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Norah Youngbauer of Whitehall sent a shot toward the basket after drawing a foul during their game against Independence last week Tuesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
A 20-0 run that began in the first half helped the Whitehall girls basketball team overcome some hot first half shooting by Independence with a 51-36 win in the season opener for both teams.
The Indees made four three pointers and had another three-point play with a basket and a foul as they took a...
Arcadia seniors Breah Golden (left) and Tegan Michalak posed for a picture shortly after signing their letters of intent to become Division 2 college athletes when they graduate from Arcadia High School this spring. Golden will play basketball at Lake Superior State in Michigan, while Michalak will run for St. Cloud State in Minnesota. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
A pair of Raiders took the next step in their respective athletic careers last week.
Seniors Tegan Michalak and Breah Golden on Wednesday both signed letters of intent to become Division 2 college athletes when their athletic careers end at Arcadia High School this spring. Both athletes earned...
The top two teams in the Coulee Conference both could be calling themselves state champions by the end of the week.
Neither West Salem nor La Crosse Aquinas had much difficulty advancing to the Wis-consin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Championship game last week.
The Panthers took a...
The Whitehall girls basketball team will have several familiar faces on the court, but it will be a new one leading the team from the bench.
Christina Cantlon takes over the program from Beth Lisowski, who left the district. Cantlon played collegiately at St. Olaf college and has coached youth...
Kierstyn Kindschy drove to the basket with Abby Thompson defending during Blair-Taylor girls basketball team practice last week. The two are a part of a large senior class that has helped the program to three straight Dairyland Conference titles. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Blair-Taylor girls basketball team isn’t entering the season thinking about a trip to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Tournament. Or about how it will be the final year the team’s eight seniors play together. Instead, they’re thinking about the experience they have the...
Arcadia girls basketball coach Evan Pagel instructed his players through a drill at practice last Friday. Pagel thinks the Raiders should be competitive in his first season as head coach. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
When Evan Pagel watched the Arcadia High School girls basketball team last season, he felt there was more talent and potential than the team’s record showed.
As the junior varsity coach, he watched the Raiders work to a six-win season and a fifth place finish in the Coulee Conference.
And as Pagel...
Independence seniors Amiah Ives and Ahnna Bautch worked on post moves during practice last week. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Injuries and inexperience hurt the Independence girls basketball team last year as they went 8-15, but they’re returning four starters with the hopes of having a better season.
The Indees were at roughly .500 last season before leading scorer Avery Pape was lost for the season with an injury. They...
And then there were two.
And they were the two teams that finished atop what proved to be a strong Coulee Con-ference in 2022. Last Friday, West Salem and La Crosse Aquinas became the last two teams from either the Coulee or Dairyland conferences remaining in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic...
Arcadia senior Andree Gonzalez broke the single season scoring record this fall and developed into one of the program’s best players of all time. Gonzalez has high hopes for his future, whether it be pursuing a college career or a track to the professional leagues. Gonzalez and the Raiders fell to Aquinas in the sectional final. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Andree Gonzalez paused for a moment and flashed a quick smile before admitting that his growth in the Arcadia High School soccer program runs deeper than just developing as a scorer.
It’s been a four-year journey of growing into a potent offensive threat and learning how to handle himself like a...
Blair-Taylor girls basketball coach Jesse Lien gave his teams instructions before a drill at Monday’s practice. Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association rules allowed girls basketball teams to begin practicing on Monday of this week with games set to begin next week. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The winter sports season is officially underway as the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association allowed for practices for girls basketball and gymnastics to begin on Monday of this week.
Perhaps the team with the most excitement entering the season is the Blair-Taylor girls basketball team,...
