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  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    October 23, 2024
    The 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 editor
    October 23, 2024
    Luverne’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 editor
    October 23, 2024
    The 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 editor
    October 23, 2024
    Last 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 editor
    October 23, 2024
    By 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 editor
    October 16, 2024
    The 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 editor
    October 16, 2024
    The 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 editor
    October 16, 2024
    The 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 editor
    October 16, 2024
    In 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 editor
    October 16, 2024
    The 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 editor
    October 09, 2024
    The 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 editor
    October 09, 2024
    The 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…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    October 09, 2024
    The Luverne cross country team hosted nine teams in the Luverne meet Thursday, Oct. 3. Participating in the meet were Adrian/Ellsworth, Canby/Minneota, Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd, Montevideo, Pipestone Area, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, Sioux Falls Roosevelt and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton/Westbrook Walnut Grove. Eighth-grader Summer Mollberg took third place in the girls’ varsity 5,000-meter event.…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    October 09, 2024
    Four members of the LHS trap team shot in the 40s in the second week of the fall season. Piper Wynia led the Cardinal shooters with 43 targets hit. Andrew Kinsinger finished with a 42, Lucas Madison shot a 41, and Logan Wrigg and Liam Murphy hit 40 targets. Six shooters scored in the 30s. Landon Ahrendt hit 39, Kale Ver Steeg scored 38, Jaden Reisch and Makayla Oechsle each hit 36 targets, Alex…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    October 09, 2024
    The Luverne girls’ tennis team fell to Montevideo 7-0 in the Minnesota State High School League Section 3A Team Championship in Sioux Falls Monday, Oct. 7. LHS beat Morris 4-2 in section semifinal action earlier in the day Oct. 7 to win the right to play Montevideo. The Cardinals beat Yellow Medicine East 5-2 in the section quarterfinal Thursday, Oct. 3, at home. The Cardinals finish their…
  • By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
    October 09, 2024
    At the Luverne girls’ tennis meet on Thursday, Oct. 3, in Luverne, the team was cheered on by the past four LHS tennis coaches. The four coaches cover a 50-year span in girls’ tennis history. Pictured are Nathan Rud, left, head coach from 2022 to the present, Jon Beers, head coach from 2018-2021, Greg Antoine, head coach from 2002-2018, and Dave Svingen, head coach from 1975-2001.
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