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Independence’s Tyler Kingsbury released a shot during their game against Greenwood last week Monday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
A shot at the buzzer gave the Independence boys basketball team its second win of the season last week.
Monday’s game against Greenwood was close from the opening tip as the teams exchanged runs. The teams were tied at 50 before a shot at the buzzer gave Independence a 53-50 win.
The Indees were...
A pair of Trempealeau County wrestling teams finished inside the top 10 at a high school wrestling invitational in La Crosse on Saturday, and one wrestler left with a title in his weight class.
Arcadia took home an eighth place finish at the invite at La Crosse Logan High School, while...
The Blair-Taylor and Whitehall wrestling teams both had athletes place in a 33-team tournament at Eau Claire North on Saturday.
Two wrestlers finished in the top 10 at B-T’s Jackson Shramek (195) took second and Whitehall’s Nolan Thompson (113) was eighth. Neither had enough wrestlers to make much...
A proposed conference realignment plan for Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) football could impact the schedules of the Arcadia and Gale-Ettick-Trempealeau high school programs.
Arcadia and G-E-T would both remain Coulee Conference teams in the realignment, scheduled for the...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro High School wrestling team finished 12th at its tournament on Saturday in Wisconsin Dells.
Senior Ben Peterson led the Titans in wins, going a perfect 5-0 with four pins. Peterson collected two wins at 170 pounds and three more at 182 pounds.
Jayce...
The G-E-T/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City high school gymnastics team opened its season last week.
The GMC co-op placed sixth as a team at an invitational in West Salem on Saturday.
Senior Abby Miller led the way for the squad, scoring a 33.5 all-around, good for fifth place.
Miller...
The Independence girls basketball team had a hard time putting the ball in the basket in a pair of losses last week.
The Indees stuck with Cashton for a half, but they managed just 12 points in the second half as the Eagles flew away for a 43-27 win. It was the first half that was troublesome...
The Independence boys basketball team got big games from a few players as it picked up its first win of the season before falling in a Dairyland Conference game last week.
The Indees put up a season-high 87 points as they held on for a win over Coulee Christian/Providence Academy last week Monday....
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau senior Nevaeh Becker let a deep shot fly in a nonconference girls basketball game last Tuesday at G-E-T High School. The Red Hawks fell 58-28 at the hands of undefeated Bangor. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Coach Louis Hurd has scribbled the same words onto a whiteboard for his young team to read before most games this 2022-23 season.
‘Learn how to win. Expect to win,’ often greets the players in writing ahead of tip-off. It was that same message that was delivered by the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau...
The Whitehall girls basketball team had a difficult time sticking with two Dairyland Conference opponents last week.
The Norse actually stuck with Blair-Taylor about as well as any team had up until that point when the two teams played last week Tuesday. The Wildcats, however, went on a run and won...
