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Arcadia sophomore Trey Lyga competed in his first WIAA Division Two track and field state championship meet last Saturday, taking eighth place in discus. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
A pair of county athletes finished the 2023 track and field season among the state’s best last weekend.
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau senior Jordan Stanislowski and Arcadia sophomore Trey Lyga both competed at the WIAA Division Two state track and field championships at UW-La Crosse on Saturday.
Lyga’s...
Whitehall catcher Eric Kleinhans made a throw to try to secure an out against Aquinas in last Wednesday’s 3-0 regional playoff loss in La Crosse. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Whitehall stuck with the top-ranked baseball team in all of Division Three last Wednesday, but Aquinas held on for a 3-0 win and a regional title to end the Norse’s season.
The Norse finish 2023 with a 15-7 record.
“We had pretty high expectations coming in returning so many guys from last year...
Kierstyn Kindschy of Blair-Taylor chased after a fly ball during their sectional final game against Stratford last Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
One big hit was the difference as a three-run double put Stratford on the board and gave them a lead they’d keep, beating Blair-Taylor, 4-1, in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division Four Sectional Final game in Blair last Thursday.
The game was scoreless and B-T had two outs...
Blair-Taylor junior Davonne Turner rushed to the finish line in the 400-meter relay at last Monday’s regional track and field meet at Luther High School. Turner helped the Wildcats advance to the sectional with a third-place finish. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
For the first time in at least 43 years, there won’t be any members of the Blair-Taylor, Independence/Gilmanton or Whitehall track and field teams competing in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State meet.
While the three area schools sent a strong contingent from the WIAA Division...
Blair-Taylor left fielder Austin Thompson secured a catch during their game against Brookwood last week Tuesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The regular season ended and the postseason started with a bang for the Blair-Taylor baseball team as it scored a combined 31 runs in two wins.
B-T fell in a big hole in its regular season finale last week Tuesday against Brookwood, but they climbed out of it, scoring 14 runs to win by four. They...
One of the top seeds in the Division Three softball bracket ended Arcadia’s softball season last Tuesday.
Arcadia fell 6-1 at the hands of top-seeded Baldwin-Woodville on the road. The Raiders finish the 2023 season with a 5-16 record.
Arcadia won their first playoff matchup over Nekoosa last week...
While they had a couple of close games against Pepin/Alma during the regular season, the Independence/Gilmanton softball team struggled in a 12-2 postseason loss last week Tuesday.
The Indees lost both games to the Eagles during the regular season, but were within striking distance, falling 5-2 on...
The Independence/Gilmanton baseball team outscored two Dairyland Conference opponents a combined 19-2 as they closed the regular season with two wins and locked up a tie for second place in the conference standings.
The Indees were in control for most of both games as they beat Melrose-Mindoro, 6-1...
Bryce Schorbahn of Whitehall beat the tag to score on a wild pitch during their regional win on Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Whitehall baseball won its final regular season game to clinch a second-place tie in the Dairyland Conference before opening postseason play with a win.
Whitehall’s 8-4 win over Alma Center Lincoln on Monday put the team’s final regular season record at 13-6 and its DC record at 13-5, tied with...
A regional win over Tomah got the playoffs rolling for the Arcadia High School baseball team last Tuesday.
The fifth-seeded Raiders (13-8 this season) took care of business against the 12th-seeded Timberwolves behind a productive fifth inning.
Arcadia also ended its regular season last week with a...
