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The 2022 football season is about two weeks away from starting. The Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers, Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats, Lincoln Hornets and Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs will battle in their respective conferences and attempt to make playoff pushes this season. Let’s take a look at...
The High School Racing Association (HSRA) season continued last weekend, as drivers traveled to compete at the Tomah-Sparta Speedway Friday, July 22. Mitchell Berg and Braydon Lockington of the Melrose-Mindoro School District competed at the race.
Berg, driving the No. 2 car, was the...
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Madison Goodbear serves the ball for the Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats in a game last season.
The 2022 fall sports season is getting closer to starting, as teams will begin play late in August. The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats, Lincoln Hornets and Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs compete in the Dairyland Conference, while the Black River Falls (BRF) Tigers compete in the Coulee Conference...
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Members of the Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats girls basketball program won the two-day Dodgeville summer basketball tournament July 16. Pictured (front, l-r) are Samantha Kidd, Abby Thompson, Lexi Lofgren, (back) Lindsay Steien, Kierstyn Kindschy, Callie Wagner, Lydia Frederixon and Sydney Fremstad.
Despite the WIAA (Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association) basketball season still being a few months away, local athletes have been busy working on their games and getting better. Members of the Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats girls basketball program did very well in a couple tournaments...
The Black River Falls Tigers football team held its first week of camp July 11 through July 15. Athletes participated in various drills based on the position they are expected to be playing this season.
The High School Racing Association (HSRA) season got back into gear the past couple weekends. Racers traveled to the La Crosse Speedway Saturday, July 9 for the first race of the month.
Braydon Lockington and Mitchell Berg of Melrose-Mindoro High School compete in HSRA. Lockington took...
Sadie Schmidt, a 2022 graduate of Alma Center-Humbird-Merrillan (Lincoln), received an Ab Nicholas Scholarship worth $40,000, which will be distributed in the amount of $10,000 per year for four years. Receiving the scholarship provided Schmidt some relief in terms of how she was going to pay...
Melrose-Mindoro (MM) graduate Tristan McRoberts competed in the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-Star games Thursday, June 30.
McRoberts was on the Division 4 red team, which defeated the Division 4 white team 99-96. McRoberts scored three points in the game.
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The Dairyland Conference announced its All-Conference selections for the 2022 baseball season. The Blair-Taylor (BT) Wildcats and Melrose-Mindoro (MM) Mustangs had players earn spots on the All-Conference teams.
BT, under the helm of head coach Jesse Lien, went 5-17 and ended the season...
The Coulee Conference has announced its All-Conference selections for the 2022 baseball season.
The Black River Falls/Fall Creek (BRF) Tigers co-op, under the helm of head coach Colin Bursik, went 6-12 and was eliminated with a first-round playoff loss. BRF had three athletes make All-...