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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...
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Levi Marek (No. 5), Simon Olson (No. 55), Luke Anderson (No. 21) and Steven Huling (No. 3) of the Lincoln Hornets chase down an Athens player in Lincoln’s homecoming game Sept. 22.
The Lincoln Hornets football team hosted Athens in a Central Wisconsin Conference (CWC)-East match Friday, Sept. 22, for Lincoln’s homecoming game.
Lincoln got the ball first and started on their 35-yard line. A pass from Jace Paul to Ben Ross gained the Hornets seven yards. Then a big...
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Nevaeh Dehaven serves the ball for the Lincoln Hornets in the Hornets’ road match against conference rival Blair-Taylor Sept. 21.
The Lincoln Hornets volleyball team had a pair of Dairyland Conference matches last week. Lincoln hosted Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran (ECIL) Tuesday, Sept. 19.
ECIL jumped out to a 10-2 lead in the first set before Lincoln called a timeout. ECIL came out of the timeout and outscored...
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs football team traveled to take on the winless Independence/Gilmanton (IG) Friday, Sept. 22, in a Dairyland Conference match. MM came away with the 28-8 win to move to third place in the conference standings.
Entering the game, IG had managed to only score...
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs girls cross country team traveled to Westby Tuesday, Sept. 19, for a meet to start last week.
The Mustang girls finished sixth out of 11 teams that placed. There were 80 runners in the girls’ race.
Claire Becker led the Mustangs by finishing fourth...
The Lincoln Hornets cross country team had one meet last week. Lincoln traveled to Blair-Taylor for a meet Tuesday, Sept. 19.
In both the boys and girls races, Lincoln only had one runner. Teams need five runners to place.
For the boys, William Vargas finished 10th with a time of 21:...
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats football team hosted Dairyland Conference opponent Pepin/Alma (PA) Friday, Sept. 22. The Wildcats were on the short end of a high-scoring game, as PA won 56-24.
PA entered the game undefeated on the season, while BT was 2-3 overall and 2-1 in the conference...
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats cross country team began last week by hosting a meet Tuesday, Sept. 19. The meet was held at Taylor Rod and Gun Club.
BT’s boys finished third. There were 32 runners in the boys’ race.
Jacob Olson led the Wildcats by finished second with a time of 20:19...