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Former Lincoln school district superintendent Paul Fischer cuts the ribbon at the ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the brand new athletic complex for Lincoln Hornets athletics.
The Lincoln Hornets celebrated the completion of the new athletic complex prior to Lincoln’s home opener against Lake Holcombe (LH) Friday, Sept. 9, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The complex, fitted with a 500-seat capacity bleachers, a press box, a new scoreboard, concession stand and...
Photo by Angela Fischer
Felicity Frey spikes the ball for the Lincoln Hornets in their home match against Eleva-Strum Sept. 8. Lincoln won the match 3-2.
The Lincoln Hornets volleyball team treated its home crowd to a win Thursday, Sept. 8. Lincoln hosted Eleva-Strum (ES) for the team’s first Dairyland Conference match of the 2022 campaign.
Lincoln edged out ES 3-2. No stats or set scores were reported.
The Hornets are 3-3 overall and...
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs volleyball team started its Dairyland Conference schedule the way any team would want to, as the Mustangs handed Pepin/Alma (PA) a loss on PA’s home court.
The match did not start the way MM wanted, as PA won the first set 25-21. MM bounced in the second...
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Jackson Shramek of Blair-Taylor (BT) powers through a tackle for BT earlier in the season. Shramek had 20 carries for 161 yards and four touchdowns in BT’s 39-0 win over Melrose-Mindoro Sept. 9.
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats football team hosted the Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs Friday, Sept. 9, for a Dairyland Conference match.
MM entered the game looking for its first win, while BT was looking for its second consecutive win.
BT struck first early in the first quarter when...
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Abby Thompson spikes the ball for the Blair-Taylor Wildcats in their game against Augusta Sept. 8.
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats volleyball team remains undefeated. BT hosted Dairyland Conference opponent Augusta Thursday, Sept. 8, for BT’s first conference match of the season.
BT jumped out to a 14-7 lead in the first set, then Augusta took a timeout to try to make adjustments and...
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers volleyball team continued its season with more Coulee Conference matches last week. BRF started with a road trip to take on Viroqua Tuesday, Sept. 6. After going 1-1 in the Tigers’ first two conference matches, BRF looked to put together a strong week.
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The Black River Falls/Melrose-Mindoro (BRF/MM) Tigers soccer team had just one game last week. BRF/MM traveled to Nekoosa for a conference match Sept. 8.
Nekoosa struck first early in the game to take a 1-0 lead. Nekoosa scored again with a few seconds left before halftime to put BRF/MM...
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers girls golf team returned to action last week with a trip to the Whitetail Golf Course Sept. 6 for the 2022 Northwest Wisconsin Classic. Twelve teams placed at the event, with BRF finishing sixth.
Altoona-Regis was first with a score of 382. Colfax-Elk...
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers football team saw its losing skid continue, as BRF fell to Coulee Conference rival Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (GET) Friday, Sept. 9.
GET had a huge night for their running game, as the Redhawks had 671 yards rushing and six touchdowns. GET did not attempt...
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers cross country team traveled to Marshfield Sept. 6 for the team’s only invite of the week.
The BRF boys finished 11th out of 16, while the girls did not have enough runners to place as a team.
For the boys, Brad Wensel led the Tigers by finishing...