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Coming into the spring, Arcadia and West Salem figured to be prominent contenders for the Coulee Conference crown. After the Raiders struck the first blow with a win in West Salem in late March, the Panthers returned the favor in the rematch in Arcadia last Tuesday.
West Salem (10-2, 6-1 Coulee)...
Blair-Taylor’s Kayli Benedict threw to first for an out during the Wildcats’ win over Whitehall on Friday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Blair-Taylor softball team took early leads in two wins last week.
Though the games had similar starts, the rest of the action was different. B-T took a lead and didn’t slow down in a 15-0 win over Alma Center Lincoln on Tuesday. On Friday, however, the team scored four runs in the first inning...
Whitehall’s Grayson Pronschinske made contact on a pitch during his team’s win over Independence/Gilmanton last Tuesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Whitehall baseball team took an early lead and continued to add runs throughout its 11-0 win over Independence/Gilmanton last Tuesday.
The Norse took a 2-0 lead in the first inning and pulled away with a couple of big innings late in the game. The team ended the week on a sour note, however, as...
Arcadia’s Jaylie Dahl won the girls’ 400-meter dash at last week’s Logan Invitational with a time of 1:01.28. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
Arcadia’s Jaylie Dahl continued her stellar senior campaign last week, winning a combined four sprint races at the Raiders’ two meets.
Dahl was victorious in the 200- and 400-meter dashes during an invitational hosted by La Crosse Logan early in the week, then followed it up by winning both the 100...
G-E-T’s Mitchell Thell celebrated as he trotted home on Luke Herman’s fourth-inning double against Westby this past Thursday. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
The two games between the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau and Westby baseball teams last week were about as tight as can be, all the way down to the fitting result of a split series.
The Red Hawks (2-2, 2-2 Coulee) and the Norsemen (3-2, 1-1) played a pair of one-run games with the home team clawing out...
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...
