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Gilmanton took an early lead and won what could be the last game between two Dairyland Conference rivals, defeating Independence, 60-41, on Friday.
The two school districts have expanded a cooperative agreement that will combine the two teams beginning next season. That means last week’s game in...
Blair-Taylor’s Sydney Fremstad saved the ball from going out of bounds during their regional semifinal game against Wonewoc-Center on Friday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
After struggling at the end of the regular season, the Blair-Taylor girls basketball team returned to form, controlling two games from the start to win the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division Five regional title last week.
The Wildcats went ahead by 20 early in their regional...
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro’s Ben Peterson tried to escape from Northwestern’s Tanner Kaufman during their match at the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Tournament on Friday. (Photograph by Mike Poulos)
The 2022-23 high school wrestling season is officially over for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro and Arcadia wrestling teams following one last weekend of competition at the 2023 individual state championships last weekend.
None of the county wrestlers medaled in Division Two of the...
GMC senior Abby Miller performed her floor routine at last Saturday's sectional gymnastics meet at West Salem High School. Miller will compete in three events at the WIAA Division Two individual state gymnastics tournament this weekend, her fourth straight qualification. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Abby Miller dismounted from the balance beam and flashed a smile toward the judges’ table in a closing round at Saturday’s Division Two sectional gymnastics meet at West Salem High School.
The senior took a step toward her coaches and teammates, and that’s when emotion took over for the entire...
Blair-Taylor’s Jackson Shramek flipped Aquinas’ Brett Ziolkowski during a WIAA Division Three wrestling regional at Aquinas High School Feb. 11. Shramek won his opening match at yesterday’s individual state wrestling championships to keep his chance at a state title alive at 182 pounds. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Four Trempealeau County prep wrestlers are still in the running for an individual state wrestling title after Thursday’s opening day of the 2023 state championships in Madison, and two others could finish as high as third.
Alex Wieczorek won his first-ever state tournament match on Thursday,...
Arcadia junior Maverick Drazkowski leapt through a pair of Luther defenders to get off a shot attempt in the second half of last Friday’s 95-66 loss at Luther High School. Drazkowski finished with a team-high 22 points. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
A five-game winning streak for the Arcadia High School boys basketball team, including four conference wins, was ended by a state power last week.
Arcadia (12-10 overall, 5-6 Coulee Conference) earned its fifth straight win with a dominant performance against Viroqua last Monday before Luther, the...
After taking a big lead at halftime, the Independence boys basketball team struggled in the second half, falling to Alma/Pepin, 61-60, on Friday.
The Indees led by nine points at halftime, but the Eagles went on a run early in the second half to take the lead. The teams went back and forth, but...
West Salem was crowned the 2023 conference champions at Friday’s Coulee Conference gymnastics championship at Westby High School.
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City co-op came in third place at the event with a 134.275, with Viroqua finishing in second place at 136....
Independence’s defense kept the game close for a half, but they didn’t have enough of-fense to pull through for the win.
The Indees trailed 21-16 at halftime, but pulled within a basket when Amiah Ives con-verted a three-point play two minutes into the second half. Independence’s defense kept Au-...
Whitehall’s Trinity Aasen released a shot during their game against Eleva-Strum last Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Whitehall girls basketball team struggled in the first half of one loss and in the second of another last week.
Whitehall managed just 15 points in the first half of a 53-42 home loss to Eleva-Strum on Thursday. They got off to a much better start the next day, but struggled in the second half...
