Luverne boys’ and girls’ track teams win True Team
Luverne hosted the Section 3A True Team Track and Field Tournament Tuesday, May 7.
LHS softball team wins 3, loses 1
The Luverne High School softball team notched three wins and one loss in two doubleheaders over the past week.
Luverne Redbirds back in action
The Luverne Redbirds caged the Worthington Cubs 10-0 in their season opener Sunday, May 12, at Redbird Field.
The Redbirds piled up nine hits in the game.
Van Dyke named to NSIC All-defensive team
Southwest Minnesota State University (SMSU) freshman Paris Van Dyke, Luverne, was named to the 2024 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference All-defensive team.
Three LHS seniors earn recognition at Big South Conference Championship
The Luverne boys’ golf team finished third and the LHS girls’ team placed eighth in the Big South Conference Championship Monday, May 13, at the Dacotah Ridge Golf Club in Morton, Minnesota.
LHS and H-BC compete in Bob Nangle and Howard Wood Relays
The Cardinals’ and Patriots’ track teams competed in the Bob Nangle Relays Tuesday, April 30, in Pipestone and the Howard Wood Dakota Relays Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, in Sioux Falls.
Sports
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldDecember 21, 2021The Luverne boys’ basketball team picked up its first win of the season when it made the short trip to Hills for a game with Hills-Beaver Creek. The Cardinals defeated their Rock County rivals, the H-BC Patriots, 48-32 in the Tuesday, Dec. 14, contest. The Patriots led the entire first half of the game, leading by as much as 10 points (18-8), and took a 20-16 lead into the locker room at…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 21, 2021Team depth was on display Dec. 16 as the Luverne High School gymnastics team earned a conference win against Pipestone Area High School in Pipestone. Two of the LHS team’s varsity performers sat out the meet due to injury. Freshman Amira Cowell, one of Luverne’s top all-around performers, and freshman teammate Hailey Como, also out for the Dec. 7 meet, did not compete against the Arrows. Luverne…
- December 21, 2021H-BC 51, A-H 36 It was a strong defensive performance that ultimately sealed the game for the Patriots boys’ basketball team down in Alcester, South Dakota, Friday night. The Patriots trailed 13-10 at the end of the first quarter and only sported a one-point advantage at intermission but outscored the Cubs 31-17 in the second half. The home team was held to 12 of 47 (28 percent) shooting and was…
- December 21, 2021HBC 61, A-H 42 Senior Kenadie Fick put on a show as the Lady Pates basketball team pulled away in the second half for a 19-point victory in Alcester, South Dakota, on Saturday night. Fick (seven steals and four rebounds) scored 34 of the Patriots’ 61 points while shooting a remarkable 7-9 from three-point range. H-BC led 28-22 at the halfway mark before holding the Alcester-Hudson Cubs to just…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 14, 2021Reigning Section 3A gymnastics champions, the Worthington Trojans, showed why they’re ranked fourth in the state when they visited Luverne Dec. 7. Worthington captured the meet win over the Cardinals 140.475 to 131.700. The Trojans swept all four events along with the all-around title in their almost nine-point win over the Cardinals. The Cardinals kept the meet close on two of the events with…
- By Matt Lais for the Star HeraldDecember 14, 2021The Luverne girls’ hockey team welcomed section foe Mankato East to Luverne for an afternoon tilt Saturday, Dec. 11, at the Blue Mound Ice Arena. The Cardinals took an early lead and never looked back on their way to a 5-2 win. The victory moves Luverne to 7-1 on the season Luverne senior Billi Connell, a Division 1 Gopher softball commit, got the girls started just 5:42 into the first period.…
