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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 10, 2024The Big South Conference and the Red Rock Conference released their 2023-24 All-Conference basketball team selections. In the Big South Conference, LHS senior Gavin DeBeer and junior Carter Sehr were named to the all-conference team in boys’ basketball. In the Red Rock Conference, H-BC boys’ basketball players sophomores Jamin Metzger and Micah Bush were named all-conference and juniors Beau…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 13, 2024The Luverne boys’ basketball team finished its 2023-24 season Thursday, March 7, falling 93-66 to Redwood Valley in the Section 3AA quarterfinals in Windom. In a physical and fast-paced game, Luverne fell behind Redwood 38-20 in the first half. In the second half LHS was able to score 46 points, but Redwood added another 55 to win the game 93-66. Missed shots and turnovers hurt LHS throughout…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 13, 2024The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team beat Murray County Central 50-39 in their Section 3A quarterfinal game Thursday, March 7, in Worthington. The Patriots advanced to the Section 3A semifinal game against Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Saturday, March 9, in Marshall. H-BC came up short and fell to RTR 64-51 to end the Patriots’ 2023-24 season. The Patriots finished the regular season with a 17…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 06, 2024The No. 5 seed Luverne boys’ basketball team upset No. 4 seed Fairmont 65-57 Saturday, March 2, on the road in Round 1 section action. After falling to Fairmont twice in the regular season, Luverne got redemption by knocking Fairmont out of section play. LHS ended the first half with a commanding 36-25 lead. In the second half Fairmont made a run and eventually took over the lead from Luverne…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 06, 2024The H-BC boys’ basketball team crushed Heron Lake 65-44 in their first section tournament game Saturday, March 2, in Worthington. The No. 1 seed Patriots had no trouble beating the No. 9 seed Coyotes in section play. H-BC took the lead early and finished the first half scoring 42 points to Heron Lake’s 12. In the second half the Patriots had a commanding lead and brought in several players off…
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 boys’ basketball team finished their regular season beating the Tri-City United Titans 83-73 in a Big South Conference cross-over game Saturday, Feb. 24, on the road. The Cardinals, with a 10-12 regular season record, will travel to Fairmont Saturday, March 2, for a Section 3AA Round 1 game at 7 p.m. In their game against the Titans, Luverne made 28 of 52 shots for 53 percent inside…
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 H-BC boys’ basketball team went 2-1 in conference play this week and will prepare for their first round of section basketball on Saturday, March 1. The Patriots beat SWMC 66-38 Tuesday, Feb. 20, and Adrian 74-39 Friday, Feb. 23, and fell to RTR 83-65 Monday, Feb. 26. H-BC ended their regular season with a record of 17-8 and 14-4 in conference play. The Patriots are the No. 1 seed in the…
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 boys’ basketball team fell to Worthington 82-77 on the road Thursday, Feb. 15, and beat Little Wound 69-29 in Flandreau Saturday, Feb. 17. The Cardinals will finish their regular season in Redwood Falls Saturday, Feb. 24, to take on Tri-City United. WHS 82, LHS 77 The Cardinals fell 82-77 to Worthington on the road Thursday, Feb. 15. In the first half Worthington went on a 19-5…
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 H-BC boys’ basketball team finished the week with a 1-1 record, defeating Edgerton at home 71-46 Tuesday, Feb. 13, and falling to Mountain Lake by one point Friday, Feb. 16, on the road. The Patriots will face Russell-Tyler-Ruthton next Monday, Feb. 26, at home for their final regular season game. H-BC 71, Edgerton 46 The Patriots stole a win against Edgerton, beating the Dutchmen 71-46…
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 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…
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