By John RittenhouseThe Luverne boys earned their first trip to the Minnesota State Class A True Team Track and Field Championships Monday at Cardinal Field.Hosting the Section 3A event on a cool and windy day, Luverne compiled 380 points to win the section title for the first time in the history of the boys’ program.Luverne will compete in the state meet at the National Sports Center in Blaine May 21st."We’re very excited," said Cardinal coach Craig Nelson, who guided three LHS girls teams to the state meet in the late 1980s and early 1900s."The key was our balance. We had good scores in every event. We had some outstanding performances under very windy conditions. The boys showed real determination and heart by competing well under those conditions. They knew what was at stake."Luverne outscored second place Southwest Christian, a team that beat LHS at the same meet last year, 380-355. The rest of the seven-team field finished well behind LHS and SWC.The Cards won seven event titles during the meet, and Mike Kunstle and Tony Willers led LHS by winning two individual events each. Kunstle, who placed second in the long jump with a distance of 19-8, won the 100- and 200-meter dashes with respective 11.03 and 23.3 times. Willers took top honors in the shot put and discus with respective 42-11 and 125.8 tosses.Jake Hendricks and Ben Uphoff also claimed individual titles for LHS. Hendricks, who placed second in the 200 in 23.3, won the 400-meter dash in 52.15. Uphoff cleared the 300-meter hurdles in 43.59 to place first.Luverne also won the 1,600-meter relay with a time of 3:32.62. Tom Ward, Scott Goebel, Nick Otten and Hendricks formed the team.The Cards received second-place efforts from Matt Rosin (42-5 in the shot) and the 400- and 800-meter relays. Jordan Siebenahler, Ward, Ryan Wynia and Ryan Jacobsma ran the 400 in 47.43. Wynia, Uphoff, Scott Goebel and Siebenahler turned in a 1:38.98 in the 800.The Luverne girls and the Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton teams also competed at the meet.Luverne finished fourth and H-BC-E-E fifth in the girls ‘standings. The H-BC-E-E boys placed fourth.Lexi Heitkamp locked up the lone meet title for the LHS girls by winning the 1,600-meter run in 5:25.99.The Cardinals received seconds from Victoria Arends (53.26 in the 300-meter hurdles), Kayla Raddle (12:48.09 in the 3,200-meter run) and 400-meter relay team. Morgan Bosshart, Stephanie Hendricks, Brittany Mulder and Nicole Willers ran the 400 in 55.94.The H-BC-E-E boys won one meet title and placed second in three events.Tyler Bush produced the win by running 1,600 meters in 4:50.13. He finished second in the 800-meter run in 2:04.62.Cody Scholten placed second in the high jump by clearing 6-3, and the 3,200-meter relay team consisting of Kale Wiertzema, Tyler Paulsen, Brent Kramer and Derek Haak finished second in 9:21.37.The H-BC-E-E girls placed first in one event and second in three events during the meet.The 3,200-meter relay team of Mya Mann, Amanda DeBoer, Rayna Sandoval and Cassi Tilstra recorded the winning time of 10:42.91.Tilstra finished second in the 400-meter dash in 1:00.82, and ran a leg with the second-place finishing 1,600-meter relay. Mann, Amanda Tilstra, Jocelyn Bucher and Cassi Tilstra turned in a 4:18,04 in the 1,600.H-BC-E-E’s 800-meter relay consisting of Amanda Connors, Ashley Bucher, Rosie Lewis and Kelly Mulder placed second in 1:56.37.Here is a look at the team standings and the rest of the individual efforts turned in by the LHS and H-BC-E-E athletes during the meet.Boys standings: Luverne 380, SWC 