Luverne Sports
- By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 12, 2025The Luverne High School boys’ basketball team fell by two points in a 109-107 finish against Windom at home Friday, Feb. 7. At halftime the Cardinals found themselves down 60-37, and in the second half they fell behind Windom by 26 points before fighting their way to a 95-95 tie late in the game. The Cardinals were not able to overtake the Eagles in the final minutes and fell in a close contest…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 12, 2025The Luverne gymnastics team lost 134.550-129.675 to Martin County Area on the road Tuesday, Feb. 4, and beat St. James 134.950-121.925 at home Thursday, Feb. 6, in the last regular season meets of the year. Luverne will host the 2025 Section 3A gymnastics tournament Saturday, Feb. 15, at noon in the Classic Gym. Martin County Area 134.550, LHS 129.675 The Luverne gymnastics team fell to…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 12, 2025The Luverne girls’ basketball team fell 79-38 to the Windom Eagles at home Friday, Feb. 7. The Cardinals found themselves down 40-21 at the half and were only able to put 17 more points on the board in the second half. Luverne had 34 turnovers and gave up 18 stolen balls in the game. Rebounds favored Windom with 38 and the Cardinals with 35. Freshman Taya Johnson led the Cardinals with 13…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 12, 2025The Luverne wrestling team participated in the Elk-Point-Jefferson quadrangular Tuesday, Feb. 4, falling in two duals and winning one. Luverne fell 48-36 to Garretson, 51-30 to Elk Point-Jefferson, and beat Baltic 54-12. The Cardinals traveled to Springfield Friday, Feb. 7, placing nine wrestlers in the invitational. Luverne takes on Marshall Thursday, Feb. 13, on the road for the section…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 05, 2025The Luverne girls’ hockey team finished the regular season beating Worthington 8-0 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 28, and LHS rolled over Marshall 5-2 at home Thursday, Jan. 30. With the two wins, the Cardinals finished the regular season 17-6-2. Section 3A tournament seeding places Luverne at No. 2, with Marshall getting the No. 1 seed. Fairmont is the third seed, New Ulm the fourth,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 05, 2025The Luverne boys’ basketball team won two home games this week, bringing their season record to 14-5 with five games left in the regular season. LHS outplayed Southwest Minnesota Christian Thursday, Jan. 30, beating the Eagles 80-44, and took down Adrian-Ellsworth 98-63 Monday, Feb. 3. The Cardinals finish their season with a five-game home stand starting with Windom Friday, Feb. 7, and will…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 05, 2025The Luverne wrestling team finished 1-3 this past week in two triangulars. “We wrestled a few tough teams this week but the kids wrestled tough,” head coach Jordan Kopp said. “We had to deal with open weights and injuries a lot of the season, and it’s been hard to put a full team out there.” LHS traveled to Blue Earth Tuesday, Jan. 28, beating Blue Earth Area 53-24, and falling 43-29 to Waseca…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 05, 2025Luverne eighth-grader Ellie Rock finished in sixth place at the 2025 Minnesota Girls’ Wrestling League State Individual Tournament Saturday, Feb. 1, in Champlin. Rock won one match and fell to three strong wrestlers in the 107-pound weight class. In her first match, Rock beat a Stillwater opponent in a 7-6 decision. In the semifinals, she lost to a Prior Lake competitor by a fall. Having lost…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 05, 2025The Luverne girls’ basketball team went 1-1 at home, falling to Southwest Christian 68-56 Tuesday, Jan. 28, and beating Adrian 64-49 Friday, Jan. 31. The Cardinals have four conference games left in their regular season schedule. LHS hosts Windom Friday, Feb. 7, Jackson County Central Tuesday, Feb. 11, and Worthington Thursday, Feb. 13. Luverne will travel to Fairmont Tuesday, Feb. 18, before…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 05, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team posted a 1-2 record on the road this past week, but LHS still leads the Big South Conference with a record of 16-4-1. The Cardinals beat Worthington 11-0 Tuesday, Jan. 28, and fell 4-2 to Little Falls Friday, Jan. 31, before dropping a 3-0 game to Northern Lakes Saturday, Feb. 1. Luverne has four regular-season games left this season, including three conference…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 05, 2025The Luverne varsity gymnasts topped Marshall 132.050-111.175 on the road Friday, Jan. 31. In the team competition, the Cardinals won the vault 35.225-31.900, the bars 30.575-23.950, the beam 31.750-27.325 and the floor 34.500-28.00. In the individual competition, senior Amira Cowell took top honors on the vault, scoring a 9.225. Junior Kianna Winter placed second with a vault score of 8.875,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 29, 2025The Luverne gymnastics team beat the Jackson County Central Huskies 132.900-128.425 at home Thursday, Jan. 23. “I was so nervous for this meet. We had so many new skills going in and that can be a gamble. You are never sure if they will hit or not,” head coach Phoebe Flom said. “We saw new twists on the floor exercise by Maesa and Marrs and had an exciting new vault by Marrs.” The Cardinals…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 29, 2025Members of the 2005 boys’ basketball team were recognized Friday, Jan. 24, at home, in celebration of their appearance in the 2005 state basketball tournament. LHS completed their 21-9 season by defeating Rockford 60-55 in the third-place game of the state tournament March, 19, 2005, at Concordia University in St, Paul.
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 29, 2025The Luverne boys’ basketball team posted three wins this past week, taking down conference rivals along the way. LHS beat Redwood Valley 85-80 at home Tuesday, Jan. 21, topped St. James 97-51 at home Friday, Jan. 24 and won 56-55 against Fairmont on the road Monday, Jan. 27. Luverne will host Southwest Christian Thursday, Jan. 30, and Adrian-Ellsworth Monday, Feb. 3. LHS 85, Redwood Valley…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 29, 2025The Luverne girls’ basketball team fell in three games this past week. The Cardinals lost 71-62 to Redwood Valley at home Tuesday, Jan. 21, fell 61-60 in a heartbreaker against St., James at home Friday, Jan. 24, and lost 76-33 to Fairmont at home Monday, Jan. 27. Luverne was scheduled to host Southwest Christian Tuesday, Jan. 28, and will host Adrian-Ellsworth Friday, Jan. 31. Redwood…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 29, 2025The Luverne girls’ wrestling team recorded three first-place finishes this past week. Junior Bernie Rock and sophomore CeCe Rock took first place at the Roseville Invite in St. Paul, and eighth-grader Ellie Rock was first in the 2025 girls’ Region 1 and 2 individual state qualifier in Jackson Saturday, Jan. 25. At the Roseville Invite, Bernie placed first in the girls’ 112-pound weight class…
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