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Brady Thompson of the Blair-Taylor Wildcats struck out seven batters over 6.1 innings in the Wildcats’ 4-1 win over Melrose-Mindoro May 5.
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats baseball team had one Dairyland Conference game and two non-conference games last week. BT hosted the Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs Tuesday, May 5, for a Dairyland Conference showdown.
BT picked up a 4-1 win.
The Wildcats got on the board first with one...
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Kathleen LaBar (l) of the Lincoln Hornets reaches to catch a throw at first base.
The Lincoln Hornets softball team was busy with three games last week. Lincoln traveled to take on Dairyland Conference opponent Whitehall Tuesday, May 5.
Whitehall edged out Lincoln 5-4. Both teams scored one run in the first inning. Whitehall added one run in the second to take a 2-1...
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Adam Massman (l) of the Lincoln Hornets catches the ball at first base on a close play.
The Lincoln Hornets baseball team had three close games last week, but fell just short. Lincoln began the week with a road game at Dairyland Conference opponent Whitehall Tuesday, May 5.
The game went down to the wire, as both teams combined for five runs in the seventh inning. Whitehall...
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Cooper Zeman of the Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs throws the ball to first base for the out against Blair-Taylor.
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs softball team had two Dairyland Conference games and one non-conference game last week. MM played at Blair-Taylor (BT) Tuesday, May 5.
BT defeated MM 4-2 in a close conference battle. BT built a 2-0 lead with one run in the bottom of the first inning and...
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Colton Koss of the Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs slings a pitch against Blair-Taylor May 5.
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs baseball team had two Dairyland Conference games and one non-conference game last week. MM played at Blair-Taylor (BT) Tuesday, May 5.
It was a low-scoring game, but BT defeated MM 4-1.
BT got on the board first with one run in the bottom of the...
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs track and field team traveled to Bangor Tuesday, May 5.
MM’s girls took seventh with 49.50 points, just 0.5 points behind Luther.
Bristol Coats finished fourth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.09. Payten Craig took eighth with 13.40.
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The Melrose-Mindoro/Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (MM/GET) Titans girls soccer team dropped two games recently.
MM/GET played at Sparta Friday, May 1.
Sparta defeated the Titans 11-2. No stats were reported by press time.
MM/GET then played at Mauston Thursday, May 7.
Mauston...
The Lincoln Hornets track and field team traveled to Blair-Taylor Tuesday, May 5.
For the girls, Evie Vangen finished 10th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:26.16.
Samantha Menning took third in the 1600-meter run with a time of 6:45.64. Vivian Prindle finished seventh with 8:00...
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats golf team was busy with two meets last week. BT traveled to Wabasha Monday, May 4.
BT finished fifth out of seven teams with a score of 399. Cochrane-Fountain City took first with 335.
Kyle Jahr led the Wildcats with 89 strokes. Evan Boe shot 99 strokes...
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers track and field team traveled to Bangor Tuesday, May 5.
BRF’s boys finished seventh as a team with 40 points.
Aidan Krista finished first in the shot put with a distance of 51’5”. Rylie Dobson placed 17th with 32’25”. Becket Hodge took 34th with 25’...