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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 19, 2025The Patriot boys’ basketball team traveled to Marshall Thursday, March 13, to take on Dawson Boyd for the Section 3 championship title. The No. 2-seed Patriots played the No. 1-seed Blackjacks tight in the first half of the game and took a 27-25 lead into the half. “I thought our boys came out and played very well in the first half,” head coach Chad Rauk said. “Our defense played really well…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 12, 2025The Patriot boys’ basketball team moves on to the section championship after beating Southwest Minnesota Christian 76-62 in the section quarterfinals Thursday, March 6, and taking down Murray County Central 60-44 Saturday, March 8, in the section semi-finals. The Patriots are scheduled to take on Dawson-Boyd for the Section 3 championship Thursday. March 13, at Southwest Minnesota State…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 12, 2025The Luverne boys’ basketball team finished their 2024-25 season falling to Jackson County Central 73-61 in the section championship Saturday, March 8, in Marshall. The Cardinals beat Redwood Valley 90-79 in Windom Thursday, March 6, in the section semifinals to advance to the championship game against the Huskies. Luverne finished the season with a record of 19-8 this year. LHS 90, Redwood…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 12, 2025The Patriot girls’ basketball team fell to MACCRAY 54-44 in the Section 3 championship Thursday, March 6, in Marshall. H-BC had a one-point lead at the half, 25-24, against the Wolverines. MACCRAY came back and collected 30 points in the second half to take the section championship. “Thursday night felt like a 12-round fight between the Patriots and Wolverines. That was one of the most…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 26, 2025The Patriot boys’ basketball team swept three teams to finish their regular season with a 23-2 record. The Patriots beat Edgerton 72-47 at home Tuesday, Feb. 18, topped Heron Lake 80-41 on the road Friday, Feb. 21, and beat Adrian-Ellsworth 79-30 at home Monday, Feb. 24. H-BC moves on to the Section 3A tournament with a game scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, March 1, in Worthington. Hills-Beaver…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 26, 2025The Luverne boys’ basketball team collected two wins in their last two regular season games for a 17-7 record going into the playoffs. The Luverne Cardinals beat Fairmont 59-42 at home Tuesday, Feb. 18, and took down Minneota 92-60 at home Thursday, Feb. 20. Luverne will host St. James in the first game of the 2025 section playoffs Friday, Feb. 28. Game time is 7 p.m. LHS 59, Fairmont 42…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 26, 2025The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ basketball team beat Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 60-41 in Section 3A quarterfinal action Saturday, Feb. 22, in Worthington. “I was pleased with how we got out of the gates. The girls stormed out to a 7-0 lead setting the tone of the whole game,” head coach Dylan Gehrke said. “We had stretches after that where we weren’t finishing well around the rim and some shots weren’t…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 26, 2025The Luverne girls’ basketball team gave up two losses to Fairmont to end their season with a record of 4-22. The Cardinals took on Fairmont in their last regular season game of the season, falling 66-41 Tuesday, Feb. 18, on the road. In the first section 3A playoff game Luverne lost 61-37 to Fairmont once again Friday, Feb. 21, on the road. “I think playing them Tuesday and then Friday was a…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025The Patriot girls’ basketball team finished their regular season as the Red Rock Conference Champions. The Lady Pates amassed a 20-6 season record after beating Red Rock Central 68-16 at home Thursday, Feb. 13, and taking Murray County Central 55-48 on the road Monday, Feb. 17. H-BC receives a bye in the first round of the Section 3A tournament. The Patriots are scheduled to play the winner of…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025The Luverne boys’ basketball team hosted two conference games this past week, falling 75-62 to Jackson County Central Tuesday, Feb. 11, and beating Worthington 91-73 Thursday, Feb. 13. The Cardinals will host Minneota Thursday, Feb. 20, in their last regular-season game of the year. JCC 75, LHS 62 Luverne fell 75-62 to Jackson County Central at home Tuesday, Feb. 11. Trailing 36-24 at the…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025By Greg Hoogeveen The Luverne High School girls’ basketball team split two conference games at home this past week. LHS fell 91-55 to Jackson County Central Tuesday, Feb. 11, and beat Worthington 52-46 Thursday, Feb. 13. The Cardinals were scheduled to play their final regular season game Tuesday, Feb. 18, against Fairmont on the road. JCC 91, LHS 55 Luverne fell to a strong Jackson…- By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025The Patriot boys went 1-1 over the past week to bring their season record to 20-2 with three regular season games left. Southwest Christian handed the Patriots their second loss of the season so far with the 83-65 road loss Tuesday, Feb. 11. H-BC beat Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 69-47 on the road Friday, Feb. 14. The Patriots were scheduled to host Edgerton Public Tuesday, Feb. 18, and they’ll…
- By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 12, 2025The H-BC girls’ basketball team beat the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Knights 66-57 on the road Friday, Feb. 7. “I thought Friday night against the Knights the girls played one of their best all-around games on the offensive end,” head coach Dylan Gehrke said. “We had balanced scoring across the board and needed all of it because the Knights had a hot shooting night hitting eight three-pointers.”…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 12, 2025The Luverne girls’ basketball team fell 79-38 to the Windom Eagles at home Friday, Feb. 7. The Cardinals found themselves down 40-21 at the half and were only able to put 17 more points on the board in the second half. Luverne had 34 turnovers and gave up 18 stolen balls in the game. Rebounds favored Windom with 38 and the Cardinals with 35. Freshman Taya Johnson led the Cardinals with 13…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 12, 2025The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team won two games, beating Murray County Central 70-68 at home Tuesday, Feb. 4, and Westbrook Walnut Grove 58-39 on the road Thursday, Feb.6. The Patriots are now 19-1 for the season and were scheduled to host Southwest Christian Tuesday, Feb 11. They will travel to play Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Friday, Feb. 14. H-BC 70, MCC 68 The Patriots hung on for…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 05, 2025The Patriot boys’ basketball team extended their season record to 17-1, beating two conference opponents this past week. H-BC beat Murray County Central 81-47 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 28, and took down Red Rock Central 87-53 at home Friday, Jan. 31. The Patriots travel to play Westbrook-Walnut Grove Thursday, Feb. 6, and will take on Southwest Minnesota Christian on the road Tuesday, Feb. 11…
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