By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
September 18, 2024
The Luverne volleyball team had a busy week facing six teams in five days.
Luverne fell to West Lyon on the road 3-0 Tuesday, Sept. 10, lost to Marshall 3-0 at home Thursday, Sept. 12, and went 2-2 at the Jackson Tournament Saturday, Sept. 14.
The Cardinals have one game this week against Worthington on the road Thursday, Sept. 19.
West Lyon 3, LHS 0
The Cardinals traveled to Inwood, Iowa…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
September 18, 2024
The Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball team fell 3-0 in two games at home this past week.
The Patriots lost to Mountain Lake 3-0 Tuesday, Sept. 10, and to Red Rock Central 3-0 Thursday, Sept. 12.
“It showed us some things we can continue to improve on as the season continues,” Kaylan Untiedt said about the losses. “But I was excited to see our spark return.”
The Patriots were scheduled to travel to…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
September 18, 2024
The Luverne cross country team traveled to Rochester for the Mayo Invitational Thursday, Sept. 12, at the Eastwood Golf Course.
The Cardinals were among 23 teams participating in the event.
Head coach Pete Janiszeski called the competition “a good litmus test” to see how Luverne runners stack up against competitive teams and individuals.
“We go to this meet to expose them to top-notch…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
September 18, 2024
The Luverne girls’ tennis team netted a 7-0 win over Worthington Tuesday, Sept. 10, on the road and hosted River Valley Thursday, Sept. 12, beating the Wildcats 5-2.
With the wins, the Cardinals are now 7-5 on the season and will travel for their final three regular season matches.
Luverne was scheduled to head to Pipestone for their annual Battle Racket match Tuesday, Sept. 17, and the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
September 11, 2024
I get a lot of comments from student athletes like, “You got a photo of me with a weird face as I hit the ball,” or “How come you shot a photo of me with my tongue out?”
Those comments give me two thoughts about my coverage of sports events.
One, the kids are looking for the photos of themselves in our coverage of the events in the paper or online.
Two, I can’t control how they look when they…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
September 11, 2024
The Luverne Cardinals football team upset the Jordan Hubmen 20-14 Friday, Sept. 6, at home, scoring the go-ahead touchdown in the final seconds of the game.
Having led most of the game, the Cardinals relinquished a 12-7 lead late in the third quarter and found themselves down 14-12 with just over 12 minutes of football to play.
In the fourth quarter, Luverne was able to hold Jordan at bay but…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
September 11, 2024
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The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots handed the Renville Jaguars a 44-6 loss Friday, Sept. 6, in the second win of the year on their home field.
“Renville County West is a physical team with a lot of upperclassmen, and I thought we played well on both sides of the ball,” head coach Rex Metzger said.
“We were able to establish our run game early, and they really stacked the box…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
September 11, 2024
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The Luverne volleyball team fell to Westbrook Walnut Grove 3-1 Tuesday, Sept. 3, and lost to Windom 3-0 Thursday, Sept. 5.
The sets were close in both games; Luverne just had a hard time finishing long volleys and capitalizing on their momentum in the sets, according to head coach Sarah DeBeer.
“We are getting stronger every game we play. Now we need to push for not just…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
September 11, 2024
The Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball team had a busy week on the court, with a 2-2 record against four teams.
In their home opener, H-BC beat Viborg-Hurley 2-0 Tuesday, Sept. 3.
The Patriots traveled to George-Little Rock Monday, Sept. 9, for a three-team tournament, falling to George-Little Rock 2-0, losing to River Valley 2-0, and beating Harris-Lake Park 2-0.
H-BC was scheduled to host…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
September 11, 2024
Luverne hosted the Bruce Gluff cross country meet Saturday, Sept. 7, with 12 teams participating in the event.
The 11 visiting teams were Adrian/Ellsworth, Chester, Dell Rapids, Garretson, Heron Lake-Okabena, Jackson County Central, Martin County West/Butterfield-Odin, Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey, Redwood Valley, Southwest Christian-Edgerton Public, and Windom Area.
In the boys’ varsity 5,000-…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
September 11, 2024
The Luverne girls’ tennis team hosted Marshall Thursday, Sept. 5, falling four matches to three.
The Cardinals are now 5-5 for the season after the loss to Marshall
“The good news this week is that we finally have senior Caitlin Kindt back after hurting her knee and having surgery during tennis last year,” head coach Nathan Rud said.
He said Kindt’s return affected two Luverne doubles teams…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
September 04, 2024
The Luverne Cardinals traveled to Worthington for their first game of the season, beating the Trojans 25-6 on Thursday, Aug. 29.
“The team is always happy to finish the game with a win,” said head coach Todd Oye.
“Offensively we started out with typical first game mistakes but settled down and established a nice run game.”
Luverne collected 170 team rushing yards against the Trojans.
Senior…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
September 04, 2024
In their first game of the season, the H-BC Patriots hosted Lanesboro, beating the Burros 52-0 Thursday, Aug. 29.
“I thought we came out and set the tone with a big opening kick return by junior Bode Kruger that set up a scoring run on our first offensive play,” head coach Rex Metzger said.
Kruger’s return put the Patriots on the Burros’ 26-yard line, and junior quarterback Jamin Metzger took…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
September 04, 2024
The Luverne girls’ tennis team fell to two strong teams this past week.
The Cardinals traveled to Blue Earth Tuesday, Aug. 27, and lost 6-1, and they lost to St. James 7-0 Thursday, Aug. 29, at home.
Luverne is now 5-4 with seven regular season meets left in the season.
LHS head coach Nathan Rud said the team is learning from tough competition. “I am very excited to see how high these girls…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
September 04, 2024
The Luverne cross country team traveled to Marshall Tuesday, Aug. 27, and Beresford Friday, Aug. 30, where runners showed growth and improvement, according to head coach Pete Janiszeski.
“They’ve put together a couple of great runs and are eager to continue to grow and challenge their limits, which is what will drive them to get better each day,” he said.
“As coaches that’s all we ask of them.…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
September 04, 2024
The Luverne volleyball team fell 3-0 to Southwest Minnesota Christian at home, Tuesday, Aug. 27.
On Saturday, Aug. 31, LHS participated in the Rochester Tournament, winning one game and falling in four games.
“We need to work on a few things after this weekend, but we played closely with all the teams in the tournament,” head coach Sarah DeBeer said.
“We definitely competed against great teams…