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  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    January 22, 2025
    The Luverne gymnasts hosted Windom Tuesday, Jan. 14, beating the Eagles 130.600 to 113.850 in the Classic Gym. As a team, Luverne took top honors in all four events. LHS topped Windom 35.150 to 32.950 on the vault, 29.925 to 25.400 on the bars, 30.600 to 26.825 on the beam, and 34.925 to 28.675 on the floor routine. “We had a mix of good and bad things on Tuesday with Windom,” head coach…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    January 22, 2025
    The Luverne boys’ basketball team collected two wins, beating Pipestone 73-54 on the road Friday, Jan. 17, and topping DeSmet 67-50 in Colman, South Dakota, Saturday, Jan. 18. “We had a really good weekend,” head coach John Sichmeller said. “The kids came out and executed the game plans both days.” The Cardinals are now 9-5 for the season and were scheduled to host Redwood Valley Tuesday, Jan…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    January 22, 2025
    The Luverne boys’ hockey team won two games and recaptured the Big South Conference lead with a 14-2-1 record. Luverne beat conference foes Redwood Valley 8-1 at home Thursday, Jan. 16, and Waseca 5-2 Saturday, Jan. 18, on the road. The Cardinals are scheduled to travel to New Ulm Friday, Jan. 24, in a conference matchup against the Eagles. LHS takes on Worthington Tuesday, Jan. 28, on the…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    January 22, 2025
    The Luverne wrestling team had a busy week participating in two meets. The boys’ team lost three team matches in the Martin County Quadrangular in Sherburn Tuesday, Jan. 14. They lost 47-24 to Fairmont-Martin County, fell 39-36 to Sibley East and lost 50-20 to Wabasso. The Luverne boys’ team finished the week traveling to Inward, Iowa for the West Lyon Invite. Head coach Jordan Kopp said the…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    January 22, 2025
    The girls’ wrestling team traveled to Harrisburg for a tournament Friday, Jan. 17, finishing with two championships and one non-placer. Junior Bernie Rock placed first in the 120-pound weight class, sophomore CeCe Rock placed first in the 152-pound weight class, and eighth-grader Elle Rock was two and two in the 107-pound weight class. As a team Luverne placed fourth out of four teams with a…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    January 15, 2025
    The Luverne boys’ hockey team notched three more wins this season against three teams at home. LHS beat Fairmont 9-0 Tuesday, Jan. 7, stole a win from Albert Lea in a 3-2 overtime win Thursday, Jan. 9, and blanked Mankato East 3-0 Saturday, Jan. 11. The Cardinals are now 12-2-1 for the season. LHS is scheduled to host Redwood Valley Thursday, Jan. 16, and will travel to Waseca Saturday, Jan.…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    January 15, 2025
    The Luverne girls’ hockey team beat Fairmont 4-2 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 7, in conference action. “The Fairmount game was not our best game, but it felt like we were in control most of the game,” head coach Mat McClure said. “It is always good to get that conference win.” Against Fairmont, LHS senior Payton Behr scored two goals and recorded her 200th career point. After the game, Payton…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    January 15, 2025
    The Luverne girls’ basketball team played three games away this week, winning one game and dropping two. They fell to Windom 86-32, beat Worthington 55-49, and lost to Jackson County Central 76-62. Luverne is scheduled to travel to Pipestone Friday, Jan. 17 and takes on Colman-Egan Saturday, Jan. 18.   Windom 86, LHS 32 The Luverne girls faced a formidable Windom team Tuesday, Jan. 7, on the…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    January 15, 2025
    The Luverne boys’ basketball team went 2-1 on the road in conference action this past week. The Cardinals beat Windom 92-86 Jan. 7, topped Worthington 78-53 Jan. 10, and fell to Jackson County Central 84-80 Jan. 13. LHS is scheduled to travel to Pipestone Friday, Jan. 17, and will travel to Colman-Egan to play Desmet Saturday, Jan. 18.   LHS 92, Windom 86 Luverne took down Windom in a 92-86…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    January 15, 2025
    The Luverne wrestling team traveled to Jackson Thursday, Jan. 9, for a quad  against the host Jackson County Central, New Ulm Area and Redwood Valley. The Cardinals fell in all three matches, losing 60-9 to Jackson, 60-12 to New Ulm, and 43-27 to Redwood Valley. “This week was a very tough week of wrestling for the team,” head coach Jordan Kopp said. “We wrestled well Thursday. We just have…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    January 15, 2025
    The Luverne gymnasts beat Redwood Valley 133.800 - 129.550 on the road Thursday, Jan. 9. The LHS Cardinals racked up more team points than the Redwood Valley Cardinals in all four events. LHS took the team vault 35.275 to 33.550, won the bars 31.725 to 31.225, scored 32.400 on the beam to Redwood Valley’s 31.875, and won the floor 34.400 to 32.900. Head coach Phoebe Flom said the team is seeing…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    January 08, 2025
    The Luverne boys’ basketball team traveled to Madison, South Dakota, Saturday, Jan. 4, to take on the Baltic Bulldogs and won the game 74-53. Five Luverne players reached double digit points against Baltic. Senior Carter Sehr posted 19 points and recorded his 1000th career point in the process. Sehr also had two rebounds, two assists and six steals against Baltic. Senior Eli Woodley finished…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    January 08, 2025
    The Luverne girls’ wrestling team traveled to St. James Saturday, Jan. 4, for the Belle of the Border Invitational. Twenty-five female teams with 199 individual competitors from Minnesota and Iowa were invited to wrestle in 13 varsity and five junior varsity weight classes. Competing for Luverne were sophomore CeCe Rock and her sister, eighth-grader Ellie Rock. “Both Ellie and CeCe wrestled…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    January 08, 2025
    The Luverne Cardinals gymnastics team secured a second-place finish out of six teams at the Winterfest Invitational Saturday, Jan. 4, in Marshall. Benson/KMS took first in the team competition with a team score of 137.150. Luverne took second place with a team score of 135.150. Pipestone was third with a 129.450, Redwood placed fourth with a 125.875, Windom-Mountain Lake was fifth with 116.975…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    January 08, 2025
    The Luverne boys’ hockey team beat Rochester Lourdes 6-3 on the road Friday, Jan. 3, to extend its season record to 9-2-1. The Cardinals netted six goals on 22 shots in the game, and LHS junior goalie Gaven Hoven got the win, stopping 29 of 32 shots on net. Luverne started the scoring in the first period with a goal by a trio of juniors. At 4:04 on a power play, Jaxon Lais found the back of the…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    January 08, 2025
    The Cardinal girls’ basketball team fell twice on the road this past week, losing 60-54 to Canby Jan. 2 and 45-42 to Baltic in Madison Jan. 4. Luverne is now 1-9 for the season and will face four conference foes on the road in the coming week. Luverne was scheduled to face Windom Tuesday, Jan. 7, and will take on Worthington Friday, Jan. 10, Jackson County Central Monday, Jan. 13, and Pipestone…
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