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After conversation that ranged from discussion to debate, the Blair city council voted unanimously to purchase and hang a banner honoring Blair-Taylor High School graduates.
The conversation came about because representatives from the school approached the council asking if the city could honor the...
A familiar face is returning to Trempealeau County as Michele Butler was tapped as the next district administrator of the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District at Monday night’s regular meeting of the district school board.
Butler will serve out the conclusion of her first year as superintendent...
Blair-Taylor coach Jesse Lien said his team started slowly but picked up the pressure in the second half in a 64-52 win over Elmwood/Plum City on Saturday.
B-T took the lead before halftime before playing more aggressively and getting easy baskets in the second half.
“We were a bit sluggish...
After taking lumps last year, the Blair-Taylor boys basketball team is returning a number of key players with the hopes of picking up more wins.
Coach Randy Storlie is among the winningest coaches in the history of the state. His 646 career wins is tied for the fourth-most in state history with a...
Eleva-Strum fans celebrated in the background after Carter Gunderson slid home for the winning run in Tuesday's sectional final against Royall. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Before walking off the field after suffering a sectional final loss a year ago, Eleva-Strum coach CJ Christenson’s message to his players was to remember how they felt seeing eventual state-champion Ithaca celebrate in front of them at Blair-Taylor High School.
Those weren’t just hollow words or...
The Blair-Taylor softball team earned a split as it prepared for tournament play.
The Wildcats took down one of the top teams in the Dairyland Conference last week Monday, scoring in the bottom of the ninth to top Melrose-Mindoro. On Thursday, they got off to a strong start, but couldn’t keep going...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School softball team split its four games last week, winning two of the three Coulee Conference battles it faced.
G-E-T fell to Cochrane-Fountain City and Arcadia (see story elsewhere in Sports) and picked up wins over Viroqua and Westby.
The Red Hawks, now 9-8 on...
Last week began with three undefeated teams in Dairyland Conference play and ended with just one as neither Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran nor Eleva-Strum could catch up to Blair-Taylor ace Tavian Shramek.
Both teams struggled even to put the ball in play as Shramek struck out 19 against Eau Claire...
A doubleheader against the team atop the Coulee Conference standings and a nonconference matchup with La Crosse Logan handed the Arcadia High School baseball team three losses last week.
Arcadia was scheduled to play Westby on Tuesday before a rivalry matchup at home against G-E-T on Friday. A...
Blair-Taylor pitcher Brady Thompson threw to a Brookwood batter in the fourth inning of last Thursday’s nonconference baseball game in Wilton. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Three Blair-Taylor pitchers combined to allow just one hit and no runs while striking out 12 in a 7-0 season opening win against Brookwood in Wilton last Thursday.
Tavian Shramek got the start and struck out six batters in two innings before being replaced by Brady Thompson, who pitched three...
