Luverne Sports

Rapid Speedway June 26 - Rock Rapids, IA Sportsmen #142 Eric Gaul, Luverne – placed fourth in A Feature, finished third in Heat 2. #17 Brandon Boeve, Beaver Creek – placed 11th in A Feature, finished fifth in Heat 2. Overall points leaders to date 7th - Brandon Boeve – 610 9th – Eric Gaul – 507 10th – Johnathan Tiesler - 352 15th - Larry Kracht - 165   USRA Hobby Stock #40 Chase…

The Redbirds captured three Class C wins to improve their record to 6-4 for the season. Luverne beat Milroy 7-3 June 16 at home, topped Fairmont 3-2 on the road June 19 and won 4-3 against Hadley on the road June 21. Solid Redbird pitching and two home runs against Hadley helped secure three conference wins for Luverne. Luverne will face another three teams this coming week. The Redbirds will…

The Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek trap teams participated in the 2026 Minnesota Trap Shooting Championships in Alexandria this past week. The Cardinals competed in Class 2A Tuesday, June 16, and the Patriots shot in Class 3A on Wednesday, June 17. In the championship tournament, teams shot two sessions of two rounds in one day. Scores were kept for individual and team placements in their…

Rapid Speedway June 19 -  Rock Rapids, IA Sportsmen #21 Larry Kracht, Magnolia – placed sixth in A Feature, finished fifth in Heat 1. #17 Brandon Boeve, Beaver Creek – placed eighth in A Feature, finished sixth in Heat 1. Overall points leaders to date 7th - Brandon Boeve - 464 8th - Eric Gaul - 420 10th - Johnathan Tiesler - 352   USRA Hobby Stock #24H Brock Harnack, Hills – placed…

The Luverne Senior Legion baseball team went 3-1 this past week. Luverne beat Madison 3-2 June 16 at home in head-to-head action. At the BOLD Tournament June 20-21 Luverne finished in second place winning two games and falling once at the tournament. BOLD stands for the Bird Island, Olivia and Lake Lillian district. Luverne beat Nowthen 12-2 and Legion Post 323 2-1 Saturday, June 21. Luverne…

The Luverne Red Junior Legion baseball team went 1-3 June 19-20 at the New Ulm Junior Legion Tournament. On Saturday, June 19, Luverne fell 10-5 to Alexandria in their first game of the day and lost 9-1 to VFW 17U in the evening matchup. On Sunday, June 20, Luverne lost a 6-0 game to New Ulm and beat Harrisburg 16-6 in the evening. Luverne Red and Luverne White Junior Legion teams were…

The Luverne Senior Legion baseball team opened its 2026 season with two wins and one loss in the past week. Luverne came out on top of Colton, S.D., 11-0 on Tuesday, June 9, lost to Springfield 5-1 Saturday, June 13, and defeated Colton again 11-7 Monday night, June 15. Luverne Senior Legion was scheduled to host Madison, S.D., Tuesday, June 16, before traveling to Bird Island for a weekend…

Luverne’s Junior Legion baseball teams have been busy this week. Luverne is again fielding two Junior Legion teams – a “Red” team and a “White” team — primarily made up of players who are 15 and 16 years old. Luverne White split games this week beating Adrian and losing to Sleepy Eye. The Red team defeated Adrian before coming up short against Marshall Orange, Sleepy Eye, Springfield and…

Luverne placed five athletes and one team on the podium at the 2026 Class A Track and Field State meet in St. Michael June 4-5. In the two-day event, LHS collected two third-place finishes, one seventh-, one eighth-, one 15th- and one 16th-place finish in the finals. “Just getting to the state meet is an accomplishment in and of itself, and then to place in the top nine and get on the podium is…

The Luverne Baseball Association hosted roughly 300 players on 22 youth teams and eight Junior Legion teams during the 2026 Buffalo Days celebration June 5-7. Games were held at Redbird Field, Joe Roberts Field and Riverside Park. Teams played in 9U (9 years old and under) 10U, 11U, 12U and Junior Legion brackets. Brandon Valley won the 9U tournament, and Watertown teams won the 10U, 11U and…

The Luverne Redbirds played an abbreviated game against Fox Lake Sunday, June 7, falling 6-2 to the Foxes on the road. The Redbirds welcomed four recent LHS baseball graduates to the flock for the game. They were Blake Sauer, Landyn Lais, Josh Hansen and Maddox Domagala. Their inaugural game did not go quite like they would have hoped against a solid Fox team. In the first inning Elliot…

The Buffalo Days Run 4A Cause returned to Luverne’s Buffalo Days Celebration for its fourth year Saturday, June 4, in the Luverne City Park. “The weather was absolutely beautiful, and we had great support from our runners and participants in the park,” said Lori Sorenson, who co-founded Carson’s Cause after her 21-year-old son, Carson Ehde, died of suicide in 2022. “It’s always so gratifying to…

Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek track and field teams performed well at the Section 3A Championships in Pipestone Thursday, May 28. Both LHS and H-BC qualified several individuals and teams for the Class A State Tournament June 5-6 in St. Michael, Minn. “We were extremely pleased with how well the kids performed on the big stage on a hot day,” LHS head coach Pete Janiszeski said. “They competed…

The Luverne High School baseball team finished their 2026 season falling 6-1 to New London-Spicer in Section 3AA tournament play. LHS lost to the Wildcats Monday, June 1, in Milroy, Minn., to close their season 17-6. In section play Luverne beat Pipestone 10-0 May 26 in Luverne and fell 3-2 to Windom May 28 at home to move down to the elimination bracket. The Cardinals beat Redwood Valley 4-3…

The Luverne Redbirds baseball team won one league game and fell twice in exhibition play this past week. Luverne lost 3-1 to the Brookings Cubs on the road Wednesday, May 27, and fell 3-2 to the Harrisburg Woodies at home Friday, May 29, in exhibition play. The Redbirds beat Worthington 11-1 at home Sunday, May 31, in league play. Against Worthington the Redbirds flew to a 4-0 lead after three…

Luverne finished out the 2026 golf season playing in Day 2 of the Section 3AA tournament at Oakdale Golf Club in Buffalo Lake on Wednesday, May 27. Luverne players competed well but were unable to qualify for the state golf tournament as a team or individually on May 27. The boys’ team placed sixth out of 14 schools with a team score of 344. The LHS girls’ team was unable to record a score…