Patriots girls bring home state track and field hardware
The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ track and field team ran away with the 2026 Minnesota State High School League Team State Championship in St. Michael June 4-5.
Cardinals place six on state meet track and field podium
Luverne placed five athletes and one team on the podium at the 2026 Class A Track and Field State meet in St. Michael June 4-5.
Luverne Baseball Association hosts annual Buffalo Days youth tournament
The Luverne Baseball Association hosted roughly 300 players on 22 youth teams and eight Junior Legion teams during the 2026 Buffalo Days celebration June 5-7.
Fourth annual Buffalo Days Run 4A Cause raises funds to normalize brain health conversations in local elementary schools
The Buffalo Days Run 4A Cause returned to Luverne’s Buffalo Days Celebration for its fourth year Saturday, June 4, in the Luverne City Park.
LHS and H-BC qualify several individuals and teams for the Section 3A State Track and Field Meet June 4-5
Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek track and field teams performed well at the Section 3A Championships in Pipestone Thursday, May 28.
Olson qualifies for state golf meet
Hills-Beaver Creek High School senior Abigayl Olson qualified for the girls’ golf state tournament placing fifth at the Section 3A competition in Worthington Wednesday, May 27.
Sports
- By Jason BerghorstJune 14, 2016The Luverne American Legion baseball team opened its season with five games this week. On Tuesday, June 7, Luverne traveled to Fulda and earned its first win. The Legion team then traveled to Yankton Friday and Saturday to compete in the Lewis and Clark Wood Bat Tournament. The young Cardinal squad battled good competition and very hot weather during the tournament and lost four games. The…
- By Jason BerghorstJune 14, 2016The Luverne Redbirds traveled to Belle Plaine to compete in the Tigertown Classic Saturday and Sunday. Luverne went 1-1 in the tournament and stands at 7-3 on the season. The Redbirds host Fairmont Sunday at 2 p.m. at Redbird Field. Luverne 5, Hayfield-Kasson 4 Codie Zeutenhorst pitched all eight innings for Luverne in the opening game of the Belle Plaine tournament Saturday. Andrew Verhey was…
- June 13, 2016Retiring LHS track coach Craig Nelson (far left) was honored at the annual track and field banquet Monday night in the Blue Mound Banquet Center. He received a quilt made from LHS state track T-shirts. Pictured with him are Ruth Stoakes and Connie Lais.
- By Jason BerghorstJune 13, 2016More than sixty-five runners participated in the annual Buffalo Days Fun Run on Saturday, June 4 in Luverne. The event, organized by Sanford Luverne, included 5K and 10K races for men and women and a half-mile kids fun run. The top two finishers in seven different age categories were provided by Sanford Luverne: Men’s 5K 15 years and under: Joseph Mensen, first; Henry Hartquist, second16-20:…
- By Jason BerghorstJune 13, 2016Luverne is set to host two triathlons in July. The Davis Lake Triathlon will be a part of the activities planned for July 4 at The Lake at the end of West Edgehill Street. A mini race will begin at 9 a.m. That event will include 0.3 miles of kayaking, two miles of bike riding and a one-mile run. The main triathlon will begin at 10 a.m. July 4. Plans include kayaking for 0.5 miles, a nine-mile…
- By jason berghorstJune 09, 2015The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots were represented well at the Minnesota State Track and Field Meet at Hamline University in St. Paul Friday and Saturday. Sophomore Zach Scholten, who tied the school record when he won the Section 3A meet, competed in the high jump. Scholten placed fifth at the meet with a jump of 6-02 feet. “He put forth a great effort and that finish is a huge accomplishment,” H-…
- By john rittenhouseJune 03, 2015Two Hills-Beaver Creek athletes earned the right to compete at the state track meet during the Section 3A Track and Field Championships Thursday in Luverne. Athletes who place first and second in events at the section level automatically qualify for the state meet. One Patriot boy captured a section title and one girl placed second in the event to punch their tickets to the state meet. Sophomore…
- By john rittenhouseJune 03, 2015A Hills-Beaver Creek High School senior wrapped up his high school golf career at the Section 3A Golf Championships staged at the Marshall Country Club May 27. Justin Sandbulte, who qualified for the section event during South Sub-Section 3A competition May 20, was unable to qualify for the state tourney in Marshall. A total of five players advance from section competition to the state field, and…
- By 10/01/2014November 06, 2013With the way the Cardinal volleyball team started on Tuesday night, an easy sweep looked to be in the cards in a pair of league matches at home. It may not have turned out to be that simple, but the team did hold on and hold off some furious rallies by the opponents to win both matches. “It feels really good to win and get the sweep, though we kind of made it harder on ourselves than we had…
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