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Blair-Taylor second baseman Maddie Frederixon awaited a throw on a pickoff attempt during Friday’s game against Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Blair-Taylor softball team picked up two wins against Dairyland Conference teams but lost two games in a nonconference tournament on Saturday.
The Wildcats scored plenty of runs last week as the team beat Cochrane-Fountain City, 8-3, on Tuesday and topped Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran, 15-5, on...
Through the first two weekends of the 2025 NCAA Tournament, it sort of felt like March Madness had been replaced by March Midness.
Sure, there were still some memorable moments, upsets and performances: McNeese took down Clemson for the obligatory 12-5 upset; No. 11 seed Drake knocked off Missouri...
It feels strange to call a nine-year stretch without a national championship a “drought.” Yet given the dominance of the UConn women’s basketball program under Geno Auriemma, the Huskies going nearly a decade without a national title would have felt almost unfathomable at one time.
Rewind back to...
Blair-Taylor’s Brayden Paulson reached in an attempt to tag a Fall Creek runner on a stolen base attempt during the team’s season opener last Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Blair-Taylor baseball team had a difficult time closing games last week, losing two leads late in a couple of home losses.
The Wildcats took a 2-0 lead into the seventh inning of its season opener against Fall Creek on Thursday, but the Crickets scored three runs in the top of the seventh and...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau baseball team suffered a pair of losses to open the new campaign this spring.
The Red Hawks (0-2) faltered after a hot start against La Crosse Logan in their 2025 season opener and then were beaten more soundly by Prescott the following evening.
Following early week...
The Independence/Gilmanton girls track and field team had two runners place inside the top five as the team was 14th at the Stout Elite meet hosted by University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie last Thursday.
Taylor Sylla had the best finish, taking fourth in the 3,200 run with a time of 12:13.85...
The defending state champions started the 2025 season with a 3-2 win over Whitehall on Friday.
Eleva-Strum scored two runs in the top of the sixth inning to take the lead then held off the Norse in the bottom half of the inning.
The Cardinals tied the game on a double by Brady Zimpel before Isaac...
The Independence/Gilmanton softball team had a difficult time making contact in a 10-0 loss to Augusta on Friday.
The Indees had just three hits in the team’s season-opener while walking once and striking out 12 times.
The Beavers took the lead with one run in the bottom of the first inning, then...
The Blair-Taylor softball team lost to a creek but beat a river last week.
B-T had early leads in both games, but Fall Creek quickly took control for a 12-2 win last Thursday. In its home opener the following day, B-T took a larger lead and went on to defeat Black River Falls, 11-1.
The Wildcats...
G-E-T's Halene DeJager let loose a pitch against the Prescott Cardinals during their non-conference matchup last Friday in Galesville. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
The latest Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau softball season got underway with a doubleheader late last week, as the Red Hawks swept Black River Falls in non-conference action. The following evening, they were unable to keep pace with Prescott and took their first loss of the year.
A pair of tests early...
