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RIGHT Several dozen Melrose-Mindoro fans watch as their girls basketball team plays Mishicot in the Division 4 state semifinals. The game would go to overtime and the M-M girls would advance to the state title game for the third-straight season. However, this game was the last of the state tournament series as the WIAA cancelled the remainder of the event due to rising concerns around the coronavirus.
WHEN SPORTS STOPPED FIVE YEARS LATER - THE SERIES: PERSPECTIVES: The last game night
  We arrived at La Crosse Logan High School early more out of habit than necessity. It was a big game, but we knew the gym wouldn’t be packed. March 12, 2020, when … more
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RIGHT Several dozen Melrose-Mindoro fans watch as their girls basketball team plays Mishicot in the Division 4 state semifinals. The game would go to overtime and the M-M girls would advance to the state title game for the third-straight season. However, this game was the last of the state tournament series as the WIAA cancelled the remainder of the event due to rising concerns around the coronavirus.
WHEN SPORTS STOPPED FIVE YEARS LATER - THE SERIES: PERSPECTIVES: That sinking feeling
I have never been, nor will probably ever be part of a global news story in the way that I was on March 12 and 13, 2020. That was the infamous weekend when sports stopped … more
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West Salem’s Megan Johnson is greeted by coach Mike Malott while taking the court ahead of Saturday’s Division 2 sectional final in Baraboo. Johnson and company played Madison Edgewood for a chance to go to state. Edgewood won 67-42 to end the Panthers’ season and prevent a third-straight WIAA state tournament appearance.
WIAA GIRLS BASKETBALL SECTIONALS WEST SALEM: West Salem falls one win shy of third-straight state berth
Time ran out on the West Salem girls basketball team as it suffered a 67-42 defeat by Madison Edgewood on Saturday, March 8 in Baraboo. The Panthers (22-5, 12-0) jumped out to an early 8-0 lead … more
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WIAA BOYS BASKETBALL REGIONALS ROUNDUP: Tomah, Bangor bow out from regional play
    D2 REGIONAL SEMIFINAL ONALASKA 87 TOMAH 60 The eighth-seeded Timberwolves had their season ended in a WIAA Division 2 regional semifinal on Friday, March 7, as the … more
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Westby’s Isabell Korn performs her floor routine at the WIAA state meet. Korn finished third with a score of 9.45.
WIAA GYMNASTICS STATE AREA: Bjorkman, Korn tout third place routines at state meet
Gabby Bjorkman would prefer to not have byes at gymnastics meets. When those rotations come in the middle of a competition, they can throw off her rhythm. When they come at the end, they can be … more
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TRACK AND FIELD TOMAH: Tomah thinclads ready to run, jump and throw into spring
Now that daylight hours have stretched well past 5 p.m. and many basketballteams have untied their shoesfor the last time, there’s justone logical conclusion towhat comes next in the … more
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DIVISION 2 REGIONAL BOYS BASKETBALL: Panthers use pair of OTs to win regional championship
West Salem needed not one, but two overtime periods to extend its season to the sectional round for the fourth-straight season. The Panthers (19-6, 11-1)slipped past La CrosseCentral (15-10, … more
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A fateful weekend revisited
  At the end of this week, sports fans will tune in to watch the WIAA girls state basketball championships in Green Bay. I’ve been there the past 10 years or so. It’s a … more
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DIVISION 2 REGIONAL BOYS BASKETBALL: Last second layup sends Spartans’ home from WIAA tourney
As the ball came off the backboard and toward the front of the rim, Sparta High School boys basketball coach Ben Schell thought Mosinee’s layup in the closing seconds might not fall. … more
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR’S WIAA STATE WRESTLING PARTICIPANTS
Tomah’s Cameron Finch rebounded after an opening round loss at the WIAA state wrestling tournament by winning two matches and nearly wrestling back to the medal round.
