By John RittenhouseKyle Heronimus emerged as the champion of the 2006 Luverne Cardinal Pride competition on Monday.Heronimus, a junior, compiled 1,840 points to outscore second-place Craig Rogers by 61 points.Rogers scored 1,779 points in the annual event, which is staged on the first morning of practice.Along with winning the overall title, Heronimus took top honors in the bench press event by clearing 290 pounds.Rogers won three event titles to help secure second place in the overall standings.The LHS senior won the cleans (328 pounds), squats (472 pounds) and the power press (276 pounds).Other event titles went to Jake Clark, Derek Elbers, Seth Goembel and Sam Dooyema.Elbers was a double-winner, finishing first in the jump rope (194 jumps in 60 seconds) and the shuttle run (4.39 seconds).Clark won the 400-meter dash in 56 seconds, and Goembel leaped 35.1 inches to win the vertical jump.Dooyema won the overall title at the junior varsity level with 1,767 points.Cardinal coach Todd Oye announced the football team will stage its annual photo night at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25.Luverne hosts Fulda for a scrimmage at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26. Luverne opens the season at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, with a home game against Marshall.Here is a look at the top finishers in each event of the Cardinal Pride competition.Overall points: Heronimus, 1,840; Rogers, 1,779; Dooyema, 1,767; Elbers, 1,546; Goembel, 1,530; Rustyn Crosby, 1,483; Jared Roemen, 1,474; Tyler Reisch, 1,446; Aaron Altman, 1,410; Clark, 1,343.Cleans: Rogers, 328; Goembel, 306; Heronimus and Dooyema, 300; Altman, 264.Power press: Rogers, 276; Heronimus, 267; Dooyema, 246; Tyler Williams, 210; Altman, 198.400-meter dash: Clark, 56; Ben Uphoff, 57; Elbers, 60; Weston Sawtelle and C.J. Xaisongkham, 61.Jump rope: Elbers, 194; Roemen, 190; Uphoff, 189; Dooyema, 177; Altman, 175.Squats: Rogers, 472; Dooyema, 465; Altman, 408; Williams, 401; Heronimus, 386.Bench press: Heronimus, 290; Dooyema, 253; Reisch, 241; Crosby, 235; Williams, 214.Shuttle run: Elbers, 4.39; Clark, 4.42; Reisch, 4.48; Goembel, 4.51; Erik Stegemann, 4.55.Vertical jump: Goembel, 35.1; Clark, 29.5; Phillip Altman, 29.0; Jeremy Hoff, 28.5; Crosby, 28.1.