Sports
Jim Hoesley was a starter on three Arcadia teams that made the top 10 list, including a two-way starter on both the 2014 and 2015 Raiders. (Times file photo)
When it comes to high school football, there is little doubt that the Arcadia and Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau programs had the most success in the last decade.
The 2019 season officially closed the 2010s, a decade in which several area teams made deep playoff runs, although none were able to advance...
When the news of Chadwick Boseman’s untimely death at 43 after a four-year private battle with colon cancer broke on Aug. 29, it became apparent how many lives he had touched with his acting.
While he is rightfully remembered for iconic performances such as T’Challa in “Black Panther,”...
A heated Coulee Conference girls golf match came down to two strokes as Arcadia came in just ahead of Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau last Monday at Ettrick Golf Club.
The Raiders finished with 205 strokes to edge past the Red Hawks’ 207 for first place. Black River Falls finished third with...
Last Tuesday night was a sleepless night for all the wrong reasons.
While I was excited to be covering my first live high school sporting event in 167 days the following day, what kept me up into the wee hours of the morning were the events unfolding in Kenosha...
Emily Nelson of Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau chipped onto the green during a Coulee Conference match at Viroqua Hills last Wednesday. (Times photograph by Zac Bellman)
Arcadia bested a field of four Coulee Conference teams including Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau in the opener of the girls golf season last Wednesday at Viroqua Hills.
The Raiders’ team score of 189 topped the Red Hawks’ 193, Black River Falls’ 208 and Cochrane-Fountain City’s 320...
Drew Anderson of Ffats Brewing swung on a pitch during the Dairyland Fastpitch Softball League semifinal game in Ettrick last Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
A walk-off home run on Thursday night gave the La Crosse Classics/Wason’s Supper Club team the Dairyland Fastpitch Softball League title as they finished undefeated in league play this season.
It looked as if Wason’s was going to be in trouble despite finishing the regular...
While I know that just as the sun will rise tomorrow, the public shaming monster will have found a new victim by the time this column publishes, I want to pause on a story from last week.
Cincinnati Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman took the heat off the players in the...
The Arcadia football team was the last Times'-area team to compete in the WIAA State Championship game. The Raiders won't be playing this fall, however, as the Coulee Conference teams decided to push football off until the spring.
Announcements from the Dairyland and Coulee Conferences this past week indicate both will pursue fall sports in the coming weeks, with the exception of football in the Coulee.
The Dairyland issued a release on behalf of all of their member schools saying football,...
In a season with numerous uncertainties, the area cross country teams are returning a number of talented runners looking to have success in 2020.
Among the teams is the 2019 Coulee Conference championship Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau girls team.
The Red Hawks are...
Coach Mike Sobotta addressed his team during its first practice at the Arcadia golf course on Monday morning. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
While the only area golfer to qualify for the 2019 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Championships graduated, both the Arcadia and Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau teams are returning athletes who competed at last year’s sectional meet.
Arcadia’s Rylee Haines...
