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While the Blair-Taylor football team was in control for most of their game against Independence/Gilmanton, it wasn’t until the end of the third quarter that the outcome was no longer in doubt.
B-T scored once in the first quarter and again in the second to take a 16-0 lead, but the Indees had the...
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau’s Sam Ruiter led the Red Hawks to the team title by finishing fifth at the Jesse Brone Invitational hosted by Cochrane-Fountain City last Thursday while (below) Whitehall’s Brayden Lisowski was 38th in the meet. (Times photographs by Andrew Dannehy)
Depth was the difference between the top two teams as Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau had three runners finish inside the top 10 and all five in the top 30 to win the Jesse Brone Invitational at Cochrane-Fountain City High School on Thursday.
The Red Hawks scored 56 points to top the field, while Blair-...
Senior Shane Corcoran attempted to haul down Aquinas quarterback Jackson Flottmeyer during a 44-22 Coulee Conference loss to the visiting Blugolds last Friday. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Most people scanning the Friday night football schedule last week likely didn’t pause for long when they saw that the defending Division Five state champions — who went undefeated in 2021— were set to play a Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau team that won a single game last year.
For G-E-T coach Paul...
The Blair-Taylor volleyball team won three matches at its season-opening quadrangular hosted by Elmwood/Plum City.
The Wildcats came away with wins 2-0 wins over Alma/Pepin, E/PC and Shell Lake.
They won the first set against A/P 25-23 before controlling the second for a 25-12 win. Seniors...
Just two minutes into the second quarter last Friday, the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School football team appeared to be right back in the game during a battle of the birds.
Quarterback Cody Schmitz had just exploded for a 49-yard touchdown to get the Red Hawks within striking distance of the...
When Blair-Taylor scored to tie the game with 16 seconds remaining, it seemed like overtime was inevitable. But the Wildcats had no answer for Elmwood/Plum City’s Trevor Asher as the senior broke through for the game-winning score 14 seconds later.
B-T coach Andy Nehring was proud of the way his ...
Independence/Gilmanton senior Hunter Guenther threw the ball 30 yards downfield on a fake punt to close the first half of a 67-7 loss to host Cashton last Friday. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
As cheers flooded the football field at Cashton High School last Friday and the final tones of the National Anthem faded, the visiting Independence/Gilmaton Indees gathered on the sideline preparing for what would be a grueling battle with one of the best teams in all of Division Seven.
The ensuing...
With two top-10 finishers, the Blair-Taylor boys cross country team finished sixth in the season-opening Cashton Invitational on Saturday.
Kristoffer Sandal was fourth and Delorean Peterson took seventh overall for the Wildcats as they scored 147 team points. The B-T girls team also competed, but...
After two straight seasons of reaching the WIAA Division Four State Tournament, the Arcadia High School boys soccer team kicked off the 2022 season last week with dreams of going for the three-peat.
La Crosse Central hosted the Raiders in a season opener at Fields for Kids last Thursday in an...
Arcadia’s Egan Pauly made his way to the sideline after picking up a block from (13) Cam Boland on a touchdown run against Whitehall on Friday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
A two-score lead was in jeopardy as the Whitehall football team was driving down for a potential game-winning drive, but a high snap helped Arcadia preserve the 22-19 victory.
Arcadia seemed to have taken control midway through the third quarter when a touchdown and two-point conversion put them...
