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Claire Becker of Melrose-Mindoro competes in the girls 1600-meter run at the Black River Falls meet April 25. Becker finished second with a time of 5:41.91.

     The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs track and field team traveled to Bangor Tuesday, May 2.      In the girls 100-meter dash, Brooke Wagner finished fifth with a time of 13.87. Emma Rozek took 25th with 15.29. Isabella Libke was 26th with 15.50.      For the girls 200-meter dash, Lilly Radcliffe...

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Madeline Frauenkron of the Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs makes contact with a pitch in their game against Lincoln April 28. 

     The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs softball team was busy with Dairyland Conference games last week. MM began the week with a road game against the Lincoln Hornets Monday, May 1.      MM struck first in the top of the first inning when Hailey Hiles hit a line drive to center field for a single...

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Aiyana Eliason pitches for the Lincoln Hornets in their road game against Melrose-Mindoro April 28. 

     The Lincoln Hornets softball team had three Dairyland Conference games last week. Lincoln started the week with a home game against Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Monday, May 1.      MM struck first in the top of the first inning by scoring five runs. Then MM scored four runs in the top of the second...

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Raul Escamilla of the Lincoln Hornets hauls in a throw and goes to tag an Augusta player. 

     The Lincoln Hornets baseball team had a pair of Dairyland Conference games last week. Lincoln started the week by hosting Pepin/Alma (PA) Tuesday, May 2.      PA won the game 12-4. No stats were available.      Lincoln then hosted Augusta Friday, May 5.      The Hornets struggled to get the...

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Abby Thompson fires a pitch for Blair-Taylor in their 10-0 win over Mondovi May 3. Thompson threw a no-hitter and struck out 10 batters. 

     The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats softball team had another busy week, as BT had games every day from Monday to Friday. BT began the week with a home game against Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (GET) Monday, May 1.      BT took a lead early, as Lexi Lofgren grounded out to drive in Lindsay Steien from...

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Dan Gerdes (l) of the Black River Falls Tigers dives safely into home plate to score a run for the Tigers in their 8-1 win against Luther May 2. 

     The Black River Falls/Fall Creek (BRF) Tigers baseball team had a strong start to last week. BRF hosted Luther Tuesday, May 2, for a doubleheader.      BRF won the first game 11-0. The Tigers scored two runs in the first inning, one run in the third inning, four runs in the fourth inning and...

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David Jacobs of the Black River Falls Shooting Tigers shoots at their home invite. On deck is Zach Dobson and Heidi Williams (r). 

     The Black River Falls (BRF) Shooting Tigers hosted the Tiger Invitational for trap shooting Saturday, May 6 at Woods and Meadows, and Sunday, May 7, at the Black River Gun Club. Twenty-three teams and 375 athletes were registered for the event. The Lincoln Hornets shooting team also competed...
     The Melrose-Mindoro/Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (MM/GET) Mustangs girls soccer team had two matches last week. MM/GET traveled to take on Assumption Monday, May 1.      Assumption came out of the gates on fire, scoring seven goals in the first half. Assumption added one more goal in the second...
     The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs baseball team was busy with three Dairyland Conference games and one non-conference game last week. MM started with a home game against Cochrane-Fountain City (CFC) Monday, May 1.      CFC struck first in the top of the first inning by scoring two runs. MM...
     The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats baseball team was busy with several games last week. BT hosted Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (GET) Monday, May 1.      GET took the lead early and never looked back. GET scored one run in the first inning, six runs in the third inning and five runs in the fourth...

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