Cardinal girls’ hockey team clips Fairmont, falls to Mound Westonka White Hawks
The Luverne girls’ hockey team hosted Fairmont Nov. 21 beating the visiting Cardinals 7-1. Luverne fell to Mound Westonka-Southwest Christian 9-0 on the road Nov. 25.
Female grapplers shoot for success
The Minnesota State High School League sanctioned girls’ wrestling for the first time in the 2021-22 school year, and the first state tournament was held March 5, 2022, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
Volunters work on Joe Roberts Field
Joe Roberts Field, located behind the Rock County Highway Department, is getting an upgrade, thanks in part to the Luverne Baseball Association, Rock County Highway Department and C&B Operations of Luverne.
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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 25, 2023Luverne’s David Duffy hosted an “ultra” trail running event Saturday, Oct. 14, that challenged athletes to complete 100 miles in one day. The event, Duff Dog Backyard Ultra in the Blue Mounds State Park, attracted 12 hardy competitors. This was Duffy’s third year hosting the event in which competitors consecutively run the distance of 6,706 meters (4.167 miles) in less than one hour. “This…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 25, 2023The Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball team hosted Luverne Tuesday, Oct. 17, falling 3-0 to the Cardinals. LHS won 25-10, 25-9 and 25-11. “We were not ready to play mentally, and for some reason they were all in their heads about it being senior night and the last home game,” said coach Meghan Zylstra. (See LHS/HBC story for details.) The Lady Pates traveled to Tracy-Milroy-Balaton Monday, Oct. 23…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 18, 2023The Luverne Cardinals varsity cross-country team ran away with the boys’ and girls’ 5,000-meter events at the Adrian Invitational Tuesday, Oct. 10. Junior Owen Janiszeski and senior Jenna DeBates both took first place in their event at the Adrian Country Club. “We were very happy with the performances on Tuesday,” head coach Pete Janiszeski said. “The kids competed hard and we had great…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 18, 2023Luverne fell 34-0 to Jackson County Central Thursday, Oct. 12, on the road. In a rainy and windy game, Luverne lost three fumbles and had a total of -12 yards offense to a strong Huskies team. “JCC is a very good team and we played on a very wet and muddy field,” head coach Todd Oye said. “We did not play very well and struggled with some basic things we have done well during the season.” Oye…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 18, 2023The Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball team fell 3-1 to Adrian Oct. 10 and 3-1 to Southwest Minnesota Christian Oct. 16. H-BC was scheduled to host Luverne Tuesday, Oct. 17, for both teams’ last regular season match. Adrian 3, H-BC 1 The Patriots volleyball team traveled to Adrian to take on the Dragons Tuesday, Oct. 10. H-BC lost the first two sets 25-17 and 25-22. The Patriots rallied and…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 18, 2023The Luverne girls’ tennis team sent two singles players and two doubles teams to the Section 3A Individual Tournament Thursday, Oct. 12. Games were played at Huether Family Match Pointe in Sioux Falls. In singles play, Luverne senior Sarah Stegenga was the fifth seed out of 16 players. In Round 1 action, Stegenga took on 12th seed Abigail Jimenez from Yellow Medicine East, beating her in two…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 18, 2023The Luverne volleyball team got together Tuesday, Oct. 3, for their yearly public service projects day. “It gets the girls out of the gym and working together in a different way that helps out the community,” head coach Sarah DeBeer said about the annual activity to help local organizations. “We get the whole program together, from varsity to the C-squad, to go out and serve the community as an…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 18, 2023The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots are gearing up for a close home contest with New Ulm Cathedral on Wednesday, Oct. 18. “Having the week off was helpful because Wednesday night games are always a quick turnaround in regard to preparation,” head coach Rex Metzger said. He was referring to the canceled Westbrook-Walnut Grove game that was supposed to have been played Friday, Oct. 13. Now Metzger…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 18, 2023The Luverne volleyball team fell to Windom in three sets Tuesday, Oct. 10, on the road. The Eagles took the Cardinals 25-17, 25-23 and 25-14. Head coach Sarah DeBeer said, “We had great moments during the match, but we just couldn’t take control.” Setting leaders were senior Elle Halverson with 10 set assists and junior Amira Cowell with 12 set assists in the game. Junior Ella Reisdorfer had…
By Scott Rall, Outdoors columnistOctober 18, 2023As is part of my normal pheasant hunting opening weekend activities, I made the drive to the 2023 Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener event in Owatonna. This area is not necessarily known as the hotbed of pheasant hunting opportunities in our great state, but there were about the same number of birds harvested by attendees as any other events of its kind since 2012. So I guess you might need to…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 11, 2023Luverne fell 3-0 to Pipestone Friday, Oct. 6, in the 67th Annual Battle Axe football game on Cardinal Field. Both teams had trouble moving the ball on the ground or through the air. Luverne had 91 total yards in the game while Pipestone managed 74 yards of total offense. The Cardinals hurt themselves losing one fumble and throwing three interceptions in the game. Luverne junior Carter Sehr…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 11, 2023The Patriots beat the Flying Dutchmen 26-14 in Edgerton Friday, Oct. 6. “We knew going in, it was going to be a tough, physical game, and it was all of that,” head coach Rex Metzger said. “Our guys played hard all 48 minutes, and I was very happy with the physicality of our team.” The first quarter of the game both teams hung tough and would not allow the other team to score. In the second…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 11, 2023The Luverne girls’ tennis team is crowned Section 3A Team Champion. Luverne won their quarterfinal match against Yellow Medicine East 6-1 at home Thursday, Oct. 5. The Cardinals took the semifinal match against MacCray 4-2 Monday, Oct. 9, in Sioux Falls and beat Montevideo 4-0 later in the day. The team will play in state competition at the Reed-Sweatt Tennis Center in Minneapolis Tuesday, Oct…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 11, 2023The Luverne Cardinals hosted a cross-country meet Thursday, Oct. 5, that included six other teams. The teams that participated in the high school events were Adrian-Ellsworth, Canby-Minneota, Pipestone Area, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, Sioux Falls Roosevelt and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton. The Luverne girls’ 5,000-meter team placed third and the Luverne boys’ 5,000-meter team placed second. “The kids did…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 11, 2023The Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball team lost 3-0 to Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda at home Tuesday, Oct. 3, and traveled to Marshall Friday, Oct. 6, and Saturday, Oct. 7, to participate in the Jimmy John’s Classic. H-BC was scheduled to travel to Adrian to take on the Dragons Tuesday, Oct. 10, and will host Southwest Christian Monday, Oct. 16. HLOF 3, HBC 0 The Patriots fell behind the Coyotes in…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 11, 2023The Luverne volleyball team fell to Jackson County Central in three games Thursday, Oct. 5, on the road. JCC topped Luverne 25-13 in the first set, 25-12 in the second and 25-18 in the final set. The 8-12 Huskies came into the match winning their last two matches against Pipestone 3-0 and St. James 3-0 after a nine-game losing streak. Luverne, now 9-12, recently lost to Edgerton 3-0 this past…
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