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Black River Falls freshman Hannah Tubbs is advancing to the girls swimming and diving state championship in the 50-yard freestyle event after finishing fourth out of 49 swimmers with a time of 25 seconds at the Division 2 sectional in Merrill.
The Black River Falls/Blair-Taylor/Lincoln (BRF) Tigers girls swimming co-op traveled to Merrill Nov. 4 and 5 for the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) sectionals.
BRF freshman Hannah Tubbs is the first Tigers co-op swimmer to be heading to state since Lauren Steien, a...
There were several fun games and moments from the 2022 fall sports season for teams and athletes under the Banner Journal’s coverage. Whether it was personal milestones for athletes or great team efforts, the Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers, Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats, Lincoln Hornets and...
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Evan Voss runs with the ball for the Black River Falls Tigers Sept. 16. Voss earned Coulee Conference All-Conference recognition at two positions. Voss made first team All-Conference as a punter and the second team All-Conference as a wide receiver.
The Coulee Conference announced its All-Conference selections for the 2022 football season. The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers had several athletes earn recognition.
Senior Evan Voss was selected to the All-Conference first team as a punter.
Senior Wilbur Blackdeer was selected to...
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AJ Mouradian of the Black River Falls/Melrose-Mindoro Tigers was selected to the South Central All-Conference first team.
The South Central Conference announced its All-Conference teams for the 2022 boys soccer season. The Black River Falls/Melrose-Mindoro (BRF/MM) Tigers soccer team had athletes make All-Conference.
Seniors AJ Mouradian, Avalon Falcon and David Becker earned All-Conference honors. Mouradian...
Claire Becker of the Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs and Kristoffer Sandal of the Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats traveled to Wisconsin Rapids Saturday, Oct. 29, for the 2022 state boys and girls cross country championships. Both Becker and Sandal are juniors.
Becker clinched her second...
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Emily Frey was selected to the Dairyland All-Conference second team.
The Dairyland Conference has announced its All-Conference selections for the 2022 volleyball season. The Lincoln Hornets had athletes make All-Conference.
Lincoln, led by head coach Heather Theiler, went 14-10 overall and 8-2 in conference play. The Hornets took third place in the...
The Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) announced its 2022 WFCA Academic All-State teams. The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats football team had two seniors earn Academic All-State recognition.
“The WFCA would like to recognize those individuals and teams, regardless of win-loss...
The Dairyland Conference has announced its All-Conference selections for the 2022 volleyball season. The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats had athletes make All-Conference.
BT, led by head coach Tasha Becker, went 19-7 overall and 9-1 in conference play. The Wildcats finished second in the...
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Lilly Radcliffe goes for a kill for the Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs in a game earlier in the season. Radcliffe had five kills in MM’s playoff loss against Westby.
The hard truth of sports once playoff time comes is that one team advances while the other team sees its season, and all the hard work that went with it, come to an end. The Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs volleyball team saw their season came to an end in the first round of the playoffs last...
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Lillian Dockerty jumps up to spike the ball for the Lincoln Hornets in their playoff game against Eleva-Strum.
All good things come to an end eventually. The Lincoln Hornets volleyball team had its 2022 end in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) Division 4 sectional 3A regional final game. Lincoln entered the playoffs as the No. 2 seed and started with a home game against No. 7...