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Andrea Aleckson of the Blair-Taylor Wildcats fires a pitch in the Wildcats’ 11-1 win over Black River Falls April 4. She struck out six batters in five innings, while allowing one run and one hit. 

     The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats softball team began the 2025 season with two games last week. BT opened the season by traveling to take on the Fall Creek (FC) Crickets Thursday, April 3.      BT jumped out to an early lead in the top of the first inning. Madalynn Frederixon led off the inning...

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Brady Thompson of the Blair-Taylor Wildcats slings a pitch in the Wildcats’ 7-4 loss to Black River Falls April 4. Thompson struck out six batters in 6.2 innings. 

     The Blair Taylor (BT) Wildcats baseball team started its season with two games last week. BT opened its season with a home game Thursday, April 3, against the Fall Creek (FC) Crickets.      The Wildcats held a 2-0 lead after three innings behind great pitching from Tavian Shramek. BT’s two...

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Gavin Bolger of the Black River Falls Tigers hurls a pitch in the Tigers’ 7-4 win at Blair-Taylor April 4. He pitched four innings and earned the win. 

     The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers baseball team opened the 2025 season with two games last week. BRF traveled to take on the Tomah Timberwolves Tuesday, April 1.      BRF struck first in the top of the first inning. After a batter getting hit by a pitch, a walk and another hit by a pitch,...

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Rylea Lindow of the Black River Falls pitches two innings in relief in the Tigers’ 11-1 loss to Blair-Taylor April 4.

     The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers softball team was busy with four games last week. BRF began the week with a double-header against Coulee Conference rival Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (GET) Thursday, April 3.      Despite collecting 12 hits, BRF couldn’t drive in enough runs to keep pace with...

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Jace Paul of the Lincoln Hornets fires a pitch in Lincoln’s 7-3 loss to Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran April 4. He struck out seven batters in three innings. 

     The Lincoln Hornets baseball team opened the 2025 season by hosting the Eau Claire Immanuel Luther-an (ECIL) Lancers Friday, April 4.      ECIL jumped out to an early lead by scoring three runs in the top of the first inning. After two walks to start the inning, a single by ECIL and then an...

Bella Rozek of the Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs snags a pop fly in shallow right field in the Mustangs’ 3-0 win against Aquinas March 28. 

     The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs softball team was back in action with one game last week, as MM traveled to take on Osseo-Fairchild (OF) Thursday, April 3.      MM dominated from start to finish, as the Mustangs came away with a 15-0 win in five innings. Emma Severson throw a no-hitter,...
     The Lincoln Hornets softball team opened the 2025 season with a home game against the Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran (ECIL) Lancers Friday, April 4.      Lincoln couldn’t keep pace with ECIL, as ECIL came away with a 15-0 win in six innings.      ECIL opened the game by scoring two runs in the...
     The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs baseball team opened the 2025 season with a road trip to Osseo-Fairchild (OF) Friday, April 4.      Despite collecting nine hits in the game, the Mustangs could not find a way to score runs. OF came away with a 3-0 win in spite of being out-hit 9-8 by the...
     The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers track and field team had some athletes travel to Menomonie Thursday, April 3, to compete at the Stout Elite 2025.      In the girls shot put, Andrea Cogswell finished 34th at 27’10”.      For the boys 55-meter dash, Randall Blackdeer placed 13th in the...
     The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats track and field team had some athletes travel to Menomonie Thursday, April 3, to compete at the Stout Elite 2025.      In the boys 55-meter dash, Connor Kruse finished 34th in the prelims with a time of 7.01. The top eight runners advanced to the finals.     ...

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Andrea Aleckson of the Blair-Taylor Wildcats fires a pitch in the Wildcats’ 11-1 win over Black River Falls April 4. She struck out six batters in five innings, while allowing one run and one hit. 

     The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats softball team began the 2025 season with two games last week. BT opened the season by traveling to take on the Fall Creek (FC) Crickets Thursday,...

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