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            Independence/Gilmanton’s Chase Back threw to first for an out during the team’s regional game against Alma/Pepin last Thursday.             (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

While it had lost five straight entering tournament play, the Independence/Gilmanton baseball team had mostly been competitive.  But mistakes piled up in the team’s Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division Four regional quarterfinal loss to Pepin/Alma on Thursday. The Indees...

            Jaxon Tollefson of Whitehall chipped onto the ninth green at Trempealeau Mountain during last Wednesday’s regional competition.             (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

Blair-Taylor junior Kyle Jahr is the only area Division Three golfer who will compete this week. Jahr shot an 84 at last Wednesday’s Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Cochrane-Fountain City regional, played at Trempealeau Mountain, to finish as the second of five individual qualifiers...
The Arcadia softball team couldn’t have scripted a much better start to their playoff opener on the road last week against Somerset. But despite taking an early lead, the Raiders saw it slip away and their season end in extra innings. The third-seeded Spartans (17-8) fought back and downed No. 6...

            Arcadia freshman Landon Jaszewski punched his ticket to sectionals by firing a five-over 76 at last week’s regional meet at Trempealeau Mountain Golf Club. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)

Arcadia’s Landon Jaszewski has told himself throughout his freshman season of golf that he belongs competing among the best at the varsity level. If there was still any lingering sliver of doubt in that fact, it should be fully eliminated after he saved some of his best play of the spring for his...
There’s that old saying about how you shouldn’t pay much attention to the MLB standings until Memorial Day. Just over a week since the unofficial start to summer, the Milwaukee Brewers are catching fire and giving life to a season that was starting to feel worryingly listless. At the time of...

            Whitehall’s Devin Hutsell took the baton from Caydan Johnston during the 800-relay race at the Bangor sectional last Friday. The Norse advanced to the state meet with a second-place time of 1:31.37 at sectionals last Friday.    (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)

A couple of droughts have been broken as both the Independence/Gilmanton and Whitehall track and field programs have athletes of both genders qualify for the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Track and Field Championships. The Whitehall boys team qualified its 800-relay foursome...

            Arcadia senior Ted Teske is set to compete at state in the long jump in the Division Two boys field after taking fourth at the Durand sectional. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)

The reliable stars of the Arcadia and Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau track teams rose to the occasion for the postseason sprint to the finish, with both schools set to send multiple kids to La Crosse for the state track meet. Arcadia seniors Trey Lyga and Ted Teske and junior Jaylie Dahl along with G-E-T...

            Blair-Taylor’s Frankie Zentgraf made a running catch during the team’s regional semifinal win last week Tuesday.        (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

The Blair-Taylor softball team is two wins away from advancing to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Tournament once again this year. With a 9-0 win over New Lisbon on Thursday, the Wildcats won the regional title for the eighth consecutive year. That win came after a 5-1 win...

            Mason Pientok slid home for a Whitehall run during the team’s win over Augusta on Thursday.    (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

No team in the area may be hotter than the Whitehall baseball team, which won two more games last week to make it 10 in a row. The Norse swept Augusta and Independence/Gilmanton in a doubleheader on Thursday. First Whitehall beat Augusta by a 12-3 score, making it the third straight game the Norse...
The Blair-Taylor baseball team held on for the 8-6 win after Eau Claire Immanuel rallied late.  The Wildcats scored the first seven runs in the game and led by that margin entering the bottom of the sixth inning. But that’s when things got interesting as the Lancers put up five runs.  ECI hit two...

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