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Strong play continued for the Whitehall boys basketball team last week as they clinched the Dairyland Conference Large Division title with a win over Augusta on Tuesday.
It was a balanced attack for the Norse as they pulled away in the second half for a 76-57 conference-clinching road win over...
Ben Pyka of Independence put up a shot in the lane during their game against Gilmanton on Friday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Independence boys basketball team was close, but came up empty in two Dairyland Conference games last week.
The Indees had a one-point lead at halftime against Alma/Pepin, but the Eagles took control in the second half of a 49-37 win last Tuesday. On Friday, the Indees were in the game...
G-E-T senior Emily Nelson readied to toss a layup toward the net in the closing minutes of a 59-43 loss to Luther at G-E-T High School last Thursday. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
As the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School girls basketball team readied for their final regular season game against the second best team in the Coulee Conference on Thursday, coach Louis Hurd wrote the top priority for his team on a whiteboard.
The words — ‘handle a run’— were simple, but the...
It’s playoff time for the Blair-Taylor High School girls basketball team, one of the best in the region and state.
The second-seeded Wildcats (23-1 this season) closed the regular season with a pair of routs last week, taking care of Independence on the road on Tuesday before visiting Melrose-...
The Blair-Taylor High School boys basketball team added two more wins last week as the 2021-22 season nears its end — the Wildcats have just one more game on their schedule before the postseason begins next week.
The Wildcats won a pair of Dairyland Large Conference games on the road last week, the...
The Arcadia gymnastics team took fourth with a score of 75.75 at a quadrangular in Marshfield last week Tuesday.
The host school won the quad easily with a score of 132.7, while Tomah scored 109.7 and Westby finished with 103.4.
While the Raiders only had three gymnasts competing, they all had all...
GMC senior Katie Pierson completed her beam routine during the Coulee Conference championship meet at West Salem High School last Friday. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City gymnastics co-op gave one of the top area gymnastics teams a run for their money at the Coulee Conference championship meet in West Salem last Friday, eventually falling short of a win by less than half a point.
GMC lost West Salem...
Whitehall’s Alex Katzman attempted to turn Cadott’s Kaleb Sonnentag during their match at the team sectional last week Tuesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Whitehall wrestling team fell against one of the top small school programs in the state in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Team Sectional at Cadott last week Tuesday.
The Norse squared off against the host school and looked to have a chance early on, but they ended up with...
Iffy shooting from the free throw line for the Blair-Taylor High School boys basketball team kept visiting Port Edwards within reach last Tuesday, but late success from the line gave the Wildcats their sixth win in the team’s last seven games.
Port Edwards played the Wildcats to a 23-23 tie at the...
Whitehall’s Norah Youngbauer went in for a layup during their game against Eleva-Strum on Friday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Offensive struggles continued for the Whitehall girls basketball team last week as they failed to reach 50 points in two losses.
The Norse struggled to make shots and with turnovers in a 53-44 loss to Augusta last Tuesday. On Friday, they had similar issues as Eleva-Strum picked up a 65-37 win....
