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Few games have been able to be played so far in June to begin the American Legion baseball and softball seasons due to the seemingly nonstop recent barrage of rain and thunderstorms, but G-E-T Post 354 did manage to fit in an opening sweep earlier this month.
Post 354 (2-0) welcomed in Sparta and...
Blair-Taylor second baseman Kayli Benedict made an underhand toss to first for a putout at the state softball tournament last Thursday in Madison. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
Roughly 8 1/2 hours after the game was originally supposed to begin, Blair-Taylor finally had the chance to take the field against Almond-Bancroft at the state softball tournament. Though the Wildcats suffered a season-ending loss under the lights of Goodman Diamond, they still acquitted themselves...
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau shortstop Sam De Jager chased down Logan’s Jesse Lycke during a regional semifinal last Tuesday in La Crosse. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
Coming off a no-hitter in the opening round against Black River Falls, G-E-T senior pitcher Caiden Brady offered up another gem in last week’s clash with La Crosse Logan. However, an even more dominating performance from Ranger sophomore Tommy Check spelled the end of the Red Hawks’ 2026 season....
Arcadia sophomore Landon Jaszewski’s pursuit of a state tournament berth will carry on into 2027 after missing out by barely a whisker at sectionals.
Jaszewski earned a place in a four-way playoff for the final individual state qualifying spot up for grabs at last Wednesday’s Division Two sectional...
The Blair-Taylor and Whitehall golf seasons ended last Tuesday and neither golfer competing in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 3 Cochrane-Fountain City sectional made the cut.
B-T’s Kyle Jahr shot an 84 at Trempealeau Mountain Golf Course last Tuesday to tie for 17th...
Ty Tranberg of Blair-Taylor delivered a pitch during his team’s regional semifinal game against Cochrane-Fountain City. Tranberg, a sophomore, only allowed one earned run in five innings, but it wasn’t enough as B-T’s season ended with a 3-1 loss. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Blair-Taylor baseball team had a chance late, but came up short in a 3-1 regional semifinal loss to Cochrane-Fountain City last Tuesday.
The Wildcats had two runners on with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, but senior Payton Kelly flew out to end the game.
B-T defeated C-FC twice during...
For a third time in the 2026 season, the Arcadia/Independence girls soccer co-op got the better of Melrose-Mindoro/Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau, as they followed up a regular-season sweep with a playoff shutout.
No. 8 seed Arcadia/Independence (5-14-1) blanked No. 9 seed Mel-Min/G-E-T (0-10-0) 3-0 in...
Independence/Gilmanton senior Taylor Sylla placed 12th in the Division 3 girls’ 1,600-meter run at state last Friday. She proceeded to earn two medals on Saturday — in the 3,200-meter run and as part of the 3,200-meter relay. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
Senior Taylor Sylla’s made her mark on the Independence/Gilmanton track and field program before she ever set foot into Roger Harring Stadium for the state track meet. Though given all the work she’s put in and the impact she’s made over the past four years, it was a fitting final coda to Sylla’s...
Whitehall’s Kivin Juresh sprinted to the finish in the prelims of the Division 3 boys’ 800-meter relay last Friday at the state meet. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall
How do you follow up setting a new personal best in a preliminary race on the first day of the state track meet? By breaking the school record in the following day’s finals to secure your place on the medalist podium.
The Whitehall boys’ 800-meter relay team of junior Devin Hutsell and sophomores...
Blair-Taylor shortstop Avery Peterson made a catch on the run during the Wildcats’ sectional semifinal win over Independence/Gilmanton on Tuesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Blair-Taylor coach Greg Bratina knew there was something different about this team after its first game. That premonition proved correct as the B-T softball team won its sectional on Friday to advance to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Tournament for the first time since...
