softball

Thirty-one regional teams traveled to Luverne this past weekend for the Luverne Bash-A-Rama softball tournament. Games were played at  Riverside Park and both fields at Joe Roberts Field June 26-28. “Bash-A-Rama is more than just a softball tournament,” said Michelle DeKam, treasurer of the Luverne Softball Association. “We try to make it a fun experience for the players and families who…

The Luverne High School softball team closed its 2026 section run going 2-2 in Section 3AA play. The Cardinals beat Windom 4-2 Tuesday, May 19, in Round 1 of the section finals. They followed up falling 10-1 to Pipestone in quarterfinal action May 19 in their second game of the day. On Saturday, May 23, LHS beat Litchfield 8-4 in Marshall in Round 1 of the elimination bracket. The Cardinals…

The Luverne girls’ softball team closed the regular season with a pair of wins against Worthington and Marshall. LHS beat Worthington 23-3 on the road Tuesday, May 12, and took down Marshall 10-3 at home Thursday, May 14. LHS finished the regular season 6-13 and was scheduled to play Windom in Pipestone Tuesday, May 19, in the first round of section tournament action.   LHS 23, Worthington 3…

The Luverne girls’ softball team played strong but fell in three games this past week. LHS lost a 9-7 game to West Central at home and fell 3-2 and 12-5 to Redwood Valley on the road Monday, May 11. The Cardinals were scheduled to travel to Worthington Tuesday, May 12, and will host Marshall Thursday, May 14.   West Central 9, LHS 7 A late rally by Luverne falls short against West Central…

The Luverne girls’ softball team gave up six games in the past week to fall to 4-10 for the season. The Cardinals lost 11-5 to Pipestone Tuesday, April 28, on the road. They fell twice to Fairmont Thursday, April 30, at home and gave up a doubleheader to St. James Friday, May 1, before losing a close 15-14 game to Pipestone on the road Monday, May 4. Luverne will host West Central Thursday,…

The Luverne High School softball team lost two games in a double-header to Jackson Thursday, April 23, on the road. Non-productive batting and errors hurt the Cardinals in Jackson where LHS fell 6-4 in the first game and lost 9-1 in the second game to the Huskies. Luverne did have two home runs against Jackson. LHS senior Gabbie Nath-Huls knocked one homer over the fence in the first game and…

The Luverne High School softball team went 1-1 against Windom on the road Thursday, April 16. In the first game of the double-header, LHS fell 6-2 to the Eagles in six and one-half innings. Luverne came back and took the second game 7-5 in seven innings to improve to a 4-2 season record. The Cardinals had two home runs against Windom. LHS senior Gabbie Nath-Huls hit one out of the park in the…

The Luverne High School softball team went 2-1 this past week recording four home runs by two batters along the way. The Cardinals lost 14-7 to Esko and beat Minneota-Canby 11-1 on Saturday, April 11, at home before taking down Edgerton 4-1 on the road Monday, April 13. Luverne is now 3-1 to start the 2026 season. Senior Jocelyn Altman collected one home run against Esko and two against…

The Luverne girls’ softball team opened the season with a win Monday. The Cardinals closed the game with the 10-run rule after the fifth inning beating the Dragons 15-5 at home. The game was scheduled to be played March 31 but was moved up due to weather. Clean-up batter Rylee Kurtz led the Cardinals with four hits and three RBIs. She also scored three times against the Dragons. Jocelyn…

LHS 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…

The Luverne girls’ softball team fell 10-9 to Redwood Valley in the first round of section play Thursday, May 22, on the road. LHS fell behind 9-6 at the end of the fifth inning but mounted a comeback in the bottom of the sixth inning scoring three runs to tie the game 9-9. In the top of the seventh inning, Redwood singled on a ground ball to put a runner on first base. They then advanced the…

The Luverne softball team earned two wins over the past week, beating Worthington 9-8 at home Tuesday, May 13, and pounding Marshall 22-4 on the road Thursday, May 15. The girls are now 10-9 for the season and 7-5 in Big South Conference play. The Cardinals were scheduled to take on Redwood Valley at home Tuesday, May 20, in the first round of the section playoffs.   LHS 9, Worthington 8 The…

The Luverne girls’ softball team won two games and fell in two in a busy week of play. LHS beat Blue Earth 18-4 and 19-4 in a doubleheader on the road Thursday, May 8. LHS fell 11-1 to Edgerton at home Friday, May 9, and lost to Adrian 8-7 on the road Monday, May 12. The Cardinals were scheduled to host Worthington Tuesday, May 13, and will travel to Marshall Thursday, May 15.   Luverne 18,…

The Luverne High School softball team lost four games in the past week to bring their season record to 6-7. In two games in Pipestone, the Cardinals fell to the Arrows 14-3 on April 29 and 17-6 on May 5. In a doubleheader against Fairmont on May 1, Luverne fell 10-9 in the first game and 9-4 in the second game. Luverne will play a doubleheader in Blue Earth Thursday, May 8, and the Cardinals…

The Luverne Cardinals softball team took two games from Redwood Valley and fell twice to Jackson in doubleheader play. LHS beat Redwood 20-10 and 13-3 April 22 in Luverne and fell to Jackson 12-1 and 9-2 April 25 in Jackson. The Cardinal girls are now 6-3 for the season and were scheduled to take on Pipestone in a doubleheader Tuesday, April 29, on the road. They will travel to Fairmont…

The Luverne High School softball team captured three wins with two losses this past week to start the season 3-2 LHS fell 6-0 to St. James in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday, April 8, at home and beat the Saints 11-1 in the second game. On Thursday, April 10, LHS hosted Windom in a doubleheader, beating the Eagles 8-6 in the first game and 8-6 in the second game. The Cardinals…