Players of the Week
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We have our first round of "Players of the Week" to get us started. This week has great players to start the season off with. We asked all of the players the same 10 questions. They are as follows.

1. What is your favorite food?
2. Favorite drink?
3. Favorite movie/TV show?
4. Favorite song/artist?
5. Favorite sports team?
6. Favorite athlete?
7. Favorite sports memory?
8. Who's in your family?
9. What do you like the most playing high school sports?
10. What are your future goals?



From the Football team, Jake Perner starts us off. Jake is a junior and starts at Running Back and Saftey.


1. What is your favorite food? Pistachios
2. Your favorite drink? Chocolate Milk
3. Your favorite movie/TV show? That 70's show
4. Favorite song/artist? Drake, "Forever"
5. Favorite sports team? Black River Falls Tigers
6. Favorite athlete? Ichiro Suzuki/Adrian Peterson
7. Favorite sports memory? Yet to come
8. Who's in your family? My mom, dad, and 3 brothers
9. What do you like most about playing high school sports? The camaraderie of all the players involved
10. What are your future goals? Go to college, become a teacher/join the military, play some football

From Volleyball is Morgan Stittleburg. Morgan is a senior and a leader for the team this year.

1. What is your favorite food? Ice Cream
2. Favorite drink? Milk or Gatorade
3. Favorite movie/TV show? Zoolander/Bedtime Stories
4. Favorite song/artist? I like lots of music, but before games I'm a big fan of "Stanky Leg"
5. Favorite sports team? The Packers
6. Favorite athlete? Kerri Walsh
7. Favorite sports memory? Being able to play volleyball with my sister when we were the Co-Conference Champs
8. Who's in your family? Father: Todd, Mother: Kathy, Sister: Brooke, Twin Brothers: Remington & Grant
9. What do you like the most playing high school sports? Just being able to play!
10. What are your future goals? I am looking to play volleyball in college and become a physical therapist


We have two runners from Cross Country, one from each team. (Boys and Girls)

Hannah Dvorak is from the Girls side of the team


1. What is your favorite food? Lasagna
2. Favorite drink? Water
3. Favorite movie/TV show? Twilight, That 70's Show
4. Favorite song/artist? Chattahoochee, Alan Jackson
5. Favorite sports team? Don't really have one
6. Favorite athlete? My sister Katie
7. Favorite sports memory? Jumping in leave piles with Cross Country team last year
8. Who's in your family? Mom, Sisters: Katie & Tessa, Brother: Noah, Dad, Step-Mom & Step-Brother
9. What do you like the most playing high school sports? Staying in shape and practices with fun teammates
10. What are your future goals? College


Will Peasley is from the Boys side
1. What is your favorite food? Pickles
2. Favorite drink? Milk
3. Favorite movie/TV show? ESPN
4. Favorite song/artist? Taylor Swift
5. Favorite sports team? Vikings
6. Favorite athlete? Brett Favre
7. Favorite sports memory? Diving for the finish line last year in Sparta for a CC race. I got 2nd place but it was cool to see it on the news
8. Who's in your family? Mom: Tammy, Dad: David, Brothers: Joel & Alex, Sister: Jane
9. What do you like the most playing high school sports? Hanging out with friends and having fun
10. What are your future goals? Win state for CC and the mile in Track



We have Jennifer Daffinson for the Cheeleading team

1. What is your favorite food? Pizza
2. Favorite drink? Milk
3. Favorite movie/TV show? A River Runs Through It
4. Favorite song/artist? Tracey Chapman
5. Favorite sports team? "Tigers"
6. Favorite athlete? Tyler Daffinson
7. Favorite sports memory? Making Varsity cheer my freshman year
8. Who's in your family? Mom: Cheryl, Sister: Danielle & Britny, Brother: Seth, Dogs: Alpine & Thor
9. What do you like the most playing high school sports? The friends
10. What are your future goals? Attend college, get married, have a family (In that order)


Sorry I don't anyone from the Tennis team yet. I promise that i am working on it though.

