Rock County Sports
As the 2018 Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener was winding down in the host city of Luverne, I was thinking back about the Rooster Ridge Wildlife Management Area land dedication that I attended near Beaver Creek.
I remember talking to Howard Van Wyhe about his consideration to sell land to Rock...
The grounds at the Luverne Country Club could sport a carnival-type atmosphere on Sunday, Sept. 9.
With the LCC’s annual club tournaments in the rearview mirror and postseason league play about to begin, club officials have decided to host an event geared to please the area’s youth.
The first...
Luverne drivers turned in a strong showing at the Late Season Enduro Race staged at the Rock County Fairgrounds Saturday night.
Local competitors claimed seven top 10 finishes in a race that started with 27 entries and ended with 10 cars on the track when the event reached its two-hour time limit....
For a man who didn’t know if he would be able to play golf this weekend, Chris Nowatzki put on a pretty good show during the Luverne Country Club’s 67th version of the Men’s Club Tournament over the weekend.
Nowatzki overcame a four-shot deficit entering play on Sunday to become a repeat winner of...
The calendar hanging in my work cubical lists that fall officially begins on Sept. 22, but it arrives much earlier for me each year.
I believe summer ends when the high school athletes begin preparing for the upcoming fall sports season, and that day came and went on Monday.
I’ll be spending a...
Six other men emerged as flight champions along with Chris Nowatzki during the 67th edition of the Luverne Country Club’s Men’s Club Tournament staged on Saturday and Sunday.
Nowatzki repeated as the winner of the championship flight, while Mike Smith, Dan Kern, Dave Iverson, Jared Pick, Derek...
Wes Boomgaarden is returning to Rock County for the Magnolia All-School Reunion that starts Aug. 31.
All things considered, it will be a short trip compared to what the 1969 MHS graduate experienced this spring and summer.
The son of Luverne’s Alvin Boomgaarden currently resides in Columbus, Ohio,...
The second appearance of the Minnesota Xtreme Bull Riding Company at the Rock County Fair proved to be a big hit once again Friday.
One year after drawing more than 1,150 spectators to the grandstands for the 2017 version of the event, more than 1,000 fans showed up for Friday’s show.
“We were...
Good fortune favored Luverne’s Eric Gaul during the course of the Rock County Fair.
Gaul, who to Luverne from Rushmore nearly two years ago, is a one-third owner of a car (along with Josh Fick and Steve Schouwenburg) that produced a combined three wins during the annual summer attraction.
Gaul made...