BOYCEVILLE — Getting the lead is one thing, maintaining it is another, as the Boyceville boys’ basketball team discovered last Friday. Twice – once to open the contest and again in the second half – the Bulldogs built comfortable 15-point advantages before eventually losing both of them and the January 5 conference home game when…
Read MoreBoyceville’s wrestling team carried the momentum from the Northern Badger into the new year. The ninth-rank Bulldog wrestlers took to the road Thursday, January 4 to open the Dunn-St. Croix dual season. Traveling to Mondovi, Boyceville tamed the Buffaloes with a 50-15 victory. The squad then followed it up with a solid performance at the…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski BOYCEVILLE — The Lady Bulldogs took this year’s holiday break away from contests, but not away from the court. While coach Jolene Bird saw the team daily at practice, the girls did not play any games. Bird hoped the break would benefit her team, but she professed the girls had a…
Read MoreRIVER FALLS — Once again, the Boyceville wrestling team found itself in the thick of the competition for a coveted Northern Badger crown and with an unprecedented five Bulldogs making the finals round, it appeared that this just might be the year that the overall team title finally came home to the Dog House. But…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski CLAYTON — Ben Luer’s Bulldog boys’ basketball team may have been missing a member from the court last Thursday, but the Boyceville squad still pulled off a win to keep momentum during the holiday break. Cooper Boesl was notably missing from the roster at the Clayton tournament where the Dogs took…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski BOYCEVILLE — Coach Ben Luer and his Bulldog boys’ basketball team added another “W” to their record early last week in the first of two pre-holiday home contests against non-conference foes. The Boyceville boys welcomed Turtle Lake to their home gym December 19 to open the final week before the winter…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski CAMERON — Bulldog basketball coach Jolene Bird knows she has a young team and that can make competing against larger, more experienced squads difficult and disheartening. So, she chooses to accentuate the positive. Take, for instance, the Lady Bulldogs’ 69-35 non-conference shellacking by Cameron last Thursday, December 21. According to the…
Read MoreOSCEOLA — Tis the season…for illness and injury. Both had marked effects on the Boyceville wrestling team’s line up and outcome at last Saturday’s 2017 Osceola Duals tournament.
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski GLENWOOD CITY — The Glenwood City girls’ basketball team got off to a 7-2 lead to open up their contest against Boyceville last Tuesday, but then Jolene Bird’s Lady Bulldogs came roaring back into the game. The Boyceville girls went on a 10-point run to nab a 12-7 lead, but then…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski BOYCEVILLE — It was a hard-fought matchup for the Boyceville ladies at home last Thursday night, but it still was not quite enough to earn their first conference win of the season. The Lady Bulldogs fell to the Wolves 47-44 December 14, even as they reached a few goals set before…
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