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Bre Nortman of the Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers looks to pass the ball to a teammate in BRF’s home game against Arcadia Dec. 16.
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers girls basketball team hit the road Tuesday, Dec. 13, to take on Coulee Conference rival the Luther Knights.
BRF entered the game 0-4 overall and 0-1 in conference play, while Luther was 1-4 overall and also 0-1 in conference play.
Luther took...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro (GET/MM) Titans wrestling team traveled for an invitational in Richland Center Saturday, Dec. 17.
GET/MM took second out of 17 teams.
Colton Koss finished fifth in the 106-pound class.
Koda Purney placed fifth in the 113-pound class...
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats traveled to Whitehall Friday, Dec. 16, for a nine-team invitational. BT took third out of nine teams.
Arcadia finished first with 171 points. Independence/Gilmanton was second with 145.5, BT was third with 122, Whitehall was fourth with 112, Mondovi was...
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers wrestling team traveled to Auburndale for a 16-team invitational Saturday, Dec. 17.
Marathon took first with 518 points. Auburndale was second with 423.5, Crandon was third with 394, Mishicot was fourth with 318, Pittsville was fifth with 317, Eau Claire...
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers boys hockey co-op with Lincoln, Granton, Melrose-Mindoro and Neillsville began last week with a dominant win over Coulee Conference rival West Salem Tuesday, Dec. 13.
BRF scored the first two goals of the game in the first period. West Salem got on the...
The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers boys basketball team hit the road to take on Wisconsin Dells Monday, Dec. 12, to start last week.
BRF was able to build a 7-5 lead in the first two minutes of the game. Despite the solid start to the game, the Tigers’ offense cooled off for the rest of...
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Anna Radcliffe leads the Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs on the attack in the Mustangs’ 52-31 win over Eleva-Strum Dec. 9. Radcliffe scored six points.
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs girls basketball team continued its season with three games last week. MM began the week with a road game against Dairyland-Large Conference opponent Augusta Tuesday, Dec. 6.
MM got in early foul trouble against Augusta, and it propelled Augusta to an...
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Aeron Hanson shoots a three-pointer for the Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs in their road game against Blair-Taylor Dec. 8. Hanson made four three-pointers in the first half.
The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs boys basketball team hosted Viroqua Monday, Dec. 5, for MM’s home opener.
Viroqua scored the first two points of the game on an in-bound play when a Viroqua player slipped behind MM’s backside defense for an open layup. Viroqua extended its lead to 5-0...
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Stephen Werre drives by a defender in the Lincoln Hornets’ game earlier in the season. Werre scored a career-high 20 points in Lincoln’s 55-49 win over Loyal Dec. 6.
The Lincoln Hornets boys basketball team had a pair of home games last week for the second week of the season. Lincoln started the week by hosting Loyal Tuesday, Dec. 6.
It was a close game, but Lincoln was able to build a 24-18 lead heading into halftime. The Hornets were able to...
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Evan Nehring pump fakes to get a Melrose-Mindoro defender in the air. Nehring led Blair-Taylor with 18 points in their 60-47 loss to Melrose-Mindoro Dec. 8.
The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats boys basketball team dropped both of its games last week. BT started the week with a home game against Dairyland-Large Conference rival the Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs Dec. 8.
It was going to be a tough task for BT to take on MM, as the Mustangs had three...