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Raider tennis team is BRC runner-up; playoffs start Monday

The Raider boys’ tennis team put up a good fight a Saturday’s Big Rivers Conference Tournament at Eau Claire North, but in the end neither Hudson nor any of the other five teams at the tourney could prevent Eau Claire Memorial from winning its 16th straight BRC championship.

Hudson Baseball: Raiders snap three-game skid

Brett Steinwagner and Mike Hommes teamed up on the mound to allow just five hits and Steinwagner drove in a pair of runs at the plate as the Raider baseball team snapped a three-game Big Rivers Conference losing streak with a 4-1 victory over River Falls last Tuesday at Grandview Park.

• Hudson senior Brett Steinwagner delivers a pitch

Raiders softball team walks off with tourney title

The Raider softball team won the championship game of the Robbinsdale-Cooper Tournament in dramatic fashion Saturday, coming back from a 7-3 deficit in the bottom of the seventh inning against Minneapolis Armstrong to win 11-7 on a walk-off grand slam home run by Maya Triebold.

• Hudson junior Ellie Whitacre steals third base
• Senior pitcher Lexi Smith winds up to deliver a pitch

Hudson Soccer: Raiders bounce back from loss

Two days after a 5-1 loss to undefeated Eau Claire Memorial, the Raider girls’ soccer team shut out Menomonie, 3-0, last Thursday, May 10 to stay one game over .500 in Big Rivers Conference play.

Raider Track team eyes repeat BRC titles

The Raider track and field teams tuned up for next week’s Big Rivers Conference Championships by turning in impressive performances at the New Richmond Relays last Friday and the Rochester Mayo Invitational Saturday.

• Hudson’s Brett DuCharme clears a hurdle
• Bailey Knight competes in the long jump

Tennis handed first two losses

After posting a pair of 7-0 victories earlier in the week, including a sweep of River Falls Thursday that kept them undefeated in Big Rivers Conference play, the Raider boys’ tennis team ran into some stiff competition at last weekend’s Eau Claire Memorial Border Battle.

• Singles player Kody Owens
• Griffin Robertson keeps an eye on his forehand return

Raider softball bounces back from loss

With the exception of a little glitch in a doubleheader at Rice Lake last Thursday, the Raider softball team put on quite an offensive performance last week.

• Megan Eisenmann (2) steals thrid base against River Falls

Raiders girls’ soccer team blanks Chippewa Falls

The Raider girls’ soccer team moved one game over .500 and into fourth place in the big Rivers Conference standings with a 4-0 shutout victory over Chippewa Falls last Tuesday at the middle school field.

• Haley Bouzard sends a left-footed cross in front of the net

Raiders baseball team drops pair of BRC games

The Raider baseball team dropped a pair of heartbreakers in Big Rivers Conference play last week, 9-7 Tuesday at Chippewa Falls and 4-3 in nine innings Friday at Eau Claire Memorial.

Hudson Raider swimmers earn all-state honors

Raider senior Charlie Skinner will be recognized as an all-state swimmer in two individual events and joins teammates Willie Skinner, August Jorgensen and Sawyer Arndt as Honorable Mention All-State for the 400 yard freestyle relay.

• Hudson Raiders swimmers

Columns

In the Front Row: Life more fun with Page along for the ride

Last March I was driving back from the high school sectional wrestling tournament in Merrill when I decided to stop at Duke’s Lanes in Abbotsford for one of their famous hot beef sandwiches.

• Everybody knew his name: Don Page synonymous with River Falls and area sports

In the Front Row: At least we have something in common

Saturday was a special day for me and my wife. It was the first time we ever went to a football game and rooted for the same team.

• Bob Burrows

In the Front Row: So long, and remember the good times

So this is how it ends. No party; no fanfare; you’re just going to quietly slip out of town and head south, and I’m going to forever be nothing more than a twinkle in your eye that your fans in St. Joseph won’t understand.

It’s better to have loved and lost than to never have made par at all

I ended a long term relationship earlier this year. One that, on some days made me feel like I was on top of the world, and on others made me miserable, and ashamed to go home to my wife.

In the Front Row: This scene never made it into the movie

My dad died two years ago, just two days before Father’s Day. I’m not telling you that to evoke sympathy or pity. I just wanted to get it out of the way in case you were wondering where I was going with this.