With a school-wide send-off on Thursday, two representatives from the Sparta High School Powerlifting Club traveled to Appleton, Wisconsin, to compete in the National Powerlifting Competition. Jessie … more

The Cashton High School track and field team will be without a boys WIAA Division 3 champion from last year because of graduation but returns a pair of state qualifiers on the girls side this season. … more

I’m just a weekend away from being essentially free of winter sports. Now, mind you I enjoy the winter sports season if for no other reason than the compartmentalization of the schedule. … more

After agreeable weather allowed the Tomah High School girls track and field team to get some time outdoors for its first week of practice, the Timberwolves will hope to put that to good use as they … more

Area representation at the WIAA girls state basketball tournament was non-exisitent last weekend, but this weekend there will be two area boys teams competing for state titles. Aquinas (24-3, … more

I skipped girls state basketball last week.I believe I had been going to the event for 10-12 years straight and this year decided I just didn’t want to do it.You see, after running this job like I have for the past 10-12 years or so, you get to a point where you just want out of the routine. Winter sports have ended this way for the past decade or so in my world - wrestling postseason for three weeks, ending more

Lillian Gilbertson stuck her vault, walked off the mat and embraced Sparta High School gymnastics coach Kassey Brooks. As the two separated, Gilbertson gently wiped a few small tears from under her … more

My junior year of basketball was the most rewarding… and the most devastating season of my career. My sophomore year ended promising. We finished with a 15-9 season, going 10-2 in … more

The West Salem High School boys basketball team was denied a fourth consecutive trip to the WIAA state tournament, falling to red-hot Wausau East 82-45 in a Division 2 sectional final on Saturday, … more

In its first season competing in Division 1, the West Salem co-op finished eighth as a team at the state meet on Friday, March 7, with a score of 135.8. “The goal this season was different … more

  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

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

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

    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

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

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

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

  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

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