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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorNovember 11, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth girls volleyball team ended the 2026 season 21-10 after beating Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 3-0 in the South Subsection championship Nov. 5 and falling 3-0 to Minneota in the section championship Nov. 7 in Marshall. Beating RTR in the subsection championship was a huge win for the Dragons after the Knights had eliminated A-E in the section playoffs from 2021 through 2024. This…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorNovember 04, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth volleyball team captured two Section 3A games and are now scheduled to play for the Section 3A South Subsection Championship at 5:30 p.m. in Marshall Thursday, Nov. 5. The No. 3 seed Dragons will face the No. 1 seed Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Knights in Marshall to determine the champions of the south bracket. The South and North bracket winner will face off Saturday, Nov. 7, in…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorNovember 04, 2026The Luverne volleyball team won an exciting Section 3AA Round 1 match going 3-1 against Fairmont Oct. 30 at home. With the win Luverne faced No. 1 seed Jackson County Central on the road in the quarterfinals. The Huskies won the match 3-0 dashing any hopes of LHS moving on in the tournament. Luverne finished the 2026 season 12-18. LHS 3, Fairmont 1 Luverne, the No. 4 seed, sneaked…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 28, 2026The Luverne volleyball team went 1-1 at home beating Hills-Beaver Creek 3-2 Oct. 20 and fell 3-0 to Adrian-Ellsworth Oct. 22. Luverne finished the regular season 11-17, Adrian-Ellsworth closes with an 18-9 record and Hills-Beaver Creek finished with an 11-12 record heading into the section tournaments. In the Section 3A tournament the No. 7 seed H-BC Patriots hosted the No. 10 seed Edgerton…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 28, 2026The Lady Pates fell 3-2 to Edgerton Public in Section 3A volleyball action Monday, Oct. 26, at home. The No. 10 seed Flying Dutchmen won the Round 1 South Subsection game against the No. 7 seed Patriots in five back-and-forth sets. H-BC won the first set 30-28, fell 25-23 in Set 2, won 25-17 in Set 3, fell 26-24 in Set 4 and lost 15-9 in the fifth and final set. Three of the five games were…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 21, 2026The Lady Pates won three volleyball matches this past week giving up only one out of 10 sets along the way. H-BC beat Mountain Lake 3-0 at home Oct. 13, took down Garretson 3-0 on the road Oct. 15 and won 3-1 against Red Rock Central at home Oct. 19. The Patriots were scheduled to face Luverne on the road Tuesday, Oct. 20, in their final regular season game of 2026. Round 1 of the Girls 3A…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 21, 2026The Luverne volleyball team fell in three sets to Fairmont Tuesday, Oct. 13, at home. “We did not play or communicate as a team very well,” LHS head coach Sarah DeBeer said. “I hope to see Fairmont in the playoffs again and hope that the next game is a different outcome.” Fairmont took the first set in a close 26-24 contest. Luverne lost the second set 25-18 and fell 25-12 in the third set…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 21, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth volleyball team went 1-1 this past week beating Edgerton 3-0 on the road Oct. 13 and falling 3-2 to Westbrook-Walnut Gove at home Oct. 19. The Dragons will travel to Luverne Thursday, Oct. 22, for their final regular season match. Round 1 of the Girls 3A South Subsection Tournament is Monday, Oct. 26, played at the high seed location. Round 2 is Friday, Oct. 30, played at…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 14, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth Dragons now have a 5-3 record after a busy week of volleyball action. A-E beat Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey 3-1 Tuesday, Oct. 6, on the road. The Dragons lost the first set 25-19 and came back to win the final three sets 25-7, 25-25 and 25-19. Junior Audrina Tiesler had 10 set assists. Senior Kamry Lehnhoff had 10 kills with 2 ace serves and senior Kaedyn Bullerman had 20…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 14, 2026The Lady Pates ended busy week of volleyball action with two wins and five losses within five days. “While we played a ton of games this week, I felt that the girls handled it very well, and the quality of our games and the girls’ intensity rarely wavered,” H-BC head coach Kaylan Untiedt said. “In fact, I felt that our game play improved from Tuesday to Saturday, and I look forward to the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 14, 2026Luverne finished a busy week on the volleyball court winning three matches and falling against three solid teams not on their regular schedule. LHS opened the week beating Blue Earth 3-0 on the road Tuesday, Oct. 6. They beat the Buccaneers in three sets 25-18, 25-10 and 25-17. The Cardinals headed to Marshall Oct. 9-10 for the Jimmy John’s Tournament where they took on five different teams in…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 07, 2026It was a big night of volleyball action on the court Thursday, Oct. 1, as Hills-Beaver Creek hosted Adrian-Ellsworth in head-to-head conference play. Both teams came into the game with relatively equal records and talent on their rosters, and the Dragons walked away with a 3-0 win after three close sets. A-E opened the first set building a seven-point lead before the Patriots got their rhythm…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 07, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth volleyball team took down the Red Rock Central Falcons 3-0 Tuesday, Sept. 29, in the Ellsworth High School gym. The Dragons won the first set and second sets 25-13 each and won the third set 25-8 for the win. Junior Jordan Kruger had 10 kills and went 14 of 4 at the service line with two ace serves. Senior Kamry Lehnhoff finished with eight kills and one solo block and…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 07, 2026The Luverne High School volleyball team took on the Big South Conference leader Jackson County Central falling 3-0 to the Huskies Tuesday, Sept. 29, on the road. JCC came into the game with three conference wins and a 12-5 season record. Luverne was 7-10 and a had a 3-2 conference record. The Huskies took the first set from the Cardinals 25-6. “The first set was not the start we wanted,” LHS…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 07, 2026The H-BC Patriots volleyball team held off the Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda Coyotes winning three of five sets on the road Tuesday, Sept. 29. “This game is always a fun matchup, and it was great to go back to my home gym, especially for the Coyotes cancer night in support of a child from Fulda,” H-BC head coach Kaylan Untiedt said. “I thought our scrappiness against HLOF set us ahead from other…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 30, 2026The Luverne High School volleyball team collected one win and one loss this past week in conference action. The Cardinals beat St. James 3-1 at home Tuesday, Sept. 22, and fell 3-0 to Worthington on the road Thursday, Sept. 24. LHS now sits at 7-11 for the season and will play the next three contests on the road. The Cardinals were scheduled to travel to Jackson Tuesday, Sept. 29, and they’ll…
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