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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 30, 2026The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ volleyball team fell twice and won once to Red Rock Conference opponents this past week. H-BC lost a 3-1 match to Murray County Central Tuesday, Sept. 22, on the road and fell 3-0 to Russell-Tyler-Ruthton at home Thursday, Sept. 24. H-BC beat Edgerton Public 3-1 on the road Monday, Sept. 28. “We knew going into this week that we had some tough conference games…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 30, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth volleyball team strung together six set wins in the past week to beat two teams in Red Rock Conference play. A-E beat Southwest Minnesota Christian 3-0 at home Tuesday, Sept. 22, and took down Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda on the road Thursday, Sept. 24. “In both games with Southwest Minnesota Christian and HOLF we started both of them kind of slow, but as the night went on, we…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 23, 2026The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ volleyball team held on to the “Queens of the Court” trophy, defeating Edgerton Public 3-0 at home Thursday, Sept. 17. H-BC kept the title and trophy for the second year in a row after Edgerton won it the first three years. “Queens of the Court is always such an exciting game to bring both our schools together to celebrate homecoming,” H-BC head coach Kaylan…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 23, 2026In a busy week of volleyball action, the Dragons went 3-3 on the court. Adrian-Ellsworth fell 3-0 to Russell-Tyler-Ruthton on the road Thursday, Sept. 17. A-E won two matches and fell in two matches at the Jackson Invitational Saturday, Sept. 19. The Dragons beat the Canby Lancers 3-0 Monday, Sept. 21, at home. Adrian-Ellsworth was scheduled to host Southwest Minnesota Christian Tuesday, Sept…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 23, 2026The Luverne Cardinals posted a 3-3 record this past week in volleyball action. LHS fell 3-0 to Redwood Valley at home Tuesday, Sept. 15. The Cardinals went 2-2 at the Jackson Invitational Saturday, Sept. 19, and beat Edgerton 3-1 on the road Monday, Sept. 21. LHS was scheduled to host St. James Tuesday, Sept. 22, and will travel to Worthington Thursday, Sept. 24. LHS junior Taya Johnson…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 16, 2026Luverne went 1-1 on the court in volleyball action against two strong conference teams in the past week. LHS beat Pipestone 3-2 on the road Tuesday, Sept. 8, and fell 3-0 to Windom on the road Thursday, Sept. 10. The Cardinals sit at 4-6 for the season so far. Luverne was scheduled to host Redwood Valley Tuesday, Sept. 15, and will go on the road against Jackson County Central Saturday, Sept.…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 16, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth volleyball team traveled to Pipestone Monday, Sept. 14, beating the Arrows 3-0 on their home court. The Dragons won the first set 25-22 and the second set 25-18 before closing out the match with third set win 25-23. “I thought we played pretty well against Pipestone,” Adrian-Ellsworth head coach Bob Kunkel said. “We’ve been working on our offense a lot, trying to speed…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 16, 2026The Lady Pates beat Viborg-Hurley 3-0 at home Thursday, Sept. 10, in volleyball action. H-BC won the first set 25-19, took the second set 25-20 and closed the match winning the third set 25-19. “The girls played a strong home opener against Viborg-Hurley in front of a good crowd,” H-BC head coach Kaylan Untiedt said. “I thought we did a good job of moving the ball around and playing…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 09, 2026The Luverne volleyball team posted two big wins in the past week over Southwest Minnesota Christian and West Lyon. LHS beat the Eagles 3-1 at home Tuesday, Sept. 1, and took down the Wildcats 3-1 in Inwood, Iowa, Thursday, Sept. 3. The Cardinals are now 2-5 for the season and will play their next two games on the road. LHS was scheduled to travel to Pipestone Tuesday, Sept. 8, to take on the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 09, 2026The Lady Pates traveled to Canton, S.D. Thursday, Sept. 3, falling 3-1 to the C-Hawks in the contest. The Patriots started off hot taking Set 1 by a score of 25-22. Canton replied with a 25-20 win in Set 2. Tied 1-1 after two sets H-BC ran into some errors on the court and wasn’t able to close the final two sets falling 25-14 and 25-21 to the C-Hawks. “Canton is a strong team that was great…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 02, 2026The Luverne volleyball team traveled to Rochester Saturday, Aug. 29, to scrimmage five teams at the Panther Invitational. In the first match of the day Luverne lost 2-1 to Rochester John Marshall. The Cardinals won the first set 25-20 before falling 25-18 and 15-10 in the next two games. LHS faced Mankato East in the second match giving up two sets 25-15 and 26-24. Against New Ulm in their…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 02, 2026The Lady Pates girls’ volleyball team traveled to George-Little Rock Monday, Aug. 31 for four scrimmage games against Iowa teams. H-BC won the first match 2-1 against Sibley-Ocheyedan winning the first set 21-13. Sibley came back and took the second set 21-16 to tie the match 1-1. H-BC won the final set 15-12 to take the match win. The Patriots played Edgerton Public in the second match…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorNovember 19, 2025Two Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball players were named to the 2025 Red Rock All-Conference volleyball team. Patriot junior Brynn Bakken was selected to the all-conference team, and junior Olivia Deelstra was named all-conference honorable mention.
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorNovember 12, 2025Three Luverne athletes were named to the 2025 Big South All-Conference volleyball team. LHS Senior Bernie Rock was named to the All-Conference Honorable Mention Gold Division team. Luverne senior Kianna Winter and junior CeCe Rock were named all-conference in the Gold Division volleyball team.
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorNovember 05, 2025The Luverne volleyball team finished its 2025 season on the road falling 3-1 to Windom Tuesday, Sept. 28, in Section 3AA quarterfinal action. The No. 4 seed Cardinals played the No. 1 seed Eagles to four sets in the match. In the first set Luverne let a 13-11 lead slide and ended up falling to the Eagles in a close 25-21 loss. In the second set, the Cardinals quickly built up a 10-4 lead,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 29, 2025The H-BC Lady Pates fell 3-0 to Adrian-Ellsworth in the second round of the 2025 Section 3A volleyball tournament Friday, Oct. 24, on the road. Hills-Beaver Creek, the No. 6 seed, lost to the No. 3 seed Dragons 25-9, 25-14 and 25-17 in the match. “Adrian-Ellsworth is a tough team, and they came to play,” H-BC head coach Kaylan Untiedt said. “We came out flat and struggled to match their energy…
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