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            G-E-T's Brecken Ebersold dribbles in the post while being defended by Bangor's Brody Edwards during their non-conference tilt last Friday.             (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)

For those worried about the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau boys basketball team losing their scoring punch with the graduation of Cody Schmitz, the first two games of the 2024-25 season should provide at least a little relief. The Red Hawks (2-0) have opened the new campaign in emphatic fashion, winning...
After taking a two-point lead in a low-scoring first half, the Blair-Taylor girls basketball team couldn’t keep up with Cochrane-Fountain City in the second as the Pirates won 57-43. The Wildcats held a 20-18 advantage at the intermission, but C-FC solved its offensive woes. The Pirates put up 39...
Three Whitehall wrestlers placed as the team finished near the middle of the pack at the Black River Falls Invitational on Saturday. Frank Juresh took second in the 106-pound weight class in the team’s season opening competition. After two byes, Juresh pinned Landon Dowling of Eau Claire Memorial...
The Whitehall girls basketball team lost a big lead in one game and couldn’t recover after falling behind in another last week. The Norse went on a big run in the first half and had a 14-point lead on the road against Mondovi last week Tuesday. The Buffaloes chipped away then went on a run, winning...
The Independence/Gilmanton wrestling team picked up wins against two other area teams at the Beef River Brawl, a dual tournament hosted by Mondovi on Saturday. The Indees defeated Mondovi/Eleva-Strum, 41-29, and Osseo-Fairchild/Augusta/Fall Creek, 66-12, in the team’s first competition of the...
The Independence/Gilmanton girls basketball team made clutch shots to pick up one win but went cold down the stretch in its first loss of the season. The Indees led by 10 early in the second half against Cashton then made several baskets down the stretch to hold on for a 46-43 win last week Monday...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro wrestling co-op rang in the 2024-25 season in dominant fashion, comfortably winning a pair of duals at a multi-dual event held last Thursday at Logan High School in La Crosse. The Titans are back in action at a home quad hosted at Melrose-Mindoro High...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau girls basketball team put together their two best scoring outputs of the season to this point over the past week, but it wasn’t enough to get them in the win column. The Red Hawks (0-5, 0-1 Coulee) continue the pursuit of that first victory with Coulee contests against...

            Blair-Taylor’s Ethan Kniseley adjusted his shot in the air between two Whitehall defenders during their game last Tuesday.                    (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

The Blair-Taylor boys basketball team was able to overcome one slow start last week, but couldn’t do so a second time. The Wildcats trailed Whitehall by 11 early last week Tuesday, but B-T went on a run before halftime then pulled away in the second half for a 71-53 win. The start was similar...

            Nolan Schank of Independence/Gilmanton finished a fastbreak with a layup during the team’s win over Melrose-Mindoro on Friday.               (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

A buzzer beater gave the Independence boys basketball team a win on Friday to even its record this season. The team’s first win of the season came last week Monday when it pulled away from Cashton in the second half for a 54-38 victory. The Indees went cold late in a 60-48 road loss to Eau Claire...

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