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            Whitehall’s Brayden Lisowski eyed a grounder during their game at Blair-Taylor last week Tuesday.      (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

  Pitching led the way for the Whitehall baseball team as it shut out two Dairyland Conference opponents last week. The Norse began the week with a 1-0 win in Blair-Taylor on Tuesday before beating Alma Center Lincoln, 9-0, at home on Thursday.  As of Monday, Whitehall was one of three DC teams...

            Arcadia senior Tegan Michalak ran the final lap of the 1600-meter run during last Monday’s county invitational track and field meet at Whitehall High School. Michalak won the event, and Arcadia won the meet.         (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

  Arcadia High School walked away with bragging rights at one of the most historic track and field meets in the state last week. The Raiders swept the annual Trempealeau County invitational meet by winning both the girls and boys team titles last Monday at Whitehall High School. Arcadia won nine...

            Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau senior Shayna Kirkey pitched to a Tomah batter in a nonconference game in Tomah last Friday.          (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

  Nate DeJager knew when he took over as head coach of the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau high school softball team that his group would have to learn how to win together. The Red Hawks have six players in starting positions for the first time this season and is holding its own—DeJager has seen his group...

            Samantha Berg ran under a fly ball to record an out in a Coulee Conference softball matchup with Luther last Thursday in Onalaska.             (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

  A season after reaching the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division Four state semifinal game, the Onalaska Luther high school softball team showed it still has some power in its 2023 lineup. The Knights scored early and often in a home matchup with Arcadia last Thursday, beating...
The Blair-Taylor baseball team was close to picking up two Dairyland Conference wins last week, but struggles late in both games left the squad with two losses. The Wildcats were tied with Alma/Pepin entering the bottom of the seventh last week Tuesday, but a walk-off home run sent B-T home with a...

            Independence/Gilmanton’s Ben Pyka got around a tag attempt from Whitehall’s Eric Kleinhans during their game last Friday.    (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

  While there is a lot of baseball yet to be played, Independence/Gilmanton took a big step toward a Dairyland Conference title with a win over Whitehall last week. Both I/G and Whitehall entered the game undefeated in DC play, having already knocked off some of the other expected top contenders....

            Adison Pronschinske of Independence/Gilmanton tagged out Whitehall’s Ashlyn Clatt during their game on Friday.        (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

  The Independence/Gilmanton softball team came out swinging with five runs in the first inning then they put the game away with eight in the fourth. The Indees took a 7-0 lead before Whitehall climbed back to get within four. That’s when the Indees put up eight to put the game away. The win put I/...

            Blair-Taylor’s Lindsay Steien was one of 32 high school athletes across the state to be honored as Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Scholar Athletes.            (Submitted photo)

  Lindsay Steien was walking down a hallway in Blair-Taylor High School earlier this month when the school’s athletic director, Randy Storlie, pulled her aside for a quick congratulations. Storlie wanted to be the first person to tell the senior — an accomplished three-sport athlete at the school...

            Whitehall’s Olivia Killian swung on a pitch during their game against Alma/Pepin on Thursday.     (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

It was a difficult start for the Whitehall softball team, but they ended the week with a win. The Norse played mostly tight against Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran on Tuesday and Pepin/Alma on Thursday, but bad innings in each game led to lopsided final scores. They avoided the bad inning against...
A pair of Coulee Conference opponents took down the Arcadia High School softball team last week. The Raiders dropped a Tuesday matchup with Westby before G-E-T scored late to beat the Raiders last Thursday (see story elsewhere in Sports). Arcadia (1-5, 1-4 Coulee Conference) is scheduled to play...

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