Looking back at 2024 and all the sporting events the Star-Herald featured, the accomplishments of many teams and individuals at both Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek high schools are worth recognizing.
Here are the Star-Herald’s Top 5 sporting events of 2024, as well as several personal recognitions in LHS and H-BC activities.
No. 1 – H-BC Patriots Football Team
The Patriots finished their…
Luverne Sports
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 31, 2024
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 31, 2024Over the holiday break, the Luverne girls’ hockey team traveled to Blaine for the Super Rink Winter Classic in the gold division. The Classic featured eight varsity teams competing over a three-day event. Luverne, along with Pine City Area, Mounds View, Minnesota River, North Shore, Mankato East, Moose Lake, and Northern Tier, each played three opponents between Dec. 26 and Dec. 28. LHS was…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 31, 2024Three Luverne female wrestlers represented the Cardinals at the Rebel Holiday Classic Tournament in Champlin Friday, Dec. 27. The tournament included 257 female wrestlers from 40 teams participating in 13 varsity and junior varsity divisions. “The girls wrestled well against some really good competition,” said head coach Jake Haugen. LHS Sophomore CeCe Rock finished in second place, falling in…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 31, 2024Over the holiday break the Luverne boys’ hockey team traveled to St. Cloud for the 39th annual Granite City Showcase, which featured eight varsity teams in the three-day event. Luverne, Monticello, Bemidji, Cloquet-Esko-Carlton, Mankato East, Sauk Rapids-Rice, St. Cloud Crush and St. Cloud Cathedral each played three opponents between Dec. 26 and Dec. 28. LHS was one of three Class 1A Top 25…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 24, 2024The Luverne Cardinals wrestling team hosted the first annual Luverne Girls’ Invite Friday, Dec. 20, and the Top the Tree Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 21. The girls’ invite was an individual tournament with 57 girls wrestling from nine high school teams. On Saturday, Dec. 21, Luverne hosted the Top the Tree Tournament with six total teams participating in five dual matches. During the holiday…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 24, 2024The Luverne Cardinals gymnastics team won two home conference meets beating Pipestone 132-127.3 Tuesday, Dec. 17, and topping New Ulm 133.950-129.200 Friday, Dec. 20. LHS is now 3-1 in dual meets against conference foes. After the holiday break, Luverne will go on the road for their next two meets. On Saturday, Jan. 4, the Cardinals are scheduled to take on Marshall, and on Thursday, Jan. 9,…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 24, 2024The Luverne boys’ hockey team grabbed two more victories to improve their season record to 7-0-1. LHS beat Windom 12-1 at home Tuesday, Dec. 17, and slipped past Dodge County 4-3 on the road Saturday, Dec. 20. Over the holiday break, the Cardinals will take part in the Granite City Showcase at the Municipal Athletic Complex in St. Cloud Dec. 26-28. On Thursday, Dec. 26, Luverne is scheduled to…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 24, 2024The Luverne girls’ hockey team won two more games over the past week, bringing the season record to 10-5. The Cardinals beat Windom 6-1 Tuesday, Dec. 17, at home and topped Willmar 4-2 on the road Friday, Dec. 20. Over the holiday break Luverne will participate in the National Sports Center Super Rink Winter Classic (Gold Division) in Blaine. The Cardinals will take on Mankato East Thursday,…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 24, 2024The Luverne girls’ basketball team fell 77-40 to the St. James Saints on the road Friday, Dec. 20. Halfway through the first half, LHS found themselves down 24-7 in the game. St. James tacked on another 20 points and closed the first half ahead 44-11. In the second half, the Saints went on a seven-point run to extend the lead to 51-11. Luverne found their groove, scoring 19 points to make it…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 24, 2024The H-BC boys’ basketball team finished the past week with a 2-1 record, and the Luverne Cardinals played to a 1-1 split. H-BC and LHS played head-to-head Tuesday, Dec. 17, with the Patriots walking away with a 64-56 win. The Patriots traveled to Rock Rapids, Iowa, Saturday, Dec. 21, beating the Central Lyon Lyons 70-56 to bring their season record to 3-0. H-BC is scheduled to travel to…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 18, 2024The Luverne boys’ hockey team rolled past Worthington 13-1 at home Tuesday, Dec. 10. In a game that saw the Cardinals put 41 shots on the Trojans’ net, Luverne controlled the puck on both ends of the ice. Worthington did not help their efforts, being called for six penalties in the game. Luverne capitalized on one of six power plays in the second period when junior forward Blake Sauer sank the…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 18, 2024The Luverne boys’ basketball team played four games this past week, taking two games and falling in two. LHS beat Blue Earth 72-62 on the road Tuesday, Dec. 10, lost 84-77 to Redwood Valley on the road Friday, Dec. 13, fell 75-60 to Montevideo on the road Saturday, Dec. 14, and beat Edgerton 87-77 at home Monday, Dec. 16. Luverne was scheduled to play the Patriots in Hills Tuesday, Dec. 17,…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 18, 2024The Luverne girls’ hockey team won two games this past week to bring their season record to 8-5. The Cardinals beat Worthington 11-0 at home Tuesday, Dec. 10, and defeated Mankato East 5-2 on the road Saturday, Dec. 14. Luverne was scheduled to host Windom Tuesday, Dec. 17, and travel to Willmar Friday, Dec. 20, before the holiday break. On Dec. 26-28 the girls’ hockey team will participate in…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 18, 2024The Luverne gymnasts fell 136.975 to 133.150 to a solid Worthington team on the road Tuesday, Dec. 10. Worthington finished last season placing seventh in the team state tournament after holding off Luverne, who placed second in the team section finals in Pipestone. The Cardinals gave Worthington a run in the meet, taking individual all-around honors and topping the leaderboard in the vault and…
- By Greg HoogeveenDecember 18, 2024The Luverne High School wrestling team traveled to Worthington for a triangular Tuesday, Dec. 10, when LHS fell 39-35 to Windom-Mountain Lake and lost 47-30 to Worthington the same day. On Saturday, Dec. 14, the Cardinals participated in the 2024 Pizza Ranch Invite in Jackson. Luverne finished with three placers and had seven wrestlers not able to place in the tournament. The Luverne girls’…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 18, 2024The Luverne girls’ basketball team played four solid teams on the road this past week, winning one game and falling in three The Cardinals beat Blue Earth 61-36 Tuesday, Dec. 10, fell 60-33 to Redwood Valley Friday, Dec. 13, lost to Montevideo 68-45 and lost 55-51 to H-BC on Monday, Dec. 16. Luverne gets a few days off before their next road game which is against St. James Friday, Dec. 20. It…
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