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Whitehall’s Avery Sonsalla worked to get a pass around Blair-Taylor’s Lindsay Steien during their game on Friday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Two of the top teams in the Dairyland Conference proved to be too much for the Whitehall girls basketball team last week.
The Norse led Melrose-Mindoro at halftime of their game last week Tuesday, but the Mustangs had a big second half to win by 13. Whitehall stuck with Blair-Taylor early in Friday...
The Whitehall boys basketball team wasn’t able to recover from a slow start as it fell to Durand last week.
The Panthers scored 20 of the first 25 points in the game before the Norse got back into it. The Norse got the lead down to single digits before halftime and were within six at 31-25 early in...
G-E-T’s Aleah Hunter drove to the basket in a 64-51 loss to Altoona last Tuesday. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
For much of a nonconference girls basketball game at Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School last Tuesday, the host Red Hawks were doing their part to keep a bigger and more physical Altoona team from gathering rebounds and limiting the visitors to a single chance.
But timely turnovers and defensive...
Avery Pape of Independence drove to the basket during their game against Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran last week Tuesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Independence girls basketball team had a chance late, but a turnover clinched the win for Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran.
The Indees had the ball trailing by a basket, but a turnover in the closing seconds gave it back to the Lancers, who clinched the game with a free throw.
The loss put...
Coming into the season, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School boys basketball coach Jared McCutchen wasn’t sure what to expect.
Now three games — and three wins — into the year, McCutchen said his team is proving itself. The Red Hawks beat Cochrane-Fountain City 79-68 last Monday before beating...
After leading through the first six matches — the lightweight wrestlers — in a season-opening dual at Cadott High School, the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro wrestling team saw its lead vanish quickly.
Cadott would go on to win the match 43-30.
Cadott won four straight matches by pins in...
Arcadia senior Kianna Suchla shot a three-pointer in the first half of a 55-45 win over Westby on Friday. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
As the gymnasium at Westby High School slowly emptied on Friday, screams from the visiting locker room erupted and echoed through the far end of a nearby hallway — the Arcadia girls basketball team was winless no more.
The Raiders (1-3, 1-0 Coulee Conference) overcame a strong run by Westby in the...
Blair-Taylor’s Abby Thompson pushed the ball up the floor after a steal during their game against Whitehall on Friday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Blair-Taylor junior Lindsay Steien reached a milestone as her team scored two convincing wins in Dairyland Conference play last week.
Less than three full games into her junior season, Steien scored the 1,000th point of her career last Friday against Whitehall. The basket that put her at that mark...
Caden Kruse of Blair-Taylor drew contact during a shot attempt during their game against Greenwood last Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
If the first two games are any indication of what the Blair-Taylor boys basketball team will bring to the table this season, one thing is for certain — the scoring will come in droves.
The Wildcats scored 81 points to down Greenwood in their season opener last Thursday before keeping the offense...
Max Marsolek of Independence/Gilmanton worked for a pin during Thursday’s dual against Mondovi. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Two pins and five forfeits gave the Independence/Gilmanton wrestling team a win in its first match of the season last week Tuesday.
Facing former coach Chad Risler, the Indees began the match with two pins in new coach Ryan Guza’s debut. The Buffaloes came back to take the lead, but three forfeits...
