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- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 30, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team snatched a 5-4 win from Albert Lea on the road Monday, Dec. 22, improving its season record to 11-0. Luverne senior Maddux Domagala put three pucks in the back of the Tigers’ net to help lead the Cardinals to another victory. Juniors Will Bergman and Ben Hartquist also contributed one goal apiece in the win for Luverne. The first goal of the game came at 16:46 in…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 23, 2025The Luverne girls’ hockey team won two conference games and now have a 7-5 season record and a 5-3 Big South Conference record. Luverne beat Windom 8-0 Tuesday, Dec. 16, at home and won 4-1 against New Ulm Friday, Dec. 19, on home ice. The Cardinals will travel to St. Croix Valley Recreation Center in Stillwater Monday, Dec. 29, to take on the Stillwater Ponies, and on Dec. 31, they’ll play…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 23, 2025Luverne took down three teams, one in overtime, to remain unbeaten this season in boys’ hockey action. The Cardinals walked all over Windom beating the Eagles 9-1 Tuesday, Dec. 16, at home. Luverne skated past New Ulm 8-4 on the road Friday, Dec. 19, and stunned Dodge County at home in overtime play Saturday, Dec. 20. The Cardinals came back from a 2-0 deficit to beat the Wildcats 4-3 in OT at…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 17, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team collected two big conference wins at home and extended their winning streak to 7-0. The Cardinals beat Fairmont 11-2 Tuesday, Dec. 9, and pushed past Waseca winning a 4-2 contest Saturday, Dec. 13. Luverne was scheduled to host Windom Tuesday, Dec. 16, before going on the road to play New Ulm Friday, Dec. 19. The Cardinals will then host Dodge County Saturday, Dec…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 17, 2025The Luverne girls’ hockey team won two games and fell once at home this past week. The Cardinals lost 2-1 to Fairmont Tuesday, Dec. 9, beat Willmar 4-1 Friday, Dec. 12, and took down South Central 13-0 Saturday, Dec. 13. The Cardinals, now 5-5 for the season, were scheduled to host Windom Tuesday, Dec. 16, and will host New Ulm Friday, Dec. 19. Fairmont 2, Luverne 1 Luverne fell to…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 10, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team extended its winning streak to 5-0 after taking down Redwood Valley 18-0 on the road Dec. 2 and Marshall 3-0 Dec. 4 at home. The Cardinals were scheduled to face Fairmont at home Tuesday, Dec. 9, before hosting Waseca Saturday, Dec. 13, and Windom Tuesday, Dec. 16. Luverne 18, Redwood Valley 0 Luverne boys’ hockey team put 18 goals in the Redwood Valley net on…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 10, 2025The Luverne girls’ hockey team fell 6-1 to Marshall Thursday, Dec. 4, on the road. The Cardinals hurt their efforts being penalized five times in the game, forcing them to play one skater down for a total of 10 minutes. Fortunately, Marshall capitalized on the LHS penalties only twice scoring two goals power plays. Cardinal senior goalie Emma Saarloos faced 45 shots and turned away 39 in the 6…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 03, 2025Luverne boys’ hockey obliterated Worthington 18-3 at home Tuesday, Nov. 25. The Cardinals put a total of 52 shots on net compared with the Trojans’ eight shots on net in the game. Luverne scored once on its only power play while Worthington was shut down on all three penalty plays it faced against Luverne. Junior Ben Hartquist found the back of the Trojans’ net three times in the game for a…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorDecember 03, 2025Luverne girls’ hockey team blanked Worthington 7-0 at home Tuesday, Nov. 25. The Cardinals put 40 total shots on Worthington’s goalie in the game and held the Trojans to just seven shots on goal in the win. LHS junior Tenley Behr started the scoring with a goal at 1:27 in the first period, marking her 100th career point as a Cardinal. “I was very excited to get the goal at home,” she said.…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorNovember 25, 2025The Luverne Cardinals boys’ hockey team opened the season with two home wins against a pair of strong opponents. The Cardinals beat Rochester 3-2 Thursday, Nov. 22, and they topped Little Falls 2-1 in overtime Saturday, Nov. 22. Luverne, 2-0 for the season, was scheduled to host Worthington Tuesday, Nov. 25, and will travel to Redwood Valley Tuesday, Dec. 2, before hosting Marshall Thursday,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorNovember 25, 2025The Luverne girls’ varsity hockey team split two games this past week, beating New Ulm 3-1 on the road Thursday, Nov. 20, and falling 2-1 to Minnesota River at home Saturday, Nov. 22. The Cardinals, now 2-3 for the season, were scheduled to host Worthington Tuesday, Nov. 25, before traveling to Marshall Thursday, Dec. 4, and Fairmont Tuesday, Dec. 9. Luverne 3, New Ulm 1 Luverne took down…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorNovember 12, 2025The Luverne girls’ varsity hockey team opened their 2025-26 campaign with a 5-1 win against Willmar Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Willmar Civic Center. LHS scored the first goal of the game at 3:08 in the first period. Senior Greta McClure found the back of the Willmar net with assists by senior Ella Apel and freshman Tenlee Pick to go up 1-0. At 11:13 junior Tenley Behr scored her first goal of…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 12, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team finished the 2024-25 season falling twice in the state hockey tournament in St. Paul. The Cardinals lost a 7-0 game to the No. 1 seed Hibbing/Chisholm Bluejackets in the quarterfinals Wednesday, March 5, and fell 5-3 to the Northern Lakes Lightning in the consolation semifinals Thursday, March 6. Luverne finished the season with a 22-6-2 record and won the section…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 26, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team will advance to the section championship after two big wins in the past week. The Cardinals beat Redwood Valley 9-0 at home Thursday, Feb. 20, in the section quarterfinals, and they edged out Mankato East 3-2 in the section semifinals Saturday, Feb. 22, in St. Peter. Luverne will take on Mankato West in the Section 3A championship game at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025The Luverne girls’ hockey team fell 5-2 to Marshall in the section championship Tuesday, Feb. 11, at Lund Arena in St Peter. With the loss, the Cardinals finished their 2024-25 season with a record of 18-7-2. Marshall is scheduled to take on Section 8A Warroad in the state quarterfinals Wednesday, Feb. 19, at the Xcel Energy Center. During the regular season, Luverne and Marshall split wins.…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team tied Minnesota River 3-3 after one overtime period Friday, Feb. 14, at home. In the final regular season conference game, both teams would not relinquish their position and played tough in the final eight-minute overtime period. In the first period, Minnesota River drew first blood, scoring an even-strength goal at 8:10. In the second period, LHS sophomore Ben…
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