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     The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers football team traveled to take on Coulee Conference rival Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (GET) Friday, Sept. 8. Both teams entered the night winless, but one team would earn its first win of the season.      The game was all GET, as GET dominated the Tigers on the...

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Luke Fischer of the Lincoln Hornets looks to avoid some Cornell defenders in Lincoln’s 74-0 win. 

     The Lincoln Hornets football team put on a scoring display that would make football video game players envious in Lincoln’s home game against Cornell Friday, Sept. 1. The Hornets dominated in all phases of the game and defeated Cornell 74-0.      While Lincoln was coming off a 36-20 loss in...

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Anna White of Blair-Taylor (BT) serves the ball in BT’s home match against Osseo-Fairchild Thursday, Aug. 31. 

     The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats volleyball team hosted Osseo-Fairchild (OF) in a non-conference battle Thursday, Aug. 31. Despite close matches in the second and third sets, OF took the match 3-0.      In the first set, OF started out on fire by scoring the first six points. BT was unable to...

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The goalie from Adams-Friendship had no choice but to watch this shot by Rawlins Clark (No. 29) sail into the net for the Black River Falls/Melrose-Mindoro Tigers.

     The Black River Falls/Melrose-Mindoro (BRF/MM) Tigers soccer team hosted Adams-Friendship (AF) Tuesday, Aug. 29. AF controlled possession of the ball and took a lot of shots on goal in the game, leading to an 8-2 victory over BRF/MM.      AF struck first with a goal early in the first half. AF...

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Lauren Slosser hits the ball for the Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers in BRF’s No. 1 doubles match when BRF hosted West Salem. 

     The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers girls tennis team returned to action with one match last week. BRF hosted West Salem Tuesday, Aug. 29.      West Salem defeated BRF 7-0. Singles      No. 1 - Megan Johnson, West Salem, def. Jorji Rios, BRF, 6-0, 6-0.      No. 2 - Natalie Graham, West Salem,...
     The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs and Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats football teams faced off against each other Friday, Sept. 1, to start both team’s Dairyland Conference schedule.      Both teams entered the game with records of 0-2, but one team would remain winless heading into the fourth week...
     The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers volleyball began Coulee Conference play with a pair of games last week. BRF traveled to take on conference rival Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (GET) Tuesday, Aug. 29.      GET won the first set by a score of 25-19. GET also won the second set 25-11. BRF battled...
     The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers football team came up just short in its home game against Coulee Conference opponent Altoona Friday, Sept. 1. After forcing the game into overtime, Altoona defeated BRF 30-28.      BRF struck first to open the second quarter, as Collin Zillmer ran 55 yards...
     The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers cross country team hit the road the compete at Westby Tuesday, Aug. 29.      BRF’s boys finished eighth out of eight teams that placed.      ​Brad Wensel finished 18th overall with a time of 16:23.6. Garrett Tande took 36th with 17:10.0. Collin Berra was 38th...

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Ben Ross (l) of the Lincoln Hornets reaches out to tackle a Bruce player in Lincoln’s season-opening game against Bruce Aug. 25. 

     The Lincoln Hornets football team began the 2023 eight-player season with a home game against Bruce Friday, Aug. 25. Both teams had very different approaches to offense. Bruce attempted to run the ball on Lincoln, while Lincoln utilized the air raid-style passing attack. Bruce ran the ball 82...

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