Luverne Sports
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 29, 2024The Luverne boys’ golf team took fourth place in team sections Thursday, May 23, in Buffalo Lake. The team and individual players are now headed to the second day of competition Wednesday, May 29, back at Buffalo Lake. The girls’ team finished eighth May 29, failing to move on as a team. Senior Kiesli Smith finished the day with a score of 97 and senior Kayla Bloemendaal shot a 98. They…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 29, 2024
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 29, 2024The Luverne Redbirds calmed the Tea Storm, beating them 12-2 Friday, May 24, at home. The Redbirds scored first, putting two runs on the board in the bottom of the second inning. Jake Haugen doubled on a line drive to right field, scoring Darek Lundgren from second base, and Ethan Beyer scored from third on a ground out to the Storm shortstop from Braydon Ripka. In the top of the fifth, Tea…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 29, 2024Luverne native Carly Olson was named to the 2024 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) All-Conference team. Olson, in her freshman year at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, batted in the No. 5 spot all season, started in all 42 of the Gusties’ games between catcher and third base. Olson led the team with a .351 batting average and a .450 slugging percentage. Olson ranked…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 29, 2024The Luverne boys’ baseball team had the rest of this week off after beating Adrian 3-0 on Monday, May 20, on the road. The Cardinals secured the No. 1 seed and have a bye in the first week of section play. On Thursday, May 30, LHS will face the winner of the Jackson County Central and Redwood Valley game scheduled to be played Tuesday, May 28, in Redwood Falls. Redwood Valley is the No. 4 seed…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 22, 2024The Luverne High School softball team picked up two conference wins, beating Worthington 6-4 on the road Tuesday, May 14, and Pipestone 7-6 at home Thursday, May 16. In the Big South Conference Championship in New Ulm, the Cardinals fell 10-4 to the Tigers Saturday, May 18. Luverne is now 16-5 for the season. The Cardinals are the No.1 seed in the south section playoffs and are scheduled to…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 22, 2024Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek participated in the Trojan Relays Tuesday, May 14, in Worthington. The Luverne boys’ team finished in fifth place and the girls’ team placed fourth in Class AA action. The Patriots boys’ team finished in third place and the girls’ team took first place in Class A. The boys’ Class AA team results are as follows: Fairmont – first with 146.5 team points, St. Peter…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 22, 2024The Redbirds went 1-1 on the road this past week, beating the Milroy Yankees 4-1 Friday, May 17, and falling 16-13 to the Milroy Irish Sunday, May 19. Luverne is now 2-1 for the season and is scheduled to host Jackson Wednesday, May 22, and Tea, South Dakota, Friday, May 24. Both games will be played at Redbird Field with 7:30 p.m. starts. Redbirds 4, Yankees 1 The Redbirds beat Milroy 4-1…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 22, 2024The Luverne High School baseball team picked up three wins and one loss over the past week to close the regular season of play with a record of 16-5. Luverne won a doubleheader 10-0 and 6-4 against St. James Thursday, May 16, at home and fell 5-3 to Marshall for the Big South Conference championship Saturday, May 18. To finish the season, Luverne beat Adrian 3-0 on the road Monday, May 20.…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 22, 2024The Luverne girls’ track and field team was crowned the Class A True Team State Champion Saturday, May 18, in Stillwater. The LHS boys’ team finished in fifth place in the True Team competition. “I felt we had a tremendous day, and the kids got out and competed hard and gave it their very best,” said head coach Pete Janiszeski. “It was a pleasant surprise to have the girls come out as…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 22, 2024The Luverne High School trap team finished their fifth week of competition at the Rock County Sportsman’s Club. Senior Cash Bonnett and junior Liam Murphy led the team with 45 clay targets shot in two rounds. Sophomore Nicholas Mann followed with a round of 44. Eight other LHS shooters scored in the 40s and 12 shot in the 30s. Luverne had one more regular season competition the week of May 19…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 22, 2024The Luverne golf team participated in the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Invitational Friday, May 17. The boys’ team finished in second place out of six teams, and the girls’ team finished fourth out of five teams. In the Boys’ team 18-hole competition, Dawson-Boyd took top honors with a team low score of 317. Luverne took second, finishing 10 strokes behind with a score of 327. Marshall was third…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 15, 2024The Luverne softball and baseball bats heated up this past week sending eleven balls over the fence. The softball girls had eight homers and the boys baseball team had three. Twins seniors, Tori and Will Serie, both had grand slams two days apart. Tori's grand slam was against Wisdom on Tuesday, May 7, and Will's was against Redwood Thursday, May 9. Junior Regan Mehlhaff had three total homers…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 15, 2024Luverne hosted the Section 3A True Team Track and Field Tournament Tuesday, May 7. Thirteen teams participated in the tournament to determine a champion in the boys’ and girls’ teams to move on to the State True Team tournament in Stillwater Saturday, May 18. Both the Luverne boys’ and girls’ track and field teams finished in first place and will move on to the State True Team meet. The H-BC…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 15, 2024The Luverne High School softball team notched three wins and one loss in two doubleheaders over the past week. The Cardinals split games with Windom Tuesday, May 7, on the road, falling 2-1 in the first game and winning 15-6 in the second. LHS hosted Blue Earth Thursday, May 9, beating the Buccaneers 17-2 in both games. The Cardinals’ bats were on fire, recording eight home runs in four games…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 15, 2024The Luverne baseball team racked up four conference wins this past week to bring their season record to 13-4. The Cardinals beat Jackson 15-0 on the road Tuesday, May 7, traveled to Redwood Falls, winning two games 11-0 and 14-4 Thursday, May 9, and beat Worthington 14-3 Monday May 13, at Worthington. Luverne is scheduled to travel to St. James Thursday, May 16, for a doubleheader and will take…
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