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- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 17, 2024The Luverne golf teams traveled to Worthington Monday, April 9, and hosted Southwest Christian Monday, April 15. At Worthington the LHS boys’ team won 161-164, and the girls fell 214-235. Against SWMC the boys beat the Eagles 163-206, and the girls’ team had no official scoring due to the Eagles’ lack of a varsity team. Luverne is scheduled to take on H-BC on the road Thursday, April 18, and…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 17, 2024The Hills-Beaver Creek High School golf team traveled to Mountain Lake Tuesday, April 9. The Patriots finished behind Mountain Lake and Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda/ Westbrook-Walnut Grove in the boys’ team competition. The Patriots hosted Mountain Lake and Red Rock Central in Larchwood Thursday, April 11. The H-BC boys’ team beat Red Rock Central but fell to Mountain Lake. The Patriots will face…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 17, 2024The Hills-Beaver Creek High School track and field team traveled to Garretson, South Dakota, for the Jesse James meet Saturday, April 13. The Patriots boys’ team finished in fourth place with a total team score of 81 points. Deubrook Area took first with a team score of 129 points, Baltic was second with 113, and Chester was third with 109. Behind H-BC in fifth was Tri-Valley with 69 points.…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 17, 2024The Luverne track and field team traveled to Marshall Monday, April 15, competing at the Southwest Minnesota State University track. The LHS boys’ track team finished in third place with a team score of 94, behind first place Worthington with 150 points and second place Marshall with 111.5 points. Tracy-Milroy-Balaton placed fourth with 73 points, Lakeview fifth with 66.5 points, MACCRAY/RCW…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 06, 2024By Greg Hoogeveen The No. 5 seed Luverne girls’ basketball team ended their season falling to No. 1 seed Fairmont 67-58 Thursday, Feb. 29, in the section quarterfinal game played in Worthington. Fairmont took a 23-20 lead going into the half and outscored LHS 44-38 in the second half winning to win the game by nine points. “We didn’t have a great start on the offensive side of the ball, but we…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 06, 2024The Patriots girls’ basketball team fell to Southwest Minnesota Christian 59-50 in the section quarterfinals Friday, March 1, in Worthington. The No. 4 seed Patriots hung tight with the No. 1 seed Eagles, giving SWMC a scare early in the game when the Patriots went on a 14-3 run. H-BC kept the momentum going throughout the first half, finishing two points behind the Eagles, 29-27, at the half…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 28, 2024The Luverne girls’ hockey team played two tough teams in this year’s state tournament. In the first game Luverne fell to Academy of Holy Angels Stars 6-1 at the Xcel Energy Center Wednesday, Feb. 21. On Thursday, Feb. 22, at the TRIA Rink, Luverne led Proctor/Hermantown 2 1/2 periods before giving up the winning goal to the Mirage late in the third period, falling 3-2. Stars 6, Cardinals 1…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 28, 2024The Luverne girls’ basketball team continues on in the section playoffs after taking down Redwood Valley 58-52 in Section 3AA action Saturday, Feb. 24, on the road. The Cardinals also beat Canby 69-30 in Luverne’s final game of the season Tuesday, Feb. 20, at home to finish the regular season 10-14. Luverne will meet Fairmont in Section 3AA quarterfinal play Thursday, Feb. 29, in Fairmont at 6…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 28, 2024The Patriots girls’ basketball team traveled to Worthington Saturday, Feb. 24, for the Section 3A South Subsection Quarterfinal game against Adrian. The Lady Pates won the game over the Dragons 64-61 in overtime play. “That was one of the wildest games I have been a part of as a coach or a player,” head coach Dylan Gehrke said. “Our girls did a great job getting out of the gates strong in both…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 21, 2024The Luverne High School girls’ hockey team is headed to the state tournament for the fifth year in a row. The Cardinals defeated Marshall 4-0 in the Section 3A championship game Tuesday, Feb. 13, at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. “It’s hard to believe we put five section championships in a row,” head coach Tony Sandbulte said. “To win a section championship you need players to be…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 21, 2024The Luverne girls’ basketball team went 1-1 in basketball action last week. The Cardinals fell 65-44 to Worthington Thursday, Feb. 15, at home and beat Tri-City United 50-47 on the road Saturday, Feb. 17. Luverne was scheduled to host Canby Tuesday, Feb. 20, for parents’ night and their last regular game of the season. The Cardinals go into the post-season traveling to Redwood for a Section 3A…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 21, 2024The Lady Pates won two conference games this past week, both on the road, beating MLA-C 57-38 Thursday, Feb. 15, and topping Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 63-46 Monday, Feb. 19. The girls finished the regular season 15-10, with a 11-7 record in Red Rock Conference play. H-BC heads into Section 3A action Saturday, Feb. 24, taking on the winner of the 3 vs. 4 seed game yet to be played. The Patriots…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 14, 2024The Luverne girls’ hockey team pulled off a spectacular 3-2 overtime win against New Ulm at home Saturday, Feb. 10. With 28 seconds left in the overtime period, junior Payton Behr beat the New Ulm goalie with the game winning goal. “It felt great,” said Behr, who was assisted on the shot by freshman Izzy Steensma. The Cardinals split games with New Ulm this season before meeting Saturday in…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 14, 2024The Luverne girls’ wrestling team qualified two female wrestlers for state competition Friday, Feb. 9, in Redwood Falls. Sophomore Bernie Rock placed first in the 112-pound weight class and her sister, freshman CeCe Rock, took second place in the 148-pound weight class. The Rocks will compete in the 2024 Minnesota State High School League Girls’ Wrestling Tournament at Xcel Energy Center Feb.…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 14, 2024The Luverne girls hosted St. James Thursday, Feb. 8, beating the Saints 78-63 in the game. The Cardinals out-shot the Saints at the 3-point line hitting 12 of 23 attempts for 36 team points. Five LHS seniors hit multiple threes. Kiesli Smith, Sarah Stegenga and Tori Serie all sank three 3-point shots. Josie Voorhees made two and Kayla Bloemendaal finished with one. Luverne took a 40-32 lead…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 14, 2024The H-BC girls’ basketball team fell in two games and won one this past week. The Lady Pates lost 56-34 to West Lyon at home Thursday, Feb. 8, and beat Edgerton 50-41 at home Friday, Feb. 9, before falling to Elkton-Lake Benton 54-48 at home Monday, Feb. 12. The Patriots will travel to Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey Thursday, Feb. 15 and to Russell Tyler Ruthton Monday, Feb. 19 West Lyon 56, H-…
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