Luverne Sports

The Luverne Cardinals baseball team is heading to the 2025 State Tournament after winning the Section 3AA Championship Thursday, June 5, in Marshall. Luverne fell 6-1 to Montevideo in the first of two games in the championship. The loss, giving Luverne and Montevideo one loss each in sections, forced a Game 2 between the schools. Luverne found their groove, defeating Montevideo in a 9-0…

The Luverne Redbirds fell 5-3 to the Windom Pirates at home Sunday, June 8. The Redbirds started the game scoring one run in the bottom of the first inning. Skyler Wenninger singled on a line drive to center field, scoring Blake Sauer from second. Windom took the lead in the top of the second inning driving in two runs on two singles. With two outs in the bottom of the second inning, Redbird…

Several Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek spring sports athletes have been named to all-conference teams. Named to the LHS Big South Conference All-Conference Track & Field Team are the following Cardinals: Seniors Augusta Papik, Emma Nath, Hannah Sneller, Kendra Thorson, Owen Janiszeski, Keaton Ahrendt, Ryker Johnson, Eli Woodley, Dylan Ommen, Sage Viessman and Ashton Hood. Juniors Hannah…

The Luverne Cardinals baseball team is knocking on the door to the 2025 State Class AA Minnesota Baseball Tournament after taking down four teams in the section playoffs. Luverne, the No. 2 south seed, beat Redwood Valley, the No. 7 south seed, 8-1 at home Tuesday, May 27, in the first round of the section tournament. The Cardinals hosted St. James, the No. 3 south seed, narrowly beating the…

The Luverne Cardinals and the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots qualified for the state event in 23 events at the Section 3A track and field meet in Redwood Valley Thursday, May 29. LHS qualified in 11 events and H-BC qualified in 12 events for the 2025 state meet June 10-11 in St. Michael. Class A prelims start at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, and the finals start at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 11. In…

The Redbirds dropped one game against Milroy and fell to Renner in an exhibition game at Redbird Field this past week. Luverne fell 8-6 to the Irish Sunday, June 1, and lost 8-4 to Renner Wednesday, May 28. The Redbirds will host the Windom Pirates at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 8, and will travel to play the Lakefield Horned Frogs Wednesday, June 11.   Irish 8, Redbirds 6 The Redbirds fell 8-6 to…

The Luverne golf team finished their 2025 season Wednesday, May 28, in the Section 3AA tournament. LHS had three boys and two girls competing in the Day 2 individual tournament at the Oakdale Golf Club in Buffalo Lake. All five Cardinal players played well but were unable to move on to the state tournament. At the end of Day 2 play, freshman Mallachi Domagala finished in 18th place with an 18-…

The Redbirds fell 7-4 to the Worthington Cubs Sunday, May 25, on the road. Worthington managed to get five hits against the Redbirds, scoring five runs in the fourth and two runs in the fifth inning. In the top of the second inning, Jacob Stroh hit a double to deep right field for the Redbirds, driving in Elliot Domagala from first base to take a 1-0 lead. The Redbirds gathered three runs in…

The Luverne baseball team beat Adrian/Ellsworth 7-1 Thursday, May 22, at Redbird Field in Luverne. The Cardinals are now 17-3  after the regular season and were scheduled to play Redwood Valley at home Tuesday, May 27, in the first round of Section 3AA play. Luverne had 12 hits against Adrian and covered 15 total bases. Senior Alex Schlosser and sophomore Carter Como each drove in two runs for…

Luverne hosted the MSHSL Section 3A – South Sub-Section track and field meet Thursday, May 22, at Cardinal Field. Eight teams participated in both the boys’ and girls’ events. The Luverne girls’ team placed first with a team score of 221.83 points. Hills-Beaver Creek finished in second with 109.33 points. LHS also captured first in the boys’ team competition with 132 points. H-BC finished in…

The LHS and H-BC trap shooting teams recorded their fifth and final week of competition scores. Luverne had two shooters hit 25-straight in a round, Alex DeWispelaere and Nicholas Mann. Hills-Beaver Creek had three shooters with 25-straight rounds and one perfect 50. Gunner Bork, Keaton Huisman and Blake Leenderts all shot 25-straight targets in one round. Lukas Hubbard posted a perfect 50…

The Luverne girls’ softball team fell 10-9 to Redwood Valley in the first round of section play Thursday, May 22, on the road. LHS fell behind 9-6 at the end of the fifth inning but mounted a comeback in the bottom of the sixth inning scoring three runs to tie the game 9-9. In the top of the seventh inning, Redwood singled on a ground ball to put a runner on first base. They then advanced the…

The LHS boys’ and girls’ golf teams participated in the Minnesota State High School League 3AA Section Tournament Thursday, May 22, at the Oakdale Golf Club in Buffalo Lake. Luverne qualified five individual golfers, three boys and two girls, to advance to Day 2 of the tournament Wednesday, May 28, at Oakdale Golf Club. Advancing are senior Levi Gonnerman, sophomore Will Bergman and freshman…

The Luverne boys’ tennis team competed in the MSHSL Section 3A individual tournament Wednesday, May 21, at Huether Family Match Pointe in Sioux Falls. The Cardinals dropped two singles and two doubles matches in the first round. In singles play senior Kaleb Hemme fell 7-5, 6-0 to his Redwood Valley opponent. Junior Caleb Kracht lost 6-2, 6-0 to his Yellow Medicine East opponent. In doubles…

The Cardinals and Patriots track and field teams had a strong showing at the Worthington Trojan Relays Tuesday, May 13. In Class AA competition the Luverne girls’ team placed third and the boys’ team finished in fifth place. LHS had 18 personal and season records at the events, 44 Top 10 finishers, and three event champions. The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ team placed third and the boys’ team…

The LHS boys’ golf team finished in seventh place out of 14 teams at the Big South Conference Championship at Dakota Ridge Golf Club in Morton Tuesday, May 13. Sophomore Will Bergman and freshman Mallachi Domagala both earned All-Conference honors at the meet. Bergman posted an 18-hole score of 81 and finished in eighth place in individual play, shooting a 40 on the front nine holes and a 41 on…