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New Blair-Taylor coach Seth Dale looked on as his offense took the field during practice last Wednesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
While the Blair-Taylor football team has a new leader on the sideline, the product on the field is expected to look similar.
That’s because the team’s new coach, Seth Dale, was a top assistant under former coach Andy Nehring. Dale ran the team’s offense, which has been among the most proficient in...
Whitehall sophomore Devin Hutsell found a hole during a scrimmage against Fall Creek held last Friday. The Norse are returning nearly the entire roster from last year. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
While having just one senior wasn’t ideal last season, the Whitehall football team enters the 2024 campaign returning a battle-tested roster.
With just one senior graduating from last year’s squad and four from 2022, the Norse appear ready to take the next step under coach Tyler Bortle, who enters...
Independence/Gilmanton senior Carlos Flores ran through a drill during practice last Wednesday. Flores is one of six seniors and 20 players on this year’s team. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The last time Austen Whitwam was involved with the Independence/Gilmanton football program, it advanced to Level Three in the playoffs, losing to state powerhouse Edgar. Now, as the team’s head coach, he hopes to get the Indees back on track after a tough stretch.
Whitwam was a key player for the...
Arcadia senior quarterback Kaiden Rotering pitched the ball to a teammate during a practice last week at Arcadia High School. Rotering and the Raiders hope to inject life into its offense in 2024. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Following a 2023 season that saw Arcadia High School’s varsity football program win two games, there is hope among the Raiders, who began the 2024 season with practice last week.
An inexperienced Arcadia team scored more than one offensive touchdown in only three games last season, a year that...
Sophomore Sacia Boland made a break for home plate and the score for Arcadia Post 17 in the fifth inning of a 10-4 win over Westby during last weekend’s Division Two American Legion state softball tournament. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
When Arcadia High School softball coach Dave Bjorge was planning the inaugural summer season for the Arcadia Post 17 legion softball program, his initial goal was to play one or two games a week.
There were no practices, allowing the kids to enjoy summer or focus on preparing for fall sports. But...
Xavier Santillion of Arcadia Post 17 fought off a tag by a La Crosse A’s player in a Class AA regional legion playoff game in Onalaska last Friday. Arcadia lost its first two games and ends the summer season with an 8-7 record. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
After winning the final two games of its regular season, a tough Class AA regional bracket faced the Arcadia Post 17 legion baseball team in Onalaska last week.
Post 17 dropped its first two games of the double-elimination regional to La Crosse and West Salem, ending Arcadia’s summer with an 8-7...
Post 354 outfielder Nicholas Crum recorded an out on a fly ball for G-E-T in a 7-3 legion playoff loss last Thursday to Bangor at Bangor High School. The G-E-T legion team ends the season 8-11 after a 1-2 regional weekend. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
The summer baseball season came to an end for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Post 354 legion squad last weekend.
Post 354 won one of its three games in a Class A regional in Bangor. Post 354 finishes the summer with an 8-11 record.
Bangor 7 G-E-T 3
The team hosting last weekend’s tournament handed...
In their first summer competing as a legion softball program, Arcadia will be one of eight teams fighting for a Division Two state title this weekend.
Arcadia (11-2 this summer) opens play at noon on Friday in the double elimination tournament at the DeForest Athletic Complex that includes teams...
Holmen broke open a summer baseball game in Arcadia last Wednesday with seven scores in the fifth inning.
The game, which ended as a 10-4 victory for Holmen, was Post 17’s lone contest last week.
Arcadia (6-5 this summer) visited Fall Creek on Tuesday and Black River Falls on Wednesday to close...
Oliver Marley, the first baseman for the G-E-T Post 354 19U legion baseball team, tagged out a West Salem runner during a 3-2 loss to the hosts last Thursday at West Salem High School. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
A pair of losses last week ended the 2024 regular season for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Red Hawks Post 354 19U legion baseball team.
Post 354 (7-9 this summer) fell in a game at West Salem High School last Thursday before closing the regular season with another tight effort in Coon Valley on...
