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The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers baseball team opened the season with a road trip to take on the Tomah Timberwolves Thursday, March 28. BRF came away with the 16-12 victory.
The Tigers got on the board first in the top of the first inning. Daniel Gerdes led off the game by getting on...
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MMHS HSRA racers had a successful season last summer, bringing home several awards presented at the end of the season. The Mel-Min racers (l-r) Lockington, Krueger, Berg and Arneson are pictured with their cars outside of MMHS.
The High School Racing Association (HSRA) officially closed out the 2023 race season in Wisconsin and Illinois with the presentation of the year-end awards, recognizing high school racers from the past season for their accomplishments.
The HSRA features high school-aged drivers in...
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Madyson Schultz of the Black River Falls Tigers fires a pitch in the Tigers’ 2-1 win over Bloomer March 21. Schultz struck out 12 batters over seven innings while allowing one run on four hits and two walks.
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers softball team won its first game of the 2024 season. BRF hosted Bloomer Thursday, March 21.
The weather was indicative of the incoming snow, as it was cold and windy. Despite the cold weather, BRF’s Madyson Schultz was on fire on the mound, as she struck...
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The Coulee Conference recognized its 14 WIAA Scholar-Athlete nominees recently. The athletes recognized from Black River Falls are Zowie Hunter (front, second from left) and Wyatt Madvig (back, second from left). The conference honored one boy and one girl from each of the seven schools in the Coulee Conference.
The Coulee Conference recognized its 14 WIAA (Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association) Scholar-Athlete nominees during the 2024 annual Coulee Conference Scholar-Athlete Banquet Monday, March 11.
Zowie Hunter and Wyatt Madvig, both of Black River Falls (BRF), were recognized at the...
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs track and field team traveled to La Crosse Saturday, March 23, for the Cashton Invite.
In the girls 200-meter dash, Natalee Hansen finished 42nd with a time of 32.08. Cortney Nicolai took 43rd with 32.17. Isabella Libke was 55th with 34.53.
For the...
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats track and field team traveled to La Crosse Saturday, March 23, for the Cashton Invite.
In the boys 200-meter dash, DaVonne Turner finished 10th with a time of 24.91. Riley McAdams took 19th with 25.50. Clayton Woodard was 27th with 26.06.
For the boys...
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Four athletes from the Black River Falls/Granton/Melrose-Mindoro/Neillsville (BRF) Tigers boys hockey co-op team were earned All-Conference recognition. Pictured (l-r) are Wyatt Madvig, Chris Muir, Henry Meek and Calvin Lakowske. Madvig made the first team All-Conference on offense. Muir made the first team All-Conference as a goalie. Meek made the first team All-Conference on defense. Lakowske made the second team All-Conference on offense.
Athletes from the Black River Falls/Granton/Melrose-Mindoro/Neillsville (BRF) Tigers boys hockey co-op team were recognized with All-Conference and All-State honors for the 2023-2024 season.
BRF ended the year with a 6-3 loss to Menomonie in the second round of the playoffs.
Wyatt...
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs track and field team traveled to Winona Friday, March 15, for the 2024 Early Red Bird Invitational hosted by St. Mary’s University.
In the girls 55-meter dash, Payten Craig finished 11th with a time of 8.52. Mattison Foster took 24th with 9.71. Noelle...
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats track and field team traveled to Winona Friday, March 15, for the 2024 Early Red Bird Invitational hosted by St. Mary’s University.
In the boys 55-meter dash, DaVonne Turner finished third with a time of 6.95. Connor Kruse took 11th with 7.17. Collin Johnson...
The Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced the 2024 basketball Academic All-State awards. The Lincoln Hornets boys basketball team had nine athletes earn the award.
The WBCA Academic All-State award requires that nominated athletes be varsity players from any grade...