Sports

The Arcadia High School wrestling team picked up victories in five different weight classes, but the Raiders lost to Viroqua at a triangular event last Thursday. Arcadia responded by earning a win in their second match of the night, defeating De Soto 30-24. The Raiders are scheduled to host a pair...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau boys basketball team ended a busy string of games last week, playing three times to end a trek of five games in 10 days. The Red Hawks went 1-2 last week, grabbing a conference win over Black River Falls before playing Luther to a tight loss on Thursday and falling to...
The Independence girls basketball team had a hard time finding the bottom of the net in two Dairyland Conference losses at home last week, but their offense exploded in a nonconference win on Saturday. The Indees were competitive against one of the best teams in the Dairyland Conference – Cochrane-...
The teams split the six matches that were wrestled, but Independence/Gilmanton beat Mondovi/Eleva-Strum, 48-18, thanks to five forfeits.  Sam Marsolek (138), Mason Gierok (170) and Gavin Bragger (182) all picked up pins for the Indees. Marsolek topped Coby Vollmer in 2:47 while Gierok stuck Hunter...
The Independence boys basketball team had a tough time getting stops in three losses last week. They gave up 51 points in the first half of an 84-43 loss to Neillsville on the road last week Monday. They returned home on Thursday, but fell to Whitehall, 87-45, (see more elsewhere in Sports) and...

            Arcadia’s Breah Golden released a three pointer during their game against West Salem last week.            (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

The Arcadia girls basketball team dropped a trio of games last week, pushing its losing streak to six games.  Arcadia (3-10 overall, 2-3 Coulee Conference) has a pair of chances to stop that skid this week, the first on Tuesday at G-E-T and the second on Friday at St. Croix Central. “I think they’...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro wrestling team had a busy week, stacking up multiple wins along the way. The Titans took down area power West Salem/Bangor in a dual last Tuesday before leaving a quad meet at Aquinas on Friday with a win, a tie and a loss. This week will see G/M visit...

            Olivia Killian of Whitehall put up a shot during their game against Alma/Pepin last week Tuesday.                      (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

After a touch start, the Whitehall girls basketball team finished the week with a win. The Norse fell behind Cochrane-Fountain City early in their game last week Tuesday. Whitehall fought back to make the game competitive, but the Pirates held on. The Norse then lost to Alma/Pepin, 51-48, before...
Blair-Taylor boys basketball coach Randy Storlie said his team finally put together two good games in a row as they picked up a pair of wins last week.  The Wildcats had a two-point lead at halftime at Cochrane-Fountain City before breaking the game open for a 15-point win last Friday. They were...

            Arcadia senior Connor Weltzien drew a foul as he let a shot fly in the lane during last Friday’s 83-43 loss at West Salem High School. The Panthers, the top ranked team in Division Three, overcame an early Arcadia lead to win.  (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

There are tough weeks on every prep basketball team’s schedule, and the Arcadia boys team last week faced possibly its toughest of 2022-23. Coulee Conference foe Luther is ranked fifth in Division Four, and they took care of the Raiders in a tight battle on Tuesday. Previously undefeated West Salem...

Pages

Special Sections

Comment Here