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            Blair-Taylor’s Andi Beck put up a shot inside during her team’s game against Whitehall on Friday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

What had been a tough week ended on a high note as the Blair-Taylor girls basketball team defeated Whitehall on Friday. B-T struggled offensively in losses to Independence/Gilmanton and Cochrane-Fountain City on Monday and Tuesday of last week. The team shot just under 32% in Monday’s 61-39 loss to...
The Blair-Taylor boys basketball team struggled against two of the top teams in the Dairyland Conference last week. The Wildcats couldn’t stop the bleeding on a pair of big runs by Cochrane-Fountain City in a 67-50 loss on Monday of last week. On Thursday, Whitehall took control in the second half...
While both Augusta and Blair-Taylor stuck with Whitehall, the Norse highlighted their ability to put the ball in the basket in a pair of wins. The game against Augusta was close for the most part, but Whitehall came up with big three-pointers in crucial moments for a 67-57 win last Monday. On...
The Whitehall boys and girls wrestling teams both found themselves on top of the Dairyland Conference as conference competition concluded at Osseo-Fairchild on Thursday. The Whitehall boys were the only DC squad to field close to a full roster, but it also won some key matches last week. The Norse...
The Independence/Gilmanton boys basketball team had some good streaks, but couldn’t put it all together in a pair of losses last week. The Indees got off to a slow start in a 55-46 loss to Alma Center Lincoln on Tuesday of last week. On Thursday, the team was ahead of Eleva-Strum late in the first...
The Independence/Gilmanton girls basketball team came away with lopsided wins against a couple of teams that defeated them earlier this season. The Indees lost to state-ranked Blair-Taylor, 60-56, in November, but ran away from the Wildcats for a 61-39 win on Monday of last week. On Friday, I/G...
Against a pair of opponents that they compete against consistently throughout the winter, the G-E-T/Mel-Min/C-FC gymnastics co-op settled for a familiar result. GMC finished second at a home triangular, behind the West Salem co-op and ahead of the Westby/Viroqua/Cashton/De Soto (WVCD) co-op this...
Another year, another conference championship within reach for the West Salem boys basketball team. The Panthers (16-2, 9-0 Coulee) moved on the cusp of securing a fifth consecutive Coulee crown by breezing past Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau last week in their second of two meetings on the season. That...
The Whitehall girls basketball team appeared to be on the verge of taking the game over, but went cold as Augusta surged ahead and held on for a 62-59 win last Tuesday. The Norse had a nine-point lead with 14 minutes left in the game, but Augusta con-trolled the next eight minutes of play. The...

            Arcadia sophomore Deklyn Grzadzielewski tied for a team high with 13 points against Luther last Tuesday in Onalaska. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)

One indicator of team improvement over the course of a season is how a group performs the second time around against a conference foe. For the Arcadia boys basketball team, they’ve shown encouraging signs by picking up wins in two of their last three contests over Coulee foes they had previously...

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