Sports
Royall Girls Gets Defensive in Victory Over Rival Falcons
The Royall Panthers girls basketball used strong defense to get by Brookwood 41-28 Tuesday night. Brookwood got off to an 8-2 lead but Royall answered with a 20-2 run to seize control of the game. Bria Gruen led the Panthers with 15points while Kayla Rick added 8. Ruby Muehlenkamp led Brookwood with 15points. The win improves Royall to 10-1 on their season and 4-1 in the Scenic Bluffs. Brookwood falls to 8-5 and 3-2 in the Scenic Bluffs Conference. Royall will travel to Cashton Friday night while Brookwood will take on conference leading Bangor.
Local Prep Scores from Monday 1/5
Boys Basketball
Hillsboro 56 Viroqua 50
Ithaca 69 New Lisbon 59
Pardeeville 49 Wisconsin Dells 48
#2 Kickapoo 60 Wonewoc-Center 36
Girls Basketball
Royall 47 North Crawford 7 (Bria Gruen 20points to lead Royall)
Randolph 39 Westfield 29
Cashton 50 Westby 45
Brookwood 68 Greenwood/Granton 44
Waupun 58 Ripon 37
Boscobel 72 Weston/Ithaca 47
Hillsboro Boys Push Past Viroqua
The Hillsboro Tigers boys basketball team held off a feisty Viroqua Blackhawks team Monday night garnering a 56-50 victory. The game was tied at 22 at halftime. Hillsboro got a team high 16points from sophomore Braun Jirschele, while Malekai Simpson returned to the lineup to add 12points including some clutch free throws down the stretch. Miles Ravenscroft added 10points for the Tigers. Viroqua was led by Freshman Noah Schwarz who had a game high 23points while Kolten Peterson added 18. Hillsboro improves to 5-4 on their season while Viroqua drops to 3-5. Hillsboro will host New Lisbon Thursday night.
Local Prep Scores from Over the Weekend
Girls Basketball
Mauston 66 Tomah 27
Melrose-Mindoro 60 Cashton 51
Wauzeka-Steuben 53 Brookwood 44
Wisconsin Dells 74 Altoona 41
Alma-Center Lincoln 65 New Lisbon 49 (Keira Wilkinson 16points to lead the Rockets)
Boys Scores
Tomah 82 Mauston 61 (Jase Navis 22points to lead Mauston)
Baraboo 80 Reedsburg 69
Kickapoo 67 Royall 50
Melrose-Mindoro 68 Cashton 55
Amherst 49 Westfield 47
Boys Hockey
RWD/Mauston 8 Stoughton 2
Girls Hockey
Badger Lightning 7 Medford 1
Tomah/BRF 1 St. Croix Valley 0
Mauston Girls Open Up 2026 With Blowout Victory Over Tomah
The Mauston Girls Varsity rang in 2026 with a Happy New Year on Friday night as they played the Tomah Timberwolves.
The final score was 66-26 with the Lady eagles having 4 players in double figures and three of those with double doubles.
Bre Heller lead all scorers with 18 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocked shots. The other double doubles came from Caitlin Lavold who had 15 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal, while Crimson Hansen had 10 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and a steal and rounding out the double digit scoring Ella Franek put up 10 points to go along with her 6 rebounds, 4 assists and a steal.
Mauston played a really nice all around team game coming off the break, next up is the first away game of the new year as they travel to Baraboo on Tuesday the 6th to take on the Thunderbirds.
Local Prep Scores from Tuesday 12/30
Boys Basketball
Hillsboro 58 Adams-Friendship 39 (Miles Ravenscroft 24points)
Tomah 72 Rice Lake 47
De Soto 74 Wonewoc-Center 37
Cashton 65 Independence/Gilmanton 58
Onalaska Luther 87 Ripon 61
Berlin 67 Owen-Withee 41
Wilmont Union 60 Wisconsin Dells 45
Weyauwega-Freemont 78 Omro 75
Girls Basketball
La Crosse Central 68 Reedsburg 42
Adams-Friendship 66 Sparta 58
Royall 42 Richland Center 36 (Elizabeth Klipstein 11points to lead Royall)
Royall 51 Kickapoo 30 (Bria Gruen 13points)
De Soto 79 Wonewoc-Center 35
Chippewa Falls McDonell Central 57 Hillsboro 32
Independence/Gilmanton 53 Cashton 27
Weyauwega-Freemont 56 Wautoma 22
Wisconsin Dells 73 Wilmont Union 36
Girls Hockey
Fox City Stars 6 Badger lightning 0
Bay Area 4 Tomah/BRF 1
Local Prep Scores from Monday 12/29
Boys Basketball
Sparta 59 Hillsboro 45 (Braun Jirschele 16points to lead the Tigers)
Ellsworth 60 Adams-Friendship 41
Omro 81 Wautoma 48
Wilmont Union 52 Ripon 47
Westfield 66 Markesan 62
Stratford 59 Berlin 56
Onalaska Luther 70 Wisconsin Dells 58
Tomah 81 St. Croix Central 48
Girls Basketball
Hillsboro 62 Turtle Lake 45
Darlington 45 Bangor 39
Wisconsin Dells 63 Onalaska Luther 29
Beloit Turner 55 Adams Friendship 42
Wilmont Union 52 Ripon 39
Omro 71 Wautoma 12
La Crosse Logan 33 Reedsburg 24
Girls Hockey
Tomah/BRF 4 Arrowhead 0
Tomah/BRF 2 Hayward 1
Local Prep Scores from Tuesday December 23rd
Boys Basketball
La Farge 66 Cashton 53
Westby 73 Bangor 49
Girls Basketball
Tomah 57 G-E-T 54
Cashton 59 La Farge 26
Waupaca 45 Berlin 42
Boys Hockey
Tomah/Sparta 4 Baraboo/Portage 2 (Monday)
Girls Hockey
Tomah/BRF 2 Central Wisconsin 0
Local Prep Scores from Monday 12/22
Girls Basketball
Royall 48 Black River Falls 39
New Lisbon 71 Nekoosa 39
Westfield 77 Cambria-Friesland 42
Adams-Friendship 74 Pittsville 53
Onalaska 81 Wautoma 15
North Fond Du Lac 70 Ripon 38
Wisconsin Dells 70 Lodi 18
Boys Basketball
#2 North Crawford 54 Hillsboro 50 (Will Schulze 17points to lead Hillsboro)
Bangor 81 Melrose-Mindoro 46
Wonewoc-Center 58 Wisconsin Heights 51 (Gavin Olson 26points for Wolves)
Necedah 56 Weston 25
Westfield 72 Cambria-Friesland 39
Royall Girls Hold Off Black River Falls
They Royall Panthers girls basketball team improved to 6-1 on their season after holding off Black River Falls 48-39 Monday night. Royall nearly blew a 39-22 second half lead as Black River Falls clawed within 42-39 late in the game. Royall knocked down enough free throws down the stretch for the victory. Bria Gruen led the Panthers in scoring with 16points. Freshman Gianna Backaus led the Tigers with a game high 19points nearly leading Black River Falls back. Royall will play in the Richland Center Holiday tournament coming up this next Monday and Tuesday.

