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G-E-T Post 354’s Ruby Johnson took off toward home during the second game of a doubleheader last Wednesday in Tomah. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
One of the unofficial markers of the start of summer came last week with the beginning of the legion softball season.
For Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Post 354, that meant a pair of doubleheaders on back-to-back days. After suffering a sweep at the hands of Tomah on the road, Post 354 managed to pick...
Blair-Taylor’s Brayden Paulson legged out an infield single with one out in the top of the seventh inning. Paulson represented the tying run in the final frame, but was left on first base as the next two B-T batters struck out. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
A high-stakes playoff game featuring Blair-Taylor’s Tavian Shramek and Pittsville’s Logan Zickert on the mound figured to be a low-scoring affair where any run scored could be the difference between a likely trip to the state tournament and the end of the season.
When the dust settled, it was the...
Blair-Taylor third baseman Ty Tranberg threw across the diamond for an out during their regional final win over Eleva-Strum last Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
There will be a new Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division Four state baseball champion, who that remains to be seen, but the Blair-Taylor baseball team held on to knock off defending state champion Eleva-Strum, 2-0, in the regional final round last week Wednesday.
The last time E-...
Whitehall sophomore Aiden Evans competed at his first state track meet last Friday in La Crosse as part of the Division Three 300-meter hurdles. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
Whitehall’s boys’ 800-meter relay team was under a half-second away from landing on the podium at this year’s state track meet. Despite the natural disappointment that comes with narrowly missing out on a medal, that group still had plenty to celebrate after setting a new personal best on the...
The Coulee Conference champions jumped on Whitehall in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division Four regional semifinal game early and didn’t let up, winning 10-0 in five innings.
Westby scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning, three on a triple after a double, a walk...
In the long history of Wisconsin high school basketball, perhaps no single person has cast a bigger shadow than the legendary Jerry Petitgoue.
For over 50 years, Petitgoue, who passed away last Saturday at the age of 84, was the prolific head coach of the Cuba City boys basketball program, guiding...
Arcadia’s Landon Jaszewski put together a freshman season to remember. Though his spring came to an end a little bit short of the state tournament, he still gained valuable sectional experience to help as he continues on with his high school career.
Jaszewski shot an 11-over 83 to finish in a tie...
Blair-Taylor second baseman Madalynn Frederixon underhanded the ball to first base during last Wednesday’s sectional semifinal against Columbus Catholic. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
The sectional semifinal game between Blair-Taylor and Columbus Catholic was the type where the loser would be left to agonize over mistakes and missed opportunities that could’ve made the difference.
Unfortunately for the Wildcats, they were the ones sent into the offseason to grapple with the...
In the last jump of his high school career, Arcadia senior Ted Teske set a new school record in the boys’ long jump with a leap of 22 feet, 10.75 inches. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
In the most literal sense, Arcadia senior Ted Teske saved his best for last.
With the final attempt that Teske would ever take in the long jump as a Raider, he let loose the best leap of his entire career — hitting 22 feet, 10.75 inches to set a new school record in the event and punctuate a second...
In his final meet as a Red Hawk, G-E-T senior Sawyer Smock cleared the bar at 14 feet to place third in the state in the Division Two pole vault. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
On a day that marked the end of an era in more ways than one for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau track and field program, senior Sawyer Smock made a bit of school history with his performance in the pole vault.
Smock crossed the bar at 14 feet and became the first Red Hawk pole vaulter to ever reach...
