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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 18, 2024The Luverne girls’ tennis team netted a 7-0 win over Worthington Tuesday, Sept. 10, on the road and hosted River Valley Thursday, Sept. 12, beating the Wildcats 5-2. With the wins, the Cardinals are now 7-5 on the season and will travel for their final three regular season matches. Luverne was scheduled to head to Pipestone for their annual Battle Racket match Tuesday, Sept. 17, and the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 11, 2024The Luverne Cardinals football team upset the Jordan Hubmen 20-14 Friday, Sept. 6, at home, scoring the go-ahead touchdown in the final seconds of the game. Having led most of the game, the Cardinals relinquished a 12-7 lead late in the third quarter and found themselves down 14-12 with just over 12 minutes of football to play. In the fourth quarter, Luverne was able to hold Jordan at bay but…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 11, 2024By Greg Hoogeveen The Luverne volleyball team fell to Westbrook Walnut Grove 3-1 Tuesday, Sept. 3, and lost to Windom 3-0 Thursday, Sept. 5. The sets were close in both games; Luverne just had a hard time finishing long volleys and capitalizing on their momentum in the sets, according to head coach Sarah DeBeer. “We are getting stronger every game we play. Now we need to push for not just…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 11, 2024Luverne hosted the Bruce Gluff cross country meet Saturday, Sept. 7, with 12 teams participating in the event. The 11 visiting teams were Adrian/Ellsworth, Chester, Dell Rapids, Garretson, Heron Lake-Okabena, Jackson County Central, Martin County West/Butterfield-Odin, Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey, Redwood Valley, Southwest Christian-Edgerton Public, and Windom Area. In the boys’ varsity 5,000-…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 11, 2024The Luverne girls’ tennis team hosted Marshall Thursday, Sept. 5, falling four matches to three. The Cardinals are now 5-5 for the season after the loss to Marshall “The good news this week is that we finally have senior Caitlin Kindt back after hurting her knee and having surgery during tennis last year,” head coach Nathan Rud said. He said Kindt’s return affected two Luverne doubles teams…
September 04, 2024Tradition continued Tuesday morning when the Luverne High School Class of 2025 gathered on the football field together to celebrate the first day of their last school year together. Senior Sunrise was a success as the students were treated to clear skies for the event organized by the student council that culminated in a 6:51 a.m. appearance of the sun. Pictured are (front from left,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 04, 2024The Luverne Cardinals traveled to Worthington for their first game of the season, beating the Trojans 25-6 on Thursday, Aug. 29. “The team is always happy to finish the game with a win,” said head coach Todd Oye. “Offensively we started out with typical first game mistakes but settled down and established a nice run game.” Luverne collected 170 team rushing yards against the Trojans. Senior…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 04, 2024The Luverne girls’ tennis team fell to two strong teams this past week. The Cardinals traveled to Blue Earth Tuesday, Aug. 27, and lost 6-1, and they lost to St. James 7-0 Thursday, Aug. 29, at home. Luverne is now 5-4 with seven regular season meets left in the season. LHS head coach Nathan Rud said the team is learning from tough competition. “I am very excited to see how high these girls…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 04, 2024The Luverne cross country team traveled to Marshall Tuesday, Aug. 27, and Beresford Friday, Aug. 30, where runners showed growth and improvement, according to head coach Pete Janiszeski. “They’ve put together a couple of great runs and are eager to continue to grow and challenge their limits, which is what will drive them to get better each day,” he said. “As coaches that’s all we ask of them.…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 04, 2024The Luverne volleyball team fell 3-0 to Southwest Minnesota Christian at home, Tuesday, Aug. 27. On Saturday, Aug. 31, LHS participated in the Rochester Tournament, winning one game and falling in four games. “We need to work on a few things after this weekend, but we played closely with all the teams in the tournament,” head coach Sarah DeBeer said. “We definitely competed against great teams…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 21, 2024The Luverne High School girls’ tennis team opened the 2024 season at home Saturday, Aug. 17. In the first match of the season, the Cardinal girls beat Morris Area 4-3, and lost to Benson 4-3 in the second match of the day. Against Morris the Luverne Cardinals won their four singles matches. Senior Augusta Papik in the No. 1 spot defeated her opponent 6-3, 6-1. Senior Emma Nath took the No. 2…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 14, 2024Luverne High School senior Lucky Dara won the 2024 Cardinal Pride competition on the opening day of football practice Monday, Aug. 12. The Cardinal Pride competition is an eight-event challenge staged on the first morning of practice every season to test physical abilities of each high school player prior to the season. Dara won the competition with 1786.75 total points. Senior Eli Woodley…
July 17, 2024Luverne High School trap shooting team member Liam Murphy competed at the USA High School Clay Target League National Championship in Mason, Michigan, July 13. In four rounds of competition, Murphy shot a 24 (out of 25), 24, a perfect 25, and 19.- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 03, 2024Big South Conference officials released their 2023-24 All-Conference baseball, softball and golf team selections. Conner Connell, Carter Sehr, Will Serie, Jacob Stroh and Blake Sauer were among local athletes recognized as All-Conference baseball players. Alex Schlosser and Elliot Domagala were recognized with honorable mentions. The Luverne baseball team placed first in the small school…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 26, 2024The Luverne Junior Legion baseball team beat Pipestone 11-5 at home Monday, June 24. Because of flooding at Redbird Field, the game was played at the Luverne High School south baseball field. With the temp in the nineties and a heat index of around 102, both teams took some time to acclimate to the conditions in the first two innings. In the third, Pipestone scored two runs in the top of the…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 26, 2024The Luverne Senior Legion baseball team was able to get in two games this past week, traveling to Bird Island to take on Annandale and St. Louis Park Sunday, June 23. Luverne beat Annandale 7-5 in six innings and fell to St. Louis Park 9-1 in six innings. With Redbird Field under water, games against Worthington on Thursday, June 20, and Pipestone Monday, June 24, had to be cancelled. The…
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