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Rick Solem

Sports, news journalist since 2002. | Hometown: Greenville, Wis. | Avid noonball basketballer and sand volleyballer in La Crosse | Two-time Waupaca Boatride first-round playoff loser | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point graduate | Cut from UW-SP's basketball team in 2000 on Midnight Madness as a junior walk-on | Went on to become UW-SP intramural basketball champion | Then UW-SP club lacrosse defenseman with two career goals (on two shots).
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HIGH SCHOOL

West Salem girls basketball beats Onalaska and is a win away from getting back to state

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For the second-consecutive season, the West Salem High School girls basketball team is headed to the Division 2 section semifinals. The eighth-ranked Panthers got a career-high 20 points from sophomore […]
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HIGH SCHOOL

Aquinas bid for second consecutive state tourney ends against unbeaten Elk Mound

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Second-ranked and unbeaten Elk Mound stayed that way after Thursday night, taking out the seventh-ranked Aquinas High School girls basketball team in the Division 4 section semifinals. The Blugolds lost […]
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HIGH SCHOOL

Eighth-ranked West Salem girls face Onalaska in rematch to get to D2 section championship

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Two area teams look to get to the Division 2 section championship on Thursday when top-seeded and eighth-ranked West Salem faces No. 2 Onalaska. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. […]
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HIGH SCHOOL

Seventh-ranked Aquinas girls take on unbeaten, No. 2-ranked Elk Mound in section semis

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The Aquinas High School girls basketball team is two wins away from getting back to state but it will have be the first team to beat Elk Mound this season […]
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NEWS

Wilber scores 20 as Holmen blows out Appleton West in playoff opener for 8th consecutive win

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Junior Kaiden Wilber scored 20 points in leading the 15th-seeded Holmen High School boys basketball team to a 73-49 win over No. 18 Appleton West in the first round of […]
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HIGH SCHOOL

Meyer scores 28 in leading Central to playoff-opening win; 9th-ranked Onalaska faces New London on WKTY

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Senior Henry Meyer had 28 points and nine rebounds in leading the 10th-seeded Central High School boys basketball team to an playoff opening 91-49 win over No. 10 Sparta on […]
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COLLEGE

Onalaska’s Donarski plays all 40, scores 10, as North Carolina loses to No. 8 Virginia Tech

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Onalaska native Lexi Donarski had 10 points, playing all 40 minutes, for the North Carolina women’s basketball team in a 74-62 loss to No. 8 Virginia Tech. Donarski was 4-for-8 […]
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MLB

MLB players miffed at sport’s new see-through pants, relaying concerns to league

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PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — MLB’s new uniform reveal hasn’t gone very well. Now some of the rampant criticism has moved below the belt. Major League Baseball Players Association deputy executive […]
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COLLEGE

Onalaska’s Lexi Donarski drops 23 on No. 6 NC State, in Tar Heels win

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Onalaska native Lexi Donarski had a team-high 23 points in leading the North Carolina women’s basketball team to an 80-70 upset win over No. 6 NC State. Donarski shot a […]
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COLLEGE

No. 14 UW-Oshkosh ends UW-La Crosse’s season in WIAC semifinals

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The UW-La Crosse women’s basketball team’s season ended Thursday in the WIAC playoffs with a 77-52 loss to No. 14 UW-Oshkosh. Paige Schumann had 17 points on 5-for-8 shooting to […]
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