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Riley Hanrahan of the Black River Falls Tigers advanced to the girls wrestling state tournament after finishing first in the 132-pound class.
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers wrestling team traveled to Wisconsin Dells Saturday, Feb. 17, for the individual sectionals.
Riley Hanrahan advanced to the girls state tournament, as she finished first in the 132-pound class in the girls sectional.
Katelyn Nosbisch just missed...
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Braylon Backaus (r) of the Black River Falls Tigers drives by a Melrose-Mindoro defender in the Tigers’ 74-56 win Feb. 12. Backaus had nine points.
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers boys basketball team was busy with three games last week. BRF hosted all three games. The Tigers began the week by hosting Melrose-Mindoro (MM) for a non-conference game Monday, Feb. 12.
BRF came out of the gates and was on fire from three-point range....
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs girls basketball team had two games to finish the regular season. MM began with a Dairyland Conference game on the road against the Cochrane-Fountain City (CFC) Pirates Tuesday, Feb. 13.
CFC dominated in the first half, as the Pirates built a 20-point...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City (GMC) gymnastics co-op team hosted the conference tournament at Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Friday, Feb. 16.
GMC took second with 130.325 points.
On the vault, Taylor Gallup led GMC by finishing fourth with 8.600 points...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro (GET/MM) Titans wrestling team traveled to River Valley for the team sectionals competition Tuesday, Feb. 13.
GET/MM won its first match, defeating Lodi 37-26.
Colton Koss won the 106-pound match by fall in 30 seconds. Brody Banse won the...
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats wrestling team traveled to Mineral Point Saturday, Feb. 17, for the Division 3 individual sectionals. Five Wildcats competed at the sectionals.
Jackson Shramek is advancing to the state individual championship for the third consecutive year. In 2023, Shramek...
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers girls hockey co-op with Granton, Melrose-Mindoro, Neillsville, Sparta, Tomah and Whitehall hit the road to begin the playoffs as the No. 6 seed. BRF traveled to take on No. 3 Hudson Thursday, Feb. 15.
Both teams came out of the gates hot on offense....
The Black River Falls/Granton/Melrose-Mindoro/Neillsville (BRF) Tigers boys hockey co-op team began the playoffs with a home game against Baldwin-Woodville (BW) Thursday, Feb. 15. BRF was the fourth seed in the playoffs, while BW was the fifth seed.
BW struck first with a goal in the...
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Anna Radcliffe (No. 2) of the Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs puts defensive pressure on an Augusta player in the Mustangs’ 64-45 win Feb. 9. Radcliffe had eight points.
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs girls basketball team had two Dairyland-Large Conference games last week. MM began the week by traveling to take on Whitehall Tuesday, Feb. 6.
Whitehall entered the game with a 12-7 overall record and a 6-4 conference record. MM came in the game with a 12...
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Braydon Lockington (top) of the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro Titans wrestling team was one of ten Titans to qualify for individual sectionals. Lockington finished second in the 215-pound class at the regionals in Richland Center Feb. 10.
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro (GET/MM) Titans wrestling team traveled to compete at the Division 2 sectionals in Richland Center Saturday, Feb. 10. GET/MM qualified for sectionals as a team, and had 10 wrestlers qualify for individual sectionals.
GET/MM finished second out...