- December 14, 2021The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots opened up their 2021-22 basketball season Saturday afternoon in Rock Rapids, Iowa, where the hosts claimed a 90-61 victory. Central Lyon opened the game on an 18-6 run on the way to a 58-25 lead at the break. The Patriots battled in the second half, outscoring the Lions 36-32 on their way to a 90-61 defeat. Drew Leenderts (16 points) led the way for the Pates,…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldDecember 14, 2021The Luverne Cardinal boys’ basketball team opened the 2021-22 campaign with two losses over the past week. The Cardinals hosted the Jackson County Central Huskies Dec. 7 and came up eight points short, falling 48-40. On Saturday Luverne faced Fairmont in Pipestone and lost 55-35. The Luverne Cardinals were next scheduled to play the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriot boys in Hills Tuesday night, Dec.…
- By Canaan Petersen for the Star HeraldDecember 14, 2021The Cardinals wrestling team traveled twice to Jackson last week and returned with two medals. On Tuesday, Dec. 7, they lost both team matches to Jackson (79-0) and Redwood Valley (50-12) but won a couple of individual matches against Redwood Valley. At the JCC Pizza Ranch Invite Dec. 11 two Cardinal wrestlers placed and as a team they placed 12th. The Cardinals travel to Redwood Falls for the…
- By Dalton Bass for the Star HeraldDecember 14, 2021The Lady Pates led the way from start to finish Thursday, Dec. 9, in Hills where they claimed a 56-16 victory over the Murray County Central Rebels. The Patriots (29 steals) were able to run a full-court press and force the Rebels into 46 turnovers in the contest. Layla Deelstra (10 points and four assists) led the defense for the Patriots with nine steals in the game. The home team sported a 22-…
- By Jason Berghorst for the Star HeraldDecember 14, 2021The Luverne girls’ basketball team moved their record to 3-0 on the young 2021-22 campaign by defeating the Jackson County Central Huskies 76-58 December 7 in the Luverne Classic Gym. The Cardinals were scheduled to play at Southwest Minnesota Christian Friday night, but the Dec. 10 snowstorm forced that game to be rescheduled to February 1. Against the Huskies, the Cardinals scored first in the…
- By Matt Lais for the Star HeraldDecember 07, 2021The Cardinals had a busy span of days with three games in seven days that ended with an impressive 3-0 record on the year. The Luverne boys hockey team hosted Marshall for a thrilling 7-6 overtime win Nov. 30 and traveled to Redwood Falls Dec. 2 to pick up an easier 13-0 victory before returning home Saturday to beat Waseca 10-1. New Ulm comes to the Blue Mound Ice Arena Friday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 07, 2021In an extremely close contest, the Luverne gymnastics team opened the 2021-22 season Dec. 2 in Blue Earth with a narrow win 128.725-128.700 over the Blue Earth Area Buccaneers. Luverne kept slim leads over BEA in three of the four events. In the opening rotation, Luverne led in the uneven bars (29.550-29.075), followed by the vault (34.225-34.025) and floor exercise (33.90-33.25). BEA won the…
- By Matt Lais for the Star HeraldDecember 07, 2021The Luverne girls’ hockey team is finding the back of the net a lot this season and winning a lot of games in dominant fashion. The Cardinals improved to 6-1 on the season by picking up a big conference road win over Marshall Nov. 30 and beating Waseca at home Saturday. The Cardinal girls currently have three of the Top 10 scorers in the state with Kamryn Van Batavia (first) Reghan Bork (fourth)…
- By Canaan Petersen for the Star HeraldDecember 07, 2021The Cardinal wrestling team traveled to Flandreau, South Dakota, Saturday to kick off the 2021-22 season and came home with three pieces of hardware. Nearly all the Luverne wrestlers recorded wins, and two seventh-grade wrestlers in their first varsity tournament placed third and fourth. “Our guys wrestled well for the first tournament of the year,” said head coach Jordan Kopp. “We had three on…
- By Jason BerghorstDecember 07, 2021The Luverne girls’ basketball team opened the 2021-22 campaign with three consecutive wins within five days. The Cardinals defeated Mountain Lake Area 78-40 Nov. 30, Pipestone Area 56-53 Dec. 2 and Fairmont 45-39 Dec. 4. “It was a busy week,” LHS head coach TJ Newgard said. “We have been tested early in the season, playing two of the top teams in our subsection (Pipestone Area and Fairmont),”…
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