Bob Burrows
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Bob Burrows has been sports editor at the River Falls Journal since 1996 and at the Hudson Star-Observer since 2009. Prior to joining the Journal, Burrows served as sports editor with Ledger Publications in Balsam Lake, Wis. A native of Bayonne, N.J. and a U.S. Navy veteran, Burrows attended Marquette University before completing his studies at UW-River Falls in 1992.
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Raider senior Alexa Belanger was named to the 2010-11 All-Big Rivers Conference second team while junior Jessie Kirkwood and sophomore Kindra Witthus each received honorable mention. It's the first post-season honor for Belanger and Kirkwood and the second for Witthus, who also received honorable mention last year along with Morgan Karras, whose 2010-11 season was cut short by a knee injury. Only BRC champ Eau Claire North and Chippewa Falls had more players selected to the All-BRC team, each with four.
The Raider track and field teams set the bar high in their first meet of the season Saturday, March 19, with the girls taking first and the boys finishing fourth at the Northern Badger Invitational at UW-Stout's Johnson Fieldhouse. Hudson posted 10 top-three finishes in the 12-team girls' competition to take first with a total of 102 points while the Raider boys had three first place finishes and a runner-up to finish fourth out of 13 teams with a score of 73.
Fresh off his all-state season with the Hudson Raider hockey team, senior Ryan Dau helped Team Wisconsin Major advance to the USA Hockey Central District Championships by scoring two goals in the team's 4-2 victory over the Jr. Admirals in the Wisconsin Tier 1 AAA State Championship game in Madison Sunday. Dau and his Team Wisconsin teammates will open Central District Tournament play against Team Illinois at 6:45 p.m.
Raider senior Matt Krier and freshman Alex Herink have both been named to the 2010-11 All-Big Rivers Conference Boys Basketball Team in voting by the conference coaches. Krier was named to the five-player second team while Herink was one of seven players to receive honorable mention. It's the first All-BRC honor for Krier in basketball but second time this school year he has earned all-conference honors.
The Raider girls' basketball team was eliminated from the postseason with a 47-34 loss at top-seeded Marshfield Saturday afternoon, but it didn't go down without a fight. The Raiders battled through three overtimes last Tuesday in a WIAA Division 1 regional semifinal before defeating D.C.
The UW-River Falls men's basketball team fell to Illinois Wesleyan, 83-76, in the first round of the NCAA Division III National Tournament Friday night in St.
Hudson's boys basketball team saw its season come to an end Tuesday night, March 1, when it dropped a 57-45 decision to Eau Claire North in a WIAA Regional Semifinal in Hudson. The Raiders end the season with a record of 8-15 while Eau Claire North picked up its second win of the season, both over the Raiders. Hudson was the No. 8 seed in the regional while the Huskies were No. 9. Eau Claire North moves on to face top-seeded D.C. Everest in a regional final Saturday at 4 p.m. in Schofield. Eau Claire North led by five at the end of the first quarter and by six, 25-19, at the break.
Hudson junior Amanda Baker qualified for the WIAA State Gymnastics Championship in three individual events and the all-around by finishing in the top five at last Thursday's sectional tournament in Chippewa Falls. Baker placed third in the floor exercise, uneven bars and vault while tying for fourth place in the all-around competition with a total score of 35.15. The only event she didn't qualify for state in was the balance beam, where she finished ninth.
Backed by stellar goaltending and spurred on by four power-play goals, the Superior Spartans held off the Raider boys' hockey team, 6-0, in a WIAA sectional semifinal game last Tuesday night (Feb. 22) in Superior. The Raiders outshot the Spartans 32-23, including 18-2 in the second period. But the Spartans scored three times in the final period, the last time on a 5-on-3 power play, to advance to last Saturday's sectional championship game where they were defeated by New Richmond, 4-3. "We probably played the best game of the year and lost 6-0," Raider coach Mike Stoskopf said.
Raider senior Nick Larson placed fourth at 152 pounds while senior Gordon Johnson and junior Tanner Owens were eliminated in the preliminary round at the WIAA Individual State Wrestling Tournament in Madison over the weekend. All three wrestlers will hit the mat again this weekend when they join their teammates at the WIAA Team State Championships in Madison. The Raiders will take on Holmen in a state quarterfinal match Friday, March 4 at 7 p.m.
