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Tomah’s Breckin Sheldon winds up to deliver a pitch during the first inning of Tuesday’s game with Black River Falls. Sheldon picked up the win, allowing zero hits and striking out seven in four innings of work.
BASEBALL: Stocking hats and Strikeouts
Maybe it was the earlier start than usual. Or maybe it was the cold and dreary weather for the Tomah High School baseball team’s season opener. Either way, Breckin Sheldon wasn’t as … more
Tomah’s Anna Wall winds up to deliver a pitch in Thursday’s season opener at Black River Falls. Wall led THS to a 11-0 win in five innings to open the season and helped the team to a 1-0 win over Waunakee a day later. The reigning Mississippi Valley Pitcher of the Year combined for 24 strikeouts in the first two games.
SOFTBALL TOMAH: SUNSETS and SHUTOUTS
Shadows from the line of pines behind the outfield fence at Black River Falls pushed closer and closer towards home plate as Tomah softball opened at BRF on Thursday, March 27. The Timberwolves … more
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Sparta High School Juniors Jessie Kondor and Brayden Ward represented Sparta in the National Powerlifting competition held in Appleton, March 21.
Sparta Powerlifting goes National
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
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Cashton’s Luke Clements progresses through a workout during the opening day of the track and field season on Monday, March 10.
TRACK AND FIELD CASHTON: Eagles ready to make season debut this weekend
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
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Sparta’s Lilly Gilbertson shares a tearful moment with coach Kassey Brooks after her last vault at the WIAA state meet on March 8.
WIAA GYMNASTICS STATE LILLY GILBERTSON, SPARTA: Confident Conclusion
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
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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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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DIVISION 4 REGIONAL GIRLS BASKETBALL: Bangor falls at Aquinas in regional title game
One by one, Sophie Kassera, Aubrey Langrehr and Anna Fronk came off the court, wiped tears from their eyes and embraced their teammates on the Bangor High School girls basketball team’s bench. … more
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Sparta 6th grade girls basketball participates in WSICT
The Sparta 6th grade girls basketball team participated in the Wisconsin State Invitational Championship Tournament (WSICT), hosted by Manitowoc Lincoln (Divisions 1 and 3) and Merrill … more
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Black River Falls’ Isabella Arne pushes the puck towards the goal during the Tigers’ regular season finale on Feb. 13. The BRF co-op won its first postseason game last week, defeating Chippewa Falls 5-2.
WIAA GIRLS HOCKEY: Tigers’ early scores set up WIAA tourney win at CF/M
Survive and advance. That’s the name of the game once the WIAA postseason tournament goes into full effect. For the Black River Falls co-op, that was the game plan they stuck to. … more
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Tiana Leis, Sparta. The Spartans will be at home to open the WIAA tournament and will host Baraboo on Tuesday, Feb. 27.
GIRLS BASKETBALL WIAA POSTSEASON: Sparta, Cashton prepare to open WIAA tournament at home
The Sparta, Bangor and Cashton girls basketball teams will open the WIAA postseason with home games. Sparta (11-12) was given the No. 6 seed in its portion of the Division 2 bracket and will … more
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Head coach Ian Holloway (second from left) has helped the Tomah/Sparta co-op win a share of its first MVC title since the two programs merged in the 2019-20 school year.
From Slump to Success
It’s no secret that the Tomah/Sparta boys hockey team was in a rut in the middle of the season. The Titans had a blistering start to the season, winning seven of their first nine games … more
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Sparta’s Gavin Rhead became just the third member of the Spartans’ 1000 point club earlier this season. On Tuesday, the senior set the all-time scoring mark, passing Eugene Peterson’s mark of 1059 that was set in 1964.
GYMNASTICS GABBY BJORKMAN, SPARTA
    She took the top spot in the all-around in the first two conference meets of the season and was then second to Holmen’s Katie Lange. And on Thursday, Feb. 6, Bjorkman … more
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Sparta’s Gavin Rhead moved into the top spot in the SHS all-time scoring category with a layup at Viroqua in the first half of Tuesday’s game.
BOYS BASKETBALL SPARTA’S ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER, GAVIN RHEAD
His teammates were yelling at him to dunk the ball, but the pass had some spin on it and Gavin Rhead didn’t want to take any chances. So the Sparta High School boys basketball team’s … more
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Tomah’s CJ Iverson works an ankle pick against Sparta’s Monte Ramirez during the 138 pound match Thursday night. Iverson won with a pin at the end of the first period to put Tomah on the board with the team’s first win of the match.
WRESTLING : It's not how you start, it's how you finish
The Tomah High School boys wrestling team had its back against the wall nearly halfway through its dual with Sparta on Thursday, Jan. 30. The Timberwolves had claimed points in only one of the … more
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Tomah’s Blake Haun is greeted by Sterling Intihar after scoring a goal on a power play in the third period of Thursday’s game with La Crescent-Hokah.
BOYS HOCKEY: Holloway, Ritter finish off L-H with pair of goals
BOYS HOCKEY TOMAH 6 LA CRESCENT-HOKAH 2 The Titans (10-9-1) won their second in a row on Thursday, Jan. 30, behind a pair of goals from Collin Ritter and Parker Holloway. Ritter … more
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Cashton’s Parker Mlsna uses an arm bar to turn Royall/Wonewoc-Center’s Gabe Wolfe to his back during the 126 pound match during last week’s Scenic Bluffs Conference dual.
WRESTLING CASHTON INVITE: Mlsna, Huntington capture titles
The Sparta and Cashton boys wrestling teams each crowned individual champions on Saturday, Feb. 1, at the Cashton Invitational. Spartans freshman Hunter Huntington was 2-0 at 157 pounds to earn … more
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West Salem’s Kennedy Garbers posted a PR in the all-around and on bars last Friday.
GYMNASTICS ROUNDUP: Finding Late Season Stride
Three. There arejust three weeks ofthe regular seasonremaining for local high school gymnasts. After that, all eyeswill be on qualifyingfor the WIAA state meet. A few lucky oneswill be happy to … more
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Bangor’s Kennedy Hamilton dribbles between Cashton’s Sarah Schroeder and Lauren Huntzicker while moving towards the basket in Friday’s game.
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Bangor pushes SBC lead to two games
As the Bangor High School girls basketball team is starting to see conference foes again during the second half of the Scenic Bluffs slate, Merlin Jones is putting an emphasis on defense. And … more
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NEW GUY IN TOWN Sparta’s Alex Fitxgerald is working through his first year at the helm of the SHS wrestling program. This weekend the rookie coach will have his squad on point for the Sparta invite
BOYS WRESTLING: Sparta's new voice in the corner
    Alex Fitzgerald got one of his first tastes of coaching when he was a wrestler at Sheboygan Falls High School. Over both the summer and the winter, members of the high … more
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