Luverne Sports
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 14, 2024The Luverne girls’ hockey team pulled off a spectacular 3-2 overtime win against New Ulm at home Saturday, Feb. 10. With 28 seconds left in the overtime period, junior Payton Behr beat the New Ulm goalie with the game winning goal. “It felt great,” said Behr, who was assisted on the shot by freshman Izzy Steensma. The Cardinals split games with New Ulm this season before meeting Saturday in…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 14, 2024The Luverne girls’ wrestling team qualified two female wrestlers for state competition Friday, Feb. 9, in Redwood Falls. Sophomore Bernie Rock placed first in the 112-pound weight class and her sister, freshman CeCe Rock, took second place in the 148-pound weight class. The Rocks will compete in the 2024 Minnesota State High School League Girls’ Wrestling Tournament at Xcel Energy Center Feb.…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 14, 2024The Luverne High School wrestling team traveled to Springfield for an Invitational Friday, Feb. 9. The Cardinals placed second out of 11 teams in the competition with 166 team points. LHS finished behind first-place Central Public School with 218 team points. “Springfield was a good tournament to end the regular season on and great to get some matches in right before team sections,” head coach…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 14, 2024The Luverne girls hosted St. James Thursday, Feb. 8, beating the Saints 78-63 in the game. The Cardinals out-shot the Saints at the 3-point line hitting 12 of 23 attempts for 36 team points. Five LHS seniors hit multiple threes. Kiesli Smith, Sarah Stegenga and Tori Serie all sank three 3-point shots. Josie Voorhees made two and Kayla Bloemendaal finished with one. Luverne took a 40-32 lead…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 14, 2024The Luverne boys’ hockey team extended its season record to 21-2 this past week with three more wins. On Friday, Feb. 9, the Cardinals traveled to Le Sueur and topped Minnesota River 6-1. The next day, Saturday, Feb. 10, Luverne beat Minnesota River 5-2 at home. LHS also took down Fairmont 11-3 on the road Monday, Feb. 12. The Cardinals were scheduled to travel to Waseca for a make-up game…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 14, 2024The Luverne boys’ basketball team topped St. James 80-45 at home Thursday, Feb. 8, and beat Adrian-Ellsworth 92-53 on the road Monday, Feb. 12. The Cardinals will travel to Worthington Thursday, Feb. 15, and to Flandreau Saturday, Feb. 17. LHS 80, St. James 45 Luverne handed St. James an 80-45 loss Thursday, Feb. 8, at home. The Cardinals were strong under the basket collecting 38 points…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024The Luverne girls’ hockey team finished the regular season with three big wins. The Cardinals beat Waseca 6-0 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 30, topped Windom 9-1 at home Thursday, Feb. 1, and collared the Minnesota River Bulldogs 6-2 at home Saturday, Feb. 3. With their 15-10 season record Luverne secured the second seed behind 16-8-1 Marshall in quarterfinal action. Both Luverne and Marshall will…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024The Luverne gymnastics team finished its regular season with three meet wins this past week. Luverne beat Fairmont 136.8500-133.7750 at home Tuesday, Jan. 30, topped St. James 132.1250-103.4500 on the road Thursday, Feb. 1, and traveled to New Ulm to win 134.8750-133.1000 Monday, Feb. 5. The Cardinals now head to the Section 3A gymnastics tournament in Windom Saturday, Feb. 17. LHS 136.8500…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024The Luverne boys’ hockey team extended its regular season streak to 18-2 after beating Marshall 6-2 on Feb. 1 and Windom 9-2 on Feb. 5 on the road. The Cardinals will travel to Le Sueur to take on Minnesota River Friday, Feb. 9, and they’ll host Minnesota River the next day Saturday, Feb. 10. LHS then travels to Fairmont Monday, Feb. 12. LHS 6, Marshall 2 The Cardinal boys’ hockey team…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024Luverne wrestler Matthew Gangestad, a junior, placed second in the 2024 Ninth Grade State Tournament Saturday, Feb. 3, in Champlin Park. Gangestad and Hudson Hough qualified for the state tournament Jan. 27 at the Region 2 competition in Redwood Valley. Gangestad took second in the 133-pound weight class winning his first match in a 4-3 decision. In his second match Gangestad beat his opponent…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024The Luverne boys’ basketball team played three games this past week winning two and losing one. Fairmont beat Luverne 62-59 on the road Thursday, Feb. 1. The Cardinals then traveled to St. James to take down the Saints 81-69 Friday, Feb. 2, and they topped H-BC 63-59 in Hills Monday, Feb. 5. The Cardinals will host St. James at home Thursday, Feb. 8, and travel to Adrian Monday, Feb. 12. …
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024The Cardinals and Patriots met in Hills Monday, Feb. 5, with Luverne taking the game 63-59. It was a back-and-forth physical game that came down to the last few minutes of play to decide the winner. In the end, Luverne was able to hit a couple free throws to put the game out of reach for H-BC. Game stats were not available for this week’s Star-Herald printing on Tuesday.
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024The Cardinals won three duals and lost one this past week. Luverne traveled to Garretson Tuesday, Jan. 30, beating Garretson 53-27, topping Beresford/Alcester-Hudson 41-33 and Elk Point-Jefferson 58-21. On Thursday, Feb. 1, the Cardinals lost to Adrian 67-5. Luverne will wrestle in the Springfield Invitational Friday, Feb. 9, for the last regular season duals. The boys’ wrestling team will…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024The Luverne girls’ basketball team won two games and lost one all on the road this past week. LHS lost to Fairmont 61-52 Thursday, Feb. 1, beat St. James 65-56 Friday, Feb. 2, and topped Adrian 63-55 Monday, Feb. 5. The Cardinals will host St. James Thursday, Feb. 8, and Canby Friday. Feb. 9 Fairmont 61, LHS 52 Luverne dropped a 61-52 game to Fairmont on the road Thursday, Feb. 1. The…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024The Cardinals sent nine wrestlers to compete in the Big South Tournament at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall Friday, Feb. 2. The tournament included all 13 schools in the Big South Conference. The Cardinals placed 11th, with many of their regular varsity wrestlers sitting out due to approaching their match limit in the season. Luverne placed five wrestlers in individual…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024The Luverne girls’ wrestling team traveled to Harrisburg for an all-girls tournament Saturday, Feb. 3. The Cardinals brought six varsity and one junior varsity wrestler to the competition and walked away with three girls placing in the top four. Sophomore Bernie Rock took second place, freshman CeCe Rock took third place and seventh-grader Ellie Rock placed fourth in the junior varsity division…
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