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Nearly the entire Division 2 pole vault field celebrated with Kaden Rambatt after the Walworth Big Foot senior set a state record.
Bangor senior Sam Crenshaw won his second straight WIAA Division 3 pole vault championship at the state track and field meet in La Crosse on Friday.
It was the perfect atmosphere for an athlete — in this case two of them — to complete a career.
Check out photos from the first day of the WIAA state track and field meet.
Manny Putz won the Division 1 3,200 during Friday's WIAA state track and field meet at the Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex.
The Onalaska High School boys and girls track and field teams hit the ground running at the WIAA Division 1 state meet on Friday at Veterans Memorial Stadium Sports Complex.
Waterford's Bryce Ruland and Hortonville's Ben Smith put on a show in the WIAA Division 1 boys discus.
It more about strategy than speed, and Onalaska High School junior Manny Putz was comfortable with that.
Senior Kasey Barth, junior Manny Putz, senior Drew Symons and senior Blake Burnstad won the WIAA Division 1 boys 3,200 relay with a time of 7 minutes, 47.49 seconds.
GALESVILLE — The West Salem High School girls soccer team advanced in the WIAA Division 3 regional semifinals with a dominant win Thursday over Osceola.
MADISON — Fifth-seeded junior Kyle Hehli of West Salem High School opened his Division 2 singles bracket with a straight-set victory at the WIAA individual state tournament hosted by the Nielsen Tennis Center on Thursday.
VIROQUA — The Viroqua High School baseball team scored once in the first inning and once in the sixth to hand Mineral Point a 2-0 defeat in a WIAA Division 3 regional championship at the Park Bowl on Thursday.
COULEE REGION QUALIFIERS
The 2024 WIAA track and field championship is expected to bring thousands of people to La Crosse, generating an estimated $4 million in economic impact. Local businesses are preparing for the increased demand, with hotels fully booked and restaurants and shops expecting a busy weekend.
ONALASKA — Blake Burnstad didn’t have much interest in running when all of this started.
The star of this meet is certainly Hortonville High School senior Ben Smith, who has turned himself into one of the nation’s best throwers.
ARCADIA -- Arcadia High School senior Casidi Pehler takes pride in her versatility as an athlete.
BANGOR – Sam Crenshaw only had a couple of days to celebrate a career-best 16-foot pole vault at the Bangor Open on April 9.
LOCAL QUALIFIERS
WIAA STATE TRACK AND FIELD
TOMAH — The second-seeded Tomah High School softball team gave up one run in the fifth inning and three more in the sixth on the way to a 4-1 loss to visiting Middleton in a WIAA Division 1 sectional semifinal at La Grange Elementary on Wednesday.
HOLMEN — The Central High School baseball team split its regular-season series with Holmen, giving it some confidence heading into their WIAA Division 1 regional semifinal matchup on Wednesday.
Photos from Wednesday's WIAA Division 2 regional semifinal baseball game between Bangor and Pepin/Alma. The top-seeded Cardinals won 10-0 in five innings to advance to a regional final against Eleva-Strum.
THURSDAYHIGH SCHOOL
Full roundups from baseball, softball, girls soccer and golf tournaments involving Coulee Region high schools, including photo galleries from Holmen vs. Sparta soccer, Central vs. Logan.Luther soccer and Aquinas vs. Fennimore baseball