The Luverne cross country squads competed as teams for the first time this season during the Sioux Falls Lincoln Quadrangular Tuesday in Sioux Falls.
Luverne's girls tallied 29 points to place second to Lincoln, which won the team competition with 16 points. Harrisburg was incomplete.
Lincoln made it a clean sweep by winning the boys' team title with 19 points.
Flandreau Indian School and the Cardinals placed second and third with 63 and 70 points respectively. Harrisburg was incomplete.
Hannah Dietrich led the LHS girls to their second-place finish as a team by placing fifth with a time of 17:16.
Sadie Dietrich (ninth in 18:08), Amanda Saum (13th in 18:55), Victoria Arends (16th in 19:38) and Nicole Cronquist (21st in 21:16) contributed to the team score.
Suzanne Gluf placed 23rd in 21:56 without influencing the scoring.
Jesse Kuhlman paced the LHS boys by placing 12th in 19:40.
Tony Kopp (13th in 20:25), Nick Otten (15th in 21:02), Kyle Bitterman (17th in 21:07) and Jeff Luethje (20th in 20:25) padded Luverne's team cause.
Ruston Aaker and Kevin Klay placed 21st and 34th in 22:29 and 25:20 without contributing to the team tally.
The Cardinal runners will compete at the Worthington Turkey Trot Saturday.