Sports
Gunnar Johnson fought for control during a match at the Bi-State Classic in the La Crosse Center last Wednesday. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Mel-Min High School wrestling co-op competed in one of the biggest events of the 2021-22 season last week, facing numerous other schools in the Wisconsin Bi-State Classic at the La Crosse Center on Wednesday and Thursday.
Tanner Andersen led the Titans with a second-...
Senior Kylie Schmitz fought for a rebound in the first half of a loss at Onalaska High School last Tuesday. Schmitz led G-E-T with eight rebounds. Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
As his team huddled together at halftime in a nonconference game at Onalaska High School last Tuesday, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau girls basketball coach Louis Hurd made his message clear.
“It’s going to take a team effort on defense,” he told the Red Hawks before they took the court for the second...
A 34-point night from Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School sophomore Cody Schmitz helped the Red Hawks past Holmen last Monday.
The host Vikings held an eight-point lead at the break, but the Red Hawks (4-1) outscored Holmen 38-26 in the second half to steal the win.
For Schmitz, the game was a...
The first win continues to be elusive for the Arcadia boys basketball team as they fell just short against Eleva-Strum last week Tuesday.
The 54-50 loss put Arcadia at 0-7 on the season with two of the losses being by fewer than five points and three by fewer than 10. The Raiders were scheduled to...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro High School wrestling co-op relied on its heavyweight wrestlers to lead them past the host Timberwolves in a 42-32 dual meet last Tuesday at Tomah High School.
Tomah got the start they wanted, winning at 120, 126 and 132 pounds after the dual opened with...
Independence’s Adison Pronschinske attempted to pass to Avery Pape while Whitehall’s Norah Youngbauer defended during their game last Tuesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Whitehall girls basketball team got off to a fast start and went on to complete a season sweep of Independence last week.
The Norse scored 16 of the first 20 points and held on for a six-point win last week Tuesday.
The win put Whitehall at 5-4 on the season and they’ll be off until this coming...
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School senior Lindsey Lettner tossed an underhand lay up in the second half of a Coulee Conference loss to West Salem last Tuesday. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Eight minutes into a game against Coulee Conference-leading West Salem, the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School girls basketball team was within reach.
The Red Hawks had overcome an early 9-2 deficit and found themselves down just two points, 13-11, after winning some key battles below the net and...
The Whitehall girls basketball team had a difficult time getting points on the board in two losses last week.
The Norse failed to score more than 32 points in either game as they got off to slow starts and never recovered, falling to Eleva-Strum last Tuesday and Cochrane-Fountain City on Friday....
Arcadia’s Cruz Patzner fought for control during their dual against Westby on Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Forfeits kept the Arcadia wrestling team in the dual against Westby last Thursday, but the home team managed to win just one match on the mat.
Arcadia received five forfeits, which typically would’ve been enough to win a dual, but they won just 1-5 in the matches that were decided on the mat.
The...
Arcadia’s Richard Gomez drew contact on a shot attempt during their game against Tomah last week. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Arcadia High School boys basketball team didn’t get much rest last week.
The Raiders played three games in five days, dropping efforts against Viroqua, Tomah and Neillsville. Arcadia was close in a couple of the games as they led Viroqua at halftime and were tied with Tomah. No further...
