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Payton Kelly of Blair-Taylor made a diving catch for a big gain during the Wildcats’ 34-12 loss to Eleva-Strum in the first round of the WIAA playoffs on Friday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Blair-Taylor football team couldn’t get its offense going in a 34-12 loss to Eleva-Strum in Level One of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association playoffs in Blair on Friday night.
B-T’s offense had been a strength all season, but the Wildcats managed just one offensive touchdown. B-T...
Arcadia’s Adella Anderson leaped to smack a serve during the Raiders’ win over rival G-E-T last week in Galesville. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
Coming off four consecutive straight-set losses in conference play, the Arcadia volleyball team flipped that script and finished off the regular season by sweeping away their archrivals.
The Raiders (17-17, 4-8 Coulee) marched past Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau in three sets 25-14, 25-15, 25-22 this...
The 2025 regular season finale between Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau and Westby proved to be about as close as it can be. In the end, it was the success and failure of a pair of two-point conversions that decided the outcome.
The Norsemen (3-6, 3-4 Coulee) scraped out an 8-6 victory over the Red Hawks (...
The Whitehall volleyball team split its final two regular season matches and began playoff competition this week.
The Norse fell to Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran in straight sets on the road on Tuesday of last week. On Thursday, the Norse won two of the final three sets to beat Eleva-Strum, 3-2. ...
The Independence/Gilmanton volleyball team closed its regular season with a five-set win.
The Indees lost to Melrose-Mindoro, 3-1, earlier in the week and were in trouble at home against Pepin/Alma on Thursday. After a 25-17 win in the first set, the Indees lost the second and third. The team...
The Independence/Gilmanton football team couldn’t find the end zone in its last regular season game, falling 36-0 to Eleva-Strum on Friday.
The Cardinals were able to do what they wanted early in the game as quarterback Reede Brown threw three touchdown passes, including two 20-yard strikes — one...
Above: G-E-T junior Adrian Bautista finished third at the Coulee Conference meet at black River Falls on Thursday. Below: G-E-T’s Isabella Tibbitts (7142), seen running alongside teammate Ruby Johnson, was an All-Coulee honorable mention at last week’s conference meet. (Times photographs by Zach Rastall)
All throughout the 2025 season, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau junior Adrian Bautista has staked his claim to being one of the best runners in the Coulee Conference and the area in general. He further cemented that status with a strong showing at this year’s conference meet.
Bautista crossed the finish...
CJ Dummer of Blair-Taylor secured the catch for a two-point conversion despite tight coverage by Whitehall’s Kade Foss. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
With the game on the line, Blair-Taylor coach Seth Dale had options.
The team was about six inches away from scoring the go-ahead touchdown, but failed to do so on two other opportunities in close. His team hadn’t run the ball well all night, while senior receiver CJ Dummer had come up with big...
Blair-Taylor’s Emma Wathke set the ball during their match against Melrose-Mindoro on Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Blair-Taylor volleyball team took care of business and got the help it needed to win a share of the Dairyland Conference title
The Wildcats swept both of their matches last week, taking down Alma Center Lincoln on Tuesday and Melrose-Mindoro on Thursday. What was more surprising happened in...
Arcadia’s Deklyn Grzadzielewski closed in for one of his 17 total tackles in the Raiders’ win over Luther last Friday. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
It took until the fourth quarter for them to finally pull away, but the Arcadia football team ultimately took care of business as planned to put the finishing touches on the regular season.
The Raiders (7-2, 5-2 Coulee) scored the final 16 points of the game in the fourth quarter to earn a 42-20...
