seventh place: Luchtenburg, 110 hurdles, 20.04; Kramer, 1,600, 5:12.37.Eighth place: Weston DeBerg, high jump, 5-4; Sandbulte, triple jump, 36-8.Ninth place: Aaron Esselink, shot, 38-3; Schilling, high jump, 5-2; Schilling, triple jump, 36-5; Matejski, 200, 24.99.10th place: Nathan Tinklenberg, pole vault, 7-6; Fink, long jump, 17-9.H-BC-E-E girlsThird place: Mann, 400, 1:01.75.Fourth place: Rosie Lewis, shot, 32-8; Tilstra, 800, 2:33.7; 800 relay (Santana Wysong, Connors, Jocelyn Bucher and Lewis), 1:56.79; 3,200 relay (Connors, A.Tilstra, Brooke Tilstra and J.Bucher), 10:44.7.Fifth place: Mann, 200, 28.4.Sixth place: Mann, long jump, 15-1; Heather Kerner, 800, 2:35.8; Rayna Sandoval, 3,200, 13:19.6; 400 relay (Wysong, Whitney Wilgenburg, Jayme Plimpton and Taylor Vaughn), 56.4.Eighth place: Brittany Helgeson, high jump, 4-4.10th place: Lewis, discus, 88-2; A.Bucher, long jump, 14-4.