Luverne Sports
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 14, 2024Luverne High School senior Lucky Dara won the 2024 Cardinal Pride competition on the opening day of football practice Monday, Aug. 12. The Cardinal Pride competition is an eight-event challenge staged on the first morning of practice every season to test physical abilities of each high school player prior to the season. Dara won the competition with 1786.75 total points. Senior Eli Woodley…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 14, 2024Following are racing results for local drivers competing in Fairmont, Rock Rapids, Hartford, Slayton, Worthington and Brandon for the week of Aug. 5-11. Fairmont Raceway Fairmont, MN – Aug. 9 Hobby Stock 4th - #10 Blake Schneekloth Stock Car 4th - #20K Spenser Kalass Murray County Speedway Slayton, MN – Aug. 9 MCRA Bombers 3rd - # 17J Christopher Johnson 6th - #22H Cody Hansen IMCA…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 14, 2024The 2024 Senior Men’s Club Tournament took place at the Luverne Country Club Saturday, Aug. 10. The one day, 18-hole tournament featured 37 players competing in three different flights. In the 50-59 age division, Jim Stratton was the winner, shooting a 73. Corey Stratton was second, shooting a score of 80. In the 60-69 division, Chris Nowatzki placed first with a 74. Tim Knoll was second with…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 07, 2024The Luverne Junior Legion baseball team is headed to the 2024 Division II State Tournament after beating Sleepy Eye 12-7 in the sub state championship game Tuesday, July 30, in Springfield. The team is led by Redbird players Jake Haugen and Ben Serie, both second-year coaches at the helm of the program. “Through all my years of playing, I have had really impactful coaches like Mike Wenninger,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 07, 2024The Luverne Redbirds are heading back to state after defeating Windom 5-2 twice in Final Four series action. This marks the sixth straight year of state tournament appearances for the Redbirds. Luverne beat Windom 5-2 Wednesday, July 31, in Luverne and took the second game 5-2 in Windom Saturday Aug. 3. The Redbirds are scheduled to face Fairmont in the best-of-three Region 13C Championship…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 31, 2024The Luverne Redbirds beat the Lakefield Horned Frogs in two games to move on to the Final Four in Region 13C playoffs. Luverne beat Lakefield 10-0 at home Wednesday, July 24, and 5-3 on the road Friday, July 26. The Redbirds will open the Final Four, Game 1, in a best of three series against the Windom Pirates at Redbird Field Wednesday, July 31, at 7:30 p.m. Game 2 will be played Saturday,…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 31, 2024The Luverne Junior Legion baseball team won two games and lost one in the 2024 Southwest Sub State Tournament this past week in Springfield. Luverne beat Slayton 5-4 and won against Sleepy Eye 5-3 on Sunday, July 28. Sleepy Eye then beat Luverne 5-4 on Monday, July 29, forcing another game between the two teams on Tuesday, July 30, in the double elimination tournament. Tuesday’s game was…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 31, 2024Luverne Senior Legion Post 123 ended its season Friday, July 26, falling 7-1 to Windom at home in the American Legion Division II Southwest sub-state tournament. Luverne finished its 2024 season with a record of 13-5-1 overall. Losing the coin toss, Luverne was assigned as the visiting team and was first up to bat. Luverne was not able to score in the top of the first, but in the bottom of the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 24, 2024The Luverne Post 123 Senior Legion baseball team stayed alive in Division II Southwest Sub State action over the past week, winning two games and falling once. Luverne beat Wabasso 5-2 in the opening game at Redbird Field Thursday, July 18, and shocked Springfield with a 1-0 walk-off victory in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday, July 19. Luverne lost a 3-1 lead Saturday, July 20, to fall…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 24, 2024The Luverne Junior Legion baseball team is the Southwest Sub State (A-Pod) champion after beating Russell-Tyler-Ruthton twice at home this past week. On Sunday, July 21, Luverne defeated RTR 7-0, and on Monday night, July 22, they won again 13-1. There were only three teams in the Southwest Sub State A-Pod tournament, Luverne, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton and Adrian. Edgerton was the fourth seed and…
By Jason BerghorstJuly 24, 2024After completing a 15-2 regular season, the Luverne Redbirds won the 2024 Gopher League title and earned the No. 1 seed for the Region 13C playoffs. The Redbirds received a bye for the league play-in series and will face the Lakefield Horned Frogs in the first round of the Region 13C playoffs. Lakefield finished 5-10 in league play and fourth place in the First Nite League. They earned the No.…
By Jason BerghorstJuly 17, 2024Two men with longtime connections to the Luverne High School track and field program recently received statewide recognition. Cardinal head coach Pete Janiszesksi was named the Minnesota Class A Girls Track and Field Coach of the Year, and Al Stoakes was named the Minnesota Class A Track and Field Volunteer of the Year. Both awards are presented by the Minnesota Track and Field Coaches…
By Greg Hoogeveen and Jason BerghorstJuly 17, 2024The Luverne Senior Legion baseball team completed a 9-4-1 regular season campaign and won its first two playoff games during a busy week. Post 123 defeated Edgerton 9-1 and Worthington 11-3 during home games July 9. The team then opened up sub-sub state playoff action by defeating Edgerton 10-0 and Minneota 7-3 on Friday and Saturday, respectively, in Pipestone…
By Jason BerghorstJuly 17, 2024The Luverne Junior Legion baseball team won two more games this week, defeating Minneota 10-0 and Fairmont 13-1. Luverne, now 13-2 on the season, was scheduled to complete the regular season in Edgerton Tuesday, July 16. Post 123 will open playoffs by hosting a four-team double-elimination tournament this Sunday and Monday, July 21-22, at Redbird Field. Junior Legion teams from Luverne,…
July 17, 2024Luverne High School trap shooting team member Liam Murphy competed at the USA High School Clay Target League National Championship in Mason, Michigan, July 13. In four rounds of competition, Murphy shot a 24 (out of 25), 24, a perfect 25, and 19.
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 10, 2024The ninth annual Davis Lake Triathlon once again kicked off the Fourth of July activities at The Lake Thursday. The triathlon has two divisions, the Minnows and the Sharks. The Minnows race is a quarter mile kayak, two-mile bike ride and one-mile run. The Sharks race is a half mile kayak, eight-mile bike ride and 2-1/2-mile run. Both races can be completed by individuals or 3-person teams.…
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