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Arcadia second baseman Austin Hughes collected a grounder and fired to first for the final out in the top of the sixth last Monday at Parker Hagg Field. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
Coming off four straight losses to start the season in which they allowed a total of 53 runs to their opponents, the Arcadia baseball team was in need of a sharper performance on the mound. The duo of Logan Breska and Ben Lightfoot obliged, combining to allow just one run in the Raiders’ first win...
The Independence/Gilmanton baseball team put up three runs in the first inning and held on for an 8-4 win at Alma/Pepin last Tuesday.
The Indees were in control throughout the game as they put up three more runs in the fourth inning. The Eagles got a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh to...
The Independence/Gilmanton softball team struggled late as Alma/Pepin took control for the win.
The Indees got off to a good start with one run in each of the first two innings, but the Eagles still had the lead and then added six more runs.
I/G (1-3) was set to host Whitehall on Tuesday before...
Arcadia’s Landon Jaszewski made a splash as a freshman in 2025, earning first-team All-Coulee honors and making it to sectionals in his first season of high school golf. If his first conference mini meet was any indication, he’s got his eyes set on even more during his sophomore season.
Jaszewski...
Watching the first games of the NBA playoffs last weekend, there was a bit of empty feeling deep down knowing that I wouldn’t have the opportunity to be stressed out and infuriated by the Milwaukee Bucks getting themselves into some sort of postseason hijinks.
For the first time in a decade, the...
The Blair-Taylor softball team got back on track, winning two games by a combined score of 20-0 last week.
The Wildcats began the week coming off of a 4-3 loss to Augusta on April 10 and couldn’t get going offensively against Osseo-Fairchild on Tuesday. That changed in the eighth inning when B-T...
The Blair-Taylor baseball team won a shutout last week, but struggled to stop its opponent later in the week.
The Wildcats pulled away from Osseo-Fairchild late for a 9-0 win last Tuesday. On Thursday, however, the team struggled defensively in an 11-5 loss to Alma Center Lincoln.
B-T (3-2-1) got...
Arcadia’s Madison Grotjahn reached base safely on a groundball in the infield during the Raiders’ conference win over Black River Falls last Monday. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
The Arcadia softball team gave their fans two diametrically different winning experiences last week on their way to another conference sweep.
By the tightest of margins and by blowout, the Raiders (7-0, 5-0 Coulee) earned themselves a sweep of Black River Falls (1-8, 1-4) to maintain their place...
G-E-T’s Sami Filla used both hands to secure a catch on a pop-up against Westby last week. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
The early returns for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau softball team this spring have been positive, with the Red Hawks improving to 6-0 following a win in Westby early last week. However, the Norsemen got their revenge in Galesville a few days later to hand the home team their first loss of 2026.
G-E-...
G-E-T sophomore Avery Gagnon competed in the girls’ triple jump at last Tuesday’s MVC/Coulee Invite in Onalaska. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
With the threat of storms looming all throughout the day, the scheduled convergence of 13 Mississippi Valley and Coulee teams for their annual interconference track meet appeared in danger of being axed. But a late change in the storm’s path meant it was full steam ahead for the 2026 edition of the...
