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            Independence/Gilmanton’s Keegan McRoberts (65) and Grady Meier (87) closed in on Cashton’s Drew Butzler during their game last week.   (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

Cashton controlled the line of scrimmage and got help with five Independence/Gilmanton turnovers in a 55-0 win in Independence on Friday night. The Eagles got the scoring started with a one-yard touchdown run by Brady Hemmersbach on their first possession. After an I/G punt, Connor Butzler broke...
After one of the more successful seasons in recent team history, the Blair-Taylor volleyball team won two of three matches at an invitational in Elmwood last Tuesday. The Wildcats opened with a 2-1 win over Independence/Gilmanton before falling to Shell Lake, 0-2. They finished the quad with a 2-1...
The Blair-Taylor football team had chances to make the game a shootout, but a couple of early turnovers put them in a hole they could not climb out of. Both of B-T’s first two drives went into Elmwood/Plum City territory, but both ended with turnovers as the Wolves took a 14-0 lead. While B-T moved...

            Tatum Johnson lined up a dig for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau volleyball team during a high school summer tournament last Wednesday at the OmniCenter in Onalaska. The Red Hawks finished the tournament 1-4.        (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

The annual SPRAWL prep volleyball tournament in Onalaska welcomed teams back to open the 2023 season last week at the OmniCenter, and the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau girls found their first win in the tournament. The Red Hawks finished the two-day event with a 1-4 record, picking up a 2-1 win over...

            Whitehall’s Olivia Killian bumped the ball over the net during their home triangular last week Tuesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

The Whitehall volleyball team opened its season with two close wins in a home triangular before losing a few close matches in a tournament at Black River Falls. “There were a lot of close sets played these last two competition days with some really good teams,” Whitehall coach Cathy McCune said. “...

            Alexis Murphy chipped to the pin on the par-5 first hole at Drugan’s Castle Mound Golf Course in Holmen last Tuesday. Murphy led the G-E-T High School girls golf team with her score of 97.      (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

Two players in the field broke 80 and the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School girls golf team finished sixth at an invitational meet in Holmen last week. Tomah had its way with Drugan’s Castle Mound Golf Course, winning the seven-team event with 344 strokes. The Timberwolves’ top finish was...

            Above: Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau junior Liam Caya neared the finish line as he finished 95th and (below) Nora Higgins sprinted to a 103rd-place finish at last Saturday’s Gale Johnson Kick-Off cross country invitational at Maple Grove Venues in West Salem. (Times photographs by Benjamin Pierce)

A new course record on the boys’ side and a top 10 finish from Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau junior Adrianna Rotering were the highlights of the area high school cross country season opener last weekend. The annual Gale Johnson Kick-Off meet at Maple Grove Venues in West Salem saw more than 250 runners...
With one runner finishing in the top 30, the Blair-Taylor boys cross country team finished ninth at the Cashton Invitational on Saturday. Jacob Olson led B-T, taking 25th overall as the team scored 203 points. The point total tied B-T with De Soto for eighth place, but De Soto’s sixth runner...

            Arcadia’s Trey Lyga pushed Whitehall’s CJ Johnston aside for extra yardage during last week’s game in Whitehall.       (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

An adjustment to play calling helped Whitehall get back in the game, but Arcadia responded and put the game away, winning 38-20. Arcadia seemed to take control with a touchdown on the second play of the second quarter and a two-point conversion that made the score 14-0 with 10:41 left in the first...

            Max Knapmiller tried to squeeze by a Baldwin-Woodville defender during last Friday’s nonconference prep football game at Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School. Knapmiller scored the hosts’ lone touchdown in the week two loss.    (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

Not dissimilar from last fall, the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School football program knew the start of the 2023 season would be tough. Baldwin-Woodville (2-0 this season) senior Cal Smith proved that prediction correct last week, tossing five touchdowns and rushing for another in a convincing...

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