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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 01, 2025The Luverne volleyball team posted two home wins, beating Jackson County Central 3-1 Tuesday, Sept. 23, and topping Edgerton Public 3-1 Monday, Sept. 29. The Cardinals are now 9-9 for the season. LHS was scheduled to host Blue Earth Tuesday, Sept. 30, and will take part in the Southwest Minnesota State University tournament in Marshall Oct. 3-4. Luverne 3, Jackson County Central 1 The…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 01, 2025The Luverne cross country team traveled to St. James Tuesday, Sept. 23, for in invitational at the Jackson Golf Course. The LHS girls’ 5,000-meter team placed first in their event, beating out St. James and Fairmont in the varsity event. The Cardinals boys’ varsity 5,000-meter team finished in sixth place behind Fairmont, Madelia, St. James, Lake Crystal Welcome Memorial-Nicollet and Sleepy Eye…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 01, 2025The Luverne girls’ tennis team lost two matches on the road this past week. The Cardinals fell 5-4 in a close match with Sioux Falls Lincoln Tuesday, Sept. 23, and lost 5-2 to Marshall Thursday, Sept. 25, to finish the regular season 6-8. The Cardinals are scheduled to host the Section 3A quarterfinals Monday, Oct. 6, at 4 p.m. The Cardinals’ opponent has yet to be determined as of this…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 01, 2025The Luverne High School trap shooting team started their fall season Monday, Sept. 22, at the Rock County Sportsman’s Club. This was their first of five weeks of competition in the Minnesota High School Clay Target League. Shooters compete in two 25-target rounds for a total of 50 targets, moving through different stations. Sophomore Ashton Altman shot a perfect 25 in his second round in the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 24, 2025The Luverne Cardinals edged out the Le Sueur-Henderson Giants Friday, Sept. 19, in a 6-0 victory at home in a defensive showdown between the teams. LHS junior Darius Dolo scored the only points in the game on an 81-yard catch and run pass from senior Josh Hansen in the second quarter. Dolo caught a short pass along the sideline, shook off a Giants defender, and sprinted to the end zone for a…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 24, 2025The Luverne volleyball team split two matches this past week The Cardinals beat St. James 3-2 on the road Tuesday, Sept. 16, and they fell 3-1 to Worthington at home Thursday, Sept. 18. Luverne is now 7-9 for the season. The Cardinals were scheduled to host Jackson County Central Tuesday, Sept. 23. They’ll face Edgerton Public Monday, Sept. 29, and Blue Earth Tuesday, Sept. 30, at home before…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 24, 2025The Luverne cross country team went on the road for two meets this past week. LHS participated in the Jackson County Central Tri for Health Thursday, Sept. 18, and headed to the Roy Griak Invitational at the University of Minnesota Les Bolstad Golf Course Saturday, Sept. 20. “We had a great week on two tough courses. The kids competed hard and are continuing to work to improve each time out,”…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 24, 2025The Luverne girls’ tennis team traveled to Blue Earth Monday, Sept. 22, falling 7-0 to the Buccaneers. The Cardinals put up a fight in the singles matches keeping the games relatively close. In the No. 1 singles match, senior Addyson Mann fell 6-2, 6-1 against her Buccaneer opponent. Senior Hannah Kempema lost 6-0, 6-2 in the No. 2 singles match. Junior Sophia Remme relinquished her No. 3…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 17, 2025The Cardinals rolled over Windom 49-14 on the road Friday, Sept. 12, to capture their third win of the season. Luverne started the game kicking off to Windom, and the Eagles marched down the field to score the first points of the game. Unfazed, Luverne put together two scoring drives of their own in the first quarter to take a 15-7 lead. Senior Jaydon Johnson scored the first touchdown for LHS…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 17, 2025The Luverne girls’ tennis team fell 7-0 to a solid and experienced St. James team at home Thursday, Sept. 11. The Saints came into the match with a 16-0 record, and Luverne had a record of 6-4 before the loss to St. James. The Luverne freshman team of Gracyn Woodley and Lilly Lanoue played two close sets against their St. James opponents in the No. 3 doubles match but fell in two sets 6-2, 6-3…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 17, 2025The Luverne cross country team traveled to Rochester to participate in the Mayo Invitational on Thursday, Sept. 11. Luverne and 24 other schools took part in the large and competitive meet in which LHS was among the smallest schools running in the event. “Part of the reason we go to that meet is because there’s a larger number of competitors in each race. We get to see different teams and we…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 17, 2025The Luverne volleyball team lost four matches and won one this past week on the road. LHS fell to Redwood Valley Tuesday, Sept. 9, losing three games to one. On Saturday, Sept. 13, Luverne lost three matches and won one at the Jackson Invitational. LHS fell to Adrian/Ellsworth, Triton and New Ulm and beat Red Rock Central Saturday. The Cardinals, now 6-8 for the season, were scheduled to take…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 10, 2025The Luverne girls’ tennis team played four matches in five days, finishing 1-3 for the week. The Cardinals fell 7-0 to Fairmont on the road Tuesday, Sept. 2, and they beat Pipestone 4-3 at home Thursday, Sept. 4, to reclaim the Battle Racket. On Saturday, Sept. 6, the Cardinals played a doubleheader against Benson Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg (KMS) falling 4-3, and they lost 6-1 to Morris Area/…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 10, 2025The Luverne volleyball team fell twice and took West Lyon in five games to finish the week 2-1. LHS hosted Pipestone Tuesday, Sept. 2, losing the match 3-1 at home. Windom won a 3-0 match against Luverne Thursday, Sept. 4, in the Cardinals’ gym. Luverne beat West Lyon 3-2, winning in a fifth game 16-14 Monday, Sept. 8, at home. The Cardinals were scheduled to play Redwood Valley Tuesday, Sept…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 10, 2025The Luverne cross country team hosted the Bruce Gluf Invitational in Luverne Saturday, Sept. 6. In addition to Luverne, eight schools participated in the event including Dell Rapids, Garretson, Heron Lake-Okabena, Jackson County Central, Martin County West, Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey and South West Minnesota Christian/Edgerton. Luverne finished with 11 Top 10 finishers in the boys’ and girls’…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 10, 2025By Greg Hoogeveen The Luverne Cardinals football team ran over Sibley East 49-8 Friday, Sept. 5, on the road. Luverne amassed seven touchdowns in the first half, three coming on the ground and four through the air. “It was a good win for us, and all the kids were able to get minutes,” LHS head coach Todd Oye said. “It was apparent that we had the advantage in speed and were able to make some…
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