Sports
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers girls golf team traveled to Viroqua for the Division 2 regional playoff meet Monday, Sept. 25.
Seven teams competed at the event. Aquinas finished first with a score of 400. Wisconsin Dells was second with 409, Westby/Viroqua took third with 414, Gale-...
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers football team hosted Coulee Conference rival Westby Friday, Sept. 29. BRF couldn’t come away with their second win in a row, and lost 53-12.
Westby entered the game 5-1 overall and 3-1 in conference play. The Tigers were 1-5 and 1-3, coming off of a 14-...
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers cross country team traveled to Osseo-Fairchild for an invite Thursday, Sept. 28.
BRF’s boys finished sixth out of eight teams that placed.
Brad Wensel finished 19th with a time of 19:14.1. Collin Berra took 22nd with 19:26.1. Garrett Tande placed...
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Randy Storlie, the head coach of the Blair-Taylor Wildcats boys basketball team, won the 2023 Steven Randall Award. The award is presented to one basketball coach in the state of Wisconsin from either men’s or women’s college or high school basketball.
The Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced their winner of the Steven Randall Award recently. The award is presented to one basketball coach in the state of Wisconsin from either men’s or women’s college or high school basketball.
The 2023 winner of the Steven Randall...
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Aidan Gunderson slings a pass for the Black River Falls Tigers in their homecoming game against Arcadia Sept. 22.
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers football team hosted Coulee Conference rival Arcadia Friday, Sept. 22, for BRF’s homecoming game. A touchdown within the final minute of the game gave BRF a 14-12 win to cap off homecoming week.
Arcadia took the lead to start the game. Arcadia scored a...
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Megan Windsor, Zowie Hunter and Kaylee Wood (l-r) earned All-Conference recognition for the 2023 golf season. Hunter made the first team All-Conference. Windsor and Wood made the second team All-Conference.
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers girls golf team hosted a Coulee Conference meet Monday, Sept. 18. Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (GET), Cochrane-Fountain City (CFC) and Westby competed with BRF at the meet.
GET finished first with a score of 215. BRF was close behind, as the Tigers took...
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Friends and family gathered at the Black River Falls High School tennis courts Tuesday, Sept. 19, to dedicate two benches that were given in the memory of Bill Salsbery. The benches came about when Liz Lund (right, seated) wanted to do something to commemorate Salsbery’s memory and highlight his love of tennis.
Friends and family gathered at the Black River Falls High School (BRFHS) tennis courts Tuesday, Sept. 19, to dedicate two benches that were given in the memory of Bill Salsbery.
Salsbery started a program in Taylor to teach kids tennis. He also was an assistant coach to both the girls and...
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Libby Moldenhauer follows through after hitting the tennis ball in the Black River Falls Tigers’ 5-2 win over Viroqua. Moldenhauer competed in the No. 1 doubles match.
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers girls tennis team hosted Viroqua Tuesday, Sept. 19.
BRF defeated Viroqua 5-2.
Singles
No. 1 - Lanie Nemes, Viroqua, def. Bella Rowen, BRF, 6-0, 6-0.
No. 2 – Lily Olson, BRF, def. Jersey Cress, Viroqua, 1-6, 6-2, 10-7.
No. 3 – Logan Mann...
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Anna White serves the ball for the Blair-Taylor Wildcats in their match against Lincoln last week. The Wildcats won the match 3-1.
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats volleyball team looked to string together some wins last week, as BT had two Dairyland Conference matches. BT traveled to take on Eleva-Strum (ES) Tuesday, Sept. 19.
BT jumped out to an early 8-6 lead in the first set. The Wildcats were able to hold ES to...
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Hailey Hiles keeps the ball alive for the Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs in their match against Eau Claire Immanuel Sept. 12.
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs volleyball team netted a Dairyland Conference win a close match against Augusta Thursday, Sept. 21. MM’s match with Augusta went all five sets, but the Mustangs pulled out the win.
The Mustangs won the first two sets, taking the first set 25-22 and the...