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G-E-T's Sami Filla pushes the ball as Sparta's Elexa Jones looks to keep pace on defense last Thursday in Galesville. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau girls basketball team suffered their latest non-conference loss to begin the new year.
The Red Hawks (0-12) kicked off 2025 with a home loss to Sparta, which came on the heels of a pair of defeats at a holiday tournament to wrap up 2024.
A run of road games for G-E-T...
Whitehall’s Mason Pientok chased a loose ball after a Melrose-Mindoro player knocked a pass away during their game on Friday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Whitehall boys basketball team’s offense exploded in the second half as it pulled away from Melrose-Mindoro on Friday.
The game between two teams that have been among the best in the Dairyland Conference in recent seasons was tied at halftime, but Whitehall took control in the second half for a...
Rielynn Sheahan of Independence/Gilmanton drove toward the basket during their game against Boyceville on Friday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Independence/Gilmanton girls basketball team won a lopsided road game before sneaking out a home victory last week.
The Indees went on a big run before halftime of a 79-34 win at Cornell on Thursday. The team began the second half with an 11-1 run against Boyceville at home on Friday and held...
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro's Gunnar Johnson tries to keep Iowa-Grant/Highland's Tyson Imhoff on the mat during their 157-pound quarterfinal match at the Bi-State Classic. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
At one of the biggest in-season tournaments of the season, Gunnar Johnson wrestled his way to a quarterfinal appearance and an eventual podium finish.
Johnson placed seventh overall in the 157-pound bracket at the 2024 Bi-State Classic, which was held Dec. 27 and 28 at the La Crosse Center. Johnson...
Arcadia's Kaitlyn Bremer is fouled while going up for a shot in the second half of the Raiders' game against Onalaska last Friday. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
A consistently tight battle between the Arcadia girls basketball team and Onalaska nearly yielded a road win for the Raiders to kick off the new calendar year, but it was the Hilltoppers who found the stronger finishing kick.
A week prior to the Onalaska loss, Arcadia had fallen to Fall Creek on...
Whitehall’s Trinity Aasen put up a shot during their game against Melrose-Mindoro on Friday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Melrose-Mindoro scored the first 13 points of the game and ended regulation with a buzzer-beater, but the Whitehall girls basketball team prevailed in overtime.
The Norse got back in the game and trailed by just five at halftime before taking the lead early in the second half. Whitehall had the...
Carlos Flores of Independence/Gilmanton made a move toward the basket during the team’s win over Boyceville on Friday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
With two lopsided wins last week, the Independence/Gilmanton boys basketball team has already won more than it did in the 2023-24 season.
The Indees took control of both of its games early last week. The team took a double-digit lead into halftime of both its 67-29 road win over Cornell on Thursday...
Nolan Smith of Arcadia released a shot in the post during their game against Stanley-Boyd on Dec. 27. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
A spirited effort on the road was not enough for the Arcadia boys basketball team to avoid suffering their first conference loss of the season at the hands of West Salem to begin the new year.
The Raiders had previously beaten Stanley-Boyd in non-conference action to wrap up 2024 on Dec. 27. On...
The Whitehall boys basketball team lost to the Dairyland Conference Large Division’s top team on Dec. 20, falling to 2-5 on the season.
Osseo-Fairchild appears to be running away with the DC-Large title in its first season in the conference. The win put the team at 7-0, four games ahead of second-...
Sparta senior Gavin Rhead and Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau junior Mason Brone each showed out in the non-conference clash between their two teams. In the end, it was Rhead and the Spartans who stood tall at the final buzzer.
The Spartans (5-2) welcomed in Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (3-4) and sent them...
