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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...
Whitehall shortstop Will Youngbauer threw to first for an out during the team’s WIAA regional game on Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Whitehall baseball team’s winning streak came to an end at 10 last week, but it opened Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association tournament action with a win.
The loss came in Whitehall’s final regular season came on Tuesday as the team struggled offensively, losing 5-0 to Osseo-Fairchild...
The best team in the Dairyland Conference was clicking and Whitehall couldn’t keep up in the regional semifinal last week Tuesday.
Top-seeded Melrose-Mindoro took control of the game early with three runs in the bottom of the first inning. The team added two more in the second then broke the game...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau softball team survived a whirlwind performance in their playoff opener to pick up a win, but they were unable to follow it up with another in the regional finals to fall short of a sectional berth.
Following a first-round bye, the Red Hawks (16-8), a No. 3 seed in the...
G-E-T’s Ben Filla delivered a pitch toward home plate during the Red Hawks’ playoff clash with West Salem last Thursday. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
The postseason rubber match between Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau and West Salem had all the ingredients of a playoff classic: a conference rivalry, intensity bordering on chippiness, passionate fans, heroics, mistakes and wild swings back and forth in the game action.
In a game dripping with drama from...
