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For four years, the West Salem boys basketball program has been in a class all by themselves in the Coulee Conference. But with lessons learned from their close call against the Panthers earlier this winter, it was Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau who finally conquered the kings of the Coulee.
The Red...
The Arcadia boys basketball team is heading into the final week of the regular season riding the wave of back-to-back wins against non-conference competition.
The Raiders (12-10) tallied a pair of home wins on consecutive days, rolling past Whitehall and then outdueling Altoona over the weekend.
To...
Whitehall’s Cayden Johnston saved the ball from going out of bounds during their game against Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran on Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Whitehall boys basketball team was competitive in the first half of both of its games last week, but couldn’t keep up in the second half.
The team stayed close with Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran on Thursday, but the Lancers finished with a five-point edge. On Friday, Whitehall trailed by eight...
Independence/Gilmanton’s Nolan Schank finished from in close early in their game against Cochrance-Fountain City last Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Independence/Gilmanton boys basketball team got off to a fast start, but couldn’t keep up with the top team in the Dairyland Conference.
The Indees scored the first six points in the game, but it was mostly Cochrane-Fountain City from there. The Pirates surged to take the lead and took a 37-26...
A strong start by Independence/Gilmanton sophomore Grant Klimek made him the only one of 14 area wrestlers to qualify for the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division Three State Wrestling tournament.
Klimek (138, 44-8) dominated his first two matches at Saturday’s Westby sectional...
Ava Lightfoot of Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau pushed the ball up the floor in the first half of their game against West Salem last Tuesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
A couple of lopsided defeats at the hands of West Salem and Westby marked an end to the regular season for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau girls basketball team.
The Red Hawks (2-22, 1-11 Coulee) now turn their attention to the Division 2 playoffs, where they are an 11 seed. If they can go on the road...
Arcadia sophomore Kalyce Sobotta fell one win shy of earning her spot at state for this upcoming weekend.
Sobotta placed third in the 132-pound bracket at a sectional hosted by Eau Claire North last Friday. In girls wrestling sectionals, only the top two in each weight class advance to state....
Tatum Drazkowski posted a double-double with 16 points and 18 rebounds as Arcadia finished Coulee play with a win over Viroqua last Thursday. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
It did not come easy but the Arcadia girls basketball team finished up their Coulee schedule with a home win over Viroqua.
The Raiders (13-11, 8-4 Coulee) clinched a winning record overall this season and put the final touches on their third-place run through conference play with that victory...
Whitehall’s Kyla Lambeck stole a pass that was intended for Independence/Gilmanton’s Shauna Dejno during their game on Friday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
It isn’t March yet, but there was plenty of madness.
The Whitehall girls basketball team had two tournament-like finishes last week, beating Augusta at the buzzer and Independence/Gilmanton in overtime. The Norse trailed Augusta by two before freshman Paige Lisowski drained a three-pointer at the...
Cale Pickering gave the Titans their final win at last week's team sectionals, pinning Belmont/Plateville's Ethan Burggraf in the second period of their 215-pound match. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro wrestling co-op will be represented well this weekend at the individual state tournament, with a total of four Titan wrestlers making the trip to Madison to compete with the best of the best in Wisconsin.
Koda Purney (113 pounds), Colton Koss (120 pounds...
