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The Sparta-Viroqua Bantam Bulldogs pose with their state championship trophy. Front - Alex Hoyum. Front row, from left - Tucker Gretebeck, Brennen Otten, Ryder Steele, Dylan Kaduc, Ethan Chmura and Paul Eddy. Middle row, from left - Coach Frank Doherty, coach Peter Kaduc, Connor Williams, Davy Doherty, Collin Simonson, Sawyar Kehren, Hayden Peterson, Aiden Carney, Dalton Buros and Hudson Nundahl. Back row, from left - Landon Burkhardt, Sidney Ricks, Charles Tempski, coach Chad Williams, coach Jason Steele

Sparta-Viroqua bantams win state title

Tuesday, March 24, 2020 - 10:34am

A last-minute decision to form a youth hockey cooperative involving bantam teams from Sparta and Viroqua paid big dividends recently. The Sparta-Viroqua Bantam Bulldogs, which is in just its first year of existence, captured the Wisconsin Amateur Hockey Association state championship at the...

West Salem-Bangor sophomore Evan Wolfe (right) scored a 15-1 major decision over Campbellsport senior Roman Skorupa (left) to advance to the Division 2 quarterfinals at 126 pounds. Wolfe and Tomah’s Marques Fritsche, who opened with back-to-back wins, remain in title contention at the WIAA state wrestling tourney in Madison. Herald photo by Derek Montgomery.

Two area wrestlers remain in title contention at state tournament

Friday, February 28, 2020 - 12:24pm

Tomah’s Marques Fritsche and West Salem-Bangor’s Evan Wolfe remain in state title contention after the opening day of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Wrestling Championships Thursday. Fritsche earned back-to-back wins Thursday to advance to the Division 1 semifinals at 170...

Tomah sophomore Sophie Pokela blasts out of a bunker on the 17th hole. Herald photos by Nate Beier.

Sizzling second round

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 2:55pm

Tonya Gnewikow asked three things from her golf team as the Lady Timberwolves headed to University Ridge Tuesday morning for the second day of the 2019 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 Girls State Golf Championships. Putt better, score better and enjoy the experience. And...

Tomah freshman Brin Neumann fired a 10-over-par 82 on the par-72 layout at Stevens Point Country Club Tuesday to win medalist honors and lead the Tomah girls golf team to a sectional championship and a berth in next week’s Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 Golf Championships at University Ridge Golf Course in Madison. Herald photo by Nate Beier.

Lady Timberwolves win golf sectional; capture state berth

Wednesday, October 9, 2019 - 11:07am

After a four-year hiatus, the Tomah girls golf team is headed back to University Ridge Golf Course. Freshman Brin Neumann shot the best round of the day at Stevens Point Country Club Tuesday, leading the Lady Timberwolves to the team title at the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association...

From left - Lady Cardinals Taylor Jacobson, McKenna Riley and Karsen Kershner celebrate after capturing the first set of Thursday’s Scenic Bluffs Conference volleyball match at Bangor High School. Bangor went on to win the next two sets to sweep the Lady Eagle spikers in three sets. Herald photo by J.P. Schaller.

Lady Cards cruise past Cashton

Monday, October 7, 2019 - 10:08am

In a Scenic Bluffs shocker at Bangor High School Thursday night, the Lady Cardinal spikers upended conference rival Cashton in straight sets. In one other area SCB volleyball match Thursday, Brookwood suffered a 3-1 loss to Necedah. Bangor 3, Cashton 0 Bangor got off to a strong start and never...

Tomah senior Sarah Peterson chips onto the green during Monday’s MVC Tournament at Viroqua Hills Golf Course. Herald photo by J.P. Schaller.

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CHAMPIONS

Thursday, September 26, 2019 - 10:12am

It’s been four long years since a Mississippi Valley Conference girls golf championship banner was hung on the gymnasium walls at Tomah High School. But the wait ended Monday. Tomah captured its sixth MVC match of the season, and with it - the 2019 girls golf championship – with a team title at the...

Sparta senior Ethan Krueger (52) battles in the trenches with Westby’s Hayden Martine (65) during the first half of Friday night’s nonconference football game at Westby. Krueger and the Spartans won the battle at the line of scrimmage, lifting Sparta to a 35-25 victory over the Norsemen. Herald photo by J.P. Schaller.

Spartans overcome miscues, outlast Westby 35-25

Tuesday, September 3, 2019 - 10:22am

Dominance in the trenches made up for some special teams miscues and lifted Sparta to a 35-25 nonconference victory on the gridiron at Westby Friday night. The Spartans controlled the line of scrimmage all night, picking up nearly 400 yards on the ground, but a short punt and a pair of long punt...

Sparta golfer Austin Erickson, who will begin his senior year this fall, has accepted a full-ride scholarship to play men’s golf at Iowa Central Community College - a two-year junior college in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Erickson made the commitment just two days after posting his first WPGA Juniors win of the summer at a Saturday tournament in Reedsburg. Herald photo by Nate Beier.

Sparta's Erickson posts WPGA Juniors win, accepts full ride

Thursday, August 15, 2019 - 9:29am

To say that this week was a big one for Austin Erickson would be an understatement. The three-time Mississippi Valley Conference Golfer of the Year won his first Wisconsin Professional Golfers Association Juniors Tournament of the season on Saturday. Two days later, the Sparta senior made a verbal...

Tomah’s Madison Lindauer protects the ball from a pair of Black River Falls opponents during a November nonconference girls basketball game at Tomah High School. Lindauer will play one more high school game as a member of the WBCA Division 1 North All-Star team, before taking her talents to the next level as a member of the Viterbo University womens basketball team. Herald photo by Bob Kliebenstein.

Tomah's Lindauer ready for WBCA all-star showcase

Thursday, June 6, 2019 - 10:31am

Before Madison Lindauer steps away from her prep basketball career, she will add another exclamation point. The 2019 Mississippi Valley Conference girls hoops Player of the Year, Lindauer has been selected to play in the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game next weekend. She is...

Tomah sophomore Jack Christen watches his approach shot on the 11th hole at Hiawatha Golf Club during Tuesday’s WIAA Division 1 golf regional. Christen fired an 18-hole round of 80 to lead the Timberwolves to Tomah’s first regional title in 33 years. Herald photo by J.P. Schaller.

There's no place like home

Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 11:01am

Toto was nowhere to be found, but the Tomah boys golf team may have been clicking its heels a bit at Hiawatha Golf Club after capturing its first Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association regional title in 33 years Tuesday. The last time the Timberwolves won a regional they were known as the...