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Ben Ross of the Lincoln Hornets battles with a New Lisbon player for the ball. Ross had 17 points, five re-bounds and three assists in Lincoln’s 56-48 win.
The Lincoln Hornets boys basketball team began its season with a pair of home games last week. Lincoln’s first game came against New Lisbon Tuesday, Nov. 29.
The first half was a close back-and-forth affair, but New Lisbon was able to take a 27-23 lead into halftime.
Lincoln took...
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The Lincoln Hornets honored its Academic All-Conference athletes for the 2022 fall sports season. The athletes received a certificate during advisory last week.
The Lincoln Hornets announced its Academic All-Conference athletes for the fall 2022 sports season.
To qualify for recognition, students must letter in a varsity sport and maintain a 3.25 grade-point average during the sports season.
In cross country, Abel Howard, Ruby Paul and Sada...
The Lincoln Hornets girls basketball team had a pair of home games last week, as Lincoln started competing against Dairyland Conference opponents. Lincoln hit the road to face Independence Tuesday, Nov. 29.
Lincoln built a 24-12 lead heading into halftime. The Hornets went on to defeat...
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs girls basketball team began conference play last week. MM hosted the Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats Tuesday, Nov. 29.
BT scored the first four points of the game. MM got on the board when Cooper Zeman passed to Jillian Streetman, as Streetman was open in the...
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs boys basketball team began its season with a road game against Cashton Thursday, Dec. 1.
Cashton took control in the first half and went into halftime leading MM 28-11. The Mustangs were able to trim Cashton’s lead to 35-25 with over eight minutes left in...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro (GET/MM) Titans wrestling team began its season with a quad event at Tomah Thursday, Dec. 1.
GET/MM defeated Tomah 54-22.
Colton Koss won his 106-pound class match via forfeit, earning six points for the Titans. Jayce Stetzer won his match...
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats wrestling team began its season with a home match against Arcadia Thursday, Dec. 1.
Arcadia defeated BT 44-25.
Colton Koxlien won the 152-pound match via decision, earning three points.
Ben Lien won the 170-pound match via major decision, earning...
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats boys basketball team started their season with a home game in front of Wildcats’ faithful fans Tuesday, Nov. 29, as BT hosted Loyal.
The first half was close from start to finish. BT was able to go into halftime with a 24-21 lead. BT held a 35-34 lead with...
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Colin Zillmer shoots over a pair of Independence defenders for the Black River Falls Tigers Dec. 2. Zillmer had 21 points in the Tigers’ 64-56 win.
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers boys basketball team began its 2022-2023 season with a pair of games last week. BRF’s first game of the new season was at Sparta Monday, Nov. 28.
BRF netted a win over Sparta, defeating Sparta by a final score of 61-54.
Trey Cowley led the Tigers...
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers wrestling team hosted 18 teams for an invitational Saturday, Dec. 3, to start the season. BRF was 11th with 63 points.
Deacon Brown placed fourth in the 106-pound class, earning 15 points.
Daniel Goldsmith placed sixth in the 138-pound class,...