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Samantha Aguilar drives to the basket for the Blair-Taylor Wildcats in their 63-60 loss to Melrose-Mindoro. Aguilar led the Wildcats with 27 points.
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats girls basketball team began Dairyland-Large Conference play last week. BT hosted local rival Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs Tuesday, Nov. 28.
The game was physical and defensive. Both teams were tied 8-8 with 10:09 left in the first half when MM took a...
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Presley Byom (No. 23) of Melrose-Mindoro (MM) grabs an offensive rebound and makes a put-back shot in MM’s road game against Blair-Taylor Nov. 30. Byom led MM with 26 points in their 70-67 win.
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs boys basketball team opened the 2023-2024 season with a home game against Aquinas Tuesday, Nov. 28. MM fell behind early and could not erase the deficit, as Aquinas won the game by a score of 78-36.
Aquinas built up an 8-2 lead over the first six minutes...
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Ben Ross (No. 22) of the Lincoln Hornets takes a contested shot for the Hornets against Cochrane-Fountain City Nov. 30. Ross had 15 points and seven rebounds in Lincoln’s 57-54 win.
The Lincoln Hornets boys basketball team had a pair of home games last week. Lincoln hosted New Lisbon (NL) Tuesday, Nov. 28.
Lincoln wasted no time building a huge lead. The Hornets built a 39-11 lead heading into halftime.
The Hornets cruised in the second half. NL was unable to...
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CJ Dummer of Blair-Taylor (BT) leaps up to block a shot from a Melrose-Mindoro player. Dummer led BT with 27 points.
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats boys basketball team began the 2023-2024 season with a road trip to take on the Elmwood/Plum City (EPC) Wolves Monday, Nov. 27. BT dropped the game by a score of 65-51.
EPC began the game by building a 9-2 lead with 13:30 left in the first half, as EPC made...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro (MM/GET) Titans wrestling team started the 2023-2024 season with a home dual match Thursday, Nov. 30.
GET/MM defeated La Crosse Logan/Central 54-15.
Koda Purney, Gunnar Kremer, Jayce Stetzer and Gunnar Johnson each won their respective 120...
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats wrestling team began the 2023-2024 season with a trip to take on Arcadia Thursday, Nov. 30.
Arcadia defeated BT 60-24. BT forfeited seven weight classes.
Billy Miller won the 144-pound match via fall. Ryan Flynn won the 150-pound match by fall. Ben Lien...
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers wrestling team began the 2023-2024 season with a home invite Saturday, Dec. 2. There were 21 teams that competed at the invite.
BRF finished 11th with 87 points.
Mitchell Blackhawk earned six points in the 106-pound class. He lost by fall, then won...
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers girls basketball team had two road games in Coulee Conference play last week. BRF traveled to take on Arcadia Tuesday, Nov. 28.
It was a slow offensive start for both teams, as a combined 12 points were scored in the first six minutes. BRF held a 7-5...
The Black River Falls/Granton/Melrose-Mindoro/Neillsville (BRF) Tigers boys hockey team had a pair of games last week. BRF started with a home game against La Crescent (LC) Tuesday, Nov. 28.
LC started the game on fire, as LC scored four unanswered goals in the first period. Both teams...
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers boys basketball team began the 2023-2024 season with a home game against Sparta Tuesday, Nov. 28.
The first half was close from start to finish. Sparta ended up taking a one-point lead into halftime, as Sparta led 29-28.
The second half started off...