Luverne Sports
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024The Luverne boys’ basketball team played three games this past week winning two and losing one. Fairmont beat Luverne 62-59 on the road Thursday, Feb. 1. The Cardinals then traveled to St. James to take down the Saints 81-69 Friday, Feb. 2, and they topped H-BC 63-59 in Hills Monday, Feb. 5. The Cardinals will host St. James at home Thursday, Feb. 8, and travel to Adrian Monday, Feb. 12. …
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024The Cardinals and Patriots met in Hills Monday, Feb. 5, with Luverne taking the game 63-59. It was a back-and-forth physical game that came down to the last few minutes of play to decide the winner. In the end, Luverne was able to hit a couple free throws to put the game out of reach for H-BC. Game stats were not available for this week’s Star-Herald printing on Tuesday.
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024The Cardinals won three duals and lost one this past week. Luverne traveled to Garretson Tuesday, Jan. 30, beating Garretson 53-27, topping Beresford/Alcester-Hudson 41-33 and Elk Point-Jefferson 58-21. On Thursday, Feb. 1, the Cardinals lost to Adrian 67-5. Luverne will wrestle in the Springfield Invitational Friday, Feb. 9, for the last regular season duals. The boys’ wrestling team will…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024The Luverne girls’ basketball team won two games and lost one all on the road this past week. LHS lost to Fairmont 61-52 Thursday, Feb. 1, beat St. James 65-56 Friday, Feb. 2, and topped Adrian 63-55 Monday, Feb. 5. The Cardinals will host St. James Thursday, Feb. 8, and Canby Friday. Feb. 9 Fairmont 61, LHS 52 Luverne dropped a 61-52 game to Fairmont on the road Thursday, Feb. 1. The…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024The Cardinals sent nine wrestlers to compete in the Big South Tournament at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall Friday, Feb. 2. The tournament included all 13 schools in the Big South Conference. The Cardinals placed 11th, with many of their regular varsity wrestlers sitting out due to approaching their match limit in the season. Luverne placed five wrestlers in individual…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024The Luverne girls’ wrestling team traveled to Harrisburg for an all-girls tournament Saturday, Feb. 3. The Cardinals brought six varsity and one junior varsity wrestler to the competition and walked away with three girls placing in the top four. Sophomore Bernie Rock took second place, freshman CeCe Rock took third place and seventh-grader Ellie Rock placed fourth in the junior varsity division…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024The Blue Mound Figure Skaters place second overall in team standings at Frosty Blades in Blaine, MN held Feb. 2-4. 1st place – M Health Fairview 2nd place – Blue Mound Figure Skaters 3rd place – St. Louis Park Rec Center Luverne brought 32 skaters to the 3 day competition. Individual placements are as follow: Mya Akin - Blue Mound Figure Skaters Inc Fifth Rhythmic Ball Silver Sixth…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 31, 2024The Luverne gymnastics team hosted Marshall Friday Jan. 27, beating the Tigers 134.9500 to 118.7250. Luverne is now 5-1 in regular meets. The Cardinals finished second in the St. James Invitational and fourth in the Marshall Invitational. “Everyone did a great job on Friday,” head coach Phoebe Flom said. “ Addy Mann and Reagan had a great night. We were without Kianna on some events and Kendra…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 31, 2024The Cardinals fell twice in Luverne Thursday, Jan. 25, dropping a dual match to Tracy-Milroy-Balaton/Westbrook Walnut Grove 46-17 and losing to Fulda-Murray County Central 38-21. “Thursday was a tough night,” head coach Jordan Kopp said. “Those were a couple solid teams that I thought we wrestled quite well.” The Cardinals were scheduled to travel to Garretson, South Dakota, for a quadrangular…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 31, 2024The Cardinal boys’ hockey team won two games and suffered their second loss of the season this past week. Luverne beat Worthington 9-2 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 23. The Cardinals traveled to Little Falls and fell 6-5 in overtime Friday, Jan. 26, and followed up with a 5-4 win over Cambridge-Isanti on the road Saturday, Jan. 27. The Cardinals, now 16-2 in the regular season, will travel to…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 31, 2024The Luverne girls’ hockey team won one game and fell in two others over the past week. The Cardinals beat Worthington 11-0 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 23, fell to Marshall 5-2 at home Thursday, Jan. 25, and lost to Breck 2-0 on the road Saturday, Jan. 27. Luverne is now 12-10 in the regular season with three games left before playoff hockey. LHS was scheduled to travel to Waseca Tuesday, Jan. 30…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 31, 2024The Luverne girls’ basketball team won one game and lost a pair of close games last week. The Cardinals beat Pipestone at home 69-33 Tuesday, Jan. 23, fell to Redwood 54-48 on the road Friday, Jan. 26, and lost to Canton 44-37 on the road Saturday, Jan. 27. LHS, now 5-12 for the season, travels to Fairmont Thursday, Feb. 1, plays St. James on the road Friday, Feb. 2, and travels to Adrian…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 31, 2024The Luverne boys’ basketball team fell to Pipestone in overtime 87-80 at home Tuesday, Jan. 23, lost to Redwood Valley 96-60 Friday, Jan. 26, on the road, and traveled to Edgerton, winning 75-61 Monday, Jan. 29. Luverne will travel to Fairmont Thursday, Feb. 1, go to St. James Friday, Feb. 2, and play H-BC at home Monday, Feb. 5. Pipestone 87, LHS 80 The Luverne boys fell to Pipestone in…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 25, 2024The Blue Mound Figure Skaters hosted their 2024 Ice Crystal Classic competition Jan. 19-21 at the Blue Mound Ice Arena in Luverne. “It was another successful competition,” competition director Marian Schneekloth said. Nearly 100 skaters from five different rinks competed in the event. They included Hutchinson Figure Skaters, who took home first place, second-place Yankton Area Ice Association…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 24, 2024The Luverne boys’ basketball team fell to a solid Jackson County Central team 80-69 Tuesday, Jan. 16, at home and came back to beat Windom 96-84 Friday, Jan. 19, and Estelline, South Dakota, 66-42 Saturday, Jan. 20, both games on the road. Luverne, now 4-8 for the season, was scheduled to host Pipestone Tuesday, Jan. 23, and will travel to Redwood Friday, Jan. 26. JCC 80, LHS 69 The Luverne…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 24, 2024The Luverne girls’ hockey team finished 1-2 over the past week with competition at home and on the road. The Cardinals fell to Albert Lea 2-1 Tuesday, Jan. 16, beat New Ulm 4-2 Thursday, Jan. 18, and fell to River Lakes 6-3 Saturday, Jan. 20. Luverne is now 11-8 for the season and 7-2 in conference play. The Cardinals were scheduled to travel to Worthington Tuesday, Jan. 23, and they will host…
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