Luverne Sports
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…
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 28, 2024The Luverne girls’ tennis team won four out of five team matches this past week, putting their season record at 5-2 through Aug. 23. The Cardinals beat MCCRAY 6-1 and Yellow Medicine 7-0 on the road, Tuesday, Aug. 20. On Thursday, Aug. 22, the Luverne Cardinals hosted Lac Qui Parle, beating them 5-2, but fell to Montevideo 6-1 later in the day at home. On Friday, Aug. 23, Luverne posted a 4-3…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 28, 2024The Luverne volleyball team traveled to New Ulm for the Cardinals’ first game of the 2024 season Saturday, Aug. 24. “We played with some hesitation the first game, but came back and took control in the next three,” head coach Sarah DeBeer said. “Everyone got over their first-game nerves, settled in and did their jobs.” The Cardinals fell 27-15 in the first set and came back to win the next…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 21, 2024The Luverne Redbirds fell to the Kimball Express 10-0 in the first round of the 2024 Minnesota State Amateur Baseball Tournament Saturday, Aug. 17, in Belle Plaine. With the loss, the Redbirds have been eliminated from the tournament and end their season with a 20-5 record. Kimball moves on to the Sweet 16 to take on the Foley Lumberjacks Saturday, Aug. 24, in Jordan. Against Kimball, Luverne…- 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 21, 2024Mary Jo Graphenteen won the 2024 Women’s Club Tournament Friday, Aug. 16, at the Luverne Country Club. Graphenteen shot a 77 in the 18-hole event. Melissa Sandbulte finished second in the championship flight with an 81, Paula Lammert was third with an 87, and Makayla Sterrett finished fourth with a 99. In the President’s flight, Sharla Reisch placed first with a 92. Colleen Nath was second…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 21, 2024Ben Nath was crowned champion of the Luverne Country Club men’s club tournament Sunday, Aug. 18. Nath shot a two-day total gross score of 147, a 76 on Saturday and a 71 on Sunday in the two-day, 36-hole tournament. Owen Sudenga, took second in the championship flight with a 151, and Brady Bork and Pete Connell tied for third at 156. Other championship flight results were Michael Strassburg in…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 14, 2024The Luverne Junior Legion baseball team made history this past weekend at the 2024 Division II State Tournament in St. Charles. Though they placed second in the championship, falling 6-3 to Holdingford, this year’s Luverne Junior Legion team is the first to play for a state title. Luverne won their first two games in the tournament beating Ely 5-1 Friday, Aug. 9, and taking down the host team…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 14, 2024The Luverne Redbirds fell to the Fairmont Martins two games to one in the Region 13C Championship series this past week. Fairmont won the No. 1 seed and will have a bye in the first round of the state tournament. The Gopher League No. 2 seed Luverne Redbirds are scheduled to take on the Central Valley League No. 2 seed Kimball Express in the first round of the state playoffs Saturday, Aug. 17,…
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