Extremely satisfying
The Wildcat cross country teams sure know how to kick off a season.
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It didn’t take long for the first-time starters on the Wildcat football team to learn how fast the varsity game can be.
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UW-River Falls football head coach John O’Grady informed his team after practice Monday evening that he will retire at the end of the 2010 season. The Falcons left Tuesday morning for their 2010 season opener Thursday at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio.
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First-year head coach Jason Wolf said the Wildcat football team has come a long way since the first day of practice.
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The team, “Six of one; half a dozen of the other,” made up of runners who either live or work in River Falls, competed in the 193-mile Great River Ragnar Race over the weekend. The relay race began in Winona, Minn., Friday morning and ended at Boom Island in downtown Minneapolis Saturday afternoon.
RELATED CONTENTLittle Wildcat Soccer Camp in September
River Falls High School boys’ soccer coach Charles Conley and the Wildcat varsity will host the Little Wildcat Soccer Camp for boys and girls ages 4 and up Sundays, Sept. 12, 19 and 26, at the high school practice fields by the tennis courts.
RELATED CONTENTGolfers look impressive
The Wildcat girls’ golf team got off to a strong start in its first two-stroke play tournaments of the season, taking second at both the 11-team Eau Claire North Invitational at Mill Run Golf Course last Monday and the 12-team Eau Claire Memorial Invitational this past Monday at Hillcrest Golf and Country Club.
RELATED CONTENTUp to the challenge
Sara McDonald said she was struck by something one of the returning Wildcat volleyball players said to her during her interview for the head coaching position earlier this summer.
RELATED CONTENTBooters start with a bang
Bob Burrows photo Wildcat Austin Saari (9) beats an Onalaska defender and the Hilltoppers goalkeeper on his way to an open-net goal to give the Cats a 3-1 lead Aug. 17 at Wildcat Field. River Falls opened the season Aug. 24 with a pair of wins, defeating Onalaska 4-1 and La Crosse Central 2-1.
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Hannah Schneckenberger and Hannah Ellis of River Falls are members of the St. Croix Shox U13 Girls Soccer team that placed first in the 2010 Blaine North American Challenge June 25-27. Team members include, in front from left, coach Hugh Hawkins, Ellie Anderson, Hannah Schneckenberger, Ashley Squires, Hannah Ellis, Emily Smith, Bailee Mulvaney, Olivia Larson, Mackenzie Willaert, Megan Monette. In back from left, Anastasia Peplinski, Sarah Hallen, Sarah Langer, Larissa Colvin, Christina Bartingale, Kaitlin Johnson, McKenzie Shepard, Drue Lindstrom. Missing from photo is Madison Fernandez.
RELATED CONTENTLambeau run
Joe Gregor of River Falls runs in the inaugural 5K Run at Lambeau Field on the first day of Green Bay Packers’ training camp July 31. Gregor finished 84th out of over 3,000 participants.
RELATED CONTENT3-on-3 champs
A team from River Falls took first place in the Jack Pine Savage Days Boys 5th and 6th Grade 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament in Spooner Aug. 7. Team members were, in front, Noah Langer and Brody Reed, and in back, Macguire Flood and Zach Hadzima.
RELATED CONTENTFish to play for state title
The storybook tale of the River Falls Fighting Fish continues.
RELATED CONTENTHigh hopes for Wildcat runners
It may be the start of the fall sports season, but members of the Wildcat cross country teams have been working in the heat and humidity all summer with the goal of trying to improve on their historic 2009 campaign.
RELATED CONTENTGolfers even par at RL Scramble, host Big Rivers Conference match Aug. 31 
Members of the Wildcat girls golf team who competed at the Rice Lake Scramble last Thursday included, from left, Nicole Ullom, Elise Heiman, Kayla Swanson, Kacey Simone, Mari Pechacek and Halle Hauer.
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