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The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau girls basketball team found themselves chasing more often than they would have liked in a 9-15 season last year. The offense missed contributions from the school’s all-time leading scorer, 2019 graduate Lexi Wagner (21.3 points per game), along with a high-powered...
A five-team late-season race for the Coulee Conference title last season ended up with Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau finishing a game out of the top spot, behind rival West Salem. As the Red Hawks look ahead to 2020-2021, they embark on a new season without five of their top six scorers from a season...
The loss of six seniors — including two who scored more than 1,000 points in their careers — and the head coach from last year’s Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association state-qualifying team haven’t done much to change expectations, at least in the regular season. “The expectations we have...

            Wildcat Kierstyn Kindschy attempted a running layup during Blair-Taylor's 58-51 win over Whitehall on Friday.             (Times photograph by Zac Bellman)

Blair-Taylor girls basketball got their season off to a 1-0 start Friday, edging past Whitehall in a game that was close throughout. Missed opportunities at the line played a role at both ends of the court, but B-T’s nine of 21 attempts ultimately helped them pull away late over Whitehall’s seven...
Blair-Taylor boys basketball got their season started with a convincing win over Loyal at home on Saturday. The Wildcats overpowered the Greyhounds, steadily expanding a 10-point halftime lead as the game wore on. “It was a good first game, but we have things to improve on for sure,” said B-T head...
Two Whitehall volleyball players broke up a string of Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran players on the All-Dairyland Conference First Team, announced last week. Allison Koepke and Nylah Lisowski were both first-team honors, making Whitehall the only team outside of ECIL to have more than one player on...

 

 

Women have waited long enough for their opportunities to break through in male-dominated sports leagues, and some significant strides have been made in recent weeks. Those following developments across the NFL, MLB and NCAA in over the past month have probably caught wind of the names Kim Ng, Sarah...
With four All Dairyland Conference First Team selections on offense and three more on defense, the Blair-Taylor football team took up the most spots on the team announced last week. Cain Fremstad, quarterback and safety, and Kyle Steien, wide receiver and linebacker, were both honored on both the...

 Emerson Pronschinske of Independence drove to the basket during their game against Whitehall on Friday.            (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

A late free throw sent the game to overtime, but the Independence girls basketball team outscored Whitehall 11-4 in the extra period to take home a 59-52 win in the season opener for both teams on Friday. The Indees led for most of the second half, but Whitehall’s outside shooting kept them in the...
Despite entering the 2020-21 season ranked first in Division Five in state polls, the Blair-Taylor boys basketball team knows that little is promised by such a distinction. The Wildcats ended their 2019-20 season with a 62-61 thriller of a win over Bangor in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic...

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