Boys’ hockey team beats Trojans 18-3
Luverne boys’ hockey obliterated Worthington 18-3 at home Tuesday, Nov. 25.
The Cardinals put a total of 52 shots on net compared with the Trojans’ eight shots on net in the game.
Cardinals beat Trojans 7-0
Luverne girls’ hockey team blanked Worthington 7-0 at home Tuesday, Nov. 25.
Luverne dribbles past Edgerton 67-40 in home court opener
The Luverne girls’ basketball team took down Edgerton Public 67-40 in its 2025 home opener Monday, Nov. 24.
The Cardinals ran up a 32-13 lead in the first half and didn’t look back.
Jarchow named UMSC First-Team All-Conference
Anja Jarchow was recently named to the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMSC) Volleyball First-team All-Conference.
H-BC Patriots win state title
What a year for the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots football team!
Cardinal boys hockey team nets two wins
The Luverne Cardinals boys’ hockey team opened the season with two home wins against a pair of strong opponents.
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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 09, 2025The Luverne Junior Legion 10 baseball team made short order of Windom, beating them 16-2 Tuesday, July 1, on the road. Kelby Schomacker and Coy Thone led Luverne with two hits each in the game. Carter Como and Ben Hartquist each had one hit against Windom. Como collected three runs, and Hartquist got one double in the win. Hartquist, Colton Haubrich, Maddox Miller, Schomacker and Thone each…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 09, 2025Local racing results for July 4-5 are listed. Drivers posted have ties to Rock County. Rapid Speedway July 4 - Rock Rapids, IA USRA Hobby Stock #14K Bryant Klassen, Adrian – placed fourth in the A Feature, finished first in Heat 1 #10 Blake Schneekloth, Brandon – placed 12th in the A Feature, finished third in Heat 2 #24H Brock Harnack, Hills – DNF in the A Feature, finished fifth in…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 02, 2025The Luverne Senior Legion baseball team won two games and fell twice this past week. Luverne beat Madison 5-4 Tuesday, June 24, at home. At the New Ulm tournament, Mankato National Legion beat Luverne 7-2 Friday, June 27, in their first game. In the second game Luverne took down Omaha West 5-3 on June 27. In Luverne’s final game of the New Ulm Tournament, Luverne fell 6-0 to the Mankato…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 02, 2025The Luverne Softball Association hosted the 2025 Bash-A-Rama tournament June 28-29 in Luverne. Thirty-two area teams participated in the two-day event at Joe Roberts and Riverside East diamonds. Four brackets of teams, 10U, 12U, 14U and 16U played throughout the weekend in “Competitive and community-centered softball,” according to event organizer Michelle DeKam. Players also competed…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 02, 2025The Luverne Junior Legion 9 and 10 teams played a double-header against Pipestone Monday, June 30, at Redbird Field. The Junior Legion 9 game ended in a 5-5 tie after four innings, and the Luverne Junior Legion 10 team beat Pipestone 12-1 after 5 1/2 innings. Legion 10 was scheduled to take on Windom on the road Tuesday, July 1. Legion 9 and 10 travel to play Heron Lake Monday, July 7. …
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 02, 2025The Luverne Redbirds beat the Hadley Buttermakers 8-1 Sunday, June 29, on the road. Luverne opened the scoring in the top of the fourth inning with three runs. Braydon Ripka, Jake Haugen and Will Serie each crossed home plate once in the inning. The Redbirds tacked on another four runs in the top of the fourth inning to take a 7-0 lead through 5 1/2 innings. Skyler Wenninger scored on a Serie…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 02, 2025The results of racing events for June 27-29 are listed. Drivers with ties to Rock County are included. Rapid Speedway June 27 - Rock Rapids, IA Sportsmen #21 Larry Kracht, Magnolia – placed sixth in A Feature, finished fourth in Heat 2. #17 Brandon Boeve, Beaver Creek – placed 11th in A Feature, finished sixth in Heat 1. Overall points leaders