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As it went into halftime on Saturday, the Arcadia soccer team was more frustrated with its own performance than with anything Three Lakes/Phelps (TLP) was doing. But coach Luis Cruz’s message was that his team needed to be better and was capable of being better. The result was five second half...
Taylor Sylla (above) finished 35th and her sister Allie Sylla (below) took 37th at the WIAA State Cross Country meet held in Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday. (Times photographs by Zach Rastall)
Throughout their time together running cross country in high school, sisters Taylor and Allie Sylla have pushed each other to get better and formed a dynamic duo that led the way for the Independence/Gilmanton program. Therefore, it felt a bit poetic that their final race together for the Indees...
Despite having to wear teammate Carter Giemza’s running spikes, G-E-T’s Adrian Bautista earned himself a state berth at last week’s sectional meet in Wisconsin Rapids. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
Going into a sectional meet where he was already dealing with the pressure of seeking his first state tournament berth in his third try as a high school athlete, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau junior Adrian Bautista realized on the bus ride he’d forgotten something important in the trunk of his car: his...
G-E-T’s Sydney Nelson bumped the ball during a regional match against Poynette last week in Galesville. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
Though wins weren’t always the easiest to come by for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau volleyball team during this first season under new head coach Marc Baures, the Red Hawks got to send out their seniors with a playoff victory in their final home match of 2025.
Following a challenging run through...
Arcadia forward Christopher Urbina showed out in the Raiders’ playoff opener against Tri-County last Tuesday, scoring four goals in the first half of a 9-0 romp. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
There’s winning a regional title and then there’s what the Arcadia boys soccer team did to bulldoze their way to sectionals.
After earning a first-round bye in this year’s Division Four playoffs, the Raiders obliterated both of their first two playoff opponents on their way to a regional title,...
Though it didn’t earn them a home game in the first round, a seven-win regular season had the Arcadia football team hopeful they had the tools to earn a playoff victory for the first time since 2019. But a fast start for Winnebago Lutheran proved a bit too much for the visiting Raiders to overcome...
Whitehall’s Kelsie Klomsten hit the ball over the net during her team’s regional win over Necedah last Tuesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
First-year coach April Foss said her Whitehall team played some of its best volleyball at the end of the season, but it wasn’t quite enough to pull off an upset in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association regional semifinal.
The sixth-seeded Norse dominated the regional quarterfinal match...
The Independence/Gilmanton volleyball team pulled off one upset and was close against the top team in their regional bracket, but fell short.
The ninth-seeded Indees went back-and-forth against eighth-seeded Pittsville last Tuesday, but the local team came away with a 15-11 win in the fifth set to...
Independence/Gilmanton’s Taylor Sylla (above) and Allie Sylla (below) qualified for the WIAA State Cross Country Championships to be held in Wisconsin Rapids this Saturday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Independence/Gilmanton’s Taylor Sylla will return to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Cross Country Championships, and this year she’ll have company.
Sylla finished eighth in the state meet held at Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids last year and will return to the same...
Chloe Medenblik of Blair-Taylor spiked the ball during the team’s regional win over Melrose-Mindoro last Thursday. The Wildcats went on to beat Stevens Point Pacelli on Saturday to win the first regional title in school history. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Perhaps the greatest season in Blair-Taylor volleyball team history will continue after the team pulled off two sweeps in Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association regional play last week.
The second-seeded Wildcats dispatched Dairyland Conference rival (7) Melrose-Mindoro in three sets on...
