Red Hawk girls win two in Coulee basketball

The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School girls basketball team had momentum as it prepared this week to face a nearby team off to a good start to the 2023-24 season. 

The Red Hawks rattled off back-to-back wins last week—both in the Coulee Conference—to improve to 3-4 on the year, including 2-1 in conference play. 

One of the teams above G-E-T in the Coulee standings, Arcadia (3-1 Coulee), visited G-E-T this Tuesday. 

West Salem (6-0, 3-0 Coulee) is set to host G-E-T this Friday. 

Senior Tatum Johnson led the Red Hawks in both of their wins last week, scoring 33 total points. 

G-E-T 62 Viroqua 29

A career-best 21-point night from Johnson and more than 50 rebounds as a team helped the Red Hawks past the Blackhawks (1-6, 0-4 Coulee) in last Tuesday’s win.

Johnson and the host Red Hawks doubled the visitors’ offense in the first half, out-scoring Viroqua 31-15 to take an early advantage.

Sophomore Amara Brantner also had her best game in a G-E-T jersey, adding 14 points. Rachel Diehl had 11 points for Viroqua.

G-E-T (field goals/attempts-free throws/attempts-rebounds-points)—Higgins 1/1-0/0-0-2; Hauge 1/8-2/2-7-4; Brantner 5/11-0/0-5-14; Filla 2/5-0/3-2-5; DeJager 1/14-1/2-3-4; Johnson 6/13-3/4-10-21; Lightfoot 1/5-0/0-2-3; Grams 2/5-1/2-12-5; Bakeberg 0/0-0/0-2-0; Simmons 2/6-0/2-12-4.

G-E-T 37 BR Falls 26

It was again Johnson (12) and Brantner (7) who led G-E-T in scoring against the Tigers in Thursday’s home win. 

After putting up 62 points two days prior, it was more of a defensive focus that helped the home team on Thursday—no player hit the 10-point mark for Black River Falls (1-5, 1-3 Coulee).

G-E-T (field goals/attempts-free throws/attempts-rebounds-fouls-points)—Hauge 1/10-1/5-12-3-3; Brantner 3/8-0/1-4-2-7; Filla 2/5-0/0-0-3-4; DeJager 0/8-2/4-4-0-2; Johnson 4/18-2/5-14-0-12; Lightfoot 1/1-0/0-2-1-3; Grams 1/4-0/0-10-4-2; Bakeberg 0/2-0/0-0-1-0; Simmons 2/5-0/0-1-3-4.