Luverne Sports
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 16, 2025The Luverne boys’ and girls’ golf teams hosted Worthington Tuesday, April 8, at the Luverne Country Club. The Luverne boys’ golf team also traveled to Adrian Thursday, April 10, beating the Dragons in 9-hole play at the Adrian Country Club. LHS and H-BC were scheduled to tee off against each other at Meadow Acres Golf Course in Larchwood, home course for the Patriots, Tuesday, April 15.…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 16, 2025The Luverne High School track and field teams competed well on local tracks over the past week. The Cardinals girls’ and boys’ teams both finished in first place at the Garretson Jesse James Track Meet Saturday, April 12. At the Marshall meet Monday, the Luverne girls’ team took first place, and the boys finished in fourth. Luverne will travel to Worthington Thursday, April 24, and to…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 09, 2025The Luverne baseball team opened their 2025 season beating Pipestone 9-1 and Worthington 12-2 Thursday, April 3, at the Sanford Sports Complex in Sioux Falls. Conditions were cool and overcast with teams playing on all turf fields. The Cardinals played the Arrows at 4 p.m. and took on Worthington at 7 p.m. LHS is scheduled to host their next three opponents at Redbird Field. They will play…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 09, 2025The Luverne boys’ tennis team traveled Saturday, April 5, for a doubleheader against Yellow Medicine and Montevideo. The Cardinals fell 7-0 in both meets, due in part to Luverne’s limited varsity experience this season. “We did have to forfeit two matches against Yellow Medicine and Montevideo, but the five individuals that we had on our roster played well,” head coach Nathan Rud said. Luverne…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 09, 2025The Luverne girls’ golf team traveled to Worthington Friday, April 4, for an 18-hole invitational of seven teams. Teams invited were Murray County Central, Fairmont, Lakeview, Jackson County Central, Lac qui Parle Valley, Luverne, and the host team Worthington. Because of inclement weather several golfers were unable to finish play, and team scores were not counted. Luverne freshman Ingrid…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 02, 2025The Luverne High School track and field team traveled to Brookings, South Dakota, for the SDSU Ruth Marske Invite Saturday, March 29. The indoor meet hosted 26 high school teams from Minnesota, South Dakota and Iowa. Luverne had 10 top-10 finishes between the track and field events. Senior Eli Woodley topped the boys’ shot put event with a toss of 50-7.27. Senior Augusta Papik placed third in…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 02, 2025The Big South Conference and Red Rock Conference released their 2024-25 basketball all-conference picks. Luverne High School boys’ basketball seniors Carter Sehr and Landon Ahrendt and girls’ basketball freshman Taya Johnson were named to the all-conference team in the Big South Conference. In the Red Rock Conference, Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball juniors Micah Bush and Jamin Metzger,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 02, 2025Luverne activities director Todd Oye was named the “Paul Krueger - Class A Activities Administrator of the Year” Wednesday, March 26, at the state activities banquet in St. Cloud. A 1990 graduate of Luverne High School, Oye continued his education at North Dakota State College of Science (NDSCS) and Southwest Minnesota State University (SMSU), playing football at both institutions. He earned…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 02, 2025Local hockey player Easton Johnson of Luverne was recently invited to play for the USA Hockey National Team Development Program. “The objective of the NTDP is to develop the most promising players from anywhere in the United States. NTDP players come from all across the country,” according to the program’s website, usahockeyntdp.com. “The culmination of the two-year scouting process is an…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 02, 2025Eli Radtke, a 6-foot-2-inch junior at Northern State University, posted a personal best pole vault of 16 feet 4 inches Feb. 21 in the SDSU Last Chance meet at the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex in Brookings, South Dakota. His vault landed him a third-place finish in the meet. “Two more inches in my vault and I would have qualified for D2 Nationals,” Radtke said. While at Luverne High…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 02, 2025A college basketball player with local ties has just completed a successful season with the South Dakota State University women’s basketball team. Brooklyn Meyer, a 6-foot-2-inch junior on the team is the granddaughter of Bob and Karla Osterday of Luverne. She started in all 33 games for the Jackrabbits this season and participated in the second-round game in the 2025 NCAA Tournament against…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 26, 2025The Luverne High School student council held its annual March Mayhem basketball event Tuesday, March 18, in the Cardinal Gym. It’s an annual fundraiser for the organization, according to LHS Student Council adviser Jason Berghorst. “The council uses the funds raised to support events such as Homecoming, Snow Week, leadership events, Wellness Week, student recognition programs, and many other…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 26, 2025The Blue Mound Figure Skaters performed their 34th annual ice show at the Blue Mound Ice Arena Friday, March 21, and Saturday, March 22. This year’s title “Showtime” included 107 skaters from preschool to high school seniors featuring soloists, duets, trios and group skating performances. “The annual ice show is our year-end performance and is our biggest event of the year,” said Teresa Wieneke…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 19, 2025The Big South Conference released its 2024-25 all-conference boys’ hockey and wrestling team selections. LHS boys’ hockey players named to the all-conference list are junior Maddux Domagala, junior Gavin Hoven, junior Jaxon Lais, junior Landyn Lais and sophomore Ben Hartquist. Senior Blaik Bork received all-conference honorable mention. Landyn Lais scored his 100th career point against…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 12, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team finished the 2024-25 season falling twice in the state hockey tournament in St. Paul. The Cardinals lost a 7-0 game to the No. 1 seed Hibbing/Chisholm Bluejackets in the quarterfinals Wednesday, March 5, and fell 5-3 to the Northern Lakes Lightning in the consolation semifinals Thursday, March 6. Luverne finished the season with a 22-6-2 record and won the section…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 12, 2025The Luverne boys’ basketball team finished their 2024-25 season falling to Jackson County Central 73-61 in the section championship Saturday, March 8, in Marshall. The Cardinals beat Redwood Valley 90-79 in Windom Thursday, March 6, in the section semifinals to advance to the championship game against the Huskies. Luverne finished the season with a record of 19-8 this year. LHS 90, Redwood…
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