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Heading into the final six weeks of the regular season it appears the WIAA Division 3 Somerset Sectional is wide open. In the northern half of the bracket no team heads into this week with fewer than …
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By Cripe Olson
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1/22/25
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Girls Basketball
The Elmwood/Plum City girls had been on a losing streak that dated back to February 2023; however, first year head coach Adrian Hook had the team improving by the day, cutting …
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By Andrew Harrington
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1/22/25
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PRESCOTT — The Ellsworth girls basketball team kept Prescott within striking distance for the majority of the game until a late push from the Cardinals put them away once and for all for a …
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By Andrew Harrington
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1/22/25
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The Pierce County Journal Sports Department, which includes me and Andrew Harrington, is trying to be creative, shall we say a joint venture in journalism. As a Pierce County Journal sports reporter, …
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By Greg Peters
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1/15/25
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Guard Teddy Bernick turned in quite a performance on Friday against the Amery Warriors. The senior finished 6-6 from beyond the arc enroute to scoring a career high 20 points in a crucial Middle …
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By Cripe Olson
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1/15/25
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EAU CLAIRE — Prescott dance won its 30th consecutive conference championship at the 30th Annual Western Wisconsin Conference Competition in Eau Claire on Saturday. The team took home first …
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By Andrew Harrington
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1/15/25
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Boys Basketball
River Falls has really found its groove in the middle portion of the season, picking up a pair of wins on the week to extend the winning streak to five straight. The Wildcats …
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By Andrew Harrington
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1/15/25
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Surveying the Prescott gym before practice, it's easy to see where the Cardinal girls' basketball program has been. In the last six years, they've been steamrolling with 114 wins, including four …
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By Greg Peters
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1/8/25
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Prescott, Amery, and Bloomer enter this week ranked in the Top 10 in the most recent Wisconsin Sports Network State rankings. There are no other boys teams in Prescott’s Sectional ranked …
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By Cripe Olson
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1/8/25
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River Falls Boys-63, Medford-46 (Tuesday, Dec, 31 at River Falls)
After beating D.C. Everest 47-40 in the River Falls Holiday Classic on Monday, the Wildcats were staked to a 30-12 over Medford …
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By Greg Peters
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1/8/25
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Prescott junior guard Kobe Russell is a serious bigtime football prospect at the defensive back position. Serious, meaning he has the size (6'1" and 185 pounds) and speed (4.5 40-yard dash) coveted …
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By Greg Peters
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1/8/25
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Prescott's Leah French (left) and River Falls' Abigail Treichel (right) battle for a rebound in the first half. French's mother, Kim French, owner of River City Stitch, donated all the T-shirts for …
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By Greg Peters
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1/8/25
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Girls Basketball
Spring Valley went on a dream run over the break, finishing 3-0 with wins over Clayton 44-42 Dec. 27, over Prairie Farm 48-31 Dec. 28 and 57-25 over Chetek-Weyerhaeuser on …
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By Andrew Harrington
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1/8/25
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The #7 ranked Prescott boys basketball team continues their grinding schedule this week when they travel to Durand-Arkansaw to take on the Panthers on Jan. 3, followed by a Monday evening contest at …
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By Cripe Olson
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1/2/25
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The Prescott Cardinal girls' basketball team had not played for two weeks before their non-conference game against Regis at Eau Claire's Memorial High School holiday tournament on Friday Dec. 27.
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By Greg Peters
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1/2/25
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PRESCOTT — River Falls and Prescott are set to battle in a boys/girls varsity basketball doubleheader at Prescott High School on Jan. 6, but they are fighting for more than some wins.
The …
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By Andrew Harrington
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1/2/25
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There were a lot of wild, emotional and memorable sports moments in Pierce County over the last year. It can be difficult to rank them as there are so many to choose from, but here in Pierce County …
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By Andrew Harrington
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1/2/25
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On the first day of Christmas the WIAA gave to me, high school basketball games without the shot clock. Working the clock is the only, I repeat, the only equalizer on the basketball floor when a …
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By Cripe Olson
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12/26/24
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The Northern Badger Wrestling Classic, held this week at the River Falls High School gym on Dec. 27 and 28, is one of the premier high school holiday wrestling tournaments in the upper Midwest.
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By Greg Peters
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12/26/24
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Boys Basketball
It looked like Elmwood/Plum City was going to drop its conference opener versus Mondovi on Thursday, falling behind 25-13 at the half. With the odds stacked against the Wolves, …
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By Andrew Harrington
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12/18/24
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