G-E-T drops pair in Winona

The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau girls basketball team’s hunt for a win will push forward into the new year after the Red Hawks dropped their final two games of 2025 at a holiday tournament.

G-E-T (0-10) lost to a pair of Minnesota opponents at last week’s Lewiston Auto Holiday Classic, where they faced both Lewiston-Altura and La Crescent-Hokah at Winona State University’s McCown Gymnasium.

The Red Hawks now shift their focus to the heart of conference play, where they will host Viroqua on Thursday at 7 p.m. and hit the road to take on Black River Falls next Tuesday at 7 p.m.

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A slow start ultimately doomed G-E-T to a lopsided loss at the hands of the Cardinals last Monday in Winona.

The Red Hawks stumbled out of the gates, trailing 26-8 just eight minutes into the proceedings. They eventually settled in and played much more competitive basketball to whittle into their deficit a bit and trailed 13 early in the second half, but Lewiston-Altura eventually pulled away for good down the stretch.

G-E-T sophomore Caydie Thompson tallied 13 points on 6-of-14 shooting while also pulling in eight rebounds to come close to a double-double. Fellow sophomore Alexis Ouellette went 9 of 12 from the free-throw line on her way to 11 points. Sophomore Claire Baures reeled in five rebounds as well.

G-E-T (field goals/attempts-free throws/attempts-rebounds-points)—McCutchen 0/0-0/0-1-0; Ouellette 1/4-9/12-2-11; Scow 1/2-0/0-1-3; Johnson 0/7-0/0-4-0; Burns 0/2-0/0-4-0; Keller 1/2-2/4-3-4; Lunsford 1/6-0/0-3-3; L. Thompson 0/2-0/0-0-0; Baures 0/3-0/0-5-0; James 1/3-1/2-2-3; C. Thompson 6/14-1/4-8-13

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A double-double courtesy of Caydie Thompson wasn’t enough for the Red Hawks to keep pace with the Lancers last Tuesday in Winona.

A pair of long-range buckets from Baures kept the Red Hawks within 8-6 about six minutes into the first half, but La Crescent-Hokah soon raced away for a convincing win. G-E-T went 0 of 11 from 3-point range outside of those two early makes by Baures.

Thompson posted her double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds, senior Lexi James chipped in nine points and 10 rebounds to nearly register a double-double as well and Baures finished with eight points and six rebounds.

G-E-T (field goals/attempts-free throws/attempts-rebounds-points)—McCutchen 0/2-0/0-1-0; Ouellette 0/9-3/5-4-3; Scow 0/4-0/0-1-0; Johnson 0/1-0/0-3-0; Burns 2/2-0/0-2-4; Keller 2/4-0/0-1-4; Lunsford 0/2-0/0-4-0; L. Thompson 0/0-0/0-2-0; Baures 3/11-0/0-6-8; James 3/4-3/4-10-9; C. Thompson 5/11-2/4-12-12