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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...
Independence/Gilmanton senior Sam Marsolek concluded his high school career at his first state track meet as part of the field for the Division Three pole vault. (Times photograph by Tracy Marsolek)
=Independence/Gilmanton senior Sam Marsolek has needed to roll with the punches at times throughout his high school athletic career. Last year, a season-ending ankle injury derailed his first spring as a pole vaulter. This past winter on the wrestling mats, he made it to sectionals but came up...
Payton Kelly of Blair-Taylor made a catch on the run during his team’s game against Alma/Pepin last week Tuesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Blair-Taylor baseball team closed out its regular season with a win, pulling away from Pepin/Alma late.
The Wildcats scored two runs in the fifth inning and one more in the sixth in its 5-1 win to close out the regular season last week Tuesday.
B-T took a 12-7-1 record into Wisconsin...
