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Arcadia’s Kaiden Rotering drove to the basket during Friday’s regional semifinal loss to Stanley-Boyd. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
A winning regular season earned Arcadia the opportunity to play at home in its playoff opener. But a hot-shooting Stanley-Boyd squad spoiled the chance for the Raiders to treat their home fans to a postseason victory.
No. 5 seed Stanley-Boyd (15-12) turned aside No. 4 seed Arcadia (13-12) 63-51 in...
Mason Brone of Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau put up a contested shot during Friday’s regional semifinal loss to Berlin. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau boys basketball team hit its stride late in the season, winning 12 of its last 13 games, including a signature victory over West Salem. However, they saw their year end abruptly with a loss in their first playoff game.
No. 6 seed Berlin (17-9) came into Russ Lund...
CJ Dummer of Blair-Taylor looked for a shot during the team’s regional quarterfinal game against Elmwood/Plum City last week Tuesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Blair-Taylor boys basketball team narrowly avoided an upset, then struggled in the next round of tournament play as its season came to an end last week.
The (5) Wildcats needed a basket in the final minute to sneak past (12) Plum City/Elmwood last week Tuesday. On Friday, the team had a...
Blair-Taylor’s Andi Beck put up a shot between two Eleva-Strum defenders during their sectional semifinal game in Arcadia on Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Despite being down 16-2 at one point in the first half, the Blair-Taylor girls basketball team had chances to win the sectional semifinal game against Eleva-Strum, but Samantha Aguilar’s three-pointer at the buzzer was off and B-T’s season ended with a 64-61 loss.
After falling behind early, the...
GMC junior Tori Thoma launched off the vault during the WIAA state gymnastics meet last Friday in Wisconsin Rapids. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
Last year, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau’s Taylor Gallup got to experience state for the first time as part of the individual competition. For the swan song to her successful high school gymnastics career, Gallup once again made it back to Wisconsin Rapids for the state meet. But this time, she got to...
Eleva-Strum's Avaya Zwiefelhofer fought past a wave of Barneveld defenders during a D5 sectional final last Saturday at Logan High School in La Crosse. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
It’s been nothing less than a storybook season for the Eleva-Strum girls basketball program under first-year head coach Dave Hazuga, as they rocketed from a five-win campaign last year to winning the Dairyland Large Conference and following it up with a postseason run that brought them a regional...
By any measure, that was an outstanding regular season for the Wisconsin men’s basketball team. I think any Badgers fan would’ve gladly signed up for a 23-8 record and a tie for fourth in the Big Ten standings given what the preseason expectations were.
However, it’s undeniable that Wisconsin heads...
Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst caught a lot of flak at the NBA trade deadline over the moves he both did and didn’t make. Though it’s too early yet to make any grand declarations about the state of the revamped Bucks, the early returns have been very promising.
Milwaukee has won five of...
Two wrestlers from Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro — Colton Koss (above) and Gunnar Johnson (below) — took second at the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Tournament in Madison last week. (Times photographs by Zach Rastall)
Colton Koss was the No. 1 overall seed in his weight class who was coming off a third-place finish at state a year ago as a sophomore. Gunnar Johnson was the No. 6 seed in his weight class competing in the final wrestling tournament of his high school career.
Though that duo of Gale-Ettrick-...
Blair-Taylor’s Ethan Knisely went to the basket for two points during the team’s game against Independence/Gilmanton last week Monday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Blair-Taylor boys basketball team got off to fast starts in both of its games but was only able to win one.
The Wildcats scored 40 points in the first half of a 69-49 win over Independence/Gilmanton last week Tuesday. On Thursday, B-T scored 33 points and trailed Osseo-Fairchild by just three...
