Luverne Sports
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 17, 2024The Luverne baseball team dropped four games this past week, falling 9-5 to Marshall on April 9, losing to Windom 7-4 on April 12, and bowing to Esko 4-2 on April 13, and 11-6 to Pipestone Monday, April 15. Luverne was scheduled to travel to Pipestone Tuesday and will host Windom Thursday at Redbird Field at 5:30 p.m. Luverne heads to Morris, for a tournament on Friday, April 19, and Saturday,…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 17, 2024The Luverne golf teams traveled to Worthington Monday, April 9, and hosted Southwest Christian Monday, April 15. At Worthington the LHS boys’ team won 161-164, and the girls fell 214-235. Against SWMC the boys beat the Eagles 163-206, and the girls’ team had no official scoring due to the Eagles’ lack of a varsity team. Luverne is scheduled to take on H-BC on the road Thursday, April 18, and…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 17, 2024The Luverne track and field team traveled to Marshall Monday, April 15, competing at the Southwest Minnesota State University track. The LHS boys’ track team finished in third place with a team score of 94, behind first place Worthington with 150 points and second place Marshall with 111.5 points. Tracy-Milroy-Balaton placed fourth with 73 points, Lakeview fifth with 66.5 points, MACCRAY/RCW…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 10, 2024The Luverne High School softball team opened its season against Adrian Thursday, April 4, beating the Dragons 17-2 at home. The game ended after 3 1/2 innings of play on the 15-run rule. “It’s always good to get a win in the first game of the season,” said head coach Brooks Maurer. “I thought we ran the bases really well and stayed aggressive at the plate.” In the top of the first inning,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 10, 2024The Cardinals and Patriots track and field teams participated in the Luverne Invite Friday, April 5, along with five other teams. Adrian/Ellsworth, Southwest Minnesota Christian, Windom, Lakeview and Worthington were also present for the invite. The field events started at 4 p.m. and the track events started at 4:45 p.m. Luverne finished with 85 Top 10 finishes and 15 first-place event…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 10, 2024The Big South Conference and the Red Rock Conference released their 2023-24 All-Conference basketball team selections. In the Big South Conference, LHS senior Gavin DeBeer and junior Carter Sehr were named to the all-conference team in boys’ basketball. In the Red Rock Conference, H-BC boys’ basketball players sophomores Jamin Metzger and Micah Bush were named all-conference and juniors Beau…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 10, 2024The Luverne Cardinals and Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots girls’ golf teams played in the Worthington Invite Saturday, April 6, for their first meet of the season. The girls played 18 holes in wind gusts upward of 50 miles per hour at times. “This was a tough day to be our first meet,” Luverne head coach Chris Nowatzki said. “But the girls hung in there and we’ve got some stuff to work on.” The…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 10, 2024The Luverne baseball team traveled to Fairmont for their first game of the season, beating the Fairmont Cardinals 4-2 Monday, April, 8. Senior Conner Connell took the mound for Luverne, striking out 10 batters, surrendering three hits and two runs over 6 1/3 innings while walking two batters. LHS got their first run in the top of the second inning with a single by junior Layke Miller scoring…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 10, 2024With the announcement of Jaxon Nelson, a native of Magnolia and LHS hockey standout, signing a one-year entry-level hockey contract with the NHL Boston Bruins, Luverne has two more hockey players from the 2014 state hockey team who attained professional hockey status. They are Chaz Smedsrud and Toby Sengvongxay. Both played alongside Nelson in the Cardinals’ 2014 appearance in the Minnesota…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 03, 2024The Luverne High School track and field team traveled to Brookings to compete in the Scott Underwood Invitational Monday, April 1, at the South Dakota State University Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex. The LHS boys’ team finished in sixth place out of 23 teams with 37.5 total team points. Sioux Falls Christian took first place with 82 points, O’Gorman was second with 67, Milbank placed third…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 03, 2024Magnolia native and Luverne Cardinal hockey alumnus Jaxon Nelson has signed a professional hockey contract in the NHL with the Boston Bruins. “It’s a surreal moment for myself and my family,” he told the Star Herald Tuesday morning. His announcement comes on the heels of a thrilling hockey weekend in Sioux Falls where he played a starring role on the Minnesota Gophers team in two regional…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 27, 2024The Luverne High School track and field team opened its 2024 season traveling to Brookings to compete in the Ruth Marske Invitational Saturday, March 23, at the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex. Luverne was one of 29 high school teams from South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa competing in the meet. According to head coach Pete Janiszeski, LHS had 31 personal records broken at the meet. Nine…
By Jason BerghorstMarch 27, 2024Luverne High School Student Council members hosted their 2024 March Mayhem tournament and fundraiser Tuesday, March 19, in the Cardinal Gym. The event involved five student basketball teams, each coached by a Cardinals basketball player, competing in a tournament. Junior and senior non-basketball players who wanted to participate in the tournament were able to sign up ahead of the event and…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 27, 2024The Blue Mound Figure Skaters presented their “Family Game Night” Ice Show March 22 and 23 at the Blue Mound Ice Arena. The local arena on both Friday and Saturday was packed with family, friends and fans of the performers. This year’s show, “Family Game Night,” includes themed performances of classic games, game shows and video games. Beginner through advanced freestyle skaters took to the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 20, 2024Have you ever heard the saying, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks?” Well, try reteaching an old(er) dog, (young)er tricks. After years and years of not playing golf, I (the older dog), have joined the Luverne Country Club and taken up golf (the younger trick) again. I was on the school golf team when I first learned the sport of hitting a small ball into a small hole that was placed far…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 20, 2024Spring sports are just around the corner, and local athletes in Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek high schools are starting their new routines in great weather. With temps in the 50s and 60s recently, Cardinal track and field athletes, as well as softball players, began practicing outdoors during the week of March 11. LHS baseball and golf, as well as H-BC track and golf, started practicing the…
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