The Lady Tigers basketball season is off to a roaring start as they prepare for the season, which has kicked off with a scrimmage and a few practices already down. “We’re looking pretty good this season. It’s hard to tell since we haven’t had many practices, but we’re definitely improving and making progress,” said junior [...]
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Girls Hockey Hits the Ice for the First Time
There is something new happening in hockey this year: a high school girls hockey team has been formed. This is the first high school girls team that BRFHS has ever had. With this being a first for hockey in Black River Falls, some people have doubt in the team. “There’s 18 girls on the team [...]
Winter Sports On Ice
How would you like to spend your winter afternoons in an ice rink that is 24-26 degrees Fahrenheit? That is exactly what BRF hockey players and figure skaters are doing to start their seasons. The Black River Falls Figure Skating Club (BRFFSC) will be celebrating its 27 birthday in 2011. Members of the BRFFSC have [...]
The Pursuit of Ping Pong
This year, some of our students have been interested in getting a Ping Pong Club at Black River Falls High School. Some students in the Student Senate brought this idea up and a lot of people have responded to the idea. Earlier this year they went around to the school and had a petition for [...]
Wrestlers Reflect on the Loss of Devin Rose
July 18, 2010. For some of you, this was just another day. However, this is not the case; it was July 18, 2010, when BRFHS lost one of their own. Devin Rose’s life was cut short at the age of 16, leaving behind his loving family, friends and a team that will miss him dearly. [...]
Football and cranberries: Bible juggles career and coaching
Fall brings Friday night football games, bonfires and cranberry harvest. It’s what many growers work for all year–at least, that’s what head football coach Jim Bible works for. Bible is not only the football team’s head coach, but he’s also an Ocean Spray cranberry grower. He has been coaching for 18 years and has been [...]
Peasley Breaks Record with a Podium-Worthy Race
“I met my goals and ran the best race of my career, so I couldn’t be more happier. It’s weird looking back at the race now; it also feels like a dream,” said William Peasley, who placed 6th in the state cross-country meet. As Peasley traveled to state on October 30, he had two main [...]
Football earns Coulee Conference title
The 2010 Black River Falls Tigers are once again Coulee Conference Champions. This year, the Tigers had a regular season record of 7-2, and only losing once in the conference. The Tigers are now back to back Coulee Conference Champions. “It is absolutely euphoric, it’s the feeling of my life,” said senior Robert Gerzsik. The [...]
Tigers go out on a windy note
With Halloween right around the corner, haunting winds paired with a bitterly cold rain during Tuesday night’s level 1 playoff game made a tough game even tougher for the Tigers. The Tigers lost the game 20-49 to Rice Lake. They finished the season with a 7-3 record. “The gusty winds didn’t set a good playing [...]
Playoff Football Game: Behind the Scenes
WHERE: Black River Falls High School WHO: BRF Tigers v. Rice Lake Warriors WHEN: October 26 at 7:00pm So, the football game started out great. It was cold with a chance of rain, not to mention the wind. Wind clocked between inds were to 40 mph, with gusts of up to 60 mph. Alongside football [...]
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