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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 10, 2024With the announcement of Jaxon Nelson, a native of Magnolia and LHS hockey standout, signing a one-year entry-level hockey contract with the NHL Boston Bruins, Luverne has two more hockey players from the 2014 state hockey team who attained professional hockey status. They are Chaz Smedsrud and Toby Sengvongxay. Both played alongside Nelson in the Cardinals’ 2014 appearance in the Minnesota…
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 boys’ hockey season came to a heartbreaking end Saturday, Feb. 24, in St. Peter. The Cardinals fell to Marshall 3-2 in a physical Section 3A semifinal game. Luverne is now done for the season, and Marshall moves on to take on New Ulm for the Section Championship Wednesday, Feb. 28. The Cardinals had a stellar year going into the semifinal game. LHS finished the regular season 23-2…
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 boys’ hockey team closed its regular season with a 23-2 record and took the Big South Conference with a 16-0 record. The Cardinals finished the season with two big victories. One was a 6-2 win over conference rival Waseca on the road Tuesday, Feb. 13, and the other was a 6-2 win over La Crescent-Hokah in Austin Thursday, Feb. 15. Luverne heads into section play with a home…
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 boys’ hockey team extended its season record to 21-2 this past week with three more wins. On Friday, Feb. 9, the Cardinals traveled to Le Sueur and topped Minnesota River 6-1. The next day, Saturday, Feb. 10, Luverne beat Minnesota River 5-2 at home. LHS also took down Fairmont 11-3 on the road Monday, Feb. 12. The Cardinals were scheduled to travel to Waseca for a make-up game…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024The Luverne girls’ hockey team finished the regular season with three big wins. The Cardinals beat Waseca 6-0 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 30, topped Windom 9-1 at home Thursday, Feb. 1, and collared the Minnesota River Bulldogs 6-2 at home Saturday, Feb. 3. With their 15-10 season record Luverne secured the second seed behind 16-8-1 Marshall in quarterfinal action. Both Luverne and Marshall will…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024The Luverne boys’ hockey team extended its regular season streak to 18-2 after beating Marshall 6-2 on Feb. 1 and Windom 9-2 on Feb. 5 on the road. The Cardinals will travel to Le Sueur to take on Minnesota River Friday, Feb. 9, and they’ll host Minnesota River the next day Saturday, Feb. 10. LHS then travels to Fairmont Monday, Feb. 12. LHS 6, Marshall 2 The Cardinal boys’ hockey team…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 31, 2024The Cardinal boys’ hockey team won two games and suffered their second loss of the season this past week. Luverne beat Worthington 9-2 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 23. The Cardinals traveled to Little Falls and fell 6-5 in overtime Friday, Jan. 26, and followed up with a 5-4 win over Cambridge-Isanti on the road Saturday, Jan. 27. The Cardinals, now 16-2 in the regular season, will travel to…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 31, 2024The Luverne girls’ hockey team won one game and fell in two others over the past week. The Cardinals beat Worthington 11-0 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 23, fell to Marshall 5-2 at home Thursday, Jan. 25, and lost to Breck 2-0 on the road Saturday, Jan. 27. Luverne is now 12-10 in the regular season with three games left before playoff hockey. LHS was scheduled to travel to Waseca Tuesday, Jan. 30…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 24, 2024The Luverne girls’ hockey team finished 1-2 over the past week with competition at home and on the road. The Cardinals fell to Albert Lea 2-1 Tuesday, Jan. 16, beat New Ulm 4-2 Thursday, Jan. 18, and fell to River Lakes 6-3 Saturday, Jan. 20. Luverne is now 11-8 for the season and 7-2 in conference play. The Cardinals were scheduled to travel to Worthington Tuesday, Jan. 23, and they will host…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 24, 2024The Luverne boys’ hockey team experienced its first loss of the season, losing 6-5 to New Prague Tuesday, Jan. 16, in Waseca. The Cardinals came back and beat New Ulm 6-2 on the road Friday, Jan. 19, putting their record at 14-1 for the season and 9-0 in conference play. Luverne is scheduled to travel to Worthington Tuesday, Jan. 23, and the Cardinals will play two tough teams on the road,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 17, 2024The Cardinal boys’ hockey team blanked Redwood Valley 14-0 at home Thursday, Dec. 11, upping Luverne’s record to 13-0 for the season and dropping Redwood to 0-14. The Cardinals called on sophomore Gavin Hoven to tend the net against Redwood, and he stopped 14 shots in the game for the team win. In the first period LHS was able to score four points from 23 shots on goal. Freshman Carter Como…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 10, 2024The Luverne boys’ hockey team hosted Fairmont Tuesday, Jan. 2, handing the Fairmont Cardinals a 9-0 loss. LHS took command of the game from the puck drop with a goal by sophomore Maddux Domagala at 1:08 in the first period. Domagala was assisted by freshman Carter Como and sophomore Landyn Lais. At 12:30 Como scored with an assist by Landyn Lais. Junior Levi Gonnerman scored at 15:20 assisted…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 10, 2024The Luverne girls’ hockey team improved their season record to 10-5 with an 11-0 win over Fairmont Tuesday, Jan. 2, in Fairmont. The Luverne Cardinals peppered Fairmont’s goalie with 58 total shots on goal in the game and held Fairmont to only eight attempts, which LHS goalie sophomore Emma Saarloos knocked away. Luverne opened the game with two goals in the first period. Eighth-grader Ellie…
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