Sports
Scientists say time travel is impossible, but area residents will be able turn back the clock via baseball later this month.
Actually via base ball, which is what it was called in the early days of Whitehall, when teams like the Whitehall Sand Scratchers, Coral City Centennials and Hale Muffins...
A donation from the Independence Booster Club will eliminate participation costs for student athletes at Independence High School.
The Independence School Board accepted a $3,500 donation from the booster club at its meeting last Tuesday. As a result of the donation, students will not be charged...
Arcadia Post 17 started last week with an offensive win over La Crosse Post 52 in a week that saw Arcadia post a 2-2 record.
Post 17 is now 6-4 this summer. They have three home games this week—the first was against Holmen on Monday, and they host the La Crosse A’s on Wednesday.
Post 17 closes...
Red Hawks Post 354 infielder Tucker McDonah threw out an Arcadia runner during last Thursday’s 16-9 victory for the home team at G-E-T Middle School. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Six games over a stretch of five days gave the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Red Hawks Post 354 legion baseball team a flurry of reps last week, one of those games ending with a win over nearby Arcadia.
Post 354 (7-7 this summer) defeated Arcadia 16-9 last Thursday at home to make up for a loss at the...
Bryce Schorbahn reached for a ground ball near first base during a legion baseball game at West Salem High School last Wednesday. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce
The Whitehall American Legion Post 191 baseball team fell on the road at West Salem last week Wednesday.
Post 191 managed just one hit in the 12-0 loss as Post 51 took an early lead with three runs in the first inning before adding three more in the second and sixth in the third.
Riley Herman got...
Faced with a 3-3 deadlock with two innings of baseball remaining, Arcadia Post 17 secured three late scores to pull away from Tomah in a 6-3 legion baseball victory last week.
Arcadia (4-2 this summer) is scheduled to play in Bangor this Wednesday and visits rival Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau this...
Longtime youth golf coach John Bergum thanked a small audience of his players, family, and state golf coach association members moments after being presented with the PGA Friend of Golf award last Wednesday at Trempealeau Mountain Golf Course for his work in teaching golf to county youth over the last 20 years. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
John Bergum is still easing back into his golf swing after eye surgery required a delayed start to this season for the longtime teacher in the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District.
And while he might not currently be able to play as much golf as he would like, Bergum can still be found each...
My Second Home’s Ethan Ringlien delivered a pitch during the Pleasantville Lions Club’s annual Fourth of July tournament last weekend. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
A pair of brothers who suited up for the 2023 Team USA U18 Men’s National team helped Striker’s Lanes of Baldwin win the annual Pleasantville Lions Club’s Fourth of July Fastpitch Softball Tournament.
Braden Ducharme pitched the Baldwin-based team to an 8-0 win over the Pigeon Falls Lions Club team...
Arcadia Post 17’s Connor Weltzien threw to first for an out during the team’s 8-2 win over Whitehall Post 191 last week. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Arcadia’s legion baseball team won both of its games last week to extend its winning streak to three games.
Arcadia Post 17 (3-2 this summer) took down Osseo last Tuesday before handling Whitehall at home last Thursday.
Post 17 was scheduled to host Tomah on Monday before visiting Sparta on...
Ben Filla turned to throw a fielded ball toward first base in the second inning of a legion baseball game at G-E-T Middle School last Thursday. Filla and the hosts lost 9-7 against Viroqua. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
An early lopsided advantage for the visitors would not prevent Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Post 354 from making a close game of last Thursday’s legion baseball effort at G-E-T Middle School.
Viroqua held on to win the offensive battle, one of two losses for Post 354 (2-4) last week.
The G-E-T squad...
