Cardinals and Patriots turn on the heat at Worthington
The LHS and H-BC track and field teams traveled to the Worthington Invitational Thursday, April 25.
LHS baseball team slides past Jackson
The Luverne baseball team hosted Jackson County Central Tuesday, April 23, beating the Huskies 10-7.
Luverne golf teams driven to win rounds
The LHS boys’ golf team beat Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 159-195 Tuesday, April 23, in Luverne. The girls’ team got the day off and had a regular practice.
LHS and H-BC trap teams shoot in first week
The Luverne High School trap team had nine shooters score in the 40s and 14 shooters in the 30s in the first week of shooting April 22-27 at the Rock County Sportsman’s Club.
Bakken sets record at Hamline Elite meet
H-BC freshman Brynn Bakken won the women’s 100-meter dash at the Hamline Elite Meet Friday, April 26.
Jarchow named NCCAA National Player of the Week
Elise Jarchow, a 2021 Luverne High School graduate, was named the NCCAA (National Christian College Athletic Association) National Player of the Week in women’s tennis Monday, April 22.
Sports
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 24, 2021Local dirt track races were rained out Friday, but three area tracks staged races on Saturday night. The final LSR (Luverne-Slayton-Rock Rapids) Enduro Series race of the season was at Murray County Speedway in Slayton. Twenty-seven drivers from the three states competed in the race, including eight from Rock County. Chase Overgaard, Luverne, finished in third place, moving all the way up from…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 17, 2021Luverne High School junior Kaleb Hein captured the overall championship of the Cardinal Pride competition staged Monday. The annual event, which takes place on the first morning of football practice, encourages the players to be in the best possible physical shape heading into the season. Events include bench press, cleans, squats, power press, 400-meter dash, shuttle run, jump rope and vertical…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 17, 2021With a sweep of the Milroy Irish in the region championship series, the Luverne Redbirds left little doubt who the best team in 2021 in Region 13C is. The local amateur baseball team, now 25-5 on the season, entered the region tournament as the No. 1 seed. The Redbirds proceeded to sweep the Adrian A’s and Hadley Buttermakers in the first two rounds of the tournament without giving up a single…
- August 17, 2021William “Bill” Beimers, age 84, of Luverne, Minnesota, died peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne. Visitation will be Wednesday, Aug. 18, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Hartquist Funeral Home in Luverne. Funeral service will be Thursday, Aug. 19, at 10:30 a.m. at the American Reformed Church in Luverne. Burial with military flag presentation will follow at…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 17, 2021Dirt track race car drivers from Rock County placed at three local tracks this weekend. Regular weekly races were staged at Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, Iowa, and Murray County Speedway in Slayton on Friday. On Saturday night, Worthington Speedway hosted its weekly races while Rapid Speedway was the location of the third LSR (Luverne-Slayton-Rock Rapids) Enduro series race of 2021. Rapid…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 10, 2021For the third consecutive season and 13th time overall, the Luverne Redbirds will participate in the Minnesota State Amateur Baseball Tournament. Luverne qualified by sweeping the Hadley Buttermakers in the best-of-three Region 13C semifinal series. The Redbirds held Hadley scoreless during a 7-0 victory in Luverne Wednesday, Aug. 4, and a 14-0, seven-inning blowout in Hadley Saturday afternoon…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 10, 2021“We haven’t beaten them yet this year, so it should be a challenge.” That’s how Luverne Redbirds player-manager Brooks Maurer looks at his team’s series with the Milroy Irish this week. The Redbirds (23-5, No. 1 tournament seed) and Irish (28-6, No. 3 seed) face off in the best-of-three Region 13C championship series. The Irish players are responsible for two of Luverne’s five losses this season…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 10, 2021Rock County dirt track racers competed at three local tracks this weekend. Races were staged in Rock Rapids, Iowa, and Slayton Friday night and near Hartford, South Dakota, Saturday night. The weekly races at Worthington Speedway were postponed to Sunday and then rained out. Rapid Speedway For the seventh time this season, Luverne’s Colton Arends drove his way to victory lane in the Stock…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 03, 2021Overall results weren’t what the team and fans had hoped for, but the experience at the state Legion baseball tournament was a good one for Luverne Post 123. “It was fantastic to have a normal season and to have the state tournament experience,” said Luverne coach Codie Zeutenhorst. “I believe we would have qualified for state last year if it had been held, so I’m really glad we were able to give…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 03, 2021The Luverne Redbirds amateur baseball team lived up to their No. 1 seed by sweeping the eighth-seeded Adrian A’s 15-0 and 7-0 Wednesday and Saturday in Round 1 of the Region 13C tournament. Luverne, now 21-5 on the season, faces the Hadley Buttermakers in the Final Four round of the tournament this weekend (see related story). Luverne 15, Adrian 0 Luverne opened play in the Region 13C…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 03, 2021The Luverne Redbirds amateur baseball team moves on to the Final Four round of the Region 13C tournament this week. The Redbirds, now 21-5 on the season, swept the Adrian A’s 15-0 and 7-0 in the first round of the tournament. Luverne now faces the fourth-seeded Hadley Buttermakers in the best-of-three Final Four round. Game 1 is at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4, at Redbird Field in Luverne. Game 2…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 03, 2021Some Luverne High School athletes are getting plenty of training and competition this summer. Twenty LHS incoming sophomore, junior and senior football players participated in the Dakota State University team camp in Madison, South Dakota, Wednesday-Thursday, July 28-29. Seven of those football athletes then played on the Luverne Post 123 team in the Minnesota State American Legion Baseball…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 03, 2021With rainouts on Friday night at speedways in Rock Rapids and Slayton, there was limited racing at local tracks last weekend. Two Rock County drivers competed in regularly-scheduled races Saturday night at I-90 Speedway near Hartford, South Dakota, and at Worthington Speedway. A number of locals participated at the Rock County Fair Enduro Race in Luverne the same night. Stacy Krohnberg,…
- By Jason BerghorstJuly 27, 2021It will be Southwest vs. Northeast in the quarterfinal round of the Minnesota American Legion Senior Division II State Tournament in Sacred Heart this weekend. Luverne, champion of the Southwest sub-state division, will face Wadena, winner of the Northeast sub-state division, at 9:30 a.m. Friday. The winner of that contest will face Minnewaska or Atwater Saturday at 5 p.m. The loser moves to the…
- By Jason BerghorstJuly 27, 2021The Luverne Junior American Legion baseball team entered Sunday’s championship game of the Southwest Sub-State Tournament undefeated after besting Blue Earth, Lamberton, and St. James earlier in the tournament. A win against St. James in the noon game at Redbird Field would send the team to the Minnesota Junior Legion Baseball State Tournament. A Luverne loss would cause a second game between the…
- By Jason BerghorstJuly 27, 2021Two Luverne race car drivers earned checkered flags at Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, Iowa, Friday night. Victories by Scott Overgaard and Eric Gaul highlighted the results of Rock County drivers at four area dirt tracks over the last two weekends. Rapid Speedway Gaul followed up a second-place finish July 16 by winning the Hobby Stocks A feature race Friday night. Overgaard, who placed fourth…
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