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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...
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...
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...
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...