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            Arcadia’s Kanah Slaby (left) and Casidi Pehler went up for a block attempt on a Cumberland player during last Wednesday’s season-opening tournament at the Onalaska OmniCenter.            (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

After finishing the 2022 season with six total wins, the Arcadia High School volleyball team has its sights set on new heights this fall. The team started on the right track last week, collecting four of a possible six wins at a tournament in Onalaska. Arcadia won just one of its five matches at...

            Junior Jada Schmitt watched her putt roll toward the cup during last Tuesday’s Trempealeau Mountain Invitational meet that opened the 2023 prep girls golf season. Schmitt and the Red Hawks finished eighth as a team. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

Fall sports are officially underway in Trempealeau County, and the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School girls golf team kicked off the 2023 season with a home field advantage. The Red Hawks hosted its annual Trempealeau Mountain Invitational last Tuesday, a nine-team event to welcome back golfers....
A pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns gave Mondovi the cushion it needed to escape week one of the 2023 Wisconsin prep football season with a 20-0 win over the visiting Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Red Hawks. The hosts scored in the first quarter on a 1-yard rushing touchdown from Peyton Snyder, who...
The Whitehall football team was in position to win its season opener on the road last week, but Colfax closed the door with two scoring drives in the second half.  Whitehall was within a point, 7-6, at halftime before Colfax scored late in the third and fourth quarters, the second touchdown...
The Independence/Gilmanton defense got a stop on Boyceville’s first possession, but the Bulldogs were efficient throughout the rest of the first half, opening up a 43-0 lead by halftime. Boyceville was efficient through the air and the ground as quarterback Carson Roemhild had more touchdowns (four...

            Blair-Taylor junior quarterback Tavian Shramek was taken down on a running play in the first half of last Friday’s 35-0 loss at Onalaska Luther High School. The Knights restricted Blair-Taylor to 32 yards rushing in the game.    (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

  Onalaska Luther had about as efficient of a day on offense as a fan will see in high school football last week. It led the Knights to a dominant 35-0 win over nonconference opponent Blair-Taylor to kick off the 2023 season. Blair-Taylor will turn its attention to this Friday and their home opener...

            Ethan Ringlien struck out 14 batters in a 2-1 win for My Second Home over Pleasantville Lions at the Beef and Dairy Days fastpitch softball tournament on Sunday.                                  (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

  My Second Home emerged as the champions of the Beef and Dairy Days Fastpitch Softball tournament in Whitehall on Sunday. Behind the pitching of Ethan Ringlien, My Second Home topped Pleasantville Lions, 2-1, in the championship game. Ringlien struck out 14 and only allowed one hit in the game. ...

            Arcadia High School graduate Maya (Vazquez) Arseneau was inducted into the state track and field hall of fame earlier this year.     (File photo)

As fast as Maya (Vazquez) Arseneau is, she has never been able to outrun the spotlight. Arseneau helped lead the Arcadia High School girls track and field team to two Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Championships, while winning six gold medals, six silvers and two bronzes —...

            Arcadia High School football coach Derek Updike directed practice last Wednesday at Arcadia High School. The Raiders are hoping to build on a 2022 season that saw the Raiders finish 3-6.     (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

Could another year of growth bring more wins for a young Arcadia High School football team this fall? That’s the hope for the Raiders, a group coach Derek Updike believes has shown improvement from a year ago. Arcadia finished 2022 with a 3-6 record, including a 2-5 run in a strong Coulee...

            Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau junior Ben Hansen will take over as quarterback for the Red Hawks this fall as the team hopes to build on a 2023 season that saw G-E-T return to the postseason.     

Two years ago when Paul Anderson was coaching the freshman football team at Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau, he saw potential in quarterback Ben Hansen. Now in 2023, the same duo will look for success on the varsity field. Hansen is set to take over as QB1 for the Red Hawks this fall as a junior, taking...

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