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The Independence girls basketball team earned a split in two games played in Jackson County last week.
The Indees were losing to Black River Falls by 11 points in the second half before a strong finished gave them a 44-39 win. They couldn’t get that kind of finish on Friday as they fell to Alma...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro High School wrestling co-op wrestled to a third place finish at a Richland Center Invitational last Saturday despite missing three of the team’s starting wrestlers.
Team scores for the event weren’t reported. G-E-T/Mel-Min wrestled at Tomah on Tuesday....
One of the top teams in the state handed the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School boys basketball team its first loss of the 2021-22 season last Monday.
Bangor stormed to a 46-point first half and kept the pressure on in the second half, downing the visiting Red Hawks 80-51.
G-E-T, now 3-1 on the...
Blair-Taylor junior Jaren Swanson shot a three-pointer in a loss to Augusta last Thursday. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
An impressive winning streak came to an end last week for the Blair-Taylor High School boys basketball program.
The Wildcats dropped a pair of conference games to Cochrane-Fountain City on Tuesday and Augusta on Thursday. The loss to C-FC was the first in 33 conference contests for the Wildcats....
Arcadia sophomore Casidi Pehler looked toward the hoop in the second half of a Coulee Conference win over Black River Falls last Friday. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
The Arcadia High School girls basketball team knows the film from a Coulee Conference home game against Black River Falls last Friday won’t show an easy-to-watch performance. But the final result — a 63-53 win — is all the Raiders care about, coach Lucas Passehl said.
The win was one of two on the...
Whitehall’s Aidan Sonsalla split two Eleva-Strum defenders during their game last week. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
After struggling offensively in their Dairyland Conference opener, the Whitehall boys basketball team started strong and came away with two convincing wins last week.
The Norse scored more points in the first halves of their games against Augusta last Tuesday and Eleva-Strum last Thursday than they...
Lindsay Steien of Blair-Taylor pushed the ball up the floor during their game against Melrose-Mindoro last week. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
After watching his team score around 65 points per game through the Blair-Taylor High School girls basketball team’s first four games, coach Jesse Lien has seen the Wildcats unlock even more offense in their last three contests.
The Wildcats scored 98 points in a win over De Soto last week and...
Kyle Obieglo of Blair-Taylor adjusted to get his shot off at the basket during last week’s game against Eleva-Strum. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Four wins in four games should have Blair-Taylor boys basketball coach Randy Storlie happy ahead of the holiday break.
The Wildcats extended their strong start to the 2021-22 season with wins over Eleva-Strum last Tuesday and De Soto on Saturday.
Blair-Taylor continued play by hosting Cochrane-...
The middle weight classes proved to be the difference for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro High School wrestling team in a dual meet against Neilsville/Greenwood/Loyal last Tuesday.
The dual was tied before the Titans took control and went on for a 48-30 win. G/M added three more wins...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School girls basketball team was ready from the start in a win over Coulee Conference opponent Westby last Thursday at home.
The Red Hawks (3-4 overall, 2-0 Coulee Conference) visited conference power West Salem on Tuesday.
G-E-T 56, Westby 51
Senior Lindsey...
