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Despite winning four of their first five games of the season — including their first two Coulee games — the Arcadia girls basketball team knew back-to-back home games against Luther and West Salem would be their toughest tests yet.
Those matchups both resulted in losses, giving the Raiders (4-3, 2-...
With a full roster of competitive wrestlers, Whitehall was able to best two area teams in a home dual meet last week Tuesday.
The Norse took an early lead against Arcadia then won four straight matches late to clinch a 45-31 win. Then, Whitehall won the first four matches by pin against the Gale-...
The season has not begun the way the Independence/Gilmanton girls basketball team imagined. However, the team won two games last week despite missing multiple starters and was 6-1 on the season.
The Indees were down four projected starters, including leading scorer Arabelle Kniseley, last week...
Both games were close, but the Blair-Taylor girls basketball team pulled out a couple of wins last week.
B-T held a four-point halftime lead at home against Alma/Pepin on Tuesday then held on for a 48-43 win. On Friday, the Wildcats trailed Eleva-Strum by nine at the intermission before breaking...
For those worried about the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau boys basketball team losing their scoring punch with the graduation of Cody Schmitz, the first two games of the 2024-25 season should provide at least a little relief.
The Red Hawks (2-0) have opened the new campaign in emphatic fashion, winning...
After taking a two-point lead in a low-scoring first half, the Blair-Taylor girls basketball team couldn’t keep up with Cochrane-Fountain City in the second as the Pirates won 57-43.
The Wildcats held a 20-18 advantage at the intermission, but C-FC solved its offensive woes. The Pirates put up 39...
Three Whitehall wrestlers placed as the team finished near the middle of the pack at the Black River Falls Invitational on Saturday.
Frank Juresh took second in the 106-pound weight class in the team’s season opening competition. After two byes, Juresh pinned Landon Dowling of Eau Claire Memorial...
The Whitehall girls basketball team lost a big lead in one game and couldn’t recover after falling behind in another last week.
The Norse went on a big run in the first half and had a 14-point lead on the road against Mondovi last week Tuesday. The Buffaloes chipped away then went on a run, winning...
The Independence/Gilmanton wrestling team picked up wins against two other area teams at the Beef River Brawl, a dual tournament hosted by Mondovi on Saturday.
The Indees defeated Mondovi/Eleva-Strum, 41-29, and Osseo-Fairchild/Augusta/Fall Creek, 66-12, in the team’s first competition of the...
The Independence/Gilmanton girls basketball team made clutch shots to pick up one win but went cold down the stretch in its first loss of the season.
The Indees led by 10 early in the second half against Cashton then made several baskets down the stretch to hold on for a 46-43 win last week Monday...