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Menomonie Fall Teams Ready for Action

Menomonie Fall Teams Ready for Action

By Layne Pitt, MNN Contributor August 20, 2025

MENOMONIE — The Menomonie Mustangs girls swimming and diving, boys football, girls volleyball and boys soccer teams are set to kick off their 2025 fall sports seasons over the next week. Each team will...

Daughter and father, Lexi Hastings and Jeff Hastings, are both head coaches at Menomonie High School. Lexi, left, is sporting a black sweatshirt the reads Menomonie Tennis in the color maroon, while Jeff wears a white polo shirt with the Mustangs logo and GOLF appearing.

Hastings Following a Legacy of Excellence

By Layne Pitt, MNN Contributor August 13, 2025

MENOMONIE - Coaching is a family tradition for the Hastings and this fall that tradition continues with a father-daughter duo leading two of Menomonie High School’s athletic programs. Jeff Hastings...

Menomonie High School football broadcasters Chad Zutter (left) and Joe Zydowsky.

MHS Football History Book Available for Purchase

By Layne Pitt, MNN Contributor August 13, 2025

MENOMONIE - Chad Zutter has been working for well over two years to put together a comprehensive history of Menomonie High School football and the 40-plus page book, Menomonie High School Football History...

Two multi-color clad road-racing cyclists go around a corner in a small town.

Pedaling Toward the Future

By Layne Pitt, MNN Contributor August 6, 2025

MENOMONIE — Whether it's racing up a 10-minute climb or spending hours in the saddle through the backroads of South Dakota, Ruben Dayton-Brantmeier finds focus and freedom on two wheels. A 2025 Menomonie...

A tennis coach standing at the net talks to his doubles team between sets.

Michels Building Culture, Roster at UW-Stout

By Layne Pitt, MNN Contributor July 30, 2025

MENOMONIE - Anthony Michels will begin his second season as the UW-Stout women’s tennis coach and the 2017 Menomonie High School graduate is feeling right at home as he works to build the program. In...

A football team from Menomonie High School poses for a team photo in 1922 in front on of some houses

Football Season Just Around the Corner

By Layne Pitt, MNN Contributor July 23, 2025

MENOMONIE — With the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings reporting to training camp this week, the familiar anticipation of football season is once again in the air. That preseason energy extends...

The start of a women's collegiate cross country race

Menomonie Collegians

July 16, 2025

Menomonie High School graduates Bella Jacobsen and Mary Berg collected academic honors as the collegiate year came to an end. Jacobsen, a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin, was named to the 2024-25...

MHS Well Represented on Spring All-BRC Teams

MHS Well Represented on Spring All-BRC Teams

By Layne Pitt, MNN Contributor July 9, 2025

MENOMONIE - The Big Rivers Conference (BRC) recently released all-conference teams for baseball, softball and girls soccer - and Menomonie High School was well represented. In baseball, Mustangs’ senior...

MHS Well Represented on Spring All-BRC Teams

MHS Well Represented on Spring All-BRC Teams

By Layne Pitt, MNN Contributor July 9, 2025

MENOMONIE - The Big Rivers Conference (BRC) recently released all-conference teams for baseball, softball and girls soccer - and Menomonie High School was well represented. In baseball, Mustangs’...

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