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Ava Cummings brings the ball up the court for the Lincoln Hornets in their 62-34 win over Gilman. Cummings led Lincoln with 18 points, making eight free throws.
The Lincoln Hornets girls basketball team was busy with three games last week. Lincoln looked to bounce back from a pair of losses the previous week.
The Hornets hosted Gilman Monday, Dec. 4.
Gilman opened the game by building a 5-1 lead. Lincoln responded by going on a 10-2 run to...
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Calysta Bautch (r) of the Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs drives by a Whitehall defender Dec. 7. Bautch led the Mustangs with 17 points in their 53-38 win.
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs girls basketball team had two games last week, with one being a non-conference match and the other being a conference match. MM hosted Aquinas Monday, Dec. 4.
MM got out to a slow start and was unable to recover. Aquinas took a 51-14 lead into halftime....
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs boys basketball team had a pair of Dairyland-Large Conference matches last week. MM hosted Eleva-Strum (ES) Tuesday, Dec. 5.
MM got on the board in the first seven seconds with a three-pointer by Aeron Hanson. The Mustangs held a 7-6 lead with 13:43 left...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro /Cochrane-Fountain City (GMC) gymnastics co-op team began the 2023-2024 season with a trip to West Salem Saturday, Dec. 9.
GMC finished fifth out of seven with 127.775 points.
In the vault, Taylor Gallup led GMC by finishing eighth overall...
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats wrestling team traveled to Eau Claire (EC) for the EC North Husky Invite Saturday, Dec. 9.
There were 28 teams at the invite. BT finished 18th out of 28 teams with 116 points.
Billy Miller placed 13th in the 144-pound class, scoring eight points.
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The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers girls basketball team had three games last week. BRF started the week with a road Coulee Conference game against West Salem (WS) Tuesday, Dec. 5.
BRF fell behind early and could not recover. WS took a 60-5 lead into halftime. WS cruised in the second...
The Black River Falls/Granton/Melrose-Mindoro/Neillsville (BRF) Tigers boys hockey team was busy with four games last week. BRF opened the week with a road game against West Salem (WS) Tuesday, Dec. 5.
BRF got on the board first with one goal in the first period. The goal game from Calvin...
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers boys basketball team began last week with a trip to take on Elk Mound (EM) Monday, Dec. 4.
BRF fell behind early in the game and could not climb out of the hole. EM took a 38-24 lead into halftime and went on to defeat BRF by a final score of 72-40...
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Claire Becker of the Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs shoots a three-pointer in the Mustangs game against Blair-Taylor Nov. 28. Becker had 21 points, and made five three-pointers.
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs girls basketball team began Dairyland-Large Conference play last week. MM traveled to take on local rival Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats Tuesday, Nov. 28.
It was a physical, defensive game to start. Both teams were tied 8-8 with 10:09 left in the first half...
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Isabelle Huber (No. 3) of the Lincoln Hornets races past a Cochrane-Fountain City (CFC) defender Nov. 28. Huber had nine points and four rebounds in Lincoln’s 58-45 loss to CFC.
The Lincoln Hornets girls basketball team began Dairyland-Small Conference play with a home game against the Cochrane-Fountain City (CFC) Pirates Tuesday, Nov. 28.
Lincoln was able to build up a 16-9 lead with 9:00 left in the first half. CFC went on a 13-0 to take a 22-16 with 5:01 left...