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The usual suspects led the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau boys basketball team to victory in conference action last week.  The Red Hawks’ leading scorers this season were again their top offensive weapons in last Thursday’s 56-33 win at Viroqua High School.  Braden Anibas had a team-best 20 points for...
The West Salem/Aquinas/Bangor high school gymnastics co-op saw three of its gymnasts finish in the top five all-around scores to win last Monday’s Coulee Conference meet at Westby High School.  The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City (GMC) team had four gymnasts in the...

            Mason Pientok of Whitehall looked for a shot in the post during their game against Alma Center Lincoln last Tuesday.  (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

After beginning the week with a two-game lead in the Dairyland Conference Large Division race and a chance to make a statement, the Whitehall boys basketball team lost two road games and fell into a first-place tie. The Norse had a two-possession lead in the second half against Alma Center Lincoln...
The Blair-Taylor boys basketball team just couldn’t get over the hump, losing three games last week. The Wildcats were in all three games, but the opponents went on runs in the second half to clinch wins. B-T lost to Port Edwards last week Monday before falling to Melrose-Mindoro on Thursday and...

            Whitehall’s Jose Cantu Lucio grabbed the leg of Independence/Gilmanton’s Landon Stamper before taking his opponent down during their Dairyland Conference dual match last Thursday.      (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

Defending Dairyland Conference champion Independence/Gilmanton may have been viewed as the favorite to repeat, but Whitehall had several wrestlers step up to not only win their matches, but do so by pin to take the DC title last Thursday. While the 54-27 win didn’t technically clinch the conference...

            Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau freshman Braden Peterson defeated Kayden Kast of Westby in their 165-pound match at West Salem High School last Saturday during the 2024 Coulee Conference wrestling tournament.     (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro wrestling team didn’t take its 2023 Coulee Conference championship lightly. The Titans knew as soon as the 2023-24 season started a few months ago that a repeat was going to be difficult, and injuries, roster changes, a tough conference schedule and...

            Arcadia senior Casidi Pehler drove the ball toward the offensive half of the court during last Friday’s 51-32 win over G-E-T at Arcadia High School. Pehler’s 25 points led all players.   (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

In the opening minutes of last Friday’s Trempealeau County rivalry game at Arcadia High School, senior Casidi Pehler showed she was ready for a big night on offense. Pehler scored eight of the Raiders’ first 10 points behind a pair of three-pointers as her 25-point performance helped the hosts beat...

            Arcadia freshman Carter Wegman scored on a layup in the first half of last Tuesday’s win over Black River Falls at BRF High School. The Raiders won 76-48.     (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

Fans were still picking their seats and the popcorn machine was still popping kernels minutes into last Tuesday’s Coulee Conference boys basketball game at Black River Falls High School. The game had just begun, but Arcadia wasted no time in grabbing an early lead. The Raiders held a 14-2 advantage...
Taylor Gallup again led the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City gymnastics co-op last weekend at an invitational meet in La Crosse. Gallup had the third-best score of any gymnast on Saturday, scoring a 35.4 in the all-around competition. The only gymnasts with better...
It could be that the Independence/Gilmanton girls basketball team was shooting lights out in warmups after suffering a loss earlier in the week. The Indees had one of its worst offensive showings of the season on the road last week Monday, falling to Greenwood, 50-35. They were looking to get back...

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