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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 06, 2024The Patriots girls’ basketball team fell to Southwest Minnesota Christian 59-50 in the section quarterfinals Friday, March 1, in Worthington. The No. 4 seed Patriots hung tight with the No. 1 seed Eagles, giving SWMC a scare early in the game when the Patriots went on a 14-3 run. H-BC kept the momentum going throughout the first half, finishing two points behind the Eagles, 29-27, at the half…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 28, 2024The Luverne boys’ basketball team finished their regular season beating the Tri-City United Titans 83-73 in a Big South Conference cross-over game Saturday, Feb. 24, on the road. The Cardinals, with a 10-12 regular season record, will travel to Fairmont Saturday, March 2, for a Section 3AA Round 1 game at 7 p.m. In their game against the Titans, Luverne made 28 of 52 shots for 53 percent inside…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 28, 2024The Luverne girls’ basketball team continues on in the section playoffs after taking down Redwood Valley 58-52 in Section 3AA action Saturday, Feb. 24, on the road. The Cardinals also beat Canby 69-30 in Luverne’s final game of the season Tuesday, Feb. 20, at home to finish the regular season 10-14. Luverne will meet Fairmont in Section 3AA quarterfinal play Thursday, Feb. 29, in Fairmont at 6…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 28, 2024The H-BC boys’ basketball team went 2-1 in conference play this week and will prepare for their first round of section basketball on Saturday, March 1. The Patriots beat SWMC 66-38 Tuesday, Feb. 20, and Adrian 74-39 Friday, Feb. 23, and fell to RTR 83-65 Monday, Feb. 26. H-BC ended their regular season with a record of 17-8 and 14-4 in conference play. The Patriots are the No. 1 seed in the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 28, 2024The Patriots girls’ basketball team traveled to Worthington Saturday, Feb. 24, for the Section 3A South Subsection Quarterfinal game against Adrian. The Lady Pates won the game over the Dragons 64-61 in overtime play. “That was one of the wildest games I have been a part of as a coach or a player,” head coach Dylan Gehrke said. “Our girls did a great job getting out of the gates strong in both…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 21, 2024The Luverne boys’ basketball team fell to Worthington 82-77 on the road Thursday, Feb. 15, and beat Little Wound 69-29 in Flandreau Saturday, Feb. 17. The Cardinals will finish their regular season in Redwood Falls Saturday, Feb. 24, to take on Tri-City United. WHS 82, LHS 77 The Cardinals fell 82-77 to Worthington on the road Thursday, Feb. 15. In the first half Worthington went on a 19-5…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 21, 2024The Luverne girls’ basketball team went 1-1 in basketball action last week. The Cardinals fell 65-44 to Worthington Thursday, Feb. 15, at home and beat Tri-City United 50-47 on the road Saturday, Feb. 17. Luverne was scheduled to host Canby Tuesday, Feb. 20, for parents’ night and their last regular game of the season. The Cardinals go into the post-season traveling to Redwood for a Section 3A…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 21, 2024The H-BC boys’ basketball team finished the week with a 1-1 record, defeating Edgerton at home 71-46 Tuesday, Feb. 13, and falling to Mountain Lake by one point Friday, Feb. 16, on the road. The Patriots will face Russell-Tyler-Ruthton next Monday, Feb. 26, at home for their final regular season game. H-BC 71, Edgerton 46 The Patriots stole a win against Edgerton, beating the Dutchmen 71-46…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 21, 2024The Lady Pates won two conference games this past week, both on the road, beating MLA-C 57-38 Thursday, Feb. 15, and topping Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 63-46 Monday, Feb. 19. The girls finished the regular season 15-10, with a 11-7 record in Red Rock Conference play. H-BC heads into Section 3A action Saturday, Feb. 24, taking on the winner of the 3 vs. 4 seed game yet to be played. The Patriots…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 14, 2024The Luverne girls hosted St. James Thursday, Feb. 8, beating the Saints 78-63 in the game. The Cardinals out-shot the Saints at the 3-point line hitting 12 of 23 attempts for 36 team points. Five LHS seniors hit multiple threes. Kiesli Smith, Sarah Stegenga and Tori Serie all sank three 3-point shots. Josie Voorhees made two and Kayla Bloemendaal finished with one. Luverne took a 40-32 lead…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 14, 2024The Luverne boys’ basketball team topped St. James 80-45 at home Thursday, Feb. 8, and beat Adrian-Ellsworth 92-53 on the road Monday, Feb. 12. The Cardinals will travel to Worthington Thursday, Feb. 15, and to Flandreau Saturday, Feb. 17. LHS 80, St. James 45 Luverne handed St. James an 80-45 loss Thursday, Feb. 8, at home. The Cardinals were strong under the basket collecting 38 points…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 14, 2024H-BC boys’ basketball went 2-1 this past week in a busy stretch of games home and away. The Patriots traveled to Westbrook-Walnut Grove Thursday, Feb. 8, to win 55-50 and topped Elkton-Lake Benton 77-50 at home Monday, Feb. 12, before falling to DeSmet 63-45 on the road Saturday, Feb. 10. The Patriots were scheduled to host Edgerton Tuesday, Feb. 13, and will travel to play Mountain Lake Area-…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 14, 2024The H-BC girls’ basketball team fell in two games and won one this past week. The Lady Pates lost 56-34 to West Lyon at home Thursday, Feb. 8, and beat Edgerton 50-41 at home Friday, Feb. 9, before falling to Elkton-Lake Benton 54-48 at home Monday, Feb. 12. The Patriots will travel to Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey Thursday, Feb. 15 and to Russell Tyler Ruthton Monday, Feb. 19 West Lyon 56, H-…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024The Luverne boys’ basketball team played three games this past week winning two and losing one. Fairmont beat Luverne 62-59 on the road Thursday, Feb. 1. The Cardinals then traveled to St. James to take down the Saints 81-69 Friday, Feb. 2, and they topped H-BC 63-59 in Hills Monday, Feb. 5. The Cardinals will host St. James at home Thursday, Feb. 8, and travel to Adrian Monday, Feb. 12. …
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024The Cardinals and Patriots met in Hills Monday, Feb. 5, with Luverne taking the game 63-59. It was a back-and-forth physical game that came down to the last few minutes of play to decide the winner. In the end, Luverne was able to hit a couple free throws to put the game out of reach for H-BC. Game stats were not available for this week’s Star-Herald printing on Tuesday.
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 07, 2024The H-BC girls’ basketball team had a busy stretch of games in the past week, winning two and losing one. The Patriots traveled to Adrian and fell 40-34 Tuesday, Jan. 30, hosted Heron Lake -Okabena/Fulda Thursday, Feb. 1, winning 51-16 and topped Murray County Central 49-24 Monday, Feb. 5. The Patriots will host Edgerton Friday, Feb. 9, and Elkton-Lake Benton Monday. Feb. 12. Adrian 40, H-…
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