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Lilly Radcliffe became the latest Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs girls basketball player to reach 1,000 points in her career in the Mustangs’ 77-74 win over Whitehall Friday, Feb. 3. 

     The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs girls basketball team had a pair of games last week. MM began the week with a home game against Bangor Monday, Jan. 30.      Both teams were close in the first half, but Bangor managed to go into halftime leading the Mustangs 26-23. MM was unable to overcome...

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Ty Zeman takes a shot for the Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs in their home game against Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran Feb. 3. Zeman had 12 points and the game-winning shot.

     The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs boys basketball team continued its season with two games last week. MM hosted a Bangor team that had just three losses entering the game Monday, Jan. 30.      Bangor had a huge first half, as Bangor jumped out to a 43-15 lead going into halftime. MM couldn’t...

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Liza Cummings takes a shot for the Lincoln Hornets in their game against Alma/Pepin Feb. 2. Cummings led the Hornets with 18 points and six rebounds in Lincoln’s 53-29 win.

     The Lincoln Hornets girls basketball team had just one game last week. Lincoln hosted Alma/Pepin (AP) in a Dairyland-Small Conference battle Thursday, Feb. 2.      Lincoln had a huge first half, as the Hornets held AP to just 13 points. The Hornets scored 31 to build a 31-13 lead heading into...

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Ben Ross shoots a layup for the Lincoln Hornets in their road game against Whitehall Feb. 3. Ross had 17 points and in eight rebounds in Lincoln’s 89-66 loss. 

     The Lincoln Hornets boys basketball team continued its season with two games last week. Lincoln took on Eleva-Strum (ES) in front of the Hornets’ home crowd Tuesday, Jan. 31.      The first half was a close battle between each team, but Lincoln built up a 28-22 lead going into halftime. The...

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Abby Thompson shoots a three-pointer for the Blair-Taylor Wildcats in their 83-16 win over Eleva-Strum Feb. 2. Thompson had 11 points, 11 assists and six steals.

     The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats girls basketball team continued its season with three games last week. BT hosted Regis Monday, Jan. 30, to start the week.      It turned out to be a big start to the week for BT’s Abby Thompson. The senior moved into second place on the Wildcats girls basketball...

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Avery Hagen of the Black River Falls Tigers battles for the puck with a Coulee Region player.

     The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers girls hockey co-op with Granton, Lincoln, Melrose-Mindoro, Neillsville, Sparta, Tomah and Whitehall had a busy week with three games last week. BRF began the week with a road game against Medford Monday, Jan. 30.      The last time these two teams faced off...

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Calvin Lakowske (No. 7) and Aidan Gunderson (No. 16) scrapped in front of the net for the game-winning goal in overtime in Black River Falls’ win over Somerset Jan. 27. 

     The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers boys hockey co-op with Lincoln, Granton, Melrose-Mindoro and Neillsville had three games last week. BRF began the week with a road game against La Crescent (LC) Monday, Jan. 30.      LC opened the game by scoring two unanswered goals in the first period. BRF...
     The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro (GET/MM) Titans wrestling team was busy last week. GET/MM began the week with a road match against Holmen Tuesday, Jan. 31.      GET/MM edged out Holmen 34-33.      Mitch Berg, Cisco Jimenez and Ben Peterson won by fall in their respective 195-, 285...
     The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats wrestling team took on Independence/Gilmanton (IG) Thursday, Feb. 2.      IG defeated BT 48-24.      Billy Miller won his 132-pound match by forfeit.      Bryan Rogstad won his 220-pound match by decision.      Dylan Elvaker won his 195-pound match by major...
     The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats boys basketball team had three games last week. BT began the week with a home game against Independence Tuesday, Jan. 31.      BT built up a double-digit lead in the first half, going into halftime ahead of Independence 33-21. BT pulled away in the second half to...

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