BRF Volleyball 2009
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The volleyball team had an eventful week. We had a home game against Arcadia on Tuesday. We took the co-conference leader to 5 games. After dropping the first game, we pulled together to take control of games 2 and 3. Arcadia won game 4, and then we went to a 5th deciding game. The Raiders took a quick serving start, and we struggled to return the ball. We played well overall, and it was really exciting to show how good we can actually look. We just need to put it all together now.

Last night (The 17th) we took a 3 game loss to GET. As a team, we were not as strong as usual. This game well be a learning experience.

This weekend there is a J.V. Tournament in town on Saturday and we encourage everyone to go and support the J.V. girls. The event well start at 9:00 AM. Otherwise next week we have a home game on Tuesday and on Thursday we play at Luther. Tuesday will be a very special night for us,. as it will be the "Play for Zak Rios" night. Emiley Rios' brother has Lukemia, and is recieving treatments, and we are taking Tuesday to support him. We really want to pack the gym, and since the color for Lukemia is orange, we want to have a total orange out! Please come out on Tuesday to watch and support one of our classmates.

Courtesy of Morgan Stittleburg

Coulee Conference Scores Update

Volleyball
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Tuesday, 9-15-2009
West Salem won at Luther, 3-0
Arcadia won in BRF, 3-2

Thursday, 9-17-2009
BRF lost in GET, 3-0
Arcadia @ Luther 7:30 PM

Football
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Friday, 9-18-2009
West Salem @ Platteville 7:00 PM
Westby @ Lancaster 7:00 PM
Viroqua @ Dodgeville 7:00 PM
Adams-Friendship @ GET 7:00 PM
Wautoma @ BRF 7:00 PM
Nekossa @ Arcadia 7:00 PM


Coulee Conference Standings Update

Football
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1. Black River Falls Tigers (3-0)
2. Arcadia Raiders (3-0)
3. Westby Norsemen (3-0)
4. GET Redmen (2-1)
5. Viroqua Blackhawks (2-1)
6. West Salem Panthers (1-2)

BRF ranked #11 in Division 3
GET ranked #11 in Division 4
Arcadia ranked #13 in Division 5

Volleyball
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1. West Salem Panthers (12-0, 5-0)
2. Arcadia Raiders (7-2, 5-0)
3. Westby Norsemen (9-7, 4-3)
4. Viroqua Blackhawks (4-7, 2-4)
5. GET Redmen (3-6, 1-4)
6. Black River Falls Tigers (1-4, 0-4)
7. Luther Knights (1-5, 1-3)

Cross Country - Boys
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The start of the cross country season has been unique compared to past seasons, for a few different reasons. Usually if you went to see the boys team at a meet, you would see about 10 -15 runners wearing black jerseys that would stick to their skin. This year, you world see over 20 boys with new bright orange jerseys.

As for competition, they have competed in three meets. The boys team has done pretty well with two 2nd place finishes and one 3rd place finish.

Courtesy of Jordan Nortman


Cross Country - Girls
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The cross country team has already completed four weeks of our season. The girls team started off small with only eight runners, however, now we have mde it up to eleven. We got to start off out competing season with new uniforms! After 11 years we finally got them. Showing up to our first meet in Westby was really cool getting to show off the new team jerseys.

So far this year, we have competed in 3 cross country meets. The girls team has placed 7th, 5th, and pulled a 1st in Adams-Friendship

Courtesy of Hannah Dvorak

Coulee Conference Scores Update

Football
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Black River Falls won in Nekoosa, 34-33
Viroqua won in Platteville, 36-16
Westby won in Dodgeville, 43-0
West Salem lost in Lancaster, 47-40
Wautoma won at GET, 35-15
Adams-Friendship lost in Arcadia, 42-14

Volleyball
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Thursday
Viroqua lost in West Salem, 3-0
Arcadia won at GET, 3-1
Westby won in Luther, 3-0

Saturday
Eau Claire Regis beat Luther twice, both games with a score of 2-0

Cross Country
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Boys
The guys won the meet at Skyline Golf Course in BRF on 9-14-2009, here is the final scoring for the teams
1. Black River Falls
2. Blair-Taylor
3. Arcadia
4. Cochraine-Fountain City
5. Melrose-Mindoro
6. Whitehall
7. GET
8. Eleva-Strum

