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The Arcadia football team entered this season with the hope of making the playoffs for a 15th time in 21 seasons under head coach Derek Updike. They took a major step in possibly making that a reality with a decisive road win over Westby. The Raiders (4-2, 2-2 Coulee) pitched a shutout to slay the...
The Whitehall football team struggled to move the ball as it was blanked, 14-0, by Melrose-Mindoro on Friday night. The Norse managed just 115 yards of offense in the loss. Whitehall’s defense kept the team in the game, but the Mustangs scored touchdowns in the second and third quarters to win by...

            Aryana Ausderau of Whitehall spiked the ball during her team’s match against Melrose-Mindoro on Thursday.   (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

The Whitehall volleyball team was close to getting two wins, but had to settle for a split after letting a 2-0 lead get away. The Norse swept Alma/Pepin on the road last week Tuesday. On Thursday, the team started strong by winning the first two sets, but Melrose-Mindoro controlled the rest of the...
The Independence/Gilmanton volleyball team rebounded from a three-set loss with a five-set win last week. The Indees struggled against Cochrane-Fountain City on Tuesday, losing each set by at least seven points. On Thursday, the team bounced back with a 3-2 win over Augusta. I/G began this week...
The Independence/Gilmanton girls cross country team won the meet before the race even began, but still put on a strong showing last Tuesday at the Taylor Rod and Gun Club. The Indees were the only school competing that had enough runners for a team, but even if the other teams had more runners,...
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau’s junior duo of Adrian Bautista and Carson Mayer each posted a top-10 finish to help lead the Red Hawks to a successful day in Westby. Bautista was the runner-up in the boys’ 5,000-meter run at last Tuesday’s Westby Invitational, crossing the finish line in 17 minutes, 41.9...
The Arcadia cross country team got a pair of stellar performances from two of their top runners over the weekend. Junior Nathan Badillo and senior Alec Conrad each found their way into the top 10 of the division two boys’ race at this past Saturday’s Nightfall Classic 715, held at RiverEdge Golf...
The Dairyland Conference is proving to be as competitive as it has been in years and Blair-Taylor is right in the mix, tied for first place after a couple of close wins last week. The Wildcats began the week with a 3-2 win over Augusta on Monday. The big match came on Thursday, however, as B-T...

            Blake Slaby of Independence/Gilmanton worked to get around an Augusta defender during their game on Friday. Slaby scored the game-tying touchdown before the ensuing two-point conversion gave the Indees the win.         (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

The Independence/Gilmanton football team picked up its first win of the season after a successful two-point conversion gave the team an 8-6 victory over Augusta on Friday. Both offenses struggled throughout the game, but I/G finally broke through for a touchdown with about 3:50 remaining in the...

            G-E-T’s Isaiah Carroll burst through a hole during the Red Hawks’ Coulee clash against Viroqua.   (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)

Facing a frontloaded schedule of tough competition in the first year under a new head coach, growing pains were to be expected for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau football team. In their sixth game, they finally put together the breakthrough performance they’d been looking to earn that elusive first...

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