G-E-T ends Coulee play with West Salem, Westby losses
Ava Lightfoot of Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau pushed the ball up the floor in the first half of their game against West Salem last Tuesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
A couple of lopsided defeats at the hands of West Salem and Westby marked an end to the regular season for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau girls basketball team.
The Red Hawks (2-22, 1-11 Coulee) now turn their attention to the Division 2 playoffs, where they are an 11 seed. If they can go on the road and defeat No. 6 seed Altoona, they’d advance to the regional semifinals to play No. 3 seed Mauston on Friday at 7 p.m.
West Salem 90 G-E-T 27
In their last home game of the season, the Red Hawks fell behind by 40 at halftime in a blowout loss to the Coulee champion Panthers (19-4, 12-0) last Tuesday in Galesville.
Scoring leaders for West Salem were Megan Johnson with 26 points, Josie Brudos with 21 and Anna Witte with 11. G-E-T was led by Lexi James with eight points and Amara Brantner with five.
Westby 76 G-E-T 42
To wrap up the regular season, Westby (7-15, 3-9) welcomed in the Red Hawks and sent them back home with a 34-point loss.
The Norsemen were guided by Ali Fortun with 14 points, Erin Gluch and Raegan Stenslien with 11 points each and Natalie Miller with 10 points.
James had a stellar night for G-E-T with 18 points on 72.7 percent shooting from the field. Claire Baures and Alexis Ouellette added six and five points, respectively, in the defeat.
