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A perfectly-timed nosebleed and a sudden heavyweight reversal — the winning recipe to take you to the cusp of a conference championship can come in a variety of ways.
A dual between state-ranked conference foes is always going to attract plenty of excitement, but the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/...
The Whitehall boys basketball team won a close game and took control of a shootout before halftime last week.
The Norse hit big shots late to pull past Alma/Pepin, 56-51, for a road win last Tuesday. On Friday, the team went back-and-forth with Independence/Gilmanton before closing the first half...
After a pair of conference wins last week, the Gale-Ettrick Trempealeau boys basketball team pushed their winning streak to five while also starting a home stretch run of the regular season and that is heavy on road contests.
The Red Hawks (15-2, 6-1 Coulee) pulled away from Onalaska Luther in the...
The Blair-Taylor boys basketball team struggled against one of the top teams in the conference on Monday of last week.
Osseo-Fairchild took control of the game with a run in the first half and went on to a 73-52 home win over B-T.
The loss put B-T at 6-4 in Dairyland Conference play and 6-7 overall...
Due to the frigid winter weather, the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau boys basketball team only wound up playing one game last week. They made the most of that opportunity, crushing Black River Falls, 82-44, on the road.
The Red Hawks (13-2, 4-1 Coulee) breezed their way to a blowout win over the Tigers (...
A week and a half after getting off the schneid for their first win of the season against Black River Falls, the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau girls basketball team picked up another — this time using a late surge to power past Whitehall to celebrate a win in their home gym for the first time this year...
The Arcadia girls basketball team completed a decisive season sweep of Black River Falls, throttling the Tigers for a second time to get back on track from a loss to Fall Creek earlier in the week.
The Raiders (12-6, 6-1 Coulee) will seek to complete a similar season sweep of Westby when they...
With a few different bounces of the ball, the Whitehall girls basketball team could have pulled off a couple of wins last week, but it ended up with three losses.
The Norse got off to a sluggish start in a 55-41 loss to Cochrane-Fountain City last Tuesday. On Thursday and Saturday, however,...
The Independence/Gilmanton boys basketball team was close to its first win of the season, but couldn’t execute down the stretch.
The Indees began the week with a 61-31 loss at Melrose-Mindoro on Thursday. Two days later, I/G was in the game up until the final whistle, but managed just one point in...
The Independence/Gilmanton girls basketball team got off to strong starts in two lopsided victories last week.
In both Monday’s 64-48 win over Cochrane-Fountain City and Tuesday’s 78-46 victory over Augusta, the Indees went on runs early in the game and took big leads into halftime.
The wins put...

