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Thunderbirds record close victory over ML

by Michael Mattison After losing its first game of the season last week, the GFW Thunderbird football team went up against another tough foe this week. Due to bad weather on Friday, the game was postponed to Saturday afternoon at Norwood Young America against Mayer Lutheran In a hard-fought battle, the T-Birds came out victorious 14-13.…

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GFW cross country team off to a great start

The GFW Thunderbird girls cross country team has placed second in its two meets this year. GFW opened the season at Mankato Loyola and finished second to Maple River. Mady Steele led the T-Birds with a time of 21 minutes 58 seconds which earned her fourth place overall. Ashley Vos was next for GFW with a time…

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T-Birds dominate JWP for second victory

by Michael Mattison With a 40-8 victory over Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton in Winthrop on Friday night, the GFW Thunderbird football team improved to 2-0 on the season. From the opening kickoff, the T-Birds were in control of the game. On the first play from scrimmage, Dominic Rose hit Justin Messner for a 10-yard completion. Later Easton Taylor ran…

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Thunderbirds victorious over WEM

by Michael Mattison The 2023 season of the GFW Thunderbird football team got off to a great start on Thursday as the T-Birds traveled to Waterville-Elysian-Morristown and came away with a 22-6 victory. The T-Birds held WEM to no yards on the first series, forcing a punt, which wouldn’t get back to the line of…

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Club Championship

Brett Wilhelm won the mens club championship and Ellen Anderson the womens club championship. For full results check out the August 30 issue of the Winthrop News.

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Thunderbird volleyball to take the court Tuesday

The GFW Thunderbird volleyball team is coming off an 8-17 season and 2-6 in the Tomahawk Conference last season. The T-Birds have a wealth of athletes returning that saw quite a bit of floor time last year. “I will look to our incoming seniors to be our leaders on and off the floor: Taylor Schafer, Marti…

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GFW Trap competes at State Championship

by Maggie Buettner The GFW Trap Shooting Team competed at the 2023 Trap Shooting Championship at Alexandria Shooting Park on Wednesday, June 14th. The state championship has 7,900 student athletes from more than 340 schools competing for nine days. On Wednesday, 43 schools attended the championship with 929 student athletes. GFW participated with 29 student…

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Johnson, Steele compete in State Track

GFW had two athletes compete at the State Track Meet last week. Alex Johnson medaled in the shot put, placing seventh, while Mady Steele was 13th in the 3,200 run. For the State Track Meet story, check out the June 14 issue of the Winthrop News.

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