Sports
As I doom-scrolled through some of the jarring images and updates from Washington D.C. dominating my social media feed last Wednesday, one photo stood out from the rest.
It did not come from the riots taking place at our nation’s capital, but instead from an immigration office in Phoenix, Ariz....
Coulee Conference play began for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau girls basketball team with a split of their two games last week.
The week began last Monday with a narrow loss at home to Arcadia (see story elsewhere in sports), followed by a bounce back win over Viroqua on Thursday. Their scheduled...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau boys began Coulee Conference play going one of three last week.
The Red Hawks began the week at home, losing to West Salem last Tuesday. Then on Thursday, G-E-T held off a second-half comeback bid from Westby to earn their first win of the season. The week wrapped up...
Whitehall won three of the five matches that were settled on the mat as the Norse opened Dairyland Conference competition with a 66-9 win over Cochrane-Fountain City.
The match started with a pin by Liam Herrick (220) in the first period over Ayden Lisowski. That was followed by forfeits...
Independence’s offense didn’t get started until it was too late as they lost to Alma/Pepin last week Monday.
The game was Independence’s only competition last week as two others were postponed. The Indees trailed by nine at halftime and had a hard time stopping the Eagles in the second half as A/...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City gymnastics team began their season Thursday at home with a win over Arcadia.
GMC finished with four of the top five individuals in all-around score to take the meet. Their next scheduled meet is an invitational taking place...
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro took two of three bouts in a Thursday quad in Stratford.
The night began with a convincing win over Auburndale/Marathon, followed by a loss to Cadott and a narrow victory over Stratford.
G/M’s next scheduled meet is a border battle with Kasson-Mantorville...
The streak improved to seven straight victories to start the season for Blair-Taylor girls basketball, as they routed their lone conference opponent of the week last Monday.
The Wildcats came out with efficient shooting and harassing defense to seize control early on the road at Augusta. B-T’s...
The Arcadia boys basketball team had two close games, but ended up on the losing end of both last week.
The Raiders made a late surge to challenge Fall Creek last week Monday, but the Crickets held on for a 50-46 win. On Friday, the Raiders led at halftime of a game that was within one basket for...
The Arcadia girls basketball team picked up two Coulee Conference wins last week with a nonconference loss to Cochrane-Fountain City sandwiched in between.
The Raiders overcame a slow start to pick up a 63-60 road win over Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau last week Monday. The very next day, their...