Luverne Sports
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…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 04, 2025The Redbirds dropped one game against Milroy and fell to Renner in an exhibition game at Redbird Field this past week. Luverne fell 8-6 to the Irish Sunday, June 1, and lost 8-4 to Renner Wednesday, May 28. The Redbirds will host the Windom Pirates at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 8, and will travel to play the Lakefield Horned Frogs Wednesday, June 11. Irish 8, Redbirds 6 The Redbirds fell 8-6 to…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 04, 2025The Luverne golf team finished their 2025 season Wednesday, May 28, in the Section 3AA tournament. LHS had three boys and two girls competing in the Day 2 individual tournament at the Oakdale Golf Club in Buffalo Lake. All five Cardinal players played well but were unable to move on to the state tournament. At the end of Day 2 play, freshman Mallachi Domagala finished in 18th place with an 18-…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 28, 2025The Redbirds fell 7-4 to the Worthington Cubs Sunday, May 25, on the road. Worthington managed to get five hits against the Redbirds, scoring five runs in the fourth and two runs in the fifth inning. In the top of the second inning, Jacob Stroh hit a double to deep right field for the Redbirds, driving in Elliot Domagala from first base to take a 1-0 lead. The Redbirds gathered three runs in…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 28, 2025The Luverne baseball team beat Adrian/Ellsworth 7-1 Thursday, May 22, at Redbird Field in Luverne. The Cardinals are now 17-3 after the regular season and were scheduled to play Redwood Valley at home Tuesday, May 27, in the first round of Section 3AA play. Luverne had 12 hits against Adrian and covered 15 total bases. Senior Alex Schlosser and sophomore Carter Como each drove in two runs for…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 28, 2025Luverne hosted the MSHSL Section 3A – South Sub-Section track and field meet Thursday, May 22, at Cardinal Field. Eight teams participated in both the boys’ and girls’ events. The Luverne girls’ team placed first with a team score of 221.83 points. Hills-Beaver Creek finished in second with 109.33 points. LHS also captured first in the boys’ team competition with 132 points. H-BC finished in…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 28, 2025The LHS and H-BC trap shooting teams recorded their fifth and final week of competition scores. Luverne had two shooters hit 25-straight in a round, Alex DeWispelaere and Nicholas Mann. Hills-Beaver Creek had three shooters with 25-straight rounds and one perfect 50. Gunner Bork, Keaton Huisman and Blake Leenderts all shot 25-straight targets in one round. Lukas Hubbard posted a perfect 50…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 28, 2025The 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…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 28, 2025The LHS boys’ and girls’ golf teams participated in the Minnesota State High School League 3AA Section Tournament Thursday, May 22, at the Oakdale Golf Club in Buffalo Lake. Luverne qualified five individual golfers, three boys and two girls, to advance to Day 2 of the tournament Wednesday, May 28, at Oakdale Golf Club. Advancing are senior Levi Gonnerman, sophomore Will Bergman and freshman…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 28, 2025The Luverne boys’ tennis team competed in the MSHSL Section 3A individual tournament Wednesday, May 21, at Huether Family Match Pointe in Sioux Falls. The Cardinals dropped two singles and two doubles matches in the first round. In singles play senior Kaleb Hemme fell 7-5, 6-0 to his Redwood Valley opponent. Junior Caleb Kracht lost 6-2, 6-0 to his Yellow Medicine East opponent. In doubles…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 21, 2025The Cardinals and Patriots track and field teams had a strong showing at the Worthington Trojan Relays Tuesday, May 13. In Class AA competition the Luverne girls’ team placed third and the boys’ team finished in fifth place. LHS had 18 personal and season records at the events, 44 Top 10 finishers, and three event champions. The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ team placed third and the boys’ team…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 21, 2025The LHS boys’ golf team finished in seventh place out of 14 teams at the Big South Conference Championship at Dakota Ridge Golf Club in Morton Tuesday, May 13. Sophomore Will Bergman and freshman Mallachi Domagala both earned All-Conference honors at the meet. Bergman posted an 18-hole score of 81 and finished in eighth place in individual play, shooting a 40 on the front nine holes and a 41 on…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 21, 2025Luverne baseball wins two games and raises their season record to 16-3 this past week. With ten wins in a row, LHS sits atop of the Big South Conference with a 12-0 conference record. The Cardinals beat Windom 12-2 at home Tuesday, May 13, and topped Sleepy Eye 10-5 on the road Thursday, May 15. LHS will play Adrian/Ellsworth at home Thursday, May 22, before starting the section playoffs May…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 21, 2025Luverne alumni Elise Jarchow earned the University of Northwestern 2025 Eagle Award. The Eagle Award is an annual honor given to a standout male and female student-athlete, voted on by the athletic department’s coaching and administrative staff. The award is based on criteria that include academic honors, athletic accomplishments, and ministry involvement. The Eagle Award is the highest honor…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 21, 2025The Luverne boys' track and field team placed eighth in the 2025 State True Team competition. Luverne faced stiff competition at the 2025 Class A State True Team meet in Eden Prairie Saturday, May 17. The LHS girls’ team placed third and the boys’ team finished in eighth place in the cold and windy conditions. LHS had 20 personal and season records broken at the event, placed 34 Top 10…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 21, 2025By Greg Hoogeveen The LHS and H-BC trap shooting teams recorded their fifth week of competition scores. Nicholas Mann (LHS) posted a 25-straight score this week. Patriot Hunter Leenderts shot a perfect 50-straight targets this past week. The rest of the results are as follows: Week 5 scores LHS – Class 2A Round 1 Round 2 Total Ashton Altman 14 18 32 Jesse Aning 16 19 35 Alex DeWispelaere…
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