Luverne Sports
- 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 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…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 18, 2025Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek track and field teams sent 28 athletes to the 2025 MSHSL Class A State Track & Field Championship June 10-11 in St. Michael. The Cardinals finished the two-day event with five Top 10 finishes. “The kids did an outstanding job of getting out, competing hard, and chasing their personal bests,” LHS head coach Pete Janiszeski said. “We talk all the time about…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 18, 2025The Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek trap teams participated in the 2025 Minnesota Trap Shooting Championships in Alexandria this past week. The Cardinals competed in Class 2A Tuesday, June 10, and the Patriots shot in Class 4A on Thursday, June 12. In the Championship Tournament, teams shoot two sessions of two rounds in one day. Scores are kept for individual and team placements in their…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 18, 2025The Luverne Junior and Senior American Legion baseball teams kicked off their summer season after the high school team finished in fifth place at the MSHSL State Baseball Tournament in St. Cloud June 12. This season the Junior Legion team has been divided into two teams. The Legion 9 and Legion 10 teams are both coached by Jake Haugen and Ben Serie and will usually play back-to-back games in…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 18, 2025The Luverne Redbirds fell 2-1 in 13 innings of play to the Lakefield Horned Frogs Wednesday, June 11, on the road. Lakefield scored one run in the bottom of the third, but Luverne tied the game 1-1 in the top of the seventh with Braydon Ripka scoring on a wild pitch. The game went another five innings with no scoring. In the bottom of the 13th inning, Lakefield had two outs and a man on third…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 18, 2025Four Luverne golfers were named to the 2025 Big South All-Conference team. Sophomore Will Bergman and freshman Mallachi Domagala made the boys’ all-conference team. Sophomore Macie Edstrom and freshman Ingrid Mostad were named to the girls’ all-conference team. All four played in the Section 3AA tournament May 28 at the Oakdale Golf Club in Buffalo Lake but were unable to advance to the state…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 11, 2025The Luverne Cardinals baseball team is heading to the 2025 State Tournament after winning the Section 3AA Championship Thursday, June 5, in Marshall. Luverne fell 6-1 to Montevideo in the first of two games in the championship. The loss, giving Luverne and Montevideo one loss each in sections, forced a Game 2 between the schools. Luverne found their groove, defeating Montevideo in a 9-0…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 11, 2025The Luverne Redbirds fell 5-3 to the Windom Pirates at home Sunday, June 8. The Redbirds started the game scoring one run in the bottom of the first inning. Skyler Wenninger singled on a line drive to center field, scoring Blake Sauer from second. Windom took the lead in the top of the second inning driving in two runs on two singles. With two outs in the bottom of the second inning, Redbird…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 11, 2025Several Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek spring sports athletes have been named to all-conference teams. Named to the LHS Big South Conference All-Conference Track & Field Team are the following Cardinals: Seniors Augusta Papik, Emma Nath, Hannah Sneller, Kendra Thorson, Owen Janiszeski, Keaton Ahrendt, Ryker Johnson, Eli Woodley, Dylan Ommen, Sage Viessman and Ashton Hood. Juniors Hannah…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 04, 2025The Luverne Cardinals baseball team is knocking on the door to the 2025 State Class AA Minnesota Baseball Tournament after taking down four teams in the section playoffs. Luverne, the No. 2 south seed, beat Redwood Valley, the No. 7 south seed, 8-1 at home Tuesday, May 27, in the first round of the section tournament. The Cardinals hosted St. James, the No. 3 south seed, narrowly beating the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 04, 2025The Luverne Cardinals and the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots qualified for the state event in 23 events at the Section 3A track and field meet in Redwood Valley Thursday, May 29. LHS qualified in 11 events and H-BC qualified in 12 events for the 2025 state meet June 10-11 in St. Michael. Class A prelims start at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, and the finals start at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 11. In…
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