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  • By Brennen Rupp
    February 09, 2021
    The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ basketball team improved to 5-0 after going 2-0 last week. The Luverne Cardinals, on the other hand, went 0-2 and fell to 3-4 overall. The undefeated Patriots opened the week by disposing of Mountain Lake Area 65-35 at home on Thursday, Feb. 4. The Patriots then put together a strong second half to defeat the Luverne Cardinals 52-39 at home on Friday, Feb. 5. “It was…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    February 09, 2021
    The Luverne Cardinals boys’ hockey team lost two games this week, bringing their overall record to 1-5 on the young season. The Cardinals opened the week with an 8-2 road loss on Tuesday, Feb. 2, to Minnesota River. They then dropped another road contest on Friday, Feb. 5, to Dodge County 9-1.   Minnesota River 8, LHS 2 In the first matchup between these two teams this season, Minnesota River…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    February 09, 2021
    The Luverne Cardinals boys’ basketball team continued its strong start to the 2021 campaign on Tuesday, Feb. 2, with a 76-72 home victory over Redwood Valley. Gannon Ahrendt started the game off with a bang for the Cardinals by knocking down a three-pointer on the first possession of the game. A pair of Bailey Cowell buckets put the Cardinals up 7-2. With Luverne holding a 9-2 lead, Redwood…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    February 09, 2021
    The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team went 1-1 this week with a 69-41 home victory over Edgerton on Tuesday, Feb. 2, and a 74-55 loss to Westbrook-Walnut Grove on Friday, Feb. 5.   H-BC 69, Edgerton 41 Edgerton had H-BC on the ropes early. The Flying Dutchmen raced out to a 10-0 lead and looked to be on their way to a blowout victory. The Patriots then settled in and closed out the first…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    February 09, 2021
    The Luverne girls’ hockey team split a pair of games this week to improve to 4-2 overall. The Cardinals opened the week with a 7-0 shutout victory over Minnesota River at home on Tuesday, Feb. 2. Luverne then dropped a road contest on Friday, Feb. 5, to Dodge County 4-1.   LHS 7, MN River 0 The Cardinals used a strong first period to pick up a 7-0 victory on Tuesday, Feb. 2, inside Blue Mound Ice…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    February 09, 2021
    The Luverne gymnastics team dropped a home meet to Jackson County Central on Thursday, Feb. 4. The 129.750 to 126.900 loss drops the Cardinals to 3-2 overall this season. “We had our best meet of the season,” Luverne head coach Phoebe Flom said. “It was a loss, but so many good things happened, it felt like a win. Things are starting to click for the girls and they’re feeling more confident in…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    February 09, 2021
    The Luverne Cardinals went 0-2 at a wrestling Triangular in Windom on Saturday, Feb. 6, losing to Rock Central 61-18 and to Windom-Mountain Lake 42-30.   RRC 61, LHS 18 The Cardinals only won three matches against Red Rock Central, with all three wins coming by fall. Riley Cowell continued his strong start to his senior season with another win by fall in the 120-pound division over Aubry…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    February 09, 2021
    Gavin Wysong was a member of a Hills-Beaver Creek senior class that helped the Hills-Beaver Creek football program accumulate an overall record of 29-6 over the last four seasons. During that run the Patriots won one section championship and appeared in three more. This past fall the Patriots finished the shortened football season with a 7-0 record and were named Nine-Man State Champions by the…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    February 02, 2021
    The Luverne gymnastics team improved to 2-1 with a 125.350-124.550 victory over Pipestone Area in Luverne on Monday, Feb. 1. In the vault competition, it was Amira Cowell coming in first with a score of 8.900. Fellow eighth-grader Ella Reisdorfer finished second with a score of 8.700. Tiana Lais finished fourth with a score of 8.500. In the bars, it was Reisdorfer finishing first with a score of…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    February 02, 2021
    After dropping a Top 10 battle against Rochester Lourdes 4-2 last week, the Luverne Cardinals bounced back by winning both of their games to improve to 3-1 overall. Luverne opened the week with a 5-2 road victory over Minnesota River on Friday, Jan. 30. They then wrapped up the week with a 9-0 victory over Morris-Benson Area on Saturday, Jan. 31, at Blue Mound Ice Arena.   LHS 5, MN River 2 The…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    February 02, 2021
    The Luverne Cardinals boys’ basketball team opened the season with a 3-0 start. That early success was halted, however, by a 59-42 loss to the sixth-ranked Marshall Tigers on Thursday, Jan. 28. Marshall scored the first five points of the game and appeared ready to run the Cardinals out of the gym. The Cardinals responded by going on a 10-2 run to take a 10-7 lead. Marshall outscored the…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    February 02, 2021
    The Luverne Cardinals girls’ basketball team split a pair of games this week. Luverne opened the week by defeating St. James 56-46 at home on Tuesday, Jan. 26. The Cardinals then ran into a buzzsaw when they squared off against the sixth-ranked Marshall Tigers at home on Jan. 29. The visiting Tigers bested the Cardinals 70-42.   LHS 56, St. James 46 Ver Steeg reaches 1,000 The Cardinals improved…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    February 02, 2021
    The Luverne boys’ hockey team dropped a pair of games this week to bring its overall record to 1-3. The Cardinals opened the week with a 7-2 road loss to Redwood Valley on Tuesday, Jan. 26. Luverne then returned home and dropped a tightly contested game to Minnesota River 3-2 on Friday, Jan. 29.   RV 7, LHS 2 On Friday, Jan. 22, the Cardinals defeated Redwood Valley, 8-5 at the Blue Mound Ice…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    February 02, 2021
    The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team lost a pair of tightly contested games this week. Playing in front of the home crowd on Friday, Jan. 29, the Patriots lost at the buzzer to Mountain Lake Area 57-55.   MLA 57, H-BC 55 The Patriots took a 24-21 lead into the locker room during their home game against MLA on Friday, Jan. 29. In the second half, the two teams swapped leads, with neither…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    February 02, 2021
    The Luverne Cardinals wrestling team went 0-4 this week with losses to Fairmont-Martin County West (81-0) and Windom-Mountain Lake (51-24) on Tuesday, Jan. 26. They then dropped a pair of matches to Worthington (61-16) and Minneota (78-6) on Thursday, Jan. 28.   Windom-Mountain Lake 51, Luverne 24 Riley Cowell defeated Thavien Xayachak by fall in the 120-pound division. Jaden Reisch won by fall…
  • By Brennen Rupp
    January 25, 2021
    The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots girls’ basketball team expected to have a special season in 2021 with a strong core of players returning. Those expectations are being met early, as the Patriot girls have opened the season with a perfect 3-0 start.   H-BC 78, Edgerton 47 The Patriots opened the season on Tuesday, Jan. 19, with a convincing 78-47 victory at home against Edgerton. Junior guard…
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