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The Black River Falls Shooting Tigers intermediate squad shot at the Wisconsin State Sporting Clays event at the Woods and Meadows June 10 and June 11. Rylie Dobson is pictured shooting, with Alden Graham, Garrett Spaude, Kaleb Kalstad, Jonathan Helstad and Grayson Wyss on deck.
The Black River Falls (BRF) Shooting Tigers hosted the Wisconsin State Sporting Clays June 10 and June 11. The event was held at Woods and Meadows Sporting Clays, with over 475 shooters attending.
Sawyer Ewing competed in the intermediate/advanced class. He finished with a score of 62...
The 2023 spring sports season had some great moments for athletes and fans of their respective teams to experience. Whether it was adding to the legacy of the program, making it to state or great individual performances, the Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats, Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers, Lincoln...
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Lindsay Steien of Blair-Taylor (BT) pitches in BT’s sectional semifinal game against Osseo-Fairchild May 30. Steien allowed one run on one hit and struck out nine in four innings.
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats softball team fell one win short of making it to the WIAA (Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association) state final four, as BT was defeated in the Division 4 sectional championship by Stratford Thursday, June 1. Prior to that, BT hosted No. 7 seed Osseo-...
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Tavian Shramek of Blair-Taylor (BT) fires a pitch in BT’s home playoff game against Elmwood/Plum City May 25.
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats baseball team had its season come to an end in the Division 4 sectional 3A regional title last week. Before that, the fifth-seeded Wildcats traveled to take on No. 4 Columbus Catholic (CC) in the second round of the regionals Tuesday, May 30.
CC struck first...
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Heidi Williams of the Black River Falls Shooting Tigers shoots with the senior/varsity class at the conference shoot at Blair Sunday, June 4. Williams shot for 68 points.
The Black River Falls (BRF) Shooting Tigers, Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats and Lincoln Hornets competed in a conference shoot at Blair Sunday, June 4.
For the Shooting Tigers, Sawyer Ewing competed in the intermediate/advanced class. He finished with a score of 83. Ewing was second overall...
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Chris Muir of the Black River Falls Tigers takes a shot in the golf sectional May 30. Muir finished 63rd overall individually by shooting 96 strokes.
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers golf team had two athletes compete in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 sectionals last week. BRF’s Wyatt Madvig and Chris Muir traveled to compete at Lake Wissota Golf Course in Chippewa Falls Tuesday, May 30.
Madvig tied for...
Heidi Williams of the Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers track and field team traveled to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) 2023 track and field championships at UW-La Crosse Saturday, June 3. Williams qualified for the state championships in the shot put event, as she...
The Melrose-Mindoro/Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (MM/GET) Mustangs girls soccer team began the 2023 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 3 sectional 3B playoffs as the No. 15 seed. The Mustangs traveled to take on No. 2 seed McFarland Thursday, June 1.
MM/GET would have...
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The Blair-Taylor Wildcats softball team won the program’s sixth consecutive regional title with a 4-3 win over Luther Thursday, May 25. The win came on a walk-off hit in the bottom of the seventh inning. Pictured (front, l-r) are Andi Beck, Madalynn Frederixon, Abby Thompson, Lexi Lofgren, Anna White, Frankie Zentgraf, Ryleigh Seitz, (back) Elissa Smetana, Landonn Daffinson, Lydia Frederixon, Lindasy Steien, Kierstyn Kindschy, Callie Wagner, Sydney Fremstad and Andrea Waldera.
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats softball team won the program’s ninth regional title under head coach Greg Bratina last week. BT got the title in dramatic fashion, with a walk-off in the bottom of the seventh inning. The Wildcats entered the Division 4 sectional 3A playoffs as the No. 1 seed in...
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Paige Kelly of Blair-Taylor was the Dairyland Conference champion in the girls 300-meter hurdles. Kelly advanced to sectionals in the event, placing seventh with a time of 49.27.
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats track and field team traveled to Onalaska Luther to compete in the Division 3 Luther regional Monday, May 22. The Wildcats girls finished 10th out of 12 teams with 33 points. The boys took third out of 11 with 87 points.
BT had several athletes do well...