MADISON – Boyceville wrestling has been blessed with talent for the past quarter of a century. And this year’s crop is no different! Headlined by a pair of veteran state champions, the Bulldogs also have a talented group of freshmen including a pair of first-time state qualifiers – Trett Joles and Walker Retz. But with…
Read MoreMADISON — Those special moments are often so fleeting that we sometimes forget to just stop and enjoy them while they are happening. Boyceville senior Garrett Joles, a special kind of wrestler and young man, was not about to let this moment, his moment, pass by without taking the time to appreciate it and enjoy…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski There was plenty of speculation last week among local sports reporters about how the 11th-seeded Boyceville girls would fare against the region’s sixth-seeded Grantsburg Pirates. Most seemed to think the Lady Bulldogs would be steamrolled, but Boyceville head coach Jolene Bird was of a different mind. She told someone she believed…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski BOYCEVILLE — The weather was not cooperative last week. First, it resulted in cancellation of Boyceville’s February 19 non-conference road contest at Luck by pouring snow and ice over much of Northwestern Wisconsin. That left just one more game for the Bulldog boys to play in preparation for their WIAA Division…
Read MoreMADISON – There are so many superlatives that could be used to describe Brock Schlough’s talents on the wrestling mat. Phenomenal (one that his head coach Jamie Olson likes to use when talking about him), remarkable, exceptional, extraordinary, astonishing, astounding, stunning, incredible and unbelievable. But the one descriptor that most comes to mind after watching…
Read MoreMADISON – Four area wrestlers – two from Boyceville and two from Glenwood City – were chasing medals earlier today at the 75th annual WIAA State Wrestling Championship in Madison’s Kohl Center.
Read MoreMADISON – The final day of the WIAA State Wrestling Championship opened with consolation finals’ matches in all three divisions.
Read MoreMADISON – Four of the seven area wrestlers competing in today’s Quarterfinals’ matches at the WIAA State wrestling tournament have punched their tickets to this evening’s semifinals round in the Kohl Center here in Madison.
Read MoreMADISON – Thursday evenings’ Division 3 preliminary round, that pitted second- and third-place sectional finishers against one another, of the 75th annual WIAA State Wrestling Championships was one of mixed results for area wrestlers.
Read MoreBy Shawn DeWitt OSCEOLA — “If you chase perfection, you often catch excellence.” ~ William Fowble And while it is said that the former is impossible to achieve, Boyceville’s wrestling representatives came about as close as possible to reaching it here last Saturday resulting in one of the program’s most excellent and successful sectional campaigns…
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