Luverne Sports
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 20, 2026The Luverne girls’ softball team closed the regular season with a pair of wins against Worthington and Marshall. LHS beat Worthington 23-3 on the road Tuesday, May 12, and took down Marshall 10-3 at home Thursday, May 14. LHS finished the regular season 6-13 and was scheduled to play Windom in Pipestone Tuesday, May 19, in the first round of section tournament action. LHS 23, Worthington 3…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 20, 2026University of Northwestern senior Griffen Jarchow has been named to the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) All-Conference First team in men’s tennis. Jarchow, a 2022 graduate of Luverne High School, went 5-3 against UMAC competition this season with the Eagles and was 25-23 overall to earn his third-straight First Team honor. He was also named UMAC North Division Athlete of the Week on…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 20, 2026The Luverne girls’ track and field team placed 12th in stiff True Team competition Saturday, May 16, in Eden Prairie. Though they finished last of the 12 teams, Luverne had 12 Top 10 finishes and had 10 personal best and five season best performances on the day. Season best finishes Even though there were larger schools and great competition at the True Team meet, Luverne finished five…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 20, 2026The Luverne High School golf team closed out the Big South Conference Championship at Dakota Ridge Golf Club in Morton Tuesday, May 12. The boys’ team finished in fourth place and the girls’ team placed eighth in conference standings. Luverne had five individuals make the all-conference team this season. They were junior Will Bergman, freshman Graham Hartquist, sophomore Mallachi Domagala,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 20, 2026The Redbirds baseball team fell 3-2 to the Milroy Irish on the road Sunday, May 17, giving up one run in the ninth inning for the loss. Tied 2-2 after eight innings, Milroy mustered one run in the bottom of the ninth inning, stealing home to win the game. Derek Lundgren scored twice for the Redbirds, scoring once in the first inning and a second time in the top of the sixth inning. He finished…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 20, 2026The Luverne boys’ tennis team lost twice to finish team competition for this season. Luverne fell 7-0 to Fairmont Tuesday, May 12, at home and lost 7-0 to Redwood Valley on the road in Section 3A team competition Monday, May 18. LHS tennis players will compete in the individual section tournament Thursday, May 21, in Redwood Valley. Fairmont 7, Luverne 0 Luverne put up a fight but fell 7-0…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 20, 2026LHS and H-BC trap shooting teams recorded their Week 4 totals for the spring season. With one week left of shooting, Luverne sits in third place in team competition with 4,449 total targets hit in Class 2A. Hills-Beaver Creek moves down to seventh place in Class 3A with 6,647.50 total targets hit. This past week, senior Gavin Hoven recorded his first perfect 25 round. He hit a total of 45…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 13, 2026The Luverne Redbirds opened their 2026 Minnesota Baseball Association (MBA) campaign taking down the Lakefield Horned Frogs 12-2 Sunday, May 9, at home. Back to Class C The Redbirds moved back down to Class C this season after spending last season in Class B. After missing a state birth last season in Class B to Raymond, Luverne, along with Fairmont move back to Class B and play in the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 13, 2026Luverne girls’ track team captured the Big South Small School Conference Title Thursday, May 7, in Luverne. LHS edged out six other teams in 18 events for top team honors. The Luverne girls team accumulated 188 points beating out Redwood Valley with 130 for second, Jackson County Central with 109.5 for third, St. James-Madelia with 107 for fourth, Blue Earth Area with 77.5 for fifth, Windom…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 13, 2026The Luverne Cardinals baseball team goes 2-1 the past week to improve to 14-2 for the season. LHS beat Jackson County Central 13-1 on the road Tuesday, May 5, and split a double header with St. James at home Thursday, May 7, at home. Luverne fell 6-3 to the Saints in Game 1 and won Game 2 by a 6-4 margin against a solid Saints club. LHS was scheduled to travel to Windom Tuesday, May 12 and…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 13, 2026The Luverne girls’ softball team played strong but fell in three games this past week. LHS lost a 9-7 game to West Central at home and fell 3-2 and 12-5 to Redwood Valley on the road Monday, May 11. The Cardinals were scheduled to travel to Worthington Tuesday, May 12, and will host Marshall Thursday, May 14. West Central 9, LHS 7 A late rally by Luverne falls short against West Central…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 13, 2026The Luverne boys’ tennis team fell 7-0 to Blue Earth on the road Tuesday, May 5, giving up three matches by forfeit. LHS forfeited the No. 4 singles, No. 2 doubles and No. 3 doubles matches against the Buccaneers. Luverne senior Elijah Henrichs fell 6-0, 6-0 in No. 1 singles action. Senior Austin Sandbulte fell 6-0, 6-0 in No. 2 singles and junior Christopher Severns lost 6-1, 6-0 in the No. 3…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 13, 2026The Luverne girls’ golf team placed eighth in the Big South Conference Championship out of 14 strong teams May 11 in Morton, Minn. In the Knight Invitational May 8, the LHS boys’ team finished in third place and the girls’ team placed fourth in the team competition. The boys’ team was scheduled to play in the Boy’s Big South Conference Championship in Morton, Tuesday, May 12. Luverne girls are…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 13, 2026The Luverne High School trap team remains at No. 3 in the Class 2A, Conference 4 team standings with a total of 3,705.00 targets hit after three weeks of shooting. Collin Knips and Lucas Madison scored a team-leading 47 targets hits in the third week. Five other shooters hit in the 40s, six in the 30s and seven scored in the 20s for Luverne. Hills-Beaver Creek remains in fifth place in Class…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 06, 2026The Luverne High School baseball team won five games in a row this past week to improve to 12-1 for the season. LHS beat Pipestone 16-6 at home Tuesday, April 28. Luverne took two games from Redwood Valley Thursday, April 30, beating Redwood 18-2 in Game 1 and 14-1 in Game 2. The Cardinals collected two more wins Saturday, May 2, beating Madelia 10-5 and BOLD 6-1 on the road. Luverne recorded…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 06, 2026The Luverne girls’ softball team gave up six games in the past week to fall to 4-10 for the season. The Cardinals lost 11-5 to Pipestone Tuesday, April 28, on the road. They fell twice to Fairmont Thursday, April 30, at home and gave up a doubleheader to St. James Friday, May 1, before losing a close 15-14 game to Pipestone on the road Monday, May 4. Luverne will host West Central Thursday,…
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