11/20/2008 12:00 AM It’s the nature of football to hand out individual postseason awards. But Wildcat head coach John Bennett said none of the six Cats named to the 2008 All-Big Rivers Conference Team could have done it without the help of his teammates.
11/20/2008 12:00 AM St. Croix Valley Fusion head coach Matt Cranston hopes a tougher schedule will help his team reach the WIAA State Championship Tournament.
11/20/2008 12:00 AM If the UW-River Falls’ football team’s 2008 season can be described as a heartbreaker, then Saturday afternoon’s 13-12 loss to UW-Oshkosh in the season finale provided the final dagger.
11/20/2008 12:00 AM The UW-River Falls men’s hockey team picked up its first win of the season Friday night against St. Scholastica before being shut out by UW-Superior Saturday.
11/20/2008 12:00 AM School-aged swimmers: Are you inspired to learn a few tricks to look like Michael Phelps or Natalie Coughlin? Those Olympic swimmers started out and still train at their local swim club, just like the River Falls Swim Club (RFSC).
11/19/2008 12:00 AM The UW-River Falls men’s basketball team dropped its season opener to St. Scholastica, 95-91, in double overtime Tuesday night at Karges Center.
11/17/2008 12:00 AM River Falls Youth Boys Basketball will begin the with the 1st and 2nd graders skills session on Saturday, Dec 6, at the River Falls Academy lower gym.
11/14/2008 12:00 AM The UW-River Falls women’s basketball team finished the 2007-2008 season with an 8-18 overall record and a 2-14 WIAC record. This season, the Falcons look to several new faces to improve on those records.
11/14/2008 12:00 AM The UW-River Falls men’s hockey team is still looking for its first win of the season after a rough weekend against MIAC opponents.
11/14/2008 12:00 AM The River Falls Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor a 10-session hockey skills class for players ages 5-14 beginning March 3 at Wildcat Centre.
11/13/2008 12:00 AM River Falls’ senior Levi Johnson has been named the 2008 Big Rivers Conference Football Offensive Co-Player of the Year. A total of nine Wildcats were named to All-BRC teams, the conference announced this week.
11/13/2008 12:00 AM UW-La Crosse posted season highs in rushing yards and total yards and scored 28 unanswered points in the second half on its way to defeating UW-River Falls 49-19 Saturday at Maxwell Field in Winona.
11/12/2008 12:00 AM The Wildcat girls swimming and diving team may have just one representative at this weekend’s State Championships in Madison, but that doesn’t diminish the success the team had this season.
Ugandan/River Falls connection Teenagers on a soccer team called the “Northerhope Football Club” in Gulu, Uganda, wear River Falls jerseys that were given to the 16- to 19-year-olds this summer by Jens Omli, a recent graduate Ph.D. student, who has traveled to the African nation to work in the development of sport-based rehabilitation programs there.
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11/06/2008 12:00 AM It was an emotional 10 days for the Wildcat football team. After a heartbreaking two-point loss to Menomonie in the final game of the regular season a week ago Thursday, the Cats responded with a 35-14 victory over La Crosse Logan in the opening round of the WIAA playoffs last Tuesday night.
11/06/2008 12:00 AM Colin Rogers saved his best race for last. The lone Wildcat representative at the 2008 WIAA State Cross Country Championships, Rogers, a senior running in his first state meet, was part of the fastest field in meet history and finished 30th out of 190 runners with a time of 16 minutes, 25.6 seconds on the 5,000 meter course at The Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids.
11/06/2008 12:00 AM The Wildcat girls swimming and diving team posted its best finish ever at the Big Rivers Conference Championships by placing second in the championship meet at the high school pool Saturday.
11/06/2008 12:00 AM The UW-River Falls women’s hockey team hopes to hang a “whitey” from the rafter of Hunt Arena this season. And with four of its five scoring leaders returning for the 2008-2009 season, the Falcons feel they have the talent and experience to do just that.
11/06/2008 12:00 AM The UW-River Falls offense couldn’t get in sync all afternoon and UW-Platteville didn’t fare much better Saturday at Ralph E. Davis Pioneer Stadium in Platteville.