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The Independence/Gilmanton boys basketball team showed some life after falling behind early, but couldn’t keep up with Hillsboro, falling 68-38 in the opening round of Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Tournament play last Tuesday.
Hillsboro (19-6) scored the first 11 points of the...
Arcadia sophomore Deklyn Grzadzielewski unloaded for 40 points in the Raiders’ playoff win over Wautoma last week, tying a school record by making nine threes. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
Arcadia’s Deklyn Grzadzielewski developed into one of the Raiders’ most important players during his sophomore season. He saved his most prolific scoring performance for the postseason stage.
Grzadzielewski poured in a career-high 40 points — the second-highest single-game total in Arcadia boys...
G-E-T/Mel-Min senior Jayce Stetzer had one of the team’s most dominant performances in their semifinal clash with Coleman, as he beat freshman Austin Wendt in an 18-0 tech fall.
(Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro wrestling co-op made their way to the La Crosse Center with machinations of being in the very last dual of the season battling it out for state gold.
That dream went unrealized for the Titans, who fell one win shy of advancing to the championship round...
Jayden Thill led GMC in each event at last week’s state gymnastics competition, including a score of 8.2500 in the uneven bars. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
For a second straight season, the G-E-T/Mel-Min/C-FC gymnastics co-op wrapped up their season as a team by competing at the state tournament. Though there were still nerves, co-head coach Carley Boos thought they handled the pressure of state better this time around — an exciting prospect given...
Arabelle Kniseley of Independence/Gilmanton released a shot during the second half of her team’s sectional final loss to Barneveld on Saturday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Sometimes the shots fall, sometimes they don’t.
The Independence/Gilmanton girls basketball team made shots late to pull ahead and defeat De Soto in Thursday’s sectional semifinal in Arcadia. On Saturday, however, the Indees had several chances, but couldn’t get the ball to go through the basket...
Independence/Gilmanton’s Hannah Ekern drove to the hoop for a transition basket during her team’s win over De Soto on Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
One splash of the net changed everything.
The Independence/Gilmanton girls basketball team had trailed for almost the entire Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association sectional semifinal. On the few occasions when the team was able to take a lead, De Soto marched back and quickly reclaimed the...
Arcadia’s Joselyn Lockington drew contact as she attempted to pass during her team’s game against Elk Mound on Friday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
A slow start can prove fatal in the do-or-die part of the season. That’s a lesson the Arcadia girls basketball team learned the hard way in their playoff opener, ending an otherwise solid overall winter of hoops with a whimper.
The fifth-seeded Elk Mound Mounders (16-10) raced out of the gates to a...
The Blair-Taylor boys basketball team came through down the stretch to get one win, but struggled late in another game last week.
B-T trailed Augusta for most of last Monday’s game, but the Wildcats went on a run toward the end of the game to come away with a 65-62 win. On Thursday, B-T had a 10-...
After a slow start, the Whitehall boys basketball team got its offense going in the second half and pulled away from Alma Center Lincoln for a 51-29 road win.
Whitehall trailed 15-13 at halftime of its final regular-season game last Thursday. The Hornets scored first in the second half, but the...
Having one basketball program win their first-ever conference tournament title would be cause enough for celebration. But having both your men’s and women’s hoops teams pull off the same feat in consecutive days? That’s a memorable rarity that the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse got to experience...
