Last week and weekend was a special one for a pair of Rock County grandparents.With grandsons participating at state tournaments in the Twin Cities and Sioux Falls, some creative schedule-juggling had to be made by rural Luverne’s Junior and Mavis Berkhof.The Berkhofs happen to be the grandparents of Luverne’s Brandon Deragisch, a starting guard on the Luverne High School squad.They also happen to be the grandparents of Sioux Falls’ Jesse Clark, a starting guard for Sioux Falls O’Gorman’s basketball squad.With Luverne playing in the Minnesota tournament and Clark competing at the South Dakota State Class AA Tournament in Sioux Falls on the same days, loyalties were divided in the Berkhof household for three straight days."Thursday was a mess for them," said Dave Deragisch, father of the Luverne guard."Brandon’s game started at 6:30, and Jesse’s game started at 7. They stayed home and had two radios going at the same time."Dave’s wife, Lori (Berkhof), is the sister of Susan (Berkhof) Clark, who married LHS graduate Jim Clark, son of Luverne’s Bernard and Tillie Clark.With Jesse Clark playing in Sioux Falls, Bernard and Tillie Clark’s decision was easy. They took in the games in Sioux Falls.Things were a bit more complicated for Junior and Mavis Berkhof, who made a wise decision by staying home and listening on the radio to all of the games played by their grandsons.In the end, everything worked out well for all involved.Brandon Deragisch and the Cardinals placed third at the Minnesota event, and Jesse Clark and the Knights placed second in South Dakota.Way to go,LHS fansSupporters of the Luverne High School boys basketball season should be recognized for their contributions to an outstanding post-season.Taking advantage of a great opportunity, LHS fans filled their side of the gym for both home games to start the South Section 3AA Tournament.Their involvement didn’t dissipate during the South Section and Section 3AA championship games in Marshall, and fan representation for the team at the state tournament last weekend was incredible.The thing that will stick with me most was the way Luverne’s faithful stayed behind the team during Saturday’s third-place game at Concordia University in St. Paul.After watching the Cards fall to Crookston during a 9 p.m. tilt Friday night, I didn’t get back to my hotel room until 12:30 a.m. Saturday. And, I’m sure it was a short night for every LHS backer in the Twin Cities.With the Cardinals scheduled to play at noon on Saturday, I expected to walk into an emotionless, less-than-full venue.I was wrong on both counts.The LHS fans attended the game in numbers, and they were as excited as they were at any other state tournament game.During Saturday’s Welcome Home gathering for the team, assistant coach Kim Schmidt thanked the faithful for making basketball fun again.I’d like to tip my hat to the Cardinal fans as well. Your support of the team was sensational, and I’ll always remember it being one of the best parts of an extraordinary, three-week run that started in late February and ended last weekend.