Rock County Sports
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 08, 2025The Luverne cross country team hosted an eight team meet Thursday, Oct. 2, at the Luverne High School course west of the school. The LHS girls’ 5,000-meter varsity team finished in first place beating out four other teams in warm weather conditions. Luverne took first place with 46 total team points. Canby/Minneota was second with 56, Pipestone Area placed third with 62, Adrian/Ellsworth was…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 08, 2025Week 2 trap shooting scores are in for the Luverne team. Junior Lucas Madison was the high shooter, hitting 24 and 23 targets out of 25, for a 47-target total. Five athletes finished in the 40s, five finished in the 30s and one shot at 19. Luverne has three weeks left of competition shooting. Week 2 Results Athlete R1 R2 F Ashton Altman 19 19 38 Nolan…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 08, 2025Micky Sehr recorded his second career hole-in-one Wednesday, Oct. 1, at the Luverne Country Club. Both holes-in-one were dropped in on Hole 7 at LCC. His most recent hole-in-one went 146 yards off his 9-iron. Micky was golfing with Dan Serie, Pete Connell, Eric Lammert and his brother Jeff Sehr. “The ball landed a few feet right of the hole, spun left and appeared to stop right by the pin,”…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 01, 2025Hills native Tony Goettsch joined 11 other runners to cover 437 miles in four days for one cause, The 437 Project. For the annual event, 12 runners traverse South Dakota from its Wyoming border to its Iowa border to raise money for the South Dakota Helpline Center, a suicide crisis center. The 2025 runners departed Spearfish Thursday, Sept. 25, and finished in Sioux Falls Sunday, Sept. 28. “…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 24, 2025The Luverne Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) hosted their third of six flag football sessions in Luverne Saturday, Sept. 20. Ryan Johnson, along with several volunteers, coaches, and parents, host 45 teams and over 470 athletes each week for flag football games and to share the message of Christ. Johnson said, “The games expose the kids, grades 1-6, to flag football and the message of…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 27, 2025Local racing results for Aug. 22-23 are listed. Drivers posted have ties to Rock County. Rapid Speedway Season Championship Night Aug. 22 - Rock Rapids, IA Sportsman’s #17 Brandon Boeve, Beaver Creek – placed ninth in the A Feature, finished fifth in Heat 2 #21 Larry Kracht, Magnolia – DNF in the A Feature, finished second in Heat 2 Overall points leaders as of 8/22 9th – Brandon…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 20, 2025The Luverne Country Club hosted three club tournaments in the past couple of weeks as golfing winds down for the season. The Senior Club Tournament was on Aug. 9, the Ladies Club Tournament was Aug. 15 and the Men’s Club Tournament was played Aug. 16-17. Senior Club Tournament The Senior Club Tournament was played Saturday, Aug. 9. First place went to Joe Dorhout with a score of 70.…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 20, 2025Local racing results for Aug. 15-16 are listed. Drivers posted have ties to Rock County. Rapid Speedway Aug. 15 - Rock Rapids, IA Sportsman’s #17 Brandon Boeve, Beaver Creek – placed ninth in the A Feature, finished fourth in Heat 1 Overall points leaders as of 8/15 8th – Brandon Boeve – 870 12th – Larry Kracht – 366 17th – Eric Gaul - 68 USRA Hobby Stock #10 Blake Schneekloth…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 13, 2025The Luverne Redbirds ended their District 8B tournament run Saturday, Aug. 9, in New Ulm after falling 10-5 to the Raymond Rockets for a second time in the playoffs. The Rockets beat Luverne 5-3 Aug. 2 in the first round of the District Tournament in New Ulm. That loss put the Redbirds into the consolation bracket where they still had a chance to move on to the state tournament. Luverne beat…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 13, 2025Luverne picklers celebrated National Pickleball Day Friday, Aug. 8, playing together at the Luverne pickleball courts north of the high school. Pictured are (front, from left) Terry Althoff, Lowell Drenth, Barb Antoine, Nate Rud, (back) Mark Overgaard, Brent Thiem, Paul Erickson, Diana Erickson, Larry Franken, Jeanne VanOtterloo, Pat Scheidt, Dixie Hansen, Katie McClure and Don Bosshart.
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 13, 2025Hometown Pride, a YouTube documentary about the 2003-2010 Ellsworth Panthers boys’ basketball state run, will premiere next week at the Palace Theatre. Episodes 2 and 3 called “Southwest Christian’s Target” and “The Panthers Are Going to State!” will be played for the first time to the public in Luverne on Aug. 21. Produced by Ellsworth alumni and brothers Adam and Zach Sieff of Clear Frame…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 13, 2025Golfer Mark Opitz recorded his first hole-in-one Saturday, Aug. 9, at Nordic Trails Golf Course in Alexandria. Mark and Annie (his wife) were golfing together when he made the shot on hole No. 4. Mark used a six iron on the fourth hole par 3, 130-yard shot. After Mark hit the ball his said, “Annie, that has a chance,” and by the time he got done getting the words out, it went in. Mark said…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 13, 2025Local racing results for Aug. 8-9 are listed. Drivers posted have ties to Rock County. Rapid Speedway Aug. 8 - Rock Rapids, IA Sportsman’s #21 Larry Kracht, Magnolia – placed seventh in the A Feature, finished sixth in Heat 1 #17 Brandon Boeve, Beaver Creek – placed11th in the A Feature, finished sixth in Heat 2 Overall points leaders as of 8/8 8th – Brandon Boeve – 796 12th – Larry…- By MN DNRAugust 13, 2025Hunters can now review the 2025 Minnesota deer hunting regulations, and deer hunting licenses were available to purchase as of Aug. 1. Deer season details for each deer permit area and electronic copies of the 2025 Minnesota hunting regulations are available on the DNR deer hunting webpage mndnr.gov. Print copies will be available in mid-August wherever licenses are sold. Regulations translated…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 06, 2025The Luverne Senior Legion baseball team captured third place at the American Legion Division II State Tournament Saturday, Aug. 2, in Ely. Luverne beat Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 9-6 July 31 in the first-round game. They then lost 7-2 to Montevideo Aug. 1 to move down to the consolation bracket. Luverne beat Sibley East 4-1 in the consolation matchup Aug. 2 to capture third place at the state…
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