By Nathaniel Underwood The Abbotsford boys basketball team was dealt two losses over the past week, falling to the Loyal Greyhounds on the road and losing to the Edgar Wildcats at home. The pair of defeats dropped the Falcons to 3-13 this season. Loyal, 65-36 Abbotsford could not keep pace with the three-point shooting of Loyal in the two team’s non-conference matchup on Monday evening.

By Nathaniel Underwood The Colby girls basketball team’s midseason slide extended to 10 games as the Hornets lost on the road Monday evening to the Stratford Tigers. They also fell in two Cloverbelt-East conference games last week, dropping a home game to Loyal after falling short on the road against Gilman. Stratford, 62-37 The hosting Tigers never trailed in the non-conference matchup

By Nathaniel Underwood The Abbotsford-Colby wrestling team took 10th place at the Ladysmith Invitational held this past Saturday. They had three athletes take first place in their respective brackets and six members finished with top-five results as the team put up 238.5 team points. Shell Lake took first place at the tournament with 374.5 points, followed by Cadott with 332.0 points and Turtle

By Nathaniel Underwood The Colby boys basketball team went 1-2 over the past week, falling to Neillsville and Rib Lake before righting the ship and defeating Owen-Withee. The Hornets are now 6-7 overall and 5-2 in the Cloverbelt-East. Owen-Withee 91-82 Joseph Streveler put up 41 points, Adrian Lopez added 23 and the Hornets were almost unstoppable on offense as they scored a season high 91

By Nathaniel Underwood The Abbotsford girls basketball team went 1-1 in their last two Marawood-North games, falling on the road to Athens but picking up a win against Prentice at home. The Falcons are now 8-6 overall and 3-3 in Marawood-North play. Prentice, 61-29 Neveah Treankler had a career-high 17 points, Sydney Falteisek nearly had a doubledouble and the Falcons swarming defense held

Through a Decoy’s E ye by Chuck K olar Local Outdoorsman The glowing orange flames from inside the woodstove held the cold winter air that drifted down from the Arctic and other points north at bay. I’m not a fan of air that’s cold. Not now, not in my youth, nor in my coming senior years do I foresee liking cold winter air. I do enjoy getting outdoors and making firewood.

Continued from page 9 Rib Lake opted to slow the pace of their offensive sets over the final minutes of the game, hoping to drain the clock and limit the number of possessions the Hornets would have. The strategy almost backfired, as Fleischmann made three free-throws and Miguel Morillon followed with a three-pointer from the corner to pull the Hornets back within one. The 8-0 rally was not

By Nathaniel Underwood TheAbbotsford Falcons hosted the Colby Hornets on Monday evening for a non-conference matchup between the two neighboring schools. In a fast-paced, high intensity game, the Hornets came out on top, fending off multiple pushes from Abbotsford to take the 88-76 victory. Both squads put up season-high scores as the quick tempo established early continued throughout the night.