Sports
Zach Rastall
Even if you’re an optimist, I don’t think there was a single Wisconsin fan who was predicting that last Saturday would produce the Luke Fickell era’s first truly signature win when the Badgers were down 17-0 to No. 13 Penn State midway through the second quarter.
It felt like more of the same old...
The Blair-Taylor boys and Whitehall girls cross country teams both finished second at the meet hosted by Blair-Taylor at the Taylor Rod and Gun Club last Tuesday.
The B-T boys had two runners finish inside the top five as Landen Kidd took fourth (20:18) and Caiden Lien was fifth (20:25). The...
In one of the more unique cross country events of each fall, the G-E-T boys carved out a top-five finish for themselves as a team at the Nightfall Classic 715.
On a course that G-E-T head coach Paul Gold noted was illuminated “only by generator lights, Christmas bulbs and the pale white of the moon...
The Whitehall football team had a halftime lead, but Alma/Pepin scored three touchdowns in the third quarter and never looked back in a 38-13 win.
Whitehall capped a 94-yard drive with a touchdown in the final minute of the second quarter, and Riley Herman’s extra-point kick gave the Norse a 14-13...
G-E-T freshman Liliana Peterson returned a Viroqua serve during a Coulee triangular hosted at Luther High School last Tuesday. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
Despite twice leading their match with Luther by a set, the G-E-T volleyball team was unable to finish the job and earn a win over one of the top teams in the Coulee Conference.
The Knights (11-5, 6-1 Coulee) put the hammer down in the final two sets to defeat the Red Hawks (7-11, 2-4) in five 16-...
Coming off a 3-1 win over Tomah where they surrendered an early goal only to answer with a pair of goals in the first half and a final goal in the second, the Arcadia boys soccer team followed that exact same script to a win over Aquinas.
The Raiders turned aside the Blugolds 3-1 in their...
The Whitehall volleyball team went on the road twice last week and came home unblemished.
After winning a close first set, the Norse cruised to a three-set sweep over Melrose-Mindoro last Tuesday. On Thursday, Whitehall controlled all three sets as it topped Alma Center Lincoln.
The wins put...
The Independence/Gilmanton volleyball team continued to roll last week, winning three straight sets after dropping the opener to beat Augusta and set up what could be a match for the Dairyland Conference title later this week.
Augusta won the first set, 25-22, and the second could’ve gone either...
With over half of the Coulee Conference season in the books, the Arcadia volleyball team still haven’t secured that elusive first conference win of the season, with their latest setbacks coming at a triangular last Tuesday.
The Raiders (7-15, 0-7) lost in four sets to both Black River Falls and...
Blair-Taylor quarterback Mathew Beck escaped an Independence/Gilmanton defender during a second-quarter run in Friday night’s Dairyland Conference win. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
It wasn’t the way Blair-Taylor coach Seth Dale drew it up, but speed, awareness and creativity on the last play of the third quarter helped the Wildcats tie the game and swing the momentum in a 28-20 victory over Independence/Gilmanton.
Both teams were looking for their first win of the season, and...