WIAA WRESTLING STATE TOURNAMENT CAMERON FINCH, TOMAH
restling coach Jeff VonHaden didn’t hesitate for even a second. Yes, Cameron Finch’s career came to a close earlier than the senior had wanted. But it couldn’t be denied that … more
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Black River Falls’ Riley Hanrahan tips New Berlin West’s Natalia Poplawski for a pin in a 138 pound state quarterfinal match. Hanrahan capped a perfect 28-0 season with a state title in the weight class.
GIRLS WRESTLING AREA ROUNDUP
GIRLS WRESTLING NOTABLE PERFORMANCES Black River Falls crowned a champion at the WIAA girls wrestling tournament and had another grappler finish fourth. Riley Hanrahan (28-0) won the … more
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Tomah’s Landon Calhoun bounces past New London’s Ryan Dalhoe on his way to the basket in the second half of Tuesday’s regional game. Calhoun finished with 15 points.
BOYS BASKETBALL WIAA D2 REGIONAL QUARTERFINAL: Tomah tops New London, moves ahead on WIAA tournament trail
shooting hand of junior guard Owen Vandenhoogen helped the Tomah High School boys basketball team earn a 74-60 win over New London on Tuesday, March 4, in the opening round of the WIAA Division 2 … more
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Gabby Bjorkman, Sparta. Bjorkman will compete at the WIAA state meet on Saturday.
THIS WEEK SPORTS PREVIEW: March 7 to March 8, 2025
STATE GYMNASTICS     All-Around D2 - Gabby Bjorkman, Sparta D2 - Isabell Korn, Westby Vault D2 - Gabby Bjorkman, Sparta D2 - Lilly Gilbertson, Sparta … more
BOYS BASKETBALL DIVISION 4 REGIONAL QUARTERFINAL BROOKWOOD, CASHTON: Falcons, Eagles ousted from WIAA tournament in opening round
PARKVIEW 70 CASHTON 33 The 12th-seeded Eagles (3-21) had their season come to a close on Tuesday, March 4, in a WIAA Division 4 regional quarterfinal. Junior forward Trent Kast and … more
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Sparta’s Grant Geier cuts around Shawano’s Anderson Schmidt on a trip through the lane and to the basket in Tuesday’s D2 regional quarterfinal match. Sparta won 72-67 for the Spartans’ first playoff win since the 2017 season.
BOYS BASKETBALL WIAA D2 REGIONAL QUARTERFINAL
The finish was closer than the Sparta High School boys basketball team would have liked, but wins are never a sure thing in the postseason. And a program without a postseason win in eight years … more
BOYS BASKETBALL DIVISION 4 REGIONAL QUARTERFINAL: Cardinals avenge playoff loss to Norse
The ninth-seeded Cardinals (11-14) had four players in double figures and shot nearly 50% from beyond the arc on Tuesday, March 4, as they advanced to a WIAA Division 4 regional semifinal. … more
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Cheerleaders, fans... where are they?
  NO CHEERS, ALL JEERS I loved the new format for the WIAA state wrestling tournament. Each day there was some sort of premiere round to watch as the tournament built … more
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Sparta’s Landon Connelly eyes up Hartford’s Gavin Wolters at the center of the mat during a 113 pound state match on Thursday, Feb. 27. Connelly went 2-2 in his first trip to state and was just one win away from claiming a state placewinner medal.
WIAA WRESTLING STATE TOURNAMENT LANDON CONNELLY, SPARTA
Landon Connelly took off his headgear, tossed it to the side and lay on his back on a mat in the Kohl Center. Before getting to his feet, he briefly put his hands over his face as the disappointment … more
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Sparta’s Devon Lietzau establishes a hold against Merrill’s Remington Skic that led to a single leg takedown during a 132 pound preliminary match at the WIAA state tournament on Thursday, Feb. 27.
WIAA WRESTLING STATE TOURNAMENT DEVON LIETZAU, SPARTA
Maybe it was the nerves, though Devon Lietzau is no stranger to the WIAA Division 1 state wrestling tournament. Or maybe it was the weight cut, though the Sparta High School senior looked just fine … more
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