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The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers softball team was back in action last week with a pair of games. BRF hosted Viroqua Tuesday, April 25.
The game was a pitching duel between BRF’s Madyson Schultz and Viroqua’s Zoey Clark. The pitchers combined to allow just nine hits, six walks and...
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers boys golf team began last week by traveling to Arcadia Tuesday, April 25, for a Coulee Conference match.
Arcadia took first with 163 strokes. Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (GET) was second with 176, BRF and West Salem (WS) tied for third with 177, Westby/...
The Black River Falls/Fall Creek (BRF) Tigers baseball team was busy with four games last week. BRF began the week with a home game against Stanley-Boyd (SB) Monday, April 24.
BRF came away with the win in a high-scoring game off of a walk-off single by Noah Kubaskie. SB took an early...
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Lindsay Steien, a senior at Blair-Taylor, has been named one of the 32 finalists for the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Scholar Athlete award for 2023. More than 841 seniors were nominated for the award by 454 high schools throughout the state. Steien is one of 15 of the finalists that have a grade-point average of 4.0 to date.
Lindsay Steien, a student and athlete at Blair-Taylor has been named one of only 32 athletes in the state as one of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) Scholar Athletes for 2023.
Sixteen senior girls and 16 senior boys were selected as finalists to receive the award...
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Blair-Taylor boys basketball head coach and athletic director was named the president of the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association.
Head coach Randy Storlie of Blair-Taylor High School has been named the president of the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). This will be a three-year term in which he will represent all the basketball coaches in the state.
He is currently the head boys basketball coach and...
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Emma Severson slings a pitch for the Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs in their road game against Blair-Taylor April 13.
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs softball team had just one game last week after a combination of snow and rain caused games to be either canceled or postponed. MM traveled to take on Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran (ECIL) Friday, April 21.
MM got on the board in the top of the first inning...
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Carson Koss throws a pitch for the Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs in their road game against Blair-Taylor April 13. He surrendered four hits and seven runs (one earned) while walking one batter and striking out seven batters.
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs baseball team had just one game last week due to the weather. MM traveled to take on Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran Friday, April 21.
MM got on the board with two runs in the top of the second inning. Ty Zeman hit a double on a line drive to left field to...
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Lexi Lofgren of the Blair-Taylor Wildcats waits for a pitch in their game against Melrose-Mindoro April 13.
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats softball team returned to action Tuesday, April 18, with a Dairyland Conference match on the road against Pepin/Alma (PA).
The game proved to be a solid pitching battle, as both BT and PA’s pitching combined to allow just nine hits, three runs and struck out...
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Peyton Kelly of the Blair-Taylor Wildcats dives into second base safely to get a stolen base in the Wildcats’ 7-3 win over Melrose-Mindoro April 13.
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats baseball team began last week with a road trip to take on Pepin/Alma (PA) Tuesday, April 18.
PA struck first in the bottom of the first inning by scoring three runs. BT responded by scoring four runs in the top of the second inning. Michael Waldera drew a...
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The Black River Falls Tigers boys hockey All-Conference award winners stand together. Pictured (l-r) are Drew Apicella (second team All-Conference offense), Christopher Muir (first team All-Conference goalie and All-State honorable mention goalie), Wyatt Tennant (second team All-Conference offense), Calvin Lakowske (first team All-Conference offense) and Wyatt Madvig (first team All-Conference defense).
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers boys hockey co-op with Granton, Neillsville and Melrose-Mindoro had several athletes get All-Conference recognition for the 2022-2023 season.
BRF went 14-7 overall in the regular season. The Tigers won one playoff game and lost in the second round of the...