Sports
The Luverne girls’ basketball team earned the right to play in a postseason championship game for the first time in 40 years Thursday in Worthington.
That became a reality during the South Section 3AA semifinals, where the top-seeded Cardinals knocked off No. 4 Jackson County Central 66-45 to earn...
The Hills-Beaver Creek girls used a strong second half to best the Red Rock Central Falcons during a semifinal-round game of the South Section 3A Basketball Tournament Monday in Worthington.
H-BC appeared to be sluggish during the game’s first half, but the Patriots outscored RRC 38-23 in the...
I’ve never been a guy that would be described as a bandwagon-jumper.
In fact, I normally favor the underdogs when it comes to viewing athletic contests because it’s much more satisfying to see a team buck the odds and pull off an upset.
With that being made public, I now have to come clean about...
The Adrian-Ellsworth boys completed a 12-13 regular season by dropping 66-55 decision to the Westbrook-Walnut Grove Chargers in Westbrook Monday.
W-WG got off to a strong start by opening a 41-29 lead in the first half.
A-E sported a 26-25 scoring edge in the second half, but it wasn’t enough to...
The Adrian-Ellsworth Dragons couldn’t produce an upset when they took on the Southwest Christian E-Gals during a semifinal-round game of the South Section 3A Girls' Basketball Tournament Monday in Worthington.
SWC outscored A-E in both halves of a 79-48 victory.
The E-Gals led 32-17 after 18...
Luverne’s magical 2019-20 girls’ hockey season came to an end Thursday at the TRIA Rink in St. Paul.
Luverne squared off against the South St. Paul Packers during the consolation semifinals at a venue that is a short walk away from the Xcel Energy Center.
The Cardinals set a program record by...
Luverne hockey coach Tony Sandbulte knew his team would face a stiff challenge when the Cardinal girls squared off against the Breck School in the quarterfinal round of the Minnesota State Class A Hockey Tournament in St. Paul Feb. 19.
After all, the Mustangs entered the game as two-time defending...
A pair of Luverne seventh-graders wrapped up the 2019-20 season at the Minnesota State Class A Gymnastics Championships staged at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul Saturday.
Luverne’s Amira Cowell and Ella Reisdorfer became the first Cardinals to qualify for the state event since 2004 during...
Two members of the Adrian-Ellsworth wrestling program became repeat qualifiers for state competition during the Section 3A Individual Wrestling Tournament in Canby Friday and Saturday.
A-E senior Scot Edwards and sophomore Brayan Anaya both advanced to the state tournament last winter and earned...
The Luverne Cardinal wrestlers completed the 2019-20 season by hosting the Section 3AA Individual Tournament Saturday.
Seven Cardinals wrestled in the event, but no LHS athletes earned the right to advance to the state tournament by placing first or second in their respective weight classes.
Junior...