Luverne Sports

The Luverne gymnastics team took down Jackson 130.9250 to 128.1000 Thursday, Jan. 18, and beat Windom 133.325 to 126.875 Monday, Jan. 22. Luverne is scheduled to host Marshall Friday, Jan. 26, and Fairmont Tuesday, Jan. 30.   Luverne 130.9250, Jackson 128.1000 The Luverne varsity gymnasts traveled to Jackson Thursday, Jan. 18, and beat the Huskies 130.9250 to 128.1000 in team competition. In…

The Luverne High School wrestling team had a busy stretch of competition on the road in the past week. The Cardinals won two duals and lost one in Windom Tuesday, Jan. 16. They defeated two teams in duals in Lennox Thursday, Jan. 18, and they took seventh place out of 12 teams at the Wabasso Invitational Saturday, Jan. 20. Luverne is scheduled to host a Quadrangular Thursday, Jan. 25, competing…

The Luverne girls’ basketball team had a tough week on the road, falling to Jackson County Central 69-59 Tuesday, Jan. 16, losing to Windom 77-67 Friday, Jan. 19, and falling to Estelline, South Dakota, 45-37 Saturday, Jan. 20. Luverne was scheduled to host Pipestone Tuesday, Jan. 23, travel to Redwood Falls Friday, Jan. 26, and go on the road to play at Augustana University in Sioux Falls,…

The Luverne boys’ hockey team experienced its first loss of the season, losing 6-5 to New Prague Tuesday, Jan. 16, in Waseca. The Cardinals came back and beat New Ulm 6-2 on the road Friday, Jan. 19, putting their record at 14-1 for the season and 9-0 in conference play. Luverne is scheduled to travel to Worthington Tuesday, Jan. 23, and the Cardinals will play two tough teams on the road,…

The Cardinal boys’ hockey team blanked Redwood Valley 14-0 at home Thursday, Dec. 11, upping Luverne’s record to 13-0 for the season and dropping Redwood to 0-14. The Cardinals called on sophomore Gavin Hoven to tend the net against Redwood, and he stopped 14 shots in the game for the team win. In the first period LHS was able to score four points from 23 shots on goal. Freshman Carter Como…

The Luverne boys’ basketball team hosted Worthington Tuesday, Jan. 9, falling to the Trojans 71-68. Against Worthington, Luverne had a 36-33 lead over the Trojans at half time. “Worthington is a very good team and I thought this was one of the better overall games that we have played,” head coach John Sichmeller said. “We held a lead for a good portion of the game, but unfortunately we couldn’…

The Cardinals traveled to Pipestone for a triangular with the Arrows and Marshall Tigers on Thursday, Jan. 11, Luverne fell in both duals, falling to Marshall 47-18 and to Pipestone 38-36. “The team wrestled well; Marshall is a very good team but we competed very well against them,” head coach Jordan Kopp said. “We had a couple matches that didn’t go our way against Pipestone, but all in all it…

Mother Nature took a turn for the worse this past week causing several local sporting events to be postponed or rescheduled. After a mild winter through the first of the year, this winter storm and freezing temperatures hit the area hard. Both Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek schools called off activities, 14 in total, and were forced to reschedule some and postpone others. On Tuesday, Jan. 9,…

The Luverne girls’ basketball team pulled out a 58-51 win against Worthington Tuesday, Jan. 9, in Luverne. “We are continuing to get better and realizing what it takes to win games,” TJ Newgard said. “Hopefully we can build on this game and get something going.” In the first half, Worthington took a 30-24 lead into the break. The Cardinals were unfazed and in the second half climbed their way…

The Luverne boys’ hockey team hosted Fairmont Tuesday, Jan. 2, handing the Fairmont Cardinals a 9-0 loss. LHS took command of the game from the puck drop with a goal by sophomore Maddux Domagala at 1:08 in the first period. Domagala was assisted by freshman Carter Como and sophomore Landyn Lais. At 12:30 Como scored with an assist by Landyn Lais. Junior Levi Gonnerman scored at 15:20 assisted…

The Luverne varsity girls’ and boys’ wrestlers started the second half their season in Garretson Saturday, Jan. 6, for the Jesse James Invitational. “Both teams wrestled well, and they had a good day all around,” Luverne head coach Jordan Kopp said. The Cardinal boys placed third as a team, and seven LHS girls earned individual placements at the invitational. The Luverne boys’ team had 142.5…

The Luverne gymnastics team beat Redwood Valley at home 130.825 to 130.700 Thursday, Jan. 4, and placed fourth in the Marshall Winterfest Invitational Saturday, Jan. 6. The Cardinals’ competition in Windom was canceled due to winter weather Monday, Jan. 8. They will travel to Jackson County Central next Thursday, Jan. 18, and will host Marshall Jan. 26, and Fairmont Jan. 30.   Luverne 130.825…

The Luverne boys’ basketball team beat Windom 91-82 at home Tuesday, Jan. 2, and fell to Marshall 85-64 on the road Friday, Jan. 5. The Cardinals will host Worthington Thursday, Jan. 9, and St. James on Friday, Jan. 12, and will travel to take on Deubrook Area, White, South Dakota, on Saturday, Jan. 13.   LHS 91, Windom 82 The LHS boys’ basketball team hosted Windom Tuesday, Jan. 2, beating…

The LHS girls’ basketball team fell to two strong opponents in the past week. The Cardinals lost to Windom at home 68-59 Tuesday, Jan. 2, and to Marshall on the road 58-37 Friday, Jan. 5. Luverne was scheduled to travel to Worthington Tuesday, Jan. 9, and will host St. James Saturday, Jan. 12.   Windom 68, LHS 59 The Luverne girls came out shooting against Windom at home Tuesday, Jan. 2, and…

The H-BC girls’ basketball team hosted Southwest Minnesota Christian Thursday, Jan. 4, and fell to the E-gals 66-63. The Patriots were able to take a 34-27 lead against the Eagles in the first half, but Southwest pulled together in the second half with several 3-point shots to get ahead of H-BC. “The girls had a 36-minute battle against Southwest Christian,” head coach Dylan Gehrke said. “It…

The Luverne girls’ hockey team improved their season record to 10-5 with an 11-0 win over Fairmont Tuesday, Jan. 2, in Fairmont. The Luverne Cardinals peppered Fairmont’s goalie with 58 total shots on goal in the game and held Fairmont to only eight attempts, which LHS goalie sophomore Emma Saarloos knocked away. Luverne opened the game with two goals in the first period. Eighth-grader Ellie…