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With a first-year coach and many first-year players, the 2019 season was a bumpy one for the Independence/Gilmanton football team, but lessons learned last year could pay off in 2020.
The Indees have a small senior class again with just five players set to graduate next spring and four more who are...
The Blair-Taylor cross country teams both took second at the Dairyland Conference meet at Cochrane-Fountain City on Thursday.
The B-T teams were both considerably behind the host school, while Melrose-Mindoro also competed in the meet.
B-T was in action again on Thursday as they went back to C-FC...
The sets were close, but it was three wins for Arcadia as the Raiders won their first match of the season last week Tuesday.
Two three-point wins were followed by a six-point win as the Raiders topped Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau at home. The Raiders were scheduled to play Black River Falls on...
The Arcadia girls golf team topped Black River Falls by 39 strokes to win the Coulee Conference Tournament on Thursday at Drugan’s Castle Mound.
Earlier in the week last Tuesday, the Raiders bested BRF by 18 strokes in a nine-hole event at Skyline Golf Course. Arcadia won the conference title,...
The Blair-Taylor volleyball team began their season last week, finishing on both sides of 3-0 sweeps between their two games.
The Wildcats fell in three sets to Independence last Tuesday (story elsewhere in sports), before bouncing back with a three sets to zero win over Gilmanton on Thursday.
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With six of the top seven runners, the Whitehall boys cross country team nearly had a perfect team score as it won the first Dairyland Conference meet of the season at home on Thursday.
The meet is believed to be the first one hosted by Whitehall and the Norse finished with the top runner on the...
The 130 modern-era nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 were announced last week, and five players with significant Packers tenures were among them.
Career-Packer Donald Driver joined a list of 13 wide receivers up for election that also includes Henry Ellard, Torry Holt,...
At their home course of Arcadia Country Club last Monday, the Raiders put forth another solid effort with three golfers in the top six individual scores.
Arcadia finished with a team score of 191, which beat Black River Falls’ 197 and Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau’s 200. Westby/Viroqua also had two...
After winning two straight sets to take a 2-1 lead, the Arcadia volleyball team lost two to fall in its season opener against Black River Falls.
Arcadia’s first match came at home and it looked like they were going to secure a win when they went ahead 2-1, but the Tigers won a close fourth set...
The Whitehall volleyball team got off to a strong start, winning its first two matches in straight sets.
Both matches were against Alma/Pepin, the first being a road match in which the Norse won all three sets by double-digits. The second was a little closer, but it was another sweep for the...