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- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 27, 2026The Luverne boys’ tennis team sent two players to the Section 3A individual tournament in Redwood Valley Thursday, May 21. Seniors Elijah Henrichs and Austin Sandbulte faced stiff competition in their first round of the event. “Austin and Eli both had tough matchups in the tournament against the second and third seeds respectively,” LHS head coach Nathan Rud said. “It was extremely gratifying…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 20, 2026The Luverne boys’ tennis team lost twice to finish team competition for this season. Luverne fell 7-0 to Fairmont Tuesday, May 12, at home and lost 7-0 to Redwood Valley on the road in Section 3A team competition Monday, May 18. LHS tennis players will compete in the individual section tournament Thursday, May 21, in Redwood Valley. Fairmont 7, Luverne 0 Luverne put up a fight but fell 7-0…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 13, 2026The Luverne boys’ tennis team fell 7-0 to Blue Earth on the road Tuesday, May 5, giving up three matches by forfeit. LHS forfeited the No. 4 singles, No. 2 doubles and No. 3 doubles matches against the Buccaneers. Luverne senior Elijah Henrichs fell 6-0, 6-0 in No. 1 singles action. Senior Austin Sandbulte fell 6-0, 6-0 in No. 2 singles and junior Christopher Severns lost 6-1, 6-0 in the No. 3…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 29, 2026The Luverne boys’ tennis team fell twice in the past week. The Cardinals played tough against Pipestone at home Tuesday, April 21, falling 4-3 to the Trojans. The Cardinals lost 7-0 to Worthington on the road Friday, April 24, giving up three matches by forfeits. LHS will travel to Blue Earth Tuesday, May 5, and to Vermillion Thursday, May 7, before hosting Fairmont Tuesday, May 12. …
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 22, 2026The Luverne boys’ tennis team fell four times in their first four matches of the season. A very strong Redwood Valley team beat Luverne 7-0 on the road Tuesday, April 14. At home Saturday, April 18, Luverne faced Yellow Medicine and Montevideo in a dual with cool and windy conditions on the court. Against Yellow Medicine East, Luverne fell 6-1 and lost 7-0 to Montevideo. LHS fell 7-0 to St.…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 15, 2026The Luverne boys’ tennis players were unable to compete in their first two matches of the season, due to adverse spring weather conditions. LHS was scheduled to travel to Worthington Tuesday, April 7. That game was rescheduled to Friday, April 24, in Worthington. Luverne was also scheduled to host Vermillion Thursday, April 9, but that game was also canceled due to weather with nothing…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 15, 2025The Luverne girls’ tennis team finished their 2025 season at the Section 3A Individual Tournament at Huether Family Match Pointe in Sioux Falls Monday, Oct. 13. LHS sent two singles players and two doubles teams to the event, and all six players were eliminated in the first day of the tournament. In singles action, senior Addyson Mann won her first-round match against her Benson/KMS opponent 6-…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 08, 2025The Cardinals girls’ tennis team fell 4-3 to Lac Qui Parle Valley Monday, Oct. 6, in a team sectional playoff game, crushing their hopes of extended team postseason play. In the Cardinals’ final regular season match, they beat Worthington 4-3 at home Tuesday, Sept. 30, finishing with a 2025 season team record of 7-9. Luverne will have the opportunity to play again at the 2025 MSHSL Individual…- 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 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 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 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 03, 2025The Luverne girls’ tennis team improved their season record to 5-1, beating Redwood Valley and River Valley in home meets this past week. LHS blanked Redwood Valley with a 7-0 team win on Tuesday, Aug. 26, and outplayed River Valley 5-2 Wednesday, Aug. 27. Luverne will travel to three of their next four meets. LHS was scheduled to go on the road against Fairmont Tuesday, Sept. 2. Luverne…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 27, 2025The Luverne girls’ tennis team jumped to three wins and one loss to start the 2025 season. The Cardinals beat MACCRAY 5-2 and took Yellow Medicine 4-3 in their first doubleheader Tuesday, Aug. 19, at home. LHS posted a one win, one loss doubleheader against Lac Qui Parle and Montevideo Thursday, Aug. 21. Luverne beat Lac Qui Parle 4-3 and fell 6-1 to Montevideo on the road. “All in all, it was…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 28, 2025The 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…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 21, 2025The Luverne boys’ tennis team traveled to take on Benson in team sectional play Tuesday, May 13. The No. 7 seed LHS team fell 7-0 to the No. 2 seed team from Benson. “Although Luverne did not win any individual matches, I was very proud of how our kids competed and played,” head coach Nathan Rud said. “They each gave a full effort and represented Luverne well in the section tournament.” In…
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