to date 8th - Brandon Boeve – 442 12th…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 25, 2025The Luverne Redbirds captured two big wins and now stand at 4-4 for the season. Luverne beat the Worthington Cubs 9-0 June 18 at home and the Heron Lake Lakers 17-8 June 22 on the road. The Redbirds were rescheduled to host Hadley Wednesday, June 25. They are on the road Friday, June 27, versus Larchwood and play Sunday, June 29, at Pipestone. Luverne will kick off July on the road for two…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 25, 2025The Luverne Junior Legion 10 baseball team posted a 3-2 record this past week in a busy schedule. Luverne fell 1-0 to Worthington on the road Tuesday, June 17. At the New Ulm Tournament over the weekend, Luverne beat Prior Lake 12-4, and New Ulm 12-1 Friday, June 20. Luverne finished the tournament beating Omaha 8-3 June 21. On Monday, June 23, Luverne fell to Slayton 12-5 at home. Luverne is…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 25, 2025The Luverne Junior Legion 9 team is primarily freshmen and younger players coached by Ben Serie and Jake Haugen. They play a limited schedule with a total of five games in 2025. The team fell to Worthington 6-1 Tuesday, June 17, at Redbird Field. Luverne is scheduled to host Marshall June 26 and Pipestone June 30. They will go on the road Monday, July 7, to take on Heron Lake-Okabena. Team…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 25, 2025The Luverne Senior Legion baseball team went 2-3 this past week against solid opponents on the road. Luverne fell 4-1 to Madison June 17 and finished 2-2 at the Marshall Woodbat Tournament over the weekend. At Marshall, Luverne lost in a close 8-7 game against Alexandria Friday, June 22, beat Brookings 17-9 and St. Peter 15-0 Saturday, June 22, and lost 6-4 to Renner Sunday, June 22. The…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 25, 2025Six Luverne baseball players were named to the 2025 Big South All-Conference team. All-Conference honors went to seniors Carter Sehr and Layke Miller and juniors Blake Sauer and Jaxon Lais. Honorable mention players are senior Alex Schlosser and junior Maddux Domagala. All six players were a big part of the team’s 2025 fifth place finish at this year’s MSHSL Baseball State Tournament.
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 25, 2025Senior Alex Schlosser was named to the 2025 State All-Tournament Team and senior Carter Sehr was named to the 2025 South All-Star Team and the 2025 Minnesota State High School Baseball Coaches Association All-State Team. Sehr took part in the All-Star activities Thursday, June 19, at Chaska Athletic Park. The South All-Stars team played June 20 and 21 against other All-Star teams.
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 25, 2025LHS senior softball players Ella Reisdorfer and Payton Behr were named to the 36th Minnesota Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Star Series. They played in the All-Star game Sunday, June 8, at Caswell Park in North Mankato. The 72 All-Stars are selected from over 6,000 girls who play high school fastpitch in Minnesota. The All- Stars are selected by the Minnesota High School Fastpitch Coaches…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 25, 2025Local racing results have been posted for the June 20-21 weekend. Rapid Speedway June 20 - Rock Rapids, IA Sportsmen #17 Brandon Boeve – placed eighth in A Feature, finished seventh in Heat 1 USRA Hobby Stock #22E Eric Gaul – placed third in the A Feature, finished seventh in Heat 3 #10 Blake Schneekloth – placed eighth in the A Feature, finished first in Heat 3 #24H Brock Harnack –…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 18, 2025The Luverne High School baseball team ended the 2025 season in fifth place in the MSHSL State Baseball Tournament in St. Cloud June 12. Luverne, the No. 5 seed, fell in a heartbreaking 5-4 loss to No. 4 Glencoe-Silver Lake in the state quarterfinals at Dick Putz Field in St. Cloud June 11. With the loss, LHS moved to the state consolation bracket. Luverne beat No. 8 Concordia Academy 4-3 at…
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