355, Murray County Central 278, H-BC-E-E 242, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 218, Windom 185, Southwest United 123.Girls standings: Cedar Mountain 384.5, Windom 319, T-M-B 273, Luverne 268, H-BC-E-E 221.5, SWU 193.5, Westbrook-Walnut Grove-Red Rock Central 139.5.Luverne boysThird place: Ward, 800, 2:07.63; Thomas Pinkal, 3,200, 10:37.94; Chris Ashby, 300 hurdles, 16.83; 3,200 relay (Ward, Ruston Aaker, Steve Schneiderman and Jon May), 9:23.24; Wynia, pole vault, 11-0; Rosin, discus, 112-6.Fourth place: Pinkal, 1,600, 4:52.92; Schneiderman, 3,200, 11:04.38; Ashby, 110 hurdles, 16.83;Michael Nelson, pole vault, 10-6.Fifth place: Otten, 1,600, 4:55.06; Uphoff, 110 hurdles, 17.37.Sixth place: Goebel, 800, 2:10.9.Eighth place: Aaker, 400, 55.86; Ward, high jump, 5-4; Hendricks, long jump, 17-8 3/4.10th place: Ashby, 100, 12.14.11th place: Aaker, high jump, 5-2.Luverne girlsThird place: Heitkamp, 800, 2:34.26; ErinHoiland, long jump, 15-3 3/4.Fourth place: 800 relay (Hoiland, Bosshart, Mulder and Willers), 1:59.34; 1,600 relay (Arends, Abby Elbers, Hendricks and Maggie Kuhlman) 4:28.96.Fifth place: Heitkamp, 400, 1:05.34; Heitkamp, high jump, 4-10.Sixth place: Katie Schniederman, 1,600, 5:49.32; Schneiderman, 3,200, 13:38.57; Kuhlman, 100 hurdles, 17.56; Kuhlman, 300 hurdles, 53.26; Natalie Willers, discus, 95-9; 3,200 relay (Hendricks, Schneiderman, Tara Muck, Kelsey Dooyema), 11:28.53.Seventh place: Hoiland, 100, 13.37; Mulder, 200, 28.92; Dooyema, 800, 2:43.65; Kuhlman, triple jump, 30-8Nt.Willers, shot, 29-5 1/2.Eighth place: Jenny Broomfield, pole vault, 7-0; Elbers, long jump, 14-6 1/2; Amy Herman, triple jump, 29-10.Ninth place: Elbers, 100, 13.76; Hoiland, 200, 29.47.10th place: Kuhlman, high jump, 4-4; Mulder, pole vault, 6-6.11th place: Ariella Bucher, shot, 26-1.12th place: LaRae Kor, discus, 74-8.13th place: Herman, 400, 1:13.87.H-BC-E-E boysThird place: Scholten, 100, 11.52; Jan Sommerling, 200, 23.31; Sommerling, 400, 54.47;Scholten, long jump, 19-0; 1,600 relay (Wiertzema, Darrin Weikamp, John Sandbulte and Bush), 3:42.44.Fifth place: Bush, high jump, 5-6.Sixth place: Scholten, 200, 23.78; Paulsen, 3,200, 11:08.53; Roger DeBoer, 110 hurdles, 18.16; 400 relay (DeBoer, Casey Van Midden Dorp, Jon Klaassen and Scholten), 49.31.Seventh place: Dustin Verhey, 3,200, 11:09.Eighth place: Sandbulte, 300 hurdles, 47.5.Ninth place: Klaassen, 100, 12.08; Weikamp, 400, 56.24; Haak, 1,600, 2:25.59; Cody Schilling, long jump, 16-6 3/4; Klaassen, shot, 31-0.10th place: Sandbulte, 110 hurdles, 19.17.11th place: Klaassen, discus, 84-9.12th place: Kramer, 800, 2:25.59; DeBoer, 300 hurdles, 53.37.14th place: Adam Voss, discus, 77-2; Voss, shot, 29-0.H-BC-E-E girlsThird place: Lewis, discus, 99-10.Fourth place: Sandoval, 3,200, 13:23; 400 relay (Connors, A.Bucher, Mulder and Kari Roozenboom), 56.3.Fifth place: Mann, 800, 2:34.92; Amanda DeBoer, 3,200, 13:30.09.Sixth place: C.Tilstra, high jump, 4-8.Seventh place: A.Tilstra, 1,600, 6:13.84.Eighth place: A.Bucher, 800, 2:47.46; J.Bucher, 1,600, 6:17.79.Ninth place: Roozenboom, 100 hurdles, 18.27; Lewis, 400, 1:09..24; J.Bucher, 300 hurdles, 56.22; Mulder, shot, 28-9 1/2; Mulder, discus, 91-11.10th place: Lewis, shot, 27-6.11th place: Connors, 200, 29.76; A.Tilstra, 300 hurdles, 58.23; A.Bucher, long jump, 13-7 3/4; Roozenboom, triple jump, 28-10 1/2.12th place: Ashley Hoyme, 100, 14.69; Hoyme, 100 hurdles, 20.95; Connors, long jump, 13-3 3/4.13th place: Hoyme, 200, 31.27; Brittany Helgeson, high jump, 4-0.14th place: Helgeson, 100, 15..13; J.Bucher, triple jump, 21-1 1/2.