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Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro junior Jackson Blaken fought off Mineral Point’s Kade Rule at the start of a 132-pound wrestling match at last Thursday’s Bi-State Classic at the La Crosse Center. The 14th-seeded Blaken fought back through the consolation bracket to place ninth with a 7-2 record at the tournament. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Jackson Blaken battled back from an early loss and worked his way to a top-10 finish at the Bi-State Classic last week to lead the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro wrestling team.
The 14th-seeded Blaken was the only Titan wrestler to place, finishing ninth in the 132-pound bracket by...
Arcadia’s Eric Rodriguez flipped Brogan Cary of Kickapoo/La Farge in the 220-pound match of a triangular last Tuesday at Arcadia High School. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce
Home cooking just in time for the holidays.
That’s what was on the menu for the Arcadia High School wrestling team last week as they hosted a triangular meet on Tuesday with West Salem/Bangor and Kickapoo/La Farge. The Raiders fell to the WSB Catbirds but won over the latter to split the event....
The Independence girls basketball team fell behind early and couldn’t keep up with one of the top teams in the Dairyland Conference on the road last week Tuesday.
The Hornets (7-1 on the season, 5-0 in DC play) put up 35 points in the first half to take a 20-point lead into halftime. They didn’t...
Eight different players scored a basket and three players finished in double digits last Tuesday for the Arcadia High School boys basketball team as they worked through Eleva-Strum.
The Raiders (2-2 this season) held a comfortable 46-4 lead at halftime and left with a 72-15 win.
Senior Connor...
Casidi Pehler powered toward the basket in a 76-32 loss to Bangor last Tuesday at Arcadia High School. The junior finished with 11 points for the Raiders. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce
As the Arcadia High School girls basketball team was preparing for last Tuesday’s game against Bangor, they knew they were up against a tall task.
Bangor, 6-1 on the year, has cruised through the start of the 2022-23 season and looks to be one of the area powers again this winter. The visiting...
For one half, the Whitehall girls basketball team was right there with one of the best teams in the Dairyland Conference, but the second half was another story.
The Norse were tied on the road with Cochrane-Fountain City (5-3) at halftime of their game last week Tuesday. In the second half, however...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro high school wrestling team entered the holiday season as winners last week.
The G/M Titans swept their home triangular with Westby and Black River Falls on Tuesday, handling Westby 72-6 before taking down Black River Falls 69-12.
The Titans are preparing...
On a night that was decided by a single basket, the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau boys basketball team was in the fight until the very end of last Monday’s nonconference loss to Tomah.
The Red Hawks ultimately fell to the Timberwolves 61-58 in a game that saw plenty of offense—Tomah had three players...
The Arcadia High School gymnastics team fell at the hands of Viroqua last week as the Raiders continue through the 2022-23 season. Arcadia was scheduled to visit West Salem/Aquinas for a quad tournament Jan. 5.
Against Viroqua, Hannah Gierok and Nora Bergerson each cracked the top five in the all-...
Whitehall’s Seth Lambeck released a shot in the lane during their game against Osseo-Fairchild last Tuesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
It took a few minutes for Whitehall’s offense to get going, but they took a lead in the first half and held off Osseo-Fairchild for the win.
Whitehall went nearly four minutes without scoring to begin the game, but still managed 27 points in the first half as they beat O-F, 62-55.
The win kept the...
