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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 07, 2026It was a big night of volleyball action on the court Thursday, Oct. 1, as Hills-Beaver Creek hosted Adrian-Ellsworth in head-to-head conference play. Both teams came into the game with relatively equal records and talent on their rosters, and the Dragons walked away with a 3-0 win after three close sets. A-E opened the first set building a seven-point lead before the Patriots got their rhythm…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 07, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth volleyball team took down the Red Rock Central Falcons 3-0 Tuesday, Sept. 29, in the Ellsworth High School gym. The Dragons won the first set and second sets 25-13 each and won the third set 25-8 for the win. Junior Jordan Kruger had 10 kills and went 14 of 4 at the service line with two ace serves. Senior Kamry Lehnhoff finished with eight kills and one solo block and…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 07, 2026The Luverne High School volleyball team took on the Big South Conference leader Jackson County Central falling 3-0 to the Huskies Tuesday, Sept. 29, on the road. JCC came into the game with three conference wins and a 12-5 season record. Luverne was 7-10 and a had a 3-2 conference record. The Huskies took the first set from the Cardinals 25-6. “The first set was not the start we wanted,” LHS…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 07, 2026The H-BC Patriots volleyball team held off the Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda Coyotes winning three of five sets on the road Tuesday, Sept. 29. “This game is always a fun matchup, and it was great to go back to my home gym, especially for the Coyotes cancer night in support of a child from Fulda,” H-BC head coach Kaylan Untiedt said. “I thought our scrappiness against HLOF set us ahead from other…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 30, 2026The Luverne High School volleyball team collected one win and one loss this past week in conference action. The Cardinals beat St. James 3-1 at home Tuesday, Sept. 22, and fell 3-0 to Worthington on the road Thursday, Sept. 24. LHS now sits at 7-11 for the season and will play the next three contests on the road. The Cardinals were scheduled to travel to Jackson Tuesday, Sept. 29, and they’ll…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 30, 2026The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ volleyball team fell twice and won once to Red Rock Conference opponents this past week. H-BC lost a 3-1 match to Murray County Central Tuesday, Sept. 22, on the road and fell 3-0 to Russell-Tyler-Ruthton at home Thursday, Sept. 24. H-BC beat Edgerton Public 3-1 on the road Monday, Sept. 28. “We knew going into this week that we had some tough conference games…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 30, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth volleyball team strung together six set wins in the past week to beat two teams in Red Rock Conference play. A-E beat Southwest Minnesota Christian 3-0 at home Tuesday, Sept. 22, and took down Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda on the road Thursday, Sept. 24. “In both games with Southwest Minnesota Christian and HOLF we started both of them kind of slow, but as the night went on, we…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 23, 2026The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ volleyball team held on to the “Queens of the Court” trophy, defeating Edgerton Public 3-0 at home Thursday, Sept. 17. H-BC kept the title and trophy for the second year in a row after Edgerton won it the first three years. “Queens of the Court is always such an exciting game to bring both our schools together to celebrate homecoming,” H-BC head coach Kaylan…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 23, 2026In a busy week of volleyball action, the Dragons went 3-3 on the court. Adrian-Ellsworth fell 3-0 to Russell-Tyler-Ruthton on the road Thursday, Sept. 17. A-E won two matches and fell in two matches at the Jackson Invitational Saturday, Sept. 19. The Dragons beat the Canby Lancers 3-0 Monday, Sept. 21, at home. Adrian-Ellsworth was scheduled to host Southwest Minnesota Christian Tuesday, Sept…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 23, 2026The Luverne Cardinals posted a 3-3 record this past week in volleyball action. LHS fell 3-0 to Redwood Valley at home Tuesday, Sept. 15. The Cardinals went 2-2 at the Jackson Invitational Saturday, Sept. 19, and beat Edgerton 3-1 on the road Monday, Sept. 21. LHS was scheduled to host St. James Tuesday, Sept. 22, and will travel to Worthington Thursday, Sept. 24. LHS junior Taya Johnson…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 16, 2026Luverne went 1-1 on the court in volleyball action against two strong conference teams in the past week. LHS beat Pipestone 3-2 on the road Tuesday, Sept. 8, and fell 3-0 to Windom on the road Thursday, Sept. 10. The Cardinals sit at 4-6 for the season so far. Luverne was scheduled to host Redwood Valley Tuesday, Sept. 15, and will go on the road against Jackson County Central Saturday, Sept.…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 16, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth volleyball team traveled to Pipestone Monday, Sept. 14, beating the Arrows 3-0 on their home court. The Dragons won the first set 25-22 and the second set 25-18 before closing out the match with third set win 25-23. “I thought we played pretty well against Pipestone,” Adrian-Ellsworth head coach Bob Kunkel said. “We’ve been working on our offense a lot, trying to speed…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 16, 2026The Lady Pates beat Viborg-Hurley 3-0 at home Thursday, Sept. 10, in volleyball action. H-BC won the first set 25-19, took the second set 25-20 and closed the match winning the third set 25-19. “The girls played a strong home opener against Viborg-Hurley in front of a good crowd,” H-BC head coach Kaylan Untiedt said. “I thought we did a good job of moving the ball around and playing…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 09, 2026The Luverne volleyball team posted two big wins in the past week over Southwest Minnesota Christian and West Lyon. LHS beat the Eagles 3-1 at home Tuesday, Sept. 1, and took down the Wildcats 3-1 in Inwood, Iowa, Thursday, Sept. 3. The Cardinals are now 2-5 for the season and will play their next two games on the road. LHS was scheduled to travel to Pipestone Tuesday, Sept. 8, to take on the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 09, 2026The Lady Pates traveled to Canton, S.D. Thursday, Sept. 3, falling 3-1 to the C-Hawks in the contest. The Patriots started off hot taking Set 1 by a score of 25-22. Canton replied with a 25-20 win in Set 2. Tied 1-1 after two sets H-BC ran into some errors on the court and wasn’t able to close the final two sets falling 25-14 and 25-21 to the C-Hawks. “Canton is a strong team that was great…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 02, 2026The Luverne volleyball team traveled to Rochester Saturday, Aug. 29, to scrimmage five teams at the Panther Invitational. In the first match of the day Luverne lost 2-1 to Rochester John Marshall. The Cardinals won the first set 25-20 before falling 25-18 and 15-10 in the next two games. LHS faced Mankato East in the second match giving up two sets 25-15 and 26-24. Against New Ulm in their…
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