Top 5 runners for the Tigers
1. Will Peasley
4. Brandon Skelding
6. Christian Cloud
7. Joey Riedel
22. Brady Gartner

Girls

The girls took 2nd at the meet, the team finishes are as follows
1. Blair-Taylor
2. Black River Falls
3. Melrose-Mindoro
4. GET
5. Arcadia
6. Cochraine-Fountain City
7. Whitehall

Top 5 runners for the Tigers
7. Hannah Dvorak
8. Wehonna Tothe
11. Lily Murphy
19. Alex Turner
30. Riley Smith


Coulee Conference Standing Update

Football
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T1. Black River Falls Tigers (3-0, 0-0)
T1. Arcadia Raiders (3-0, 0-0)
T1. Westby Norsemen (3-0, 0-0)
4. GET Redmen (2-1, 0-0)
5. Viroqua Blackhawks (2-1, 0-0)
6. West Salem Panthers (1-2, 0-0)

BRF ranked #11 in Division 3
GET ranked #11 in Division 4
Arcadia ranked #13 in Division 5

Volleyball
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1. West Salem Panters (11-0, 4-0)
2. Arcadia Raiders (5-2, 4-0)
3. Westby Norsemen (6-4, 3-3)
4. Viroqua Blackhawks (4-6, 2-4)
5. Luther Knights (1-4, 1-2)
6. GET Redmen (2-3, 1-3)
7. Black River Falls (1-3, 0-3)

GET ranked #13 in Division 2

BRF Cheerleading
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Cheerleaders are tough, agile, swift, confident performers and spirit spreaders but most of all they are underestimated.

Cheerleading involves a lot more than just getting you, the student, riled up for the school's multiple athletic events, it also involves dedication and strenuous practices. We practice every day after school until 5:30, sometimes in uncomportably warm weather. Every day of the week we have a different type of practice.

Monday is dance day! The weekend before jour home games, many of the cheerleaders meet and piece together a performance, and then on Monday it is taught to the squad to perform at Friday night's football game.

On Tuesday, we practice the most difficult part of being a cheerleader, stunting. All of the stunts that the cheerleaders do are very difficult, and some, if done incorrectly can even be dangerous. For this reason, we work incredibly hard and practice our stunts carefully until perfected.

Wednesday, instead of practicing, we meet after school for Pep Club. During meetings we paint "Spirit Signs" to hang in the cafeteria and work on what we will do for this year's Homecoming Week. Contrary to popular belief, anyone can attend Pep Club meetings and we would love if more students participated inthis wonderful organization. For Homecoming, Pep Club organizes everything from dress up days to decorating for the dance.

Thursday is our run-through day, or the day that we perfect and tweak our performance for the football game. Run-throughs aren't the only thing that make Thursdays os special, it's also Drill Day with Mr. Cork. He provides a circuit training program that we, the cheerleaders, along with Wrestling and Cross Country teams participate in. Quoting Mr. Cork "The Cheerleaders are by far the most driven group I work with." This was a large honor to us due to the hard work the other groups he is involved with have also put in. Then of course there is Friday. This is the day that the cheerleaders get to get all dressed up for the game.

On Friday, we also bring in treats for our football players and bring in gifts for our much loved cheer buddies. After school, we are off to the football game to end our week.

We work behind the scenes much of the time, and we do a lot for our school. And guess what? We really LOVE doing it. So next time you see a "Spirit Sign" in the cafeteria, see us at the game, or are grabbing treats out of Mr. Janke's room, remember we work hard for you!

Courtesy of Jen Daffinson

I just got the roster for the cheerleaders recently and here it is

Varsity
Jen Daffinson
Lizzie Cook
Emily Dunneisen
Breana Gundrum
Austin Marg
Bryanna Eggen
Kendyl Sherman
Carley Hentsch
Kayla Tennant
Brittany Gasick
Micayla Cork
Breanna Amborn

J.V.
Jenny Savage
Sami Bahr
Savannah Kortner
Hannah Fendt
Jessie Helm
Cassie Byerlay