Sports
The Dairyland Men’s Fastpitch Softball League will begin this Thursday with five teams participating in the 2020 season.
The teams include Ffats Brewing Company, Whitehall; Pleasantville Lions Club, Pleasantville; La Crosse Classics/Wason’s Supper Club, La Crosse and Galesville; Weiner’s Bar,...
Osseo's Jesse Brockman threw to first for an out during their game against Eau Claire on Wednesday. (Times photo by Andrew Dannehy)
In what was supposed to be the Chippewa River Baseball League opener, the Osseo Merchants came alive in the middle of the game to defeat the Eau Claire Rivermen 8-1 last week Wednesday.
The morning of the game, the CRBL officially announced the cancellation of league play due to the COVID-19...
As the decades-long wave of phasing-out Native American mascots finally crashed hard enough to cause some professional teams to review their names and imagery, it is astonishing to realize what got us to this point.
The National Football League and Washington football team to be renamed shortly...
Osseo third baseman Jimi Zawacki threw to first for an out during their game against Chaseburg/Coon Valley on Wednesday. (Times photo by Andrew Dannehy)
In their final game before Chippewa River Baseball League play begins, the Osseo Merchants came out ahead of Chaseburg/Coon Valley last Wednesday.
The Merchants loaded the bases with zero outs in the bottom of the second before bringing three runs home. They scored three more in the fourth and...
Ethan Ringlien pitched his FFATS team to the championship game in the Pleasantville Fourth of July fastpitch softball tournament, but they lost to Strikers Lanes in the final game. (Times photo by Andrew Dannehy)
A local team took the championship game to 12 innings, but it was Strikers Lanes from Baldwin that topped Ffats to win the Pleasantville Fourth of July fastpitch softball tournament over the weekend.
The championship game was a pitchers duel with Ethan Ringlien of Ffats and Dan Duchaune of...
As we cross the halfway point of the tumultuous year that has been 2020, there exists a temptation to look at our circumstances as those of a team trailing on a scoreboard at halftime.
We can choose to look at a country engulfed in economic strife, racial unrest and pandemic as a scoreboard that...
Last Wednesday, I began my morning with a non-COVID-19-related visit to the doctor’s office. If you have been avoiding the doctor recently, allow me to set the scene.
Upon entering, I was screened with a temperature check and questionnaire about COVID-19 symptoms before being granted access to...
There will be amateur baseball in the area this season, but not all of the local teams will be playing.
Chippewa River Baseball League officials decided last week to have an eight-game season beginning the week of July 6, but there will be only nine teams instead of 12 and the Whitehall Wolves...
Luke Eide of the Osseo Merchants delivered a pitch during Osseo's 16-6 win over the Beef River Bullfrogs on Wednesday. (Photo by Zac Bellman)
The Osseo Merchants began their 2020 season with a non-league win over the Beef River Bullfrogs last Wednesday.
Merchant bats showed little rust as Osseo rolled out to a 10-1 advantage over the first four innings. Beef River tagged on a couple runs after Osseo’s starter Luke Eide was pulled after...
A global pandemic couldn’t stop one of the area’s longest-running traditions as the Pleasantville Fourth of July tournament will be held this year.
While most summer events have been cancelled and the Pleasantville celebration itself has been cut down, six teams will compete for the annual...
