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Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau junior Mason Brone earned All-Coulee Conference First-Team honors. The teams were announced last week. (File photo)
With the graduation of prolific scorer Cody Schmitz at the end of last year, the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau boys basketball team needed someone to step up into a leading role for the 2024-25 season.
The Red Hawks didn’t have to look any further than Mason Brone, who answered the call and became G-E-T...
Tatum Drazkowski, an Arcadia High School sophomore, was chosen as an All-Coulee Conference First Team member. The teams were announced last week. (File photo)
When you went to an Arcadia girls basketball game this winter, you could almost always bank on at least one thing: Tatum Drazkowski recording a double-double.
Drazkowski solidified herself as one of the Coulee Conference’s top players and a dominant force in the post for the Raiders by averaging 15...
It’s that wonderful time of year once again: March Madness. For many of us, whether you’re an avid college basketball fan or someone who only tunes in once March rolls around, that means it’s time to make a foolhardy effort to fill out a bracket that doesn’t go up in flames by the end of the first...
The best boys’ basketball team in the Dairyland Conference has not only qualified for the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Tournament but it’s favored to bring the gold ball home.
Cochrane-Fountain City went undefeated in Dairyland Conference play, winning the Small Division...
Paul Anderson
From watching his first games as a kid to his high school playing career to his time as a coach, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau football has been an important part of Paul Anderson’s life for decades.
Anderson spent the last three seasons as the head coach at G-E-T, during which the Red Hawks went 11-18...
Whitehall senior Trinity Aasen was honored for a breakout season by being selected as a first-team all-Dairyland Conference selection. Aasen helped lead the Norse to a second-place finish in the Dairyland Conference-Large Division, averaging 13.3 points and a conference-best 9.9 rebounds per game. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Whitehall girls’ basketball team had two players picked for the All-Dairyland Conference First Team, the most of any school.
Senior Trinity Aasen and freshman Paige Lisowski were both first-team selections for the Norse. Aasen has a breakout campaign, leading the DC-Large Division in rebounding...
Blair-Taylor senior Ethan Kniseley was a first-team all-Dairyland Conference selection for his play this season. Kniseley helped lead the Wildcats to a second-place finish in the DC-Small Division and he finished his career with more than 1,300 points scored. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
While both boys’ basketball divisions in the Dairyland Conference had runaway winners, the all-conference teams had representation from a handful of schools.
No team had more than two players on the All-DC first team as cagers from seven different schools made up the nine spots. Two area players...
Whitehall senior Caydan Johnston scored 21 points in his final game for the Norsemen — a regional quarterfinal loss to Bangor last Tuesday. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
The outside shots were falling, but it wasn’t enough as the Whitehall boys basketball team lost to Bangor, 68-62, in the opening round of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division Four tournament last week Tuesday.
Whitehall knocked down 13 three-pointers in the game, but Bangor...
The Independence/Gilmanton boys basketball team pulled off one big upset, but fell in the second round of tournament play.
Seeded 11th, the Indees were one of just six teams seeded 10th or lower to win in the first round of Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division Five tournament...
Arcadia’s Kaiden Rotering drove to the basket during Friday’s regional semifinal loss to Stanley-Boyd. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
A winning regular season earned Arcadia the opportunity to play at home in its playoff opener. But a hot-shooting Stanley-Boyd squad spoiled the chance for the Raiders to treat their home fans to a postseason victory.
No. 5 seed Stanley-Boyd (15-12) turned aside No. 4 seed Arcadia (13-12) 63-51 in...
