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  • By Greg Hoogeveen
    March 01, 2023
    The H-BC girls’ basketball team traveled to take on Tracy-Milroy-Balaton in subsection play Saturday, Feb. 25, losing 53-39 to the Panthers. Though their season has ended, head coach Dylan Gehrke had praise for his team.  “Our girls left it all out there, and I could not be prouder of them,” Gehrke said. “This was a great learning experience for our girls and myself as a coach.  I am hoping that…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen
    March 01, 2023
    The No. 1-seeded Luverne High School girls’ basketball team hosted the No. 8 seed Minnesota Valley Lutheran Saturday, Feb. 25, in the second round of the Section 3A tournament. The Cardinals handily beat the Chargers 87-19 to move on to a scheduled quarterfinal game against St. James Tuesday, Feb. 28, to be played in Windom at 6 p.m. “We came out firing on all cylinders and really took control of…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen
    March 01, 2023
    The Luverne boys’ hockey team won two big section games to advance their postseason play. The Cardinals beat Windom 5-2 at home Feb. 24 and Mankato East/Loyola 6-2 in St. Peter Feb. 27. LHS was scheduled to play against New Ulm Wednesday, March 1, at the Lund Center in St. Peter for the Section 3A Championship.   LHS 5, Windom 2 The LHS boys’ hockey team faced off against Windom Feb. 24 at home…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen
    March 01, 2023
    Luverne High School sent nine wrestlers to Jackson Saturday, Feb. 25, to wrestle in the individual sectional tournament. Of those, five placed and two advanced to state competition.  “We had five placers out of nine wrestlers with two going to state,” head coach Jordan Kopp said. Senior DJ Rock qualified for state at 160 pounds, taking first place. Junior Sam Rock qualified for state at 170…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen
    February 28, 2023
    Luverne High School sent nine wrestlers to Jackson Saturday, Feb. 25, to wrestle in the individual sectional tournament. Of those, five placed and two advanced to state competition. “We had five placers out of nine wrestlers with two going to state,” head coach Jordan Kopp said. Senior DJ Rock qualified for state at 160 pounds, taking first place. Junior Sam Rock qualified for state at 170 pounds…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen
    February 28, 2023
    The Luverne boys’ hockey team won two big section games to advance their postseason play. The Cardinals beat Windom 5-2 at home Feb. 24 and Mankato East/Loyola 6-2 in St. Peter Feb. 27. LHS was scheduled to play against New Ulm Wednesday, March 1, at the Lund Center in St. Peter for the Section 3A Championship.   LHS 5, Windom 2 The LHS boys’ hockey team faced off against Windom Feb. 24 at home…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen
    February 28, 2023
    Two outstanding Luverne sophomore gymnasts competed at the state gymnastics individual tournament at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul Saturday, Feb. 25. “I’m very proud of the girls’ performances at state. I thought they did a great job,” head coach Phoebe Flom said.  “It’s a lot of pressure to go up against the best of the best.” Sophomore Ella Reisdorfer made her fourth appearance at the…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen
    February 28, 2023
    The Luverne girls’ basketball team won two games and dropped a heart-breaker to Marshall. LHS beat Tracy 71-32 Feb. 14 at home and traveled to Worthington Feb. 16 to beat the Trojans 76-39, before losing to Marshall 51-37 in Windom Feb. 18. The Cardinals’ next game is Saturday, Feb. 25, at home against Minnesota Valley Lutheran in subsection play.   LHS 71, Tracy 32 Luverne hosted Tracy-Milroy-…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen
    February 28, 2023
    The H-BC girls’ basketball team added three wins and one loss to their season this past week. The Patriots beat Adrian 54-51 Feb. 14 away, won against WWG at home Feb. 16 by a score of 56-51, lost 41-21 on the road to Elkton Feb. 17, and beat Red Rock Central 63-41 at home Feb. 20. The Lady Pates will now focus on the post-season, taking on Tracy-Milroy-Balaton Feb. 25 in Worthington.   H-BC 54,…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen
    February 28, 2023
    The Luverne boys’ basketball team hosted Worthington Thursday, Feb. 16, beating the Trojans 75-64.  “We had a lot of energy at the tip off from the kids on the court and from the bench,” said head coach John Sichmeller. “That has been something we have been working on, and it was good to see it pay off for our kids,”  Luverne opened up the scoring with a 32-18 lead at the half, before battling a…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen
    February 28, 2023
    The Luverne boys’ hockey team traveled to Windom Thursday for the last regular season game Thursday, Feb. 16. The Cardinals beat the Eagles 5-3 bringing their regular season record to 18-6-1 and conference record to 13-3 in the Big South. LHS finished behind New Ulm with a 23-1-1 season and 16-0 conference. Luverne and Windom played a close game in the first two periods, and the score was tied 3-…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen
    February 28, 2023
    The H-BC boys’ basketball team fell to Southwest Christian 90-46 on Feb. 14 in Edgerton, lost a home game 81-54 to the Wolverines on Feb. 17, and came up short at Westbrook Walnut Grove, 67-35, in a game played Monday ahead of impending winter weather. H-BC, with a season record at 9-13, was scheduled to travel to Russell-Tyler-Ruthton on Friday, Feb. 24. The Patriots will close out their regular…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen
    February 28, 2023
    The Luverne wrestling team traveled to Jackson Thursday, Feb. 16, for the first round of the Section 3A Team Tournament.  The ninth-seeded Cardinals took on No. 8 Wabasso in the first match of the night, and the winner of that contest faced No. 1 seeded Jackson County Central in the second match. Luverne’s match with Wabasso was close but not good enough to beat the Rabbits who won 42-30 pinning…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen
    February 28, 2023
    The Luverne gymnastics team traveled to Pipestone Saturday, Feb. 18, for the Section 3A team and individual tournament. The seven teams competing included the host Pipestone, Worthington, Windom, Marshall, Redwood, Jackson and Luverne. Among the teams were 154 total gymnasts performing for all-around and individual placing to move on to state. “This is the best season record I have had since…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen
    February 28, 2023
    The Luverne girls’ hockey team is headed to state playoffs after the Cardinals took down New Ulm 4-0 in St. Peter on Feb. 14 to claim the 2023 Section 3A Championship trophy. This is Luverne’s fourth year in a row being crowned the 3A Champs, but the Cardinals have yet to win a game at state. The Cardinal girls’ hockey teamwill play their first game Wednesday, Feb. 22, at the Xcel Energy Center…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen
    February 21, 2023
    The Luverne girls’ hockey team is headed to state playoffs after the Cardinals took down New Ulm 4-0 in St. Peter on Feb. 14 to claim the 2023 Section 3A Championship trophy. This is Luverne’s fourth year in a row being crowned the 3A champs, but the Cardinals have yet to win a game at state. This year’s opening round was set to begin Wednesday, Feb. 22, at the Xcel Energy Center with an opponent…
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