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Three wrestlers from the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro Titans co-op will have a chance at a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association state title this week at the Kohl Center in Madison.
Tanner Andersen (132 pounds), Braydon Lockington (220) and Jackson Blaken (126) each qualified...
Wrestlers from Blair-Taylor, Independence/Gilmanton and Whitehall advanced to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Wrestling Tournament by placing in the top three at the Saint Croix Fall sectional on Saturday.
Blair-Taylor’s Jackson Shramek (170) and Independence/Gilmanton’s...
Arcadia’s Vince Braun released a shot during their game against Onalaska Luther on Friday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The competition was stiff for the Arcadia boys basketball team last week and it showed as they suffered a pair of lopsided losses to two of the areas best teams.
The Raiders opened play on the road last Monday, falling to La Crosse Aquinas (17-6) 83-37. On Friday, they struggled in a 75-48 loss to...
Kanah Slaby of Arcadia went in for a layup during their game against West Salem last Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Arcadia girls basketball team struggled on both ends of the floor in two Coulee Conference losses to close out the regular season.
The Raiders gave up at least 76 points in a 30-point loss to Onalaska Luther last week Tuesday and allowed 75 in a 38-point loss to West Salem.
Arcadia finished...
Whitehall’s Nylah Lisowski drove to the basket during Thursday’s game against Cochrane-Fountain City. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Whitehall girls basketball team seems to have found its way out of a tough stretch just as the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association tournament is set to begin.
The Norse had lost six of seven entering last week and hadn’t topped 45 points in any of those games. That changed last...
Strong play continued for the Whitehall boys basketball team last week as they clinched the Dairyland Conference Large Division title with a win over Augusta on Tuesday.
It was a balanced attack for the Norse as they pulled away in the second half for a 76-57 conference-clinching road win over...
Ben Pyka of Independence put up a shot in the lane during their game against Gilmanton on Friday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Independence boys basketball team was close, but came up empty in two Dairyland Conference games last week.
The Indees had a one-point lead at halftime against Alma/Pepin, but the Eagles took control in the second half of a 49-37 win last Tuesday. On Friday, the Indees were in the game...
G-E-T senior Emily Nelson readied to toss a layup toward the net in the closing minutes of a 59-43 loss to Luther at G-E-T High School last Thursday. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
As the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School girls basketball team readied for their final regular season game against the second best team in the Coulee Conference on Thursday, coach Louis Hurd wrote the top priority for his team on a whiteboard.
The words — ‘handle a run’— were simple, but the...
It’s playoff time for the Blair-Taylor High School girls basketball team, one of the best in the region and state.
The second-seeded Wildcats (23-1 this season) closed the regular season with a pair of routs last week, taking care of Independence on the road on Tuesday before visiting Melrose-...
The Blair-Taylor High School boys basketball team added two more wins last week as the 2021-22 season nears its end — the Wildcats have just one more game on their schedule before the postseason begins next week.
The Wildcats won a pair of Dairyland Large Conference games on the road last week, the...
