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A five-game winning streak for the Arcadia High School boys basketball team, including four conference wins, was ended by a state power last week.
Arcadia (12-10 overall, 5-6 Coulee Conference) earned its fifth straight win with a dominant performance against Viroqua last Monday before Luther, the...
After taking a big lead at halftime, the Independence boys basketball team struggled in the second half, falling to Alma/Pepin, 61-60, on Friday.
The Indees led by nine points at halftime, but the Eagles went on a run early in the second half to take the lead. The teams went back and forth, but...
West Salem was crowned the 2023 conference champions at Friday’s Coulee Conference gymnastics championship at Westby High School.
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City co-op came in third place at the event with a 134.275, with Viroqua finishing in second place at 136....
Independence’s defense kept the game close for a half, but they didn’t have enough of-fense to pull through for the win.
The Indees trailed 21-16 at halftime, but pulled within a basket when Amiah Ives con-verted a three-point play two minutes into the second half. Independence’s defense kept Au-...
The Whitehall girls basketball team struggled in the first half of one loss and in the second of another last week.
Whitehall managed just 15 points in the first half of a 53-42 home loss to Eleva-Strum on Thursday. They got off to a much better start the next day, but struggled in the second half...
It’s playoff time for the Arcadia High School girls basketball team, and the Raiders got quite the tuneup last week against a pair of strong conference opponents.
Arcadia dropped both games, the first to conference power Luther (11-13 overall, 8-4 Coulee Conference) on Tuesday and the second to...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau high school boys basketball team split a pair of close games last week as the 2022-23 season approaches the finish line.
The Red Hawks (11-11 overall, 5-5 Coulee Conference) edged Elk Mound last Monday with a second half comeback before falling to conference opponent...
A tough second half that led to a conference loss against Luther was balanced with a conference win over Black River Falls for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau girls basketball team last week.
The Red Hawks downed Black River Falls to earn their fourth win of the season on Monday before Thursday’s loss...
The Blair-Taylor boys basketball team couldn’t keep a hot streak going early in the week, but they rebounded with two wins.
A handful of early three pointers gave B-T a double-digit lead against the Dairyland Conference’s top team, Whitehall, last week Tuesday, but the Norse surged back and won, 68...
Two more wins last week put the Norse in position to win at least a tie of the Dairyland Conference title this week.
The Norse held off an early run by Blair-Taylor as they came from behind to beat the Wildcats, 68-55, at home last week Tuesday. On Friday, they put together a strong offensive...