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Luke Fischer (No. 3) and Stephen Werre (No. 13) of the Lincoln Hornets battle with Blair-Taylor’s (BT) Ethan Kniseley for the ball in Lincoln’s 66-58 win over BT Jan. 9. 

     The Lincoln Hornets boys basketball team had one road game and one home last week. Lincoln hit the road to take on the Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats Tuesday, Jan. 9.      Lincoln entered the game against BT with a 9-2 record, while BT was 5-8.      The Hornets took a seven-point lead into...

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Calvin Lakowske of the Black River Falls Tigers co-op loops around the net and ended up scoring a goal in the Tigers’ 5-2 over Baldwin-Woodville Jan. 9. Lakowske had two goals and one assist. 

     The Black River Falls/Granton/Melrose-Mindoro/Neillsville (BRF) Tigers boys hockey team hosted Baldwin-Woodville (BW) Tuesday, Jan. 9, for BRF’s only game last week. BRF was 5-2 in their last seven games, while BW was 3-4 in their last seven games.      BRF came out of the gates hot, as Calvin...

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Kaylee Carrillo of the Lincoln Hornets drives to the basket in Lincoln’s 47-27 loss to the Blair-Taylor Wildcats. 

     The Lincoln Hornets girls basketball team had two games last week. Lincoln began the week with a home game against the Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats Thursday, Jan. 11.      Lincoln entered the game 8-4 and was on a four-game winning streak. BT entered the game 3-10 and was on a six-game losing...
     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...

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