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  • By Brennen Rupp
    May 11, 2021
    The Luverne Cardinals’ tennis team improved to 9-0 with a 4-3 victory over Pipestone Area on Thursday, May 6, in Pipestone. Luverne’s top singles player, Pierce Cunningham, defeated Tony Wacker in straight sets. Cunningham won the first set 6-0 and then picked up a 6-1 second-set victory to win the match. Griffen Jarchow defeated Will Rops in a back and forth first set 6-4. The second set was all…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    May 11, 2021
    The Luverne Cardinals track team competed in two meets this past week. They kicked off the week with a meet in Fairmont on Friday, May 7, and then wrapped up the week with a competition in Pipestone on Monday, May 10.   Fairmont The Cardinals were one of three teams that competed in Fairmont on Friday, May 7, with both the boys and girls taking home second place. Arekel McLaughlin finished in…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    May 11, 2021
    The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ and girls’ golf teams both competed in Red Rock Conference meets on Tuesday, May 4. The H-BC girls competed in Fulda, while the boys competed in Westbrook. The H-BC girls finished fourth out of eight teams in Fulda with a score of 905. The Adrian/Ellsworth golf team finished first with a final score of 791. Adrian’s Josi Altman was the top individual performer with a…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    May 11, 2021
    The Luverne golf team competed in two events this past week. The Cardinals kicked off their week with a meet in Pipestone on Thursday, May 6. They then wrapped up the week in Minnewaska at the Oakdale Invite on Monday, May 10. The Luverne boys defeated the Arrows on Thursday, 156-190. Owen Sudenga was the top individual performer with a round of 36. Henry Hartquist came in second with a score of…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    May 11, 2021
    The Luverne Redbirds amateur baseball team fell to the Milroy Irish on Sunday, May 9, in Luverne. The Irish bested the Redbirds 10-4. The Redbirds struck first when Gaige Nath hit a solo home run to lead off the game. The Irish scored three runs in the fourth to take a 3-1 lead. Kendall Meyer hit an RBI double in the bottom of the fourth to trim Milroy’s lead to 3-2. The Irish got that run back…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    May 04, 2021
    The Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek track teams were two of five teams that competed at the Cardinal Relays event in Luverne on Thursday, April 29. The highlight of the event was H-BC’s 4-by-100-meter relay team finishing with a time of 44 seconds and 64 milliseconds to break the H-BC school record. The team consisted of Tyson Bork, Cole Baker, Dewell Rauk and Gavin Wysong. “I knew these guys had…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    May 04, 2021
    The Luverne tennis team continued its early season dominance last week. The Cardinals opened the week with a convincing 7-0 win over Redwood Valley on Thursday, April 29, in Redwood Falls. The Cardinals wrapped up the week by defeating Dawson-Boyd 6-1 in Luverne on Saturday, May 1. With the pair of wins, the Cardinals improved to 8-0 on the season.   LHS 7, RV 0 In singles competition, Pierce…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    May 04, 2021
    The Luverne Cardinals baseball team remained unbeaten by going 4-0 this past week. With the four wins the Cardinals continued their hot start to the season and improved to 10-0. In the four victories the Cardinals outscored their opponents 40-9. Luverne started the week off by defeating Pipestone Area 7-2 on Tuesday, April 27, in Pipestone. The Cardinals then swept Jackson County Central on…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    May 04, 2021
    The Luverne Cardinals’ golf team competed in two meets this past week. The Cardinals kicked off the week by hosting Worthington on Thursday, April 29. Luverne then hit the road for a meet in Pipestone on Monday, May 3, while the girls’ golf team competed in Worthington. The boys defeated Worthington 175-189. Luverne freshman Henry Hartquist was the top individual performer with a score of 40. “…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    May 04, 2021
    The Luverne Cardinals softball team snapped a four-game losing streak on Tuesday, April 27, by defeating the Adrian/Ellsworth Dragons 6-4 in Luverne. Adrian struck first in the second inning to take a 1-0 lead. The Cardinals quickly got that run back by scoring a run of their own in the bottom of the second. The Dragons took a one-run lead after scoring in the top of the fourth inning. Luverne’s…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    May 04, 2021
    The Hills-Beaver Creek golf team got its final tune-up before conference play on Tuesday, April 27, in Adrian. The Patriot boys fell to Adrian 185-195. On the girls’ side of things, it was Adrian besting H-BC 201-229. “The golfers played through a downpour on holes No. 2 and No. 3,” H-BC head coach Dan Ellingson said. “It finally quit raining by their fifth hole. However, the scores came back…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    May 04, 2021
    The Luverne Redbirds amateur baseball team opened the season on Sunday, May 2, with a 13-1 victory over Lakefield in Lakefield. The Redbirds got started by scoring three runs in the opening inning of the season. Lakefield got one of the runs back in the bottom of the first to make it a 3-1 game. Luverne added five more runs in the third inning to make it an 8-1 game. After scoring one in the…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    April 27, 2021
    The Luverne tennis players continued their hot start to the season on Thursday, April 22, by defeating the Worthington Trojans 5-2 in Luverne. With the match victory the Cardinals improved to 6-0 on the season. “The players' attitudes tell the whole story,” Luverne head coach Lucas Larson said. “They hold themselves accountable and put in the work that fosters success. I could not have asked…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    April 27, 2021
    The Luverne Cardinals baseball team went 3-0 last week to remain undefeated. With two wins over St. James and a win over Fairmont the Cardinals improved to 6-0 on the season. “Most of our games could have gone either way in the win, loss column,” Luverne head coach Mike Wenninger said. “Teams are very competitive and for the most part equal in talent. We have struggled defensively, which will…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    April 27, 2021
    The Luverne track and field team competed in Redwood Falls on Friday, April 23. The Cardinals competed against Redwood Valley, Waseca and Jackson County Central. Gracie Zewiske took home first place in the 100 and 200 meters. The senior sprinter finished with a time of 13 seconds, five milliseconds. In the 200 meters she crossed the finish line with a time of 27.25. Christina Wagner finished with…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    April 27, 2021
    Mother Nature delayed the start of the season for the Luverne golf team, but the Cardinals are in full swing now. They competed in three meets this past week. The boys’ and girls’ teams hosted Adrian on Tuesday, April 20. Luverne then hosted a Big Southwest division meet. On Monday, April 26, the Cardinals traveled to Marshall for a conference meet. On Tuesday, April 20, the Cardinals slayed the…
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