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Blair-Taylor Coach Jesse Lien was emotional as he handed the WIAA Sectional Championship plaque to his team after they defeated Belmont on Saturday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The ball hung in the air for what seemed like an eternity.
If it went through the basket, the Blair-Taylor girls basketball team’s season would be over. If it didn’t, the team would advance to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division Five Sectional final game.
Clank! The ball...
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City co-op senior Abby Miller performed her floor routine at Saturday's WIAA Division Two individual state gymnastics championship at Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School. Miller earned runner-up honors in the event and took ninth in the all-around competition in her fourth straight tournament appearance. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Ever since reaching the podium at the WIAA Division Two individual state gymnastics championships as a freshman, Abby Miller has aimed to claim another top-six finish among the state’s best.
The senior did even better at Saturday’s championship meet at Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School. In her...
The Blair-Taylor bench celebrated a basket during the second half of the team's sectional semifinal win over Hillsboro Thursday evening.
Hillsboro was surging to the finish as what was a nine-point Blair-Taylor lead with four minutes remaining in the game was in jeopardy while Kyra Bisarek’s potential game-winning three pointer hung in the air.
“Oh God, don’t go in, please don’t go in,” B-T coach Jesse Lien thought.
His prayer was...
G-E-T junior Jack Beedle unleashed a 3-point shot in Tuesday's 66-61 overtime win over Altoona in the first round of the WIAA Division Three regional playoffs. Beedle finished with 12 points for the Red Hawks. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
After nearly being upset in their opening playoff game last Tuesday, the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School boys basketball team knew they needed to be better if they wanted their season to continue.
They used the scare from Tuesday’s overtime win over Altoona to refocus and grabbed two more...
Devon McCune of Whitehall went up for a layup with Melrose-Mindoro’s Ty Zeman defending during their game last week Monday. The Norse clinched sole possession of the Dairyland Conference championship with the win. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
With sole possession of the Dairyland Conference title at stake, the Whitehall boys basketball team didn’t blink.
Playing on the road against the team hoping to tie the Norse for the conference title with a win last week Monday, Whitehall had answers to everything Melrose-Mindoro threw at them. The...
Arcadia’s Kaiden Rotering released his free throw attempt as teammate Prestin Scow watched on from the backcourt in last Monday’s 72-47 win over Cochrane-Fountain City. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Midway through January, the Arcadia High School boys basketball team had been within reach of nearly every team they played but wins weren’t stacking together and the Raiders were winless in the Coulee Conference.
The Raiders responded by winning 12 of their final 15 games, a stretch that included...
Arcadia senior Breah Golden rolled a layup toward the rim in a WIAA regional playoff win over G-E-T last Tuesday at Arcadia High School. The Raiders beat the Red Hawks 48-24. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
For much of the first half in last Tuesday’s Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association regional playoff game at Arcadia High School, the school from just down the road was keeping the Arcadia girls basketball team’s top players at bay.
The 10th-seeded G-E-T Red Hawks were scrapping on defense...
It was a story of two halves as the Independence girls basketball team’s season came to an end last week Tuesday.
The Indees got off to a strong start in their Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division Five regional quarterfinal game at Cochrane-Fountain City. However, the upset hopes...
Whitehall’s Ashlyn Clatt dribbled around a Mondovi defender during their regional game in Mondovi last week Tuesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Whitehall got off to a strong start offensively, but couldn’t maintain it as their girls basketball season ended last week Tuesday.
The Norse hit a few three pointers early and their defense forced turnovers that led to layups, but Whitehall’s defense had its struggles as Mondovi led 48-30 at...
Breanna Wier of Osseo-Fairchild/Augusta/Fall Creek claimed the 152-pound title at the second ever Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Girls State Tournament on Saturday.
Wier entered the tournament as the top seed in the 16-wrestler bracket, which included wrestlers from throughout the...
