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Zowie Hunter, a senior at Black River Falls, reached 100 career goals in the Tigers’ 3-0 win against Medford Jan. 11.
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers girls hockey co-op with Granton, Melrose-Mindoro, Neillsville, Sparta, Tomah and Whitehall had a pair of games last week. In the Tigers’ last match, BRF senior Zowie Hunter eclipsed 100 career goals. Hunter entered the game at 99 career goals and scored three...
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Calysta Bautch of the Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs looks for a teammate to pass to in the Mustangs 62-53 loss to Independence/Gilmanton Jan. 19.
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs girls basketball team looked to add to its two-game winning streak last week. MM began the week by traveling to take on Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (GET) Tuesday, Jan. 16.
MM came out and played strong defense in the first half. The Mustangs led GET by a...
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Ben Lien of the Blair-Taylor Wildcats pins down his Independence/Gilmanton opponent Jan. 18. Lien won his 165-pound match by fall in 17 seconds.
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats wrestling team began last week by hosting a meet Thursday, Jan. 18.
BT faced off against Independence/Gilmanton (IG). The Wildcats lost to IG 52-18.
Ryan Flynn won his 150-pound match by fall in 31 seconds.
Ben Lien won his 165-pound match by fall...
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ChyloCree Belisle of the Black River Falls Tigers drives to the basket in the Tigers’ 52-40 loss to Osseo-Fairchild Jan. 16.
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers girls basketball team had one non-conference game and one Coulee Conference game last week. BRF began the week by hosting non-conference opponent Osseo-Fairchild (OF) Tuesday, Jan. 16.
OF jumped out to a 13-2 lead with 9:21 left in the first half. BRF...
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Braydon Lockington (top) of the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro Titans finished first in the 215-pound class at Arcadia’s Raider Invitational Saturday, Jan. 20.
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro (GET/MM) Titans wrestling team began last week by traveling to Arcadia Thursday, Jan. 18.
MM/GET defeated Arcadia 59-22.
Colton Koss won his 106-pound match by fall. Jayce Stetzer won his 132-pound match by fall. Layne Fry won his 138-...
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Samantha Prindle of the Lincoln Hornets secures the ball in Lincoln’s 47-20 win over Eleva-Strum Jan. 19.
The Lincoln Hornets girls basketball team had a pair of games against Dairyland Conference opponents last week. Lincoln hit the road to take on Whitehall Tuesday, Jan. 16.
Lincoln was 9-5 and had won five of its last six games. Whitehall was 8-5 and was 2-3 in its last five games.
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Jayce Castner (r) of the Lincoln Hornets lays the ball up in the Hornets’ 70-36 win over Eleva-Strum Jan. 18. Castner had 10 points, four rebounds and two steals.
The Lincoln Hornets boys basketball team had one non-conference match and one conference match last week. Lincoln began the week with a home game against Brookwood Tuesday, Jan. 16.
Lincoln entered the game 10-2 and was 7-1 in its last eight games. Brookwood was 2-9 and was on a five-game...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City (GMC) gymnastics co-op team traveled to Westby Friday, Jan. 19, for a meet.
GMC finished fourth out of eight teams with 128.300 points, just behind third-place Westby’s 128.325 points.
On the vault, Taylor Gallup led...
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats girls basketball team looked to build off its win the previous week. BT began last week with a road game against the Alma/Pepin (AP) Eagles Tuesday, Jan. 16.
AP entered the game 7-6 and was on a four-game winning streak. BT entered the game 4-10.
The...
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats boys basketball team hosted the Alma/Pepin (AP) Eagles Monday, Jan. 15, in a key Dairyland Conference match. The Eagles slipped past the Wildcats for a 67-61 win.
AP took a nine-point lead into halftime, as both teams lit up the scoreboard in the first half...