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It was a matter of depth for the Blair-Taylor wrestling team last week.
While its wrestlers went 9-1 in matches that were actually decided on the mat, the team gave up too many points in forfeits to beat both Osseo-Fairchild/Augusta/Fall Creek and Mondovi/Eleva-Strum. The Wildcats topped OF/A/FC on...
The Independence/Gilmanton girls basketball team took control early in the second half then held off Alma Center Lincoln down the stretch.
The Indees got off to a fast start, scoring the first six points, before the Hornets went on an 11-2 run. The teams went back and forth for a bit, but the...
The Independence/Gilmanton boys basketball team continues to struggle offensively in Dairyland Conference play last week.
The Indees scored 47 points in an eight-point loss to Houston, Minn. last week Monday. On Thursday, however, they were unable to top 20 points, losing to Alma Center Lincoln, 65...
There was bountiful wrestling action for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro Titans co-op last week.
The Titans started last week by sweeping a Coulee Conference triangular on Thursday against Viroqua and Black River Falls and ended with a second-place finish at a tournament in Richland...
A pair of Coulee Conference teams took down the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau girls basketball team last week.
The Red Hawks fell on Tuesday to Arcadia (see story elsewhere in Sports) before losing at West Salem on Friday. A visit from Tomah of the Mississippi Valley Conference this Thursday is the only...
The Arcadia High School boys basketball team last week became the first squad to register its third Coulee Conference win of the year.
Arcadia (4-2 overall, 3-1 Coulee) went 1-1 last week, beginning with a loss to G-E-T (6-0, 2-0). The Raiders responded by taking down Westby on the road on Thursday...
Arcadia’s Landen Pehler worked to secure a pin during a match at the Whitehall Invitational on Friday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Arcadia Raiders left as the winners at an invitational wrestling tournament that featured numerous other Trempealeau County teams at Whitehall last Friday.
Arcadia narrowly edged Mondovi 124-121 for the team title on Friday. Fellow county schools Blair-Taylor (third) and Independence/Gilmanton...
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau senior Cody Schmitz fought off the defense of Arcadia senior Maverick Drazkowski (left) and junior Ted Teske during last Tuesday’s 87-65 win at G-E-T High School. Schmitz led all players with 39 points, while Drazkowski led Arcadia with 26. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
When the 2023-24 boys basketball schedule first came out, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau boys basketball coach Jared McCutchen noticed quickly that the Red Hawks’ Coulee Conference opener was against county opponent Arcadia.
The Red Hawks jumped out to a big lead in the first half of that game last...
Whitehall’s Trinity Aasen released a jump shot during their win over Blair-Taylor last week. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Whitehall girls basketball team’s strong start to the season continued last week with two lopsided wins.
The Norse started the first and second halves with runs to establish and maintain control of their game against Blair-Taylor, winning 48-33, last Tuesday. On Friday, Whitehall had one of its...
Arcadia’s Maverick Drazkowski finished a fastbreak with a layup during Friday’s game against Black River Falls. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
With a county rivalry game awaiting this week, the top offensive threat for the Arcadia boys basketball team is scoring at will.
Senior Maverick Drazkowski scored a career-high 32 points in a Coulee Conference win over Black River Falls last Friday and led the Raiders with 22 more points in a win...
