Luverne Sports
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 30, 2024The Luverne Cardinals beat Albert Lea 41-0 in their Section 3AAA quarterfinal game Tuesday, Oct. 22, before falling to Fairmont 27-14 in the section semifinals Friday, Oct. 25. Luverne finished its season with record of 7-3. “It’s always tough to lose in the playoffs,” head coach Todd Oye said. “This year’s team was very successful and it will be tough replacing our seniors.” LHS 41,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 30, 2024The Luverne trap team turned in final scores for the fall league this past week. “It has been a great season of shooting,” team assistant Julie Wynia said. “Although we didn’t have any perfect rounds this week, we did have nine athletes in league/in-house that scored at least one round of 20 or more.” Lucas Madison was high scorer in the fifth and final week with a 45. Dylan Hoff was two…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 30, 2024John Call recorded his first hole-in-one Wednesday, Oct. 23, on hole No. 7 at the Luverne Country Club. “I knew I hit a good shot off the tee box,” Call said. “I did not see the ball land as we were hitting into the sun.” Call used a No. 4 hybrid driver on the 157-yard, Par 3 hole. His partners, Ray Hoogeveen, Claude Van Driel and Harold Hoftyzer all walked to the green with Call and couldn’t…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 23, 2024The Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball teams squared off on the court Tuesday, Oct. 15. The Cardinals beat the Patriots 3-0 at home on senior night. H-BC traveled to Garretson Thursday, Oct. 17, falling to the Blue Dragons 3-0. Both LHS and H-BC now head into the post-season and section tournament action. Hills-Beaver Creek, the No. 10 seed, was scheduled to play Edgerton, the No. 7…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 23, 2024The Cardinals fell 24-13 to Redwood Valley on the road Wednesday, Oct. 16, in their last regular season game to finish 6-2 going into section play. Fumbles and penalties hurt Luverne in the contest. “It’s hard to win with eight turnovers against any team,” head coach Todd Oye said. “We didn’t play with attention to details or much emotion for the first time of the year.” Looking at stats,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 23, 2024Luverne’s David Duffy hosted his Duff Dog Backyard Ultra event Oct. 12 at the Blue Mounds State Park with over 35 competitors. The event, which challenged athletes to complete 100 miles in one day, attracted participants from as far away as Colorado. The youngest were in their 20s, and three were in their 60s. “Backyard is not just for the elite,” Duffy said. “It’s for everyone trying to find…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 23, 2024The Luverne cross country team was decorated with several team and individual honors at the Big South Conference Championship Tuesday, Oct. 15, in Elmore, Minnesota. Luverne’s next event will be the Section 3A Cross Country Tournament at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, in Luverne. Athletes who qualify will then head to the State Tournament Saturday, Nov. 2, at the University of Minnesota Les Boldtad…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 23, 2024Last week Star Media posted its third Sports Talk episode, this time with LHS girls’ tennis coach Nathan Rud. Nate and I discussed the past season and how sections went for the team and in the individual section matches. I would like to say it was shot in one take, but I messed up on the intro and we had to start again. From there it was smooth sailing, and Nate and I had a great conversation…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 23, 2024By Greg Hoogeveen In Week 4 of the LHS trap team season, seven shooters finished with scores in the 40s and eight members scored in the 30s. Piper Wynia was the high score shooter, hitting 48 targets out of 50 possible. There was also one non-league participant, Carter Johnson, who shot a perfect 25 this week. Week 4 Scores Athlete 1 2 F Landon Ahrendt…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 16, 2024The Cardinals were handed their first loss of the season Thursday, Oct. 10, by a tough Jackson County Central team. Both teams were 6-0 coming into the Big South Conference matchup in Luverne. The Huskies’ size and speed were definite factors in a Huskies 38-0 win over the Cardinals, the Huskies’ smallest margin of victory so far this season. “Jackson has an excellent team and is expected to…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 16, 2024The Luverne Cardinals girls’ tennis team sent six girls to the Section 3A Individual Championship at the Huether Family Match Point complex in Sioux Falls Thursday, Oct. 10. Each team was allowed two singles and two doubles to participate in the tournament. LHS seniors Addyson Mann and Emma Nath played in the singles competition. In the doubles bracket, seniors Augusta Papik and Caitlin Kindt…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 16, 2024The Luverne cross country team participated in the Adrian/Ellsworth Dragons Invitational Tuesday, Oct. 8, at the Adrian Country Club. The Cardinals posted one team champion, one runner-up team champion and eight individuals in the Top 10 finishers. “The kids competed hard,” said head coach Pete Janiszeski. “We go a little spread out as a team, so we’ll want to tighten up the spread heading…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 16, 2024In Week 3 of the LHS trap team competition, Landyn Ahrendt led the boys with a final score of 45 targets hit, and Piper Wynia led the girls with a 48. Wynia also shot a perfect 25 targets in her first round of shooting. There are two weeks left of the fall shooting season. Athlete 1 2 F Landon Ahrendt 24 21 45 Jesse Aning …- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 16, 2024The Luverne volleyball team dropped two games to solid rivals this past week. Redwood Valley beat Luverne 3-0 on the road Tuesday, Oct. 8, and Adrian/Ellsworth won 3-1 in Luverne Friday, Oct. 11. “I feel we are playing the kind of volleyball that we should be playing right now going into playoffs,” head coach Sarah DeBeer said. “Even though Luverne may not have the wins,” DeBeer said, “we know…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 09, 2024The Luverne Cardinals stay undefeated, winning the Battle Axe game 6-0 in overtime against Pipestone Friday, Oct. 4, on the road. LHS improves to 6-0 and knocks Pipestone down to 5-1 for the season with the win. After a 0-0 tie in regulation play, Luverne and Pipestone were forced to continue battling it out in overtime. Overtime rules dictated a new coin toss, which Pipestone won, and the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 09, 2024The Luverne volleyball team had a rough week on the road, falling 3-0 to Pipestone Thursday, Oct. 3, and losing in five games at the Jimmy John’s Tournament in Marshall Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4-5. LHS was scheduled to travel to Redwood Tuesday, Oct. 8, and is scheduled to host Adrian/Ellsworth Friday, Oct. 11. Pipestone 3, LHS 0 The Cardinals volleyball team traveled to Pipestone…
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