Sports
As we conclude what has become known as National Suicide Prevention & Awareness Month, it is worth reflecting on a recent sports story that was revisited last week.
Earlier in September, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott opened up about his struggles with his mental health during...
The Whitehall football team will look familiar this year as the Norse return many key players from last year’s squad.
Among the leading players will be Liam Herrick, who led the team with 441 rushing yards after moving to the backfield from the tight end position. Herrick ran for 441 yards last...
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau runners littered the top 20 in the boys and girls races en route to wins in both heats, while Jose Monroy and Adrianna Rodering brought home individual wins last Tuesday in Westby.
The Raider girls also finished third, while their boys finished sixth. Both teams were off...
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...
Breah Golden of Arcadia leaped for a spike during the Raiders' three-set sweep of Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau at home last Tuesday. (Times photograph by Zac Bellman)
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...
Hallie Tulip of Arcadia putted during her round of 82 on Thursday at Drugan's Castle Mound in Holmen. (Times photograph by Zac Bellman)
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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Kevin Carroll of Whitehall finished first in the Dairyland Conference meet in Whitehall on Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
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,...
