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            Tyler Parr of Independence/Gilmanton drove to the basket during his team’s game against Whitehall on Thursday.        (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

  The Independence/Gilmanton boys basketball team dropped two games in Dairyland Conference play last week. In both games, the Indees allowed big runs early and couldn’t recover. The team lost to Whitehall, 75-32, at home on Thursday (see story elsewhere in Sports) and fell to Alma Center Lincoln,...
A new season for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City gymnastics co-op got underway on a strong note, as the team notched a second-place finish at their first meet of the winter. GMC accrued 133.075 points to finish behind only the West Salem co-op (140.45 points) at...
A late free throw led to the first loss of the season for the Blair-Taylor girls basketball team and its second loss came the next night. B-T tied its game against Cochrane-Fountain City with about 15 seconds remaining, but a free throw gave the Pirates the home win on Thursday. The next night, the...
The Arcadia boys wrestling team put together a pair of convincing dual victories and tied in another at a quadrangular event last week, then followed it up with a fourth-place finish at a tournament over the weekend. The Raiders’ last action on the mats prior to Christmas will be as part of an...

            Whitehall’s Deacon Steig finished a fast break with a layup during his team’s win over Independence/Gilmanton on Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

The Whitehall boys basketball team went on runs early and maintained control throughout two wins last week. The Norse went on a big run early in its 75-32 win at Independence/Gilmanton on Thursday. It was the same story the next night as the Norse went on a 10-0 run in its 67-43 home win over...

            Junior Sam De Jager was one of the five G-E-T players to hit double digits in scoring as the Red Hawks opened Coulee play with a win over Westby.           (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)

Accolades and milestones are nothing new for Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau senior Mason Brone, who became the program’s all-time leader in assists early last season and eventually landed on the All-Coulee first team. The latest milestone for Brone was a reflection on the increased scoring role he’s...
A Packers-Bears game is always going to mean something.  It’s the NFL’s oldest rivalry and one of the most iconic rivalries in all of sports. But there’s no denying that, in most recent years, the rivalry had been skating by based on reputation more than meaningful football due to the Bears being...
The Blair-Taylor boys basketball team went on a run midway through the second half to take control of the game. B-T was tied with Melrose-Mindoro during Thursday’s road game, but the Wildcats started connecting on shots and pulled away for a 73-56 win. The win evened B-T’s record at 1-1 before...
In their final two games prior to their first taste of conference competition this season, the Arcadia girls basketball team racked up a pair of wins against opponents in the greater La Crosse area. The Raiders (3-1) bounced back from a loss to Altoona shortly before Thanksgiving and kicked off...
It was a difficult week for the Whitehall girls basketball team, losing three Dairyland Conference games. The Norse struggled offensively in all three contests, failing to reach 50 points. The team’s week began with a 48-33 loss to Alma Center Lincoln on Tuesday. Then the team lost to two of the...

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