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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorNovember 06, 2024The Luverne Cardinal volleyball team fell 3-1 to Redwood Valley in the Section 3AA Quarterfinal game Tuesday, Oct. 29, in Redwood Falls. “We ended the season playing our best volleyball and gave the No. 1 seed Redwood Cardinals a run for their money,” head coach Sarah DeBeer said. “Unfortunately, we came up a little short.” Luverne, the No. 5 seed, stunned the crowd and the Redwood team when…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 30, 2024In Section 3AA volleyball action, the No. 5 seed Luverne Cardinals upset the No. 4 seed Pipestone Arrows 3-2 Friday, Oct. 25, in Pipestone. With the win, Luverne was scheduled to travel to take on No. 1 seed Redwood Valley Tuesday, Oct. 29, for a 7 p.m. section quarterfinal matchup. Against Pipestone, Luverne came out and took the very close first game 27-25. Pipestone came back and won game 2…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 30, 2024The Luverne cross country team exceled at the 2024 MSHSL Section 3A Championships Thursday, Oct. 24, in Luverne. The LHS boys’ 5,000-meter team and four individual Cardinals qualified for the state tournament set for Saturday, Nov. 2, at the University of Minnesota Les Bolstad Golf Course in St. Paul. The boys’ state team qualifiers are senior Owen Janiszeski, sophomore, Marcus Papik, senior…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 30, 2024The Luverne Cardinals beat Albert Lea 41-0 in their Section 3AAA quarterfinal game Tuesday, Oct. 22, before falling to Fairmont 27-14 in the section semifinals Friday, Oct. 25. Luverne finished its season with record of 7-3. “It’s always tough to lose in the playoffs,” head coach Todd Oye said. “This year’s team was very successful and it will be tough replacing our seniors.” LHS 41,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 30, 2024The Luverne trap team turned in final scores for the fall league this past week. “It has been a great season of shooting,” team assistant Julie Wynia said. “Although we didn’t have any perfect rounds this week, we did have nine athletes in league/in-house that scored at least one round of 20 or more.” Lucas Madison was high scorer in the fifth and final week with a 45. Dylan Hoff was two…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 23, 2024The Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball teams squared off on the court Tuesday, Oct. 15. The Cardinals beat the Patriots 3-0 at home on senior night. H-BC traveled to Garretson Thursday, Oct. 17, falling to the Blue Dragons 3-0. Both LHS and H-BC now head into the post-season and section tournament action. Hills-Beaver Creek, the No. 10 seed, was scheduled to play Edgerton, the No. 7…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 23, 2024The Cardinals fell 24-13 to Redwood Valley on the road Wednesday, Oct. 16, in their last regular season game to finish 6-2 going into section play. Fumbles and penalties hurt Luverne in the contest. “It’s hard to win with eight turnovers against any team,” head coach Todd Oye said. “We didn’t play with attention to details or much emotion for the first time of the year.” Looking at stats,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 23, 2024The Luverne cross country team was decorated with several team and individual honors at the Big South Conference Championship Tuesday, Oct. 15, in Elmore, Minnesota. Luverne’s next event will be the Section 3A Cross Country Tournament at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, in Luverne. Athletes who qualify will then head to the State Tournament Saturday, Nov. 2, at the University of Minnesota Les Boldtad…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 23, 2024By Greg Hoogeveen In Week 4 of the LHS trap team season, seven shooters finished with scores in the 40s and eight members scored in the 30s. Piper Wynia was the high score shooter, hitting 48 targets out of 50 possible. There was also one non-league participant, Carter Johnson, who shot a perfect 25 this week. Week 4 Scores Athlete 1 2 F Landon Ahrendt…
By Mavis FodnessOctober 16, 2024Almost a decade after their dads brought “A Year with Frog and Toad” to the Green Earth Players’ stage, Luverne High School seniors Bri Kinsinger and Xavier McKenzie are reprising the starring roles with slight twists. The LHS musical will be performed at 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Oct. 24-26, in the performing arts center. Dads Casey McKenzie and Shawn Kinsinger played the roles of frog and toad…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 16, 2024The Cardinals were handed their first loss of the season Thursday, Oct. 10, by a tough Jackson County Central team. Both teams were 6-0 coming into the Big South Conference matchup in Luverne. The Huskies’ size and speed were definite factors in a Huskies 38-0 win over the Cardinals, the Huskies’ smallest margin of victory so far this season. “Jackson has an excellent team and is expected to…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 16, 2024The Luverne Cardinals girls’ tennis team sent six girls to the Section 3A Individual Championship at the Huether Family Match Point complex in Sioux Falls Thursday, Oct. 10. Each team was allowed two singles and two doubles to participate in the tournament. LHS seniors Addyson Mann and Emma Nath played in the singles competition. In the doubles bracket, seniors Augusta Papik and Caitlin Kindt…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 16, 2024The Luverne cross country team participated in the Adrian/Ellsworth Dragons Invitational Tuesday, Oct. 8, at the Adrian Country Club. The Cardinals posted one team champion, one runner-up team champion and eight individuals in the Top 10 finishers. “The kids competed hard,” said head coach Pete Janiszeski. “We go a little spread out as a team, so we’ll want to tighten up the spread heading…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 16, 2024In Week 3 of the LHS trap team competition, Landyn Ahrendt led the boys with a final score of 45 targets hit, and Piper Wynia led the girls with a 48. Wynia also shot a perfect 25 targets in her first round of shooting. There are two weeks left of the fall shooting season. Athlete 1 2 F Landon Ahrendt 24 21 45 Jesse Aning …- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 16, 2024The Luverne volleyball team dropped two games to solid rivals this past week. Redwood Valley beat Luverne 3-0 on the road Tuesday, Oct. 8, and Adrian/Ellsworth won 3-1 in Luverne Friday, Oct. 11. “I feel we are playing the kind of volleyball that we should be playing right now going into playoffs,” head coach Sarah DeBeer said. “Even though Luverne may not have the wins,” DeBeer said, “we know…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 09, 2024The Luverne Cardinals stay undefeated, winning the Battle Axe game 6-0 in overtime against Pipestone Friday, Oct. 4, on the road. LHS improves to 6-0 and knocks Pipestone down to 5-1 for the season with the win. After a 0-0 tie in regulation play, Luverne and Pipestone were forced to continue battling it out in overtime. Overtime rules dictated a new coin toss, which Pipestone won, and the…
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