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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. Shramek threw a no-hitter in BT’s 17-0 win.
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats baseball team had one game to end the regular season, then entered the playoffs. BT’s regular season finale was a home game against Brookwood Tuesday, May 23.
Brookwood jumped out to an early lead, as Brookwood scored six runs in the top of the first inning...
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Emma Severson of the Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs hits the ball in the Mustangs’ playoff game against Osseo-Fairchild May 23. Severson went 2-4 with one run batted in.
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs softball team entered the Division 4 sectional 3 playoffs as the No. 2 seed. MM hosted No. 7 seed Osseo-Fairchild (OF) Tuesday, May 23.
OF jumped out to an early 9-0 lead, as OF scored seven runs in the top of the first inning and two runs in the top of...
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Heidi Williams (second from the right) of the Black River Falls Tigers qualified for state in the girls shot put. Williams finished second at the sectionals with a distance of 37’4”.
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers track and field team traveled to West Salem to compete in the Division 2 West Salem regional Monday, May 22. The Tigers girls finished eighth out of eight with 23 points. BRF’s boys took seventh out of eight with 48 points.
BRF had several athletes do...
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs track and field team traveled to Onalaska Luther to compete in the Division 3 Luther regional Monday, May 22. The Mustangs girls placed fourth out of 12 with 78 points. MM’s boys took fifth out of 11 with 55 points.
MM had multiple athletes do well enough...
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs baseball team ended the regular season with one game and then entered the playoffs. MM traveled to take on Dairyland Conference opponent Independence/Gilmanton (IG) Monday, May 22, to end the regular season.
IG jumped out to a lead early by scoring one...
The Lincoln Hornets track and field team traveled to Onalaska Luther to compete in the Division 3 Luther regional Monday, May 22. The Hornets girls placed ninth out of 12 with 35.5 points. Lincoln’s boys took ninth out of 11 with 29 points.
Lincoln had multiple athletes do well enough to...
The Lincoln Hornets softball team entered the Division 5 sectional 3 playoffs as the No. 7 seed. Lincoln played at No. 2 Columbus Catholic (CC) Tuesday, May 23.
Lincoln struggled to get the bats going, as the Hornets managed to get just one hit and scored zero runs. CC defeated Lincoln 15...
The Lincoln Hornets baseball team ended the regular season with one game and then entered the playoffs. Lincoln hosted Dairyland Conference opponent Whitehall Monday, May 22, to end the regular season.
Whitehall got on the board first in the top of the second inning by scoring one run....
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers boys tennis team traveled to the Lakeland Union subsectional Monday, May 22.
In the No. 1 singles bracket, BRF’s Sullivan King was the No. 5 seed. King faced off No. 4 seed Dominic Gironella of Lakeland. King lost the matchup 6-0 and 6-0.
BRF’s...
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers softball team traveled to take on No. 1 seed Ellsworth Tuesday, May 23, in the second round of the playoffs. The No. 8 seed Tigers previously defeated No. 9 seed Ashland 10-4 in the first round of the playoffs.
BRF struck first in the top of the first...