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A Connor Weltzien home run with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning gave the Whitehall Whitetails the Wisconsin Baseball Association Class B championship in Augusta on Sunday.
The championship game against Osceola was tied when the Arcadia High School graduate came up with two outs in the...
It feels almost trite to pump out yet another weekly column talking about the bonkers run of success the Milwaukee Brewers have recently been experiencing. What else can be said about what they’ve done in the last three months in general, but especially since the start of August?
Yet at the same...
For half the teams in the Coulee Conference, there will be a new head coach roaming the sidelines when the first games of the 2025 high school football season get underway.
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau is one of four Coulee teams to undergo a head coaching change since the end of last season. In the...
Kole Trapp will take over at quarterback for Blair-Taylor this season. Trapp, a senior, saw his first meaningful varsity action at the position in the playoffs last season. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Few programs in the area have had the success the Blair-Taylor football team has maintained over the past decade, and coach Seth Dale said they’re looking forward to continuing their winning ways.
“Our kids are used to winning and are eager to continue the run of success we have had over the past...
Whitehall coach Tyler Bortle rode on the sled as his players took turns giving him a ride during practice last week. Bortle and the Norse officially begin their season this Friday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
After taking a big step by making the playoffs last year, the Whitehall football team has its sights set on the top of the Dairyland Conference.
Coach Tyler Bortle’s squad went 4-6 overall last season, including a 3-4 mark in DC play. That was enough for the Norse to qualify for the playoffs, where...
With only 13 players suited up for practice last Thursday, Independence/Gilmanton coach Austen Whitwam filled in during a drill. Whitwam said the team has 16 players on the roster, but injuries have already taken a toll. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
With just 16 players on the roster, the Independence/Gilmanton football team is going to need everyone, and coach Austen Whitwam thinks they have the will to compete.
“Our team is small in numbers, but the male and female athletes we have have heart,” Whitwam said.
The coach said the team already...
The Whitehall Whitetails amateur baseball team swept Tony in the Wisconsin Baseball Association Division B Augusta Regional to qualify for the state tournament.
The Whitetails took early leads in both games, scoring three runs in the bottom of the second in each. Whitehall won the first game, 6-2,...
How do you follow up being named the National League’s Rookie of the Month for July? Hitting your first career walk-off home run isn’t a bad encore.
Flamethrowing pitcher Jacob Misirowski has understandably grabbed most the headlines as the Brewers rookie that the team’s own fanbase and baseball...
Luke Oliver is entering his first season as the new head coach at G-E-T. His most recent stint as an assistant came as the passing game coordinator at Eau Claire Regis. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau football team has a simple three-word slogan that can be found on the back of their shirts: attack the process.
That’s the mindset first-year head coach Luke Oliver wants to instill into his young team, emphasizing a process-oriented approach rather than an outcome-...
Junior Jonah Slaby is expected to be one of the top receivers for the Arcadia football team this fall. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
In two decades with Derek Updike at the helm of the football program, the Arcadia Raiders have become a playoff regular when late October rolls around.
In the Raiders’ first 20 seasons under Updike — he served as head coach from 1999 to 2002 and has been in that role again since 2009 — they’ve made...
