Luverne Sports

Luverne freshman Briella John hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer to help LHS beat Windom 79-76 in section playoff action Friday, Feb. 20, on the road. After finding themselves down by 11 points with less than three minutes in the game, the Cardinals fought back tying the game 76-76 with less than a minute on the game clock. The Luverne girls dug in and fought for control of the ball with…

The Luverne boys’ hockey team captured two Section 3A games this past week beating Windom 11-0 Feb. 19, at home in the section quarterfinals and New Ulm 8-2 in the section semifinals Feb. 21, in St. Peter. The Cardinals are scheduled to take on Mankato West Thursday, Feb. 26, for the section championship in St. Peter. LHS, the No. 1 seed, will face a tough Mankato West, the No. 2 seed, in the…

The Luverne boys’ basketball team collected two wins improving their season record to 19-5. LHS beat H-BC 70-67 at home Feb. 19, and topped Minneota 83-67 on the road Feb. 20. The Cardinals were scheduled to travel to Edgerton to take on Southwest Minnesota Christian Tuesday, Feb. 24, for their final regular season game.   LHS 70, H-BC 67 Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek faced off in head-to-…

The Luverne girls’ hockey team is heading to the state tournament after beating Marshall 3-2 in an exciting section championship game Tuesday, Feb. 10, in St Peter. “There’s not a team that the girls wanted to beat more than Marshall after they beat us in the section championship last season and stopped our sixth straight state appearance,” LHS head coach Matthew McClure said. Luverne also had…

The Luverne gymnastics team placed second in the team section meet and qualified one gymnast for the state meet in St. Paul Feb. 20-21 at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium. LHS eighth-grader Marrs Thone qualified for the state meet placing sixth on the vault. This will be her first state meet. “I am so incredibly proud of the entire team,” LHS coach Phoebe Flom said. “We had an amazing meet on…

The Luverne boys’ hockey team beat New Ulm 6-3 Thursday, Feb. 12, at home and fell 6-2 to Waseca Friday, Feb. 13, on the road in the Cardinals’ final two games of the regular season. They finish with a 21-4-1 regular season record as they push on the section play. Luverne, the Section 3A No. 1 seed, will host a team yet to be determined Thursday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. LHS was given a bye in the…

The Luverne boys’ basketball team beat Worthington 65-52 at home Thursday, Feb. 12. The Trojans took a 30-27 lead in the first half of the game, but Luverne switched gears and outscored the Trojans 38-22 in the second half to collect the conference victory. LHS made 24 of 47 shots under the hoop topping the Trojans who made 14 of 40 attempts. Worthington hit seven of 21 long range balls while…

The Luverne girls’ basketball team split two games at home in the past week, finishing the regular season with a 14-12 record. The Cardinals fell 80-55 to Hills-Beaver Creek Tuesday, Feb. 10, and beat Worthington 84-46 Thursday, Feb. 12. LHS will open the post season playing Windom on the road in section action Friday, Feb. 20.   H-BC 80, LHS 55 The Luverne Cardinals hosted the Hills-Beaver…

The Luverne wrestling team ended its season falling 41-36 to Red Rock Central in the Section 3A team tournament Thursday, Feb. 12, in Jackson. Out of 13 matches, LHS forfeited six weight classes and Red Rock Central forfeited four in the dual. The Cardinals won two matches by pin and the Falcons took one match by technical fall. Luverne gave up the 107- and 114-pound weight classes by forfeit…

Luverne started their section run taking down Morris/Benson Area 15-0 at home Thursday, Feb. 5, in the 3A quarterfinals and topped Fairmont 5-2, Saturday, Feb. 7, in the Section 3A semifinals. Luverne is scheduled to face Marshall, the No. 1 seed, in the Section 3A championship game Tuesday, Feb. 10, at the Don Roberts Ice Arena in St. Peter. Game time was 7:30 p.m. Luverne had faced the…

By Greg Hoogeveen Bernie and CeCe Rock will compete in the girls’ state wrestling tournament for the fourth year in a row. Senior Bernie Rock and junior CeCe Rock will take with them their younger sister, freshman Ellie Rock. This will be Ellie’s first trip in her career. All three qualified for state at the Feb. 6-7 section tournament in Redwood Valley. Their sister, Mary Rock, and her…

The Luverne girls’ basketball racked up two wins and one loss this week and are now 13-11 for the season. Luverne hosted Windom Thursday, Feb. 5, beating the Eagles 83-75. LHS fell 65-58 to St. James on the road Friday, Feb. 6, and beat Southwest Minnesota Christian 60-48 on the road Monday, Feb. 9. Luverne was scheduled to host Hills-Beaver Creek Tuesday, February. 10. LHS will host…

The Luverne boys’ basketball team secured two wins and fell once this past week. Luverne beat Windom 62-52 at home Thursday, Feb. 5, topped St. James 63-54 on the road Friday, Feb. 6, and lost 65-61 to Southwest Minnesota Christian on the road Monday, Feb. 9. LHS will play their next two games at home against Worthington Thursday, Feb. 12, and Hills-Beaver Creek Thursday, February. 19.  …

Luverne and Minnesota River skated to a 2-2 tie in Le Sueur Saturday, Feb. 7, after one overtime period. The Cardinals put 17 shots on the Bulldogs goalie throughout the game compared to Minnesota River’s 20 shots on LHS senior goaltender Gavin Hoven who stopped 18 of them. The first period went by without a goal or penalty from either team, and both teams put four shots on their opposing…

Luverne gymnasts finished their regular season beating Marshall on the road with a 126.925 to 114.4 victory over the Tigers. LHS won all four team competitions in the meet. The Cardinals won the team vault 34.350 to 31.750, the bars 29.375 to 25.550, the beam 30.050 to 28.250 and the floor exercise 33.150 to 28.750. In individual results, senior Kianna Winter placed first in the vault with a…

The Luverne boys’ wrestling team had a successful week on the mat going 2-1-1 at the Baltic quadrangular and placing five wrestlers in the top five of their weight class in the Springfield Invitational Saturday, Feb. 7. In Baltic, South Dakota, Luverne beat Baltic 54-12 and Garretson 47-12 while losing 28-18 to Canton and tying Elk Point 30-30 in four duals. At the Springfield Invitational…