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     The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro (GET/MM) Titans wrestling team traveled to Arcadia to compete at the Raider Challenge Saturday, Jan. 21.      GET/MM took first out of 15 teams with 525 points.      Colton Koss placed fifth in the 106-pound class, scoring 33 points.      Koda...
     The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats wrestling team continued its season with a home match against Osseo-Fairchild (OF) Tuesday, Jan. 17.      BT defeated OF 45-18.      Billy Miller won his 132-pound match by decision.      Juan Lopez, Ryan Flynn, Jackson Shramek and Bryan Rogstad won their...
     The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats girls basketball team started last week with a road game against Dairyland-Large Conference foe Augusta Tuesday, Jan. 17.      BT had an explosive first half, as the Wildcats scored 41 points. BT went into halftime leading Augusta 41-25.      The Wildcats had an...
     The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats boys basketball team started last week with a road game against Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran (ECIL) Tuesday, Jan. 17.      ECIL built up a double digit lead in the first half, as ECIL went into halftime ahead of BT 27-15. The Wildcats cut ECIL’s lead to just...
     Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcat Bryan Rogstad capped off his football career with a season that placed him in the state record books.      Rogstad, a senior, played for BT as an offensive lineman, linebacker and a punter. Rogstad had the sixth-best punting average in a season with 44 yards per punt...
     The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers wrestling team continued its season with a pair of events last week. BRF traveled to Arcadia for a triangular Tuesday, Jan. 17.      BRF lost to Arcadia 51-24.      Deacon Brown, Sander King, Maleki Lee and Sullivan King each won by fall in their respective...
     The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers girls basketball team had a pair of Coulee Conference battles last week. BRF traveled to take on Viroqua Tuesday, Jan. 17.      BRF picked up its first win of the season against Viroqua, defeating Viroqua 59-33. The 59 points that the Tigers scored were the...
     The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers girls hockey co-op with Granton, Melrose-Mindoro, Neillsville, Sparta, Tomah and Whitehall split two of its games last week. BRF started the week with a home game against the Western Wisconsin (WW) Stars Monday, Jan. 16.      WW struck first about halfway...
     The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers boys hockey co-op with Lincoln, Granton, Melrose-Mindoro and Neillsville had just one game last week due to the snow storm. BRF hit the road to take on Winona Tuesday, Jan. 17.      Winona struck first late in the first period to give Winona a 1-0 lead. That...

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Cathy Burghardt (l) and Mary Burghardt (middle) were the first two women inducted into the Lincoln Athletic Hall of Fame Friday, Jan. 13. Cathy graduated from Lincoln in 1979, and Mary graduated in 1981. The Burghardt sisters stand with former Lincoln superintendent Paul Fischer.

     The Lincoln Hornets inducted three individuals into the athletics hall of fame Friday, Jan. 13.      The ceremony included the first two women to be inducted into the athletic hall of fame.      The three inductees were Robert Smith (class of 1962), Cathy Burghardt (class of 1979) and Mary...

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