Sports
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers girls tennis team began the 2023 season with several road trips for meets. BRF traveled to Mondovi for a triangular Tuesday, Aug. 15, to start the season.
BRF defeated Mondovi 4-3.
Singles
No. 1 - Caitlyn Stadter, Mondovi, def. Jorji Rios, BRF, 6-0...
The Black River Falls/Melrose-Mindoro (BRF/MM) Tigers boys soccer team began the 2023 season with two games last week. BRF/MM hosted West Salem (WS) Tuesday, Aug. 22.
Rawlins Clark got the Tigers on the board by scoring the first goal of the game early in the first half. WS tied the game...
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers cross country began the 2023 season with a trip to Cashton Saturday, Aug. 26.
BRF’s boys finished 10th out of 11 teams that placed.
Brad Wensel finished 34th overall with a time of 20:24.8. Collin Berra took 37th with 20:32.0. Garrett Tande was 40th...
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Freshman Braylon Backaus channels his inner Randy Moss by catching the pass over the Sparta defender in the Black River Falls Tigers’ season-opener.
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers football team began the 2023 season with a 40-14 loss to Sparta Friday, Aug. 18. BRF hosted Sparta in the first showdown between the two teams since the 2019 season.
The game began with BRF kicking the ball off to Sparta. Sparta promptly returned the...
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Members of the Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs cross country team traveled to run in the Madison Mini Marathon Saturday, Aug. 12. Pictured (back, l-r) are Jack Laufenberg, Claire Becker, MM alumna Caeli McMahon, Cadence Holliday, Brooke Wagner, Calysta Bautch, (front) Sheila Johnson and Emma Rozek.
Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs cross country athletes ran in the 2023 Madison Mini Marathon Saturday, Aug. 12. Seven current Mustangs and one MM graduate competed in the Mini Marathon.
The athletes trained all summer for the marathon with the help of volunteer coach Amy Becker. Jack...
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs football team did not have the start to the 2023 season that the team wanted. MM traveled to take on the Bangor Cardinals Thursday, Aug. 17, where the Mustangs were defeated 31-0.
One look at the passing attempts and rushing attempts by Bangor tells the...
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats football team felt the growing pains of having new faces in new places to start the 2023 season. BT traveled to take on Luther Friday, Aug. 18, and lost the game 35-0.
Luther struck first for two touchdowns in the first quarter to build a 14-0 lead. Luther...
The Black River Falls/Blair-Taylor/Lincoln (BRF) Tigers girls swimming team traveled to Merrill Thursday, Aug. 17. It was the “Fun in the Sun” relay meet.
There were 12 teams that competed in the meet. BRF finished sixth with 188 points. Hodags was first with 348 points. Stevens Point was...
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The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs hosted Cashton Saturday, Aug. 12, for a scrimmage. MM and Cashton each worked on offense and defense to get ready for the season.
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs football team is coming off of a 2022 season that ended without a trip to the playoffs. MM went 3-6 overall in the regular season and went 3-4 in conference play, finishing fifth in the Dairyland Conference.
MM had three games last season where they were...
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats football program is gearing up to make a run at its sixth consecutive playoff appearance in the 2023 season. BT has gone 30-19 in the last five seasons, including two conference championships in the 2019 and 2020 seasons. BT’s five-year playoff run is the longest...