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     The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers boys basketball team had just one game last week, as BRF hosted the Stratford Tigers Saturday, Jan. 13. Stratford entered the game 8-3, while BRF was 2-7.      Stratford opened the game by building a 12-6 lead with 13:43 left in the first half. Stratford...
     The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs girls basketball team had two games last week. MM hosted Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran (ECIL) Monday, Jan. 8.      MM entered the game with a 7-5 record, while ECIL was 5-3.      The Mustangs came out of the gates on fire in the first half. MM took a 33-15 lead...
     The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro (GET/MM) Titans wrestling team hosted West Salem/Bangor (WSB) Tuesday, Jan. 9.      GET/MM defeated WSB 41-26.      Aaron Dunigan won the 190-pound match by an 8-6 decision. Jayce Stetzer won the 132-pound match by an 8-6 decision. Scott Johnson won...
     The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs hosted the Cochrane-Fountain City (CFC) Pirates Thursday, Jan. 11. MM entered the game 5-5, while CFC was 6-4.      MM was able to build a 12-8 lead with 13:37 left in the first half. The Mustangs led CFC 21-18 with 9:42 left in the first half, but CFC went on...
     The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City (GMC) gymnastics co-op team traveled to Mount Horeb (MH) for an invite Saturday, Jan. 6.      GMC finished fourth out of seven teams with 124.250 points. MH took first with 134.200, Dodgeville was second with 132.875, Westby...
     The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats boys basketball team had two home games last week. BT began the week by hosting the Lincoln Hornets Tuesday, Jan. 9.      BT entered the game 5-8, while Lincoln was 9-2.      The Wildcats fell behind in the first half, as Lincoln took a 30-23 lead into halftime....
     The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers wrestling team traveled to compete at the Ladysmith Invitational Saturday, Jan. 13.      BRF finished 11th out of 17 teams with 182.5 points.      Deacon Brown finished ninth in the 120-pound class, scoring 25 points. Brown won by fall in the ninth-place...
     The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers girls hockey co-op with Granton, Melrose-Mindoro, Neillsville, Sparta, Tomah and Whitehall hosted the Medford Raiders Thursday, Jan. 11, for BRF’s only game last week. Medford entered the game with a 3-8 record, while BRF was 9-6.      The Tigers struck first...
     The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers girls basketball team began last week with a home game against Coulee Conference rival Arcadia Monday, Jan. 8. BRF entered the game 1-12 overall and 1-5 in conference play, while Arcadia was 7-4 overall and 5-1 in conference play.      BRF committed some...

Photo by Angela Fischer

Monse Sanchez (r) of the Lincoln Hornets battles for position for a rebound in the Hornets’ 50-39 win over Greenwood Dec. 28. Sanchez had six points, 10 rebounds, four assists and four steals. 

     The Lincoln Hornets girls basketball team hosted the Augusta Beavers for Lincoln’s only game last week. A strong defensive effort helped the Hornets come away with 21-point victory.      Lincoln took a 22-10 lead into halftime. The Hornets pulled away in the second half, as Lincoln went on to...

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