On December 2, 2025, the Menomonie Boy’s varsity basketball team won the first match of the season against La Crosse Central 63-44. The team led the score board the whole game, getting a well deserved victory. 

Jacob Rue led the team with the most points, scoring 6 three pointers for 18 points. He was followed by Trevor Robert, who scored 17 points, and Isaac Nielson, who scored 11 points. Also, D.J Butler tallied 8 points, and Tyler Nelson racked up 5 points. Ian Kistner and Parker Behrens contributed 2 points each to help the Mustangs to conquer the match. 

The players did not make many fouls as well, with Jacob Rue, D.J Butler and Tyler Nelson making 3 fouls each. Isaac Nielson, Parker Behrens and Blake Behrens committed 1 foul, and Trevor Robert ended up with one technical foul.

After the game, 2 athletes from Menomonie, Trevor Robert and Tyler Nelson remained for a round of questions. In response to what was the game plan coming in, and how did the team successfully execute that plan to build and maintain such a large scoring margin, Trevor said: “The game play coming into the game against La Crosse, we had to handle their pressure and not let number 3, they’re main player, touch the ball because last year he had a big impact in the game. We handled the pressure really well and number 3 with La Crosse was owned.”

Tyler was asked if this was a solid defensive effort, holding La Crosse Central to just 44 points. He was also asked to describe the team’s defensive mentality against La Crosse, and what was said before the game about setting a defensive standard on the game. He responded: “We had the mentality to play defense for the team because all it takes is one person and it all falls apart. We played each other and at the end of the day it takes an entire team to succeed.”