Jan 16, 2026, 9:39 PM CST
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Prairie du Chien won a Friday night girls basketball game 49-43 over Richland Center.
It was a cold, wild, winter, night outside, however, the action inside heated up with the teams exchanging leads. The Hornets led 20-18 at halftime and had a 9-0 run that ended early in the 2nd half.
The team led by 8 before the Blackhawks took a lead for good with around 8 minutes to play.
The Hornets kept it close before losing by 6 in the league game.Richland Center was led in scoring by Ella Clements with 13, Kylie Burns added 9, Jori Schultz and Ellavy Weiss both had 6, Taylor Wertz scored 5 points, Ava Martin made a 3 point basket, and Addie Board had one point. Richland Center had 6 three pointers with Kylie Burns making 3 of them. The team was 5 for 13 from the line.
The Blackhawks were led in scoring by Claire Kennedy who had a strong performance leading all game scorers with 26. She made three 3 pointers as did Camryn Knapp who ended with 9 points. Prairie du Chien was 7 for 13 from the line.
Following the 49-43 win, the Blackhawks are now 1-4 in the Southwest Conference and 2-9 overall. Richland Center continues to search for its first league win after 5 losses.
They are 3 and 14 overall. They will travel to Lancaster on Thursday night. Prairie du Chien will host Cuba City Tuesday.
Adam Hess has been involved in radio broadcasting since 1990, with many of those years spent on the air at WRCO FM in Richland Center. Currently, Adam hosts the Weekend Wake-up and Prime Mover Saturdays on WRCO FM, jumps in and helps out with news duties, handles Social Media duties for WRCO and WRCE, and is the Director of Technology at a Southwest Wisconsin School District. Reach him at adam.hess@civicmedia.us.
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