MENOMONIE – Menomonie High School had three student-athletes selected to the 2025-26 All-Big River Conference Girls Basketball Team and seven student-athletes named to the 2025-26 All-BRC Boys Wrestling Team.

On the hardwood, junior Jordan Ohman was a first team All-BRC pick, while senior Reese Barfknecht and freshman Lauren Ohman were honorable mention selections.

According to statistics posted to the GoBound website, Jordan Ohman finished the season second in the BRC in scoring with 490 points over 25 games for a 19.6 points per game average. Only two-time All-BRC player of the year Adaline Sheplee of Rice Lake outscored Ohman. The University of Wisconsin recruit tossed in 737 points (28.3 ppg) this season.

Including most points, Jordan Ohman finished in the top five statistically in five categories. Ohman led the league in assists and steals, dishing off 108 (4.3 assists per game) and swiping 80 steals (3.2 steals per game). She finished second in the BRC in free throws made with 111 and was fifth in rebounds with 208 (8.3 rebounds per game). Ohman connected on 171 of 340 shots from the floor (51.2 percent) and 31 of 82 from 3-point range (37.8 percent). Ohman was a second team pick in 2024-25.

Lauren Ohman was ninth in the BRC in scoring, tallying 275 points at 11.0 points per game. She finished third in 3-point baskets made with 42. From the floor, Lauren Ohman connected on 107 of 251 shots (42.6 percent) and 42 of 108 (38.3 percent) from 3-point range. She finished fifth in the BRC with 55 steals (2.2 steals per game), 30th in rebounds with 70 (28. rebounds per game) and 21st in assist with 42.

Barfknecht tossed in 189 points (7.6 points per game), ranking 22nd. From the floor she made 72 of 235 shots and drained 15 of 65 3-point shots. Barfknecht was 13th in assists with 49 and 18th in steals with 37.

Menomonie finished the season at 14-11 overall, 7-7 in the BRC, tied with River Falls for fourth. The Mustangs finished the season averaging 59.2 points per contest, good for third in the league.

Menomonie dominated the 2025-26 All-BRC Boys Wrestling team, capturing the wrestler of the year award while putting six Mustangs on the first team and one on the honorable mention squad.

Aiden Aure, who won the 138-pound WIAA individual state title, was selected as the 2025-26 Big Rivers Conference wrestler of the year.

Aure was joined on the first team by senior Jake Anderson, senior Bailey Casey, junior Aaron Howard, senior Luke Pember and senior Bryce Shepard. All five advanced to the WIAA individual state tournament. Freshman Calin Howard earned honorable mention honors in his rookie year.

This is third time Aure has been named to the All-BRC first team. Casey has been named to the squad all four years of his career, earning second team honors as a freshman and first team honors his final three years. Shepard is a three-time first team pick, earning honors as a freshman, junior and senior. Anderson is a two-time honoree, moving up from the second team last year. Aaron Howard earned first team honors as a sophomore and senior and second team honors as a junior. Pember is a three-time selection, earning first team honors as a senior and sophomore and second team as a junior.

In his third trip to the state tournament Aure, a junior, defeated the top-seeded wrestler, Cashtyn Botting of Hortonville, in his weight class in the championship match to become the second member of his family to win a state title. His brother, Kellan Aure, won the 138-pound championship in 2023.

Aiden Aure also exacted a measure of revenge at this year’s state tournament. In the semi-final match, Aure bested Nathan Henderson of Holmen who had beaten Aure in the sectional final match two weeks earlier.