Luverne Sports

The Luverne High School girls’ hockey team is headed to the state tournament for the fifth year in a row. The Cardinals defeated Marshall 4-0 in the Section 3A championship game Tuesday, Feb. 13, at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. “It’s hard to believe we put five section championships in a row,” head coach Tony Sandbulte said. “To win a section championship you need players to be…

The Luverne gymnastics team finished in second place behind Worthington in the Section 3A gymnastics team competition Saturday, Feb. 17, in Windom. Worthington captured its 10th section team title in a row with a combined team score of 142.850 and will head to state competition Feb. 23-24. Luverne was the runner-up with a team combined score of 136.450. Two LHS gymnasts qualified for state…

The Luverne High School wrestling team made it to the final four in team sectional wrestling this past week. The Cardinals beat Fairmont-Martin County West 49-20 in Sherburn Thursday, Feb. 15, and fell to eventual section champions Dawson-Boyd-Lac Qui Parle-Montevideo United 60-11 in New London Spicer Saturday, Feb. 17. The Luverne team finished its season with a 15-10 record for the year. The…

The Luverne boys’ hockey team closed its regular season with a 23-2 record and took the Big South Conference with a 16-0 record. The Cardinals finished the season with two big victories. One was a 6-2 win over conference rival Waseca on the road Tuesday, Feb. 13, and the other was a 6-2 win over La Crescent-Hokah in Austin Thursday, Feb. 15. Luverne heads into section play with a home…

The Luverne boys’ basketball team fell to Worthington 82-77 on the road Thursday, Feb. 15, and beat Little Wound 69-29 in Flandreau Saturday, Feb. 17. The Cardinals will finish their regular season in Redwood Falls Saturday, Feb. 24, to take on Tri-City United.   WHS 82, LHS 77 The Cardinals fell 82-77 to Worthington on the road Thursday, Feb. 15. In the first half Worthington went on a 19-5…

The Luverne girls’ basketball team went 1-1 in basketball action last week. The Cardinals fell 65-44 to Worthington Thursday, Feb. 15, at home and beat Tri-City United 50-47 on the road Saturday, Feb. 17. Luverne was scheduled to host Canby Tuesday, Feb. 20, for parents’ night and their last regular game of the season. The Cardinals go into the post-season traveling to Redwood for a Section 3A…

The Luverne girls’ hockey team pulled off a spectacular 3-2 overtime win against New Ulm at home Saturday, Feb. 10. With 28 seconds left in the overtime period, junior Payton Behr beat the New Ulm goalie with the game winning goal. “It felt great,” said Behr, who was assisted on the shot by freshman Izzy Steensma. The Cardinals split games with New Ulm this season before meeting Saturday in…

The Luverne girls’ wrestling team qualified two female wrestlers for state competition Friday, Feb. 9, in Redwood Falls. Sophomore Bernie Rock placed first in the 112-pound weight class and her sister, freshman CeCe Rock, took second place in the 148-pound weight class. The Rocks will compete in the 2024 Minnesota State High School League Girls’ Wrestling Tournament at Xcel Energy Center Feb.…

The Luverne High School wrestling team traveled to Springfield for an Invitational Friday, Feb. 9. The Cardinals placed second out of 11 teams in the competition with 166 team points. LHS finished behind first-place Central Public School with 218 team points. “Springfield was a good tournament to end the regular season on and great to get some matches in right before team sections,” head coach…

The Luverne girls hosted St. James Thursday, Feb. 8, beating the Saints 78-63 in the game. The Cardinals out-shot the Saints at the 3-point line hitting 12 of 23 attempts for 36 team points. Five LHS seniors hit multiple threes. Kiesli Smith, Sarah Stegenga and Tori Serie all sank three 3-point shots. Josie Voorhees made two and Kayla Bloemendaal finished with one. Luverne took a 40-32 lead…

The Luverne boys’ hockey team extended its season record to 21-2 this past week with three more wins. On Friday, Feb. 9, the Cardinals traveled to Le Sueur and topped Minnesota River 6-1. The next day, Saturday, Feb. 10, Luverne beat Minnesota River 5-2 at home. LHS also took down Fairmont 11-3 on the road Monday, Feb. 12. The Cardinals were scheduled to travel to Waseca for a make-up game…

The Luverne boys’ basketball team topped St. James 80-45 at home Thursday, Feb. 8, and beat Adrian-Ellsworth 92-53 on the road Monday, Feb. 12. The Cardinals will travel to Worthington Thursday, Feb. 15, and to Flandreau Saturday, Feb. 17.   LHS 80, St. James 45 Luverne handed St. James an 80-45 loss Thursday, Feb. 8, at home. The Cardinals were strong under the basket collecting 38 points…

The Luverne girls’ hockey team finished the regular season with three big wins. The Cardinals beat Waseca 6-0 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 30, topped Windom 9-1 at home Thursday, Feb. 1, and collared the Minnesota River Bulldogs 6-2 at home Saturday, Feb. 3. With their 15-10 season record Luverne secured the second seed behind 16-8-1 Marshall in quarterfinal action. Both Luverne and Marshall will…

The Luverne gymnastics team finished its regular season with three meet wins this past week. Luverne beat Fairmont 136.8500-133.7750 at home Tuesday, Jan. 30, topped St. James 132.1250-103.4500 on the road Thursday, Feb. 1, and traveled to New Ulm to win 134.8750-133.1000 Monday, Feb. 5. The Cardinals now head to the Section 3A gymnastics tournament in Windom Saturday, Feb. 17.   LHS 136.8500…

The Luverne boys’ hockey team extended its regular season streak to 18-2 after beating Marshall 6-2 on Feb. 1 and Windom 9-2 on Feb. 5 on the road. The Cardinals will travel to Le Sueur to take on Minnesota River Friday, Feb. 9, and they’ll host Minnesota River the next day Saturday, Feb. 10. LHS then travels to Fairmont Monday, Feb. 12.   LHS 6, Marshall 2 The Cardinal boys’ hockey team…

Luverne wrestler Matthew Gangestad, a junior, placed second in the 2024 Ninth Grade State Tournament Saturday, Feb. 3, in Champlin Park. Gangestad and Hudson Hough qualified for the state tournament Jan. 27 at the Region 2 competition in Redwood Valley. Gangestad took second in the 133-pound weight class winning his first match in a 4-3 decision. In his second match Gangestad beat his opponent…