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A 25-yard fumble return for a touchdown opened a Coulee Conference game between the top team in Division Five and Arcadia last week. It was a sign of what was to come in a 46-6 win for Aquinas.
Arcadia is set to visit Altoona (3-4 overall, 2-3 Coulee Conference) this week.
The unbeaten Blugolds are...
Last week started on a down note for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School volleyball team. That’s putting a tough Monday loss to Onalaska Luther lightly, according to the program’s coach.
But the Red Hawks rebounded and looked in prime form against Black River Falls at home on Tuesday, sweeping...
The Independence/Gilmanton football team couldn’t get anything going offensively in a 14-8 road loss to Melrose-Mindoro on Friday night.
The Indees managed just 55 yards — their only score came on a kick return — as the Mustangs scored twice in the third quarter and that was enough for the win.
The...
The Independence volleyball team won one five set match and lost another last week.
The Indees won the second and third sets to take a 2-1 lead over Whitehall last week Tuesday, but lost the next two to drop the match (see story elsewhere in Sports). On Thursday, they went back and forth against...

Arcadia senior Whitney Sonsalla watched her putt roll toward the hole at a regional golf tournament in Black River Falls last Wednesday. Sonsalla paced county golfers with an 89 to propel Arcadia to a third place finish and a berth to the sectional meet in Prairie du Chien this Monday. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Hit the refresh button. Take a bite. Refresh.
It was a sequence repeated over and over again by the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School girls golf team last Wednesday as they ate at a restaurant and waited for the final scores to load from its regional tournament in Black River Falls.
The Red...
Last Friday was another banner day for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School football team in the running game.
The Red Hawks collected nearly 380 yards on the ground in a 42-14 home win over Altoona, a victory that ties G-E-T for third in the Coulee Conference standings at 3-2, behind only...
When Arcadia’s soccer program lost its opening game at the WIAA state tournament last fall, coach Luis Cruz had an official tell him that he wanted to see Arcadia back in 2022. If the team’s recent play is a hint at what’s to come in the playoffs, they could be in good shape for such a return....
When gut check time came, the Whitehall football team came through as they held on for their first win of the season, beating Eleva-Strum 28-21 last Friday.
Whitehall seemed to have taken control with a touchdown that put them ahead by 14 points with 5:22 left in the game, but a quick score and an...
Two more wins kept the Blair-Taylor volleyball team undefeated and a couple of wins this week would put the team in position to win the Dairyland Conference title.
It wasn’t easy early last week as the Wildcats needed a fifth set to defeat Alma Center Lincoln last week Tuesday, but they came out...
On a night last Friday that saw the Arcadia High School football team rack up just 120 yards of offense, it was a long kick return and defensive power that put the Raiders back into the thick of the Coulee Conference race.
Arcadia sits at 3-3 on the year and 2-2 in the Coulee after last week’s 20-...


