Wild Side: The one that got away
Joe Lewinski drove us through falling snow to the Minneapolis airport early in the morning on Feb. 15. Later that same day we were back again under the coconut palms in Belize with our friends Bill and Sue Smith and Sandy Linehan of River Falls. We enjoyed some cold Belikan beers and met some of our Belizean friends.
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There was something that concerned me at the state individual wrestling tournament and that was the number of close defeats Ellsworth took in the meet. There were several matches that could have gone their way and several that were lost late in the third period.
RELATED CONTENTBaseball season to go on for Spring Valley High School despite coach's status
Despite the announced suspension of Spring Valley High School head baseball coach Brad Sauve, Spring Valley High School officials said the baseball season will go on as planned.
RELATED CONTENTTraveling team
Ellsworth’s 5th grade girls traveling basketball team took fourth place at a tournament held in Cumberland back on Feb. 27.
RELATED CONTENTTournament champions
The Ellsworth 7th Grade Traveling Basketball Team captured the championship while hosting a Great Northwest Basketball Tournament Feb. 27. The boys went 4-0 to win the tournament and edge out Baldwin-Woodville by 2 points.
RELATED CONTENTElmwood stuns McDonell, pulls off state's biggest first-round upset
A No. 7 seed with a 3-16 record, on a losing streak, with only nine players on the roster and no JV team, went to Chippewa Falls and pulled off the biggest first-round, regional tournament upset in the state Tuesday.
RELATED CONTENTAltoona edges Ellsworth in closesly contested regional hoops game
A 4-5 seed game in any eight-team tournament should be an even contest and the Ellsworth-Altoona WIAA Division 2 Spring Valley Regional Tournament first-round game was exactly that.
RELATED CONTENTCounty girls' hoops teams begin regional play Tuesday
Regional tournaments from high school girls basketball get underway across the state tonight. All of Pierce County's teams except Prescott will be on the road.
RELATED CONTENTUPDATE: Girls' hockey, gymnastics bring home state titles
It' quite an accomplishment for a school to win one state championship in a year. River Falls won two in one day Saturday. The St. Croix Valley Fusion won their second straight state girls' hockey title in Madison Saturday afternoon, while the River Falls High School gymnastics team won its second championship in four years at the state meet in Wisconsin Rapids a few hours later. Both teams will be welcomed back to River Falls with a parade on Main Street Sunday at noon.
RELATED CONTENTMatzek becomes youngest coach to win national title
Ellsworth's Mark Matzek becomes the youngest coach to win an NCAA Division III national wrestling title as he led the Auggies to national championship this weekend. He was also named Coach of the Year in Division III.
RELATED CONTENTBlue Devils' season ends in regional finals
Plum City High Schools boys basketball team was beaten in the finals of the WIAA Division 4 Arcadia Regional tournament Saturday evening 68-61 to Chippewa Falls McDonell.
RELATED CONTENTNo repeat for the Purple Panthers, Oconto Falls wins state semi match
One only set of Panthers would emerge from the semifinal match between No. 2 ranked Oconto Falls and No. 3 Ellsworth victorious at the WIAA Team State Wrestling Meet at the UW Fieldhouse. Unfortunately it was the cats in Orange as OF won 33-26 Saturday afternoon.
RELATED CONTENTEllsworth has the edge over Prescott in girls basketball finale
Ellsworth's Kayla Christopherson made two critical free-throws in the final :30 seconds to lead Ellsworth to a 41-37 win in the Hwy. 10 rivalry against Prescott Friday.
RELATED CONTENTMatzek's Auggie wrestlers lead national meet
Augsburg College's wrestling team, coached by Ellsworth's Mark Matzek, led after the first day of competiton at the NCAA Division III National Wrestling Meet in Cedar Rapids, Iowa Friday.
RELATED CONTENTLate goal helps Badgers edge Gophers 3-2
Wisconsin and Minnesota Sports
- The Wisconsin men's hockey team clinches second place in the WCHA standings by edging Minnesota 3-2 Friday. It was the fourth win in a row for the Badgers.
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