Harsh conditions don’t hinder LHS and H-BC track athletes
Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek track and field teams traveled to the Pipestone Invitational Saturday, April 20.
Girls’ softball team wins three games, loses three in busy week of ball
The Luverne High School softball team went 3-3 this past week.
Against Jackson County Central, LHS won one game 7-4 and lost one game 0-15 in doubleheader action Thursday, April 18, at Jackson.
Luverne baseball team takes four games, wins MACA Invitational championship
The Luverne baseball team won four games in the past week, including winning the 2024 MACA (Morris Area/ Chokio-Alberta) Baseball Invitational in Morris.
Cool conditions and wind hamper play between LHS and H-BC golf teams
The Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek golf teams played on the Patriots’ home course, Meadow Acres Golf Club, in Larchwood, Iowa Thursday, April 18.
Jarchow named NCCAA National Player of the Week
Elise Jarchow, a 2021 Luverne High School graduate, was named the NCCAA (National Christian College Athletic Association) National Player of the Week in women’s tennis Monday, April 22.
Cardinal boys’ and girls’ golf teams participate in the Big South Division tournament April 22
The Luverne boys’ and girls’ golf teams participated in the Big South Division tournament Monday, April 22, in Redwood Falls.
Sports
- By Brennen RuppDecember 01, 2020Covid-19 has caused plenty of disturbances in 2020, some with life-altering ramifications. For the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots football team it caused a disturbance in what was fixing to be a historic season in 2020. Over the previous two seasons the Patriots accumulated a record of 18-4 and were knocking on the door of the state tournament. In 2018 they lost to Mountain Lake Area in the section…
- By Brennen RuppDecember 01, 2020The Luverne Cardinals were just starting to find their footing when the state of Minnesota put a halt on all youth sports due to Covid-19. The Cardinals were on a four-game winning streak and owned a 5-5 record. They appeared to be picking up momentum as the section tournament neared. Then the emergency order came and the surging Cardinals never got to see their season through. “The last game of…
- By Brennen RuppDecember 01, 2020On Nov. 18 Gov. Tim Walz released new Covid-19 restrictions that impacted youth sports in the state of Minnesota. The new guidelines put a pause on youth sports for four weeks. Those orders went into effect on Nov. 20 and are in effect through Dec. 18. The restrictions shortened the football section tournaments, but section champions were still able to be crowned. Those same restrictions halted…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 23, 2020COVID-19 has now impacted three Minnesota State High School League seasons since it reared its ugly head in March. It put a premature end to winter sports while teams were preparing or already playing in their respective state tournaments. Due to COVID-19 there were no spring sports in the state of Minnesota. This fall the pandemic delayed the start of fall sports after they were originally going…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 23, 2020The Luverne Cardinals entered Friday night’s Section 3AAA Championship Game boasting one of the stingiest defensive units in the area. It was a unit that recorded three shutouts and was giving up 13.6 points per game. Those defensemen stood tall again Friday, Nov. 20, against Sibley East. The Cardinals defense didn’t give up a point until the very end en route to a 44-6 section championship…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 23, 2020If it weren’t for Covid-19, the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots likely would have been celebrating a trip to the nine-man state tournament and possibly a state championship. But due to the pandemic, the Minnesota State High School League opted not to host state tournaments for fall sports. Instead, the Patriots had to settle for a one-game section tournament. Rather than celebrating a section…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 23, 2020The Luverne Cardinals were on a four-game winning streak when Gov. Tim Walz announced his emergency order to halt sporting events in Minnesota. The order went into effect at midnight Friday, Nov. 20, leaving the Cardinals with one more match to play. The Cardinals lost that final match 3-1 to Jackson County Central. Due to Covid-19 and Gov. Walz’s order, the Cardinals won’t get an opportunity to…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 23, 2020On Parents Night the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots volleyball team played their final game of the shortened 2020 season against Edgerton High School. The Patriots did not disappoint the home crowd with a 3-0 victory over the visiting Dutchmen. In the opening set, H-BC used a long scoring run to pull away from Edgerton. With the Dutchmen trailing 11-8, H-BC went on a 14-5 run to win the first set 25…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 17, 2020The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots entered Thursday night’s matchup against Mountain Lake Area on a five-game losing streak to the Wolverines. Of those five losses, three of them came in the section tournament. The first loss came in the opening round of the section tournament in 2017. The next two came in 2018, during the regular season and the 2018 section championship. The fourth loss came during…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 17, 2020The Luverne Cardinals extended their winning streak to four games on Thursday, Nov. 12, with a 27-13 victory over Worthington. With the win, the Cardinals end the regular season with a 5-1 record. Luverne’s defense made the first impact play of the game when Ethan Beyer intercepted a Worthington pass. Beyer’s interception set the Cardinals up at Worthington’s 41-yard line. It took only six plays…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 17, 2020The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots ran into a well-oiled machine, the Red Rock Central volleyball team, on Friday, Nov. 13. The Falcons defeated H-BC 3-0 to hand the Patriots their fifth-straight loss after the Patriots started the season 3-2. With the loss, the Patriots are now 3-7 overall. The first set was the most competitive of the match for H-BC. The Falcons defeated H-BC 25-16 to take a 1-0…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 17, 2020The Luverne Cardinals volleyball team picked up a pair of victories this past week by defeating the Windom Area Eagles 3-0 and Jackson County Central 3-2. The Cardinals defeated the Eagles 3-0 at home on Friday, Nov. 13. With Luverne holding a 6-4 lead in the first set, the home team went on a 5-0 scoring run to open up an 11-4 lead. The Eagles managed to trim Luverne’s lead to 14-11 before the…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 17, 2020The Luverne Cardinals ended the regular season on a four-game winning streak and finished with a 5-1 overall record. There have been a number of factors that have led the Cardinals to end the season on a hot streak. They have received exceptional play from a stingy defense that’s given up just 13.6 points per game. They have an offensive line that’s giving the quarterback time to pass and paving…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 17, 2020For a lot of prep athletes they have two goals in mind: to reach the state tournament in their respective sports and to be able to play that sport at the collegiate level. Luverne’s Regan Feit has accomplished that first goal plenty of times during her time as a Luverne Cardinal. Since becoming a member of the cross country team in seventh grade, Feit has competed at the state tournament each…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 10, 2020It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. The Luverne Cardinals were able to overcome a sluggish start on Friday, Nov. 6, against the Redwood Valley Cardinals. Luverne trailed Redwood Valley 21-6 at halftime, but the home Cardinals were able to outscore the visiting Cardinals 28-7 in the second half and in overtime to pick up a thrilling 34-28 victory. “Losing isn’t an option anymore for us,”…
- By Brennen RuppNovember 10, 2020The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots did what they wanted, when they wanted, on Friday, Nov. 6, in their football game against Granada-Huntley-East Chain-Truman. The top-ranked Patriots improved to 5-0 on the season with a 50-0 victory. The Patriots jumped on GHEC-T early and never took their foot off the gas, scoring 24 points in the first quarter. “We deferred the coin toss and forced GHEC-T to go…
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