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Independence’s Ben Pyka put up a shot in the lane during their game against Alma Center Lincoln on Friday.     (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

The Independence boys basketball team failed to top 40 points as it lost two games last week. The Indees managed just 15 first half points in a 66-36 loss to Cashton last week Monday. On Friday, they scored 15 in the second half of a 44-40 loss to Alma Center Lincoln. Both games were played at home...
An explosive second half was key for the G-E-T boys basketball team in a matchup with county rival Arcadia last Thursday. The Red Hawks dominated after halftime, outscoring the visiting Raiders 48-20 to turn a six-point halftime lead into a 75-41 win. A Friday loss to Coulee Conference leader West...
Shayna Kirkey scored a career best 22 points and the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School girls basketball team earned its second win of the season on Friday.  The Red Hawks edged Black River Falls 43-39 on the road to improve to 2-2 in Coulee Conference play and 2-9 overall. The Tigers (0-8, 0-4)...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro Titans held Arcadia to just three wins in a home wrestling dual at Melrose-Mindoro High School on Thursday. The Titans won the event 63-18, collecting seven pins along the way. Arcadia scored all 18 of its points through pins—Ivan Aguilar took down G/M’s...
A second place finish in the all-around from senior Abby Miller helped the G-E-T/Melrose-Mindoro/C-FC (GMC) gymnastics team to a second place team finish at a Saturday invitational in Mt. Horeb. The team will hope to keep the top finishes coming when they continue competition at another...
With four tournament champions, the Blair-Taylor wrestling team took second at the Lee Griffin Invitational at Kickapoo on Saturday. The Wildcats got first-place finishes from Ryan Flynn (138), Jackson Shramek (182), Bryan Rogstad (195) and Dylan Elvaker (220) to finish second in the team standings...
The Blair-Taylor girls basketball team went on a run early in the second half to take control of a game they likely had circled on their calendars. While Bangor graduated some of the players from its 26-3 squad that defeated B-T twice last season – the only two losses B-T suffered – the Cardinals...
The Blair-Taylor boys basketball team got off to a couple of slow starts as it lost two games last week. The Wildcats managed just 15 first half points in a 46-35 loss in Melrose-Mindoro last Friday. Their offense picked up the next day at home against Bangor, but B-T’s defense struggled in an 80-...

            Grant Olson of Whitehall released a shot in the lane during their game against Cochrane-Fountain City on Friday.         (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

After two fairly convincing wins in Dairyland Conference play, the Whitehall boys basketball team lost a nonconference game last week. The Norse were dominant from the opening minutes of their game last Tuesday against Eleva-Strum, winning 84-32. On Friday, Whitehall went on a streak to begin the...

            Whitehall’s Norah Youngbauer shot a layup with Independence’s Adison Pronschinske defending during their game last Thursday.            (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

  The Whitehall girls basketball team won the most important game it had last week, but lost two others. The Norse held off a couple of Independence rallies to beat the Indees 50-43 last Thursday. That came after a 65-32 loss to Cadott on Tuesday and before a 64-40 loss to Eau Claire Regis on...

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