Cardinals volleyball flies past Pipestone 3-2
Luverne went 1-1 on the court in volleyball action against two strong conference teams in the past week.
Patriots rumble past Renville 38-6
The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots football team collected its second win of the season beating the Renville County West Jaguars 38-6 Friday, Sept. 11, at home.
LHS blasts past Sibley East 56-6
Luverne improved its season to 2-0 after beating Sibley East 56-6 at home Friday, Sept. 11.
Dragons break Arrows 3-0 on the road
The Adrian-Ellsworth volleyball team traveled to Pipestone Monday, Sept. 14, beating the Arrows 3-0 on their home court.
Lady Pates beat Viborg-Hurley 3-0
The Lady Pates beat Viborg-Hurley 3-0 at home Thursday, Sept. 10, in volleyball action.
H-BC won the first set 25-19, took the second set 25-20 and closed the match winning the third set 25-19.
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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 16, 2026Luverne went 1-1 on the court in volleyball action against two strong conference teams in the past week. LHS beat Pipestone 3-2 on the road Tuesday, Sept. 8, and fell 3-0 to Windom on the road Thursday, Sept. 10. The Cardinals sit at 4-6 for the season so far. Luverne was scheduled to host Redwood Valley Tuesday, Sept. 15, and will go on the road against Jackson County Central Saturday, Sept.…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 16, 2026The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots football team collected its second win of the season beating the Renville County West Jaguars 38-6 Friday, Sept. 11, at home. The game was cut short because of bad weather moving through the area. Early in the second quarter lightening and rain stopped play and the decision to call the game was made. “It was too bad that our game was called early in the first…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 16, 2026Luverne improved its season to 2-0 after beating Sibley East 56-6 at home Friday, Sept. 11. The Cardinals built up a 35-0 lead late in the second quarter before inclement weather forced a one-hour delay in the game. After two 30-minute lightening delays and a brief rain downpour, play resumed at 9:20 p.m. Luverne and Sibley East finished the second quarter with time left on the clock. There…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 16, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth volleyball team traveled to Pipestone Monday, Sept. 14, beating the Arrows 3-0 on their home court. The Dragons won the first set 25-22 and the second set 25-18 before closing out the match with third set win 25-23. “I thought we played pretty well against Pipestone,” Adrian-Ellsworth head coach Bob Kunkel said. “We’ve been working on our offense a lot, trying to speed…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 16, 2026The Lady Pates beat Viborg-Hurley 3-0 at home Thursday, Sept. 10, in volleyball action. H-BC won the first set 25-19, took the second set 25-20 and closed the match winning the third set 25-19. “The girls played a strong home opener against Viborg-Hurley in front of a good crowd,” H-BC head coach Kaylan Untiedt said. “I thought we did a good job of moving the ball around and playing…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 16, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth Dragons lost a close 19-8 contest on the road against the Heron Lake/Okabena-Fulda Coyotes Friday, Sept. 11. “It was a physical game,” Adrian-Ellsworth head coach Randy Schettler said. “We need to do a better job of taking care of the football.” “We played a little better in the third quarter but needed to capitalize on their mistakes.” HLOF fumbled the ball three times…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 16, 2026Luverne hosted the Bruce Gluf Invitational cross country meet early Saturday, Sept. 12. Luverne and Adrian-Ellsworth runners posted strong performances throughout the divisions. Twelve high school teams participated in five total varsity and junior varsity races. In the girls’ varsity 5,000-meter race Luverne finished second in the team competition with 52 points behind Redwood Valley in…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 16, 2026The Luverne girls’ tennis team was handed four losses this week falling 7-0 to Fairmont Sept. 8 at home, 5-2 to Pipestone Sept. 10 on the road, 7-0 to Benson and 6-1 to Morris at home Sept. 12. Fairmont, heavily favored, outplayed LHS in all seven matches. Pipestone won the annual “Battle Racket” match 5-2 with LHS falling in several close sets in each match. Benson and Morris came to Luverne…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 09, 2026The Luverne volleyball team posted two big wins in the past week over Southwest Minnesota Christian and West Lyon. LHS beat the Eagles 3-1 at home Tuesday, Sept. 1, and took down the Wildcats 3-1 in Inwood, Iowa, Thursday, Sept. 3. The Cardinals are now 2-5 for the season and will play their next two games on the road. LHS was scheduled to travel to Pipestone Tuesday, Sept. 8, to take on the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 09, 2026Greg Hoogeveen photo/LHSfootball2 Luverne senior Darius Dolo breaks free from three Blue Earth defenders before going on a 53-yard run for the endzone. The Cardinals beat the Bucanners 41-0 in the game. On a hot and muggy night in Blue Earth, Luverne man-handled the Buccaneers 41-0 on Thursday, Sept. 3. The Cardinals won their first game of the season scoring 41 points in the first…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 09, 2026Samantha McGaffee photo/0910 HBC/AEfootball2 Patriots sophomore Davin Afkas, No. 95, stands firm against an Adrian-Ellsworth push into the backfield Sept. 3 in Adrian. The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots football team traveled to Adrian Thursday, Sept. 3, to take on the Adrian-Ellsworth Dragons in nine-player football action. The Patriots won the game 38-6 to collect their first win of the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 09, 2026The Star Herald will once against be covering Adrian-Ellsworth sports events in the Star Herald and on Star Media. It has been around six years since we have covered the Dragons, and we are excited to have them back on our roster. They now join the Cardinals and Patriots in our regular sports coverage. I am excited to get to know the Adrian-Ellsworth coaches and athletes, and I look forward to…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 09, 2026The Luverne girls’ tennis team lost two matches on the road against Redwood Valley and River Valley Co-op this past week. LHS fell 6-1 to Redwood Sept. 1 and 5-2 to River Valley Sept. 3 against two strong teams with senior heavy squads. Luverne was scheduled to host Fairmont Tuesday, Sept. 8. They will travel to Pipestone Thursday, Sept. 10 to take on the Arrows and will host Morris/Chokio-…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 09, 2026The Lady Pates traveled to Canton, S.D. Thursday, Sept. 3, falling 3-1 to the C-Hawks in the contest. The Patriots started off hot taking Set 1 by a score of 25-22. Canton replied with a 25-20 win in Set 2. Tied 1-1 after two sets H-BC ran into some errors on the court and wasn’t able to close the final two sets falling 25-14 and 25-21 to the C-Hawks. “Canton is a strong team that was great…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 09, 2026The Luverne High School cross country team traveled to Mountain Lake Friday, Sept. 5, finishing first in three team events. LHS placed first in the girls’ varsity 5,000 meter, the girls’ junior varsity 2,500 meter and the boys’ 2,500-meter competitions. The Cardinals also had 21 Top 20 finishers and 13 Top 10 finishers on the day. Luverne is scheduled to host multiple teams Saturday, Sept. 12…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 09, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth cross country team traveled to Mountain Lake Friday, Sept. 5, when the Dragon girls’ 5,000-meter team finished in seventh place with a team score of 164. The Dragons will travel to Luverne Saturday, Sept. 12, and will go on the road Thursday, Sept. 17, for the Turkey Trot in Worthington. Girls’ varsity 5,000-meter Senior Keying Klingenberg placed 26th out of 80 runners…
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