Sports
The teams split the six matches that were wrestled, but Independence/Gilmanton beat Mondovi/Eleva-Strum, 48-18, thanks to five forfeits.
Sam Marsolek (138), Mason Gierok (170) and Gavin Bragger (182) all picked up pins for the Indees. Marsolek topped Coby Vollmer in 2:47 while Gierok stuck Hunter...
The Independence boys basketball team had a tough time getting stops in three losses last week.
They gave up 51 points in the first half of an 84-43 loss to Neillsville on the road last week Monday. They returned home on Thursday, but fell to Whitehall, 87-45, (see more elsewhere in Sports) and...
Arcadia’s Breah Golden released a three pointer during their game against West Salem last week. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Arcadia girls basketball team dropped a trio of games last week, pushing its losing streak to six games.
Arcadia (3-10 overall, 2-3 Coulee Conference) has a pair of chances to stop that skid this week, the first on Tuesday at G-E-T and the second on Friday at St. Croix Central.
“I think they’...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro wrestling team had a busy week, stacking up multiple wins along the way.
The Titans took down area power West Salem/Bangor in a dual last Tuesday before leaving a quad meet at Aquinas on Friday with a win, a tie and a loss.
This week will see G/M visit...
Olivia Killian of Whitehall put up a shot during their game against Alma/Pepin last week Tuesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
After a touch start, the Whitehall girls basketball team finished the week with a win.
The Norse fell behind Cochrane-Fountain City early in their game last week Tuesday. Whitehall fought back to make the game competitive, but the Pirates held on. The Norse then lost to Alma/Pepin, 51-48, before...
Blair-Taylor boys basketball coach Randy Storlie said his team finally put together two good games in a row as they picked up a pair of wins last week.
The Wildcats had a two-point lead at halftime at Cochrane-Fountain City before breaking the game open for a 15-point win last Friday. They were...
Arcadia senior Connor Weltzien drew a foul as he let a shot fly in the lane during last Friday’s 83-43 loss at West Salem High School. The Panthers, the top ranked team in Division Three, overcame an early Arcadia lead to win. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
There are tough weeks on every prep basketball team’s schedule, and the Arcadia boys team last week faced possibly its toughest of 2022-23.
Coulee Conference foe Luther is ranked fifth in Division Four, and they took care of the Raiders in a tight battle on Tuesday. Previously undefeated West Salem...
Trista Thill performed her beam routine at the McLellan Invite at Holmen High School last Saturday. Thill finished third in the event with a 9.15. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Top of the podium.
That’s where fans could find the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City (GMC) high school gymnastics co-op last Saturday, as the squad worked their way to a first place finish at the McLellan Invite in Holmen.
All five varsity gymnasts for GMC finished...
Whitehall’s Preston Schroeder put up a shot during their game against Independence on Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Whitehall boys basketball team had three of its highest-scoring games of the season as it won all three last week.
The Norse finished Tuesday’s game at home against Mondovi strong as they scored 73 points in a six-point win. On Thursday, they put up a new season-high 87 points as they finished...
Whitehall’s Frank Juresh went for a takedown during his match at Tuesday’s dual against Osseo-Fairchild/Augusta. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Whitehall wrestling team received seven forfeits and picked up two pins in a nonconference dual win over Osseo-Fairchild/Augusta.
The teams were tied at 18 before Whitehall’s Ashton Hanson (132), Oriah Anderson (138), Matthew Poulos (145) and Brandon Fonstad (152) all received forfeits. Then...
