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Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau senior Cody Schmitz let out a victory scream after the Red Hawks defeated Elk Mound 61-55 in a sectional semifinal game at Arcadia High School. The Red Hawks will play Eau Claire Memorial on Saturday at 1 p.m. with a trip to state on the line. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau senior Cody Schmitz rattled off three different names when asked which of his teammates he thought made the biggest difference in Thursday’s boys basketball sectional semifinal against Elk Mound. Moments after securing a 61-55 victory that has G-E-T one win away from the...

 

 

Last Saturday’s Division Three boys basketball regional championship game was electric. Two Trempealeau County teams were battling for a regional title at Russ Lund Gymnasium in G-E-T High School, with the Arcadia Raiders visiting the Red Hawks fresh off an upset over the second-seeded team in the...

            Brandon Sylla of Independence/Gilmanton released a shot over an Alma Center Lincoln defender during their regional quarterfinal game last week Tuesday.     (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

The Independence/Gilmanton boys basketball team came out looking for an upset and it appeared possible early in the game, but the team’s season ended with a 58-40 loss to Alma Center Lincoln last week Tuesday.  The Hornets came into the game as the fourth-seed with a 20-4 record, while the Indees...
The Blair-Taylor boys basketball team extended its season beyond regulation in its first tournament game but fell, 75-73, in overtime on a buzzer-beater. The 10th-seeded Wildcats were tied with the seventh-seeded Alma/Pepin Eagles at the end of regulation and late in overtime. With the score...

            Arcadia senior Devon Baier scored on a layup in the first half of last Tuesday’s regional quarterfinal playoff game at Arcadia High School. Baier scored eight points to help the Raiders beat Ripon 72-39.                   (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

After finishing the regular season with a .500 record, the Arcadia boys basketball team was motivated to prove its record wasn’t a true indication of how good the team is at its best. The seventh-seeded Raiders accomplished that in the postseason, winning two games and taking down one of the top...

            Mason Brone snuck through the lane before scoring for G-E-T in an 87-65 regional playoff win at home against Winneconne last Friday. The Red Hawks earned their second consecutive regional title last week.                (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

Russ Lund Gymnasium at Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School roared with thunderous cheers, chants and fandom for nearly every moment of last Saturday’s Division Three regional final between two Trempealeau County boys basketball rivals. With G-E-T leading 69-68 and 16 seconds left in the game,...

            Taylor Gallup performed her floor exercise routine during the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Meet in Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday.                (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City junior Taylor Gallup was unfazed as she finished 17th in the floor exercise at the state meet on Saturday. Gallup finished with an average score of 8.6833, tied with Kennedy Garbers of West Salem/Aquinas/Bangor for 17th. Jenna...

            Whitehall’s Grant Olson put up a shot in traffic during the team’s regional semifinal game in Durand on Friday.                         (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

Try and they might, the Whitehall boys basketball team just didn’t have the height.  With the tallest player on the roster listed at six-foot-two, the Whitehall boys basketball team was able to overcome a height disadvantage several times this season. Last Friday’s Wisconsin Interscholastic...

            Blair-Taylor’s Jackson Shramek worked to take down Axel Tegels of Cadott during their semifinal match at the state tournament in Madison on Friday.  (Photograph contributed by Mike Poulos)

As the saying goes, defense wins championships.  That proved to be the case for Blair-Taylor senior Jackson Shramek as the wrestler allowed just two points in three matches to win a state title for the second straight year. Defense led to offense and a state championship in the final match of the B...

            Olivia Killian of Whitehall reached for a loose ball during their regional game against Auburndale on Friday.                    (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

Auburndale came out on fire then closed the first half with a run, ending Whitehall’s season with a 64-46 loss on Friday night. The fourth-seeded Eagles hosted the fifth-seeded Norse in a game that was close early. Whitehall trailed by a point at 9-8 before Auburndale began a run that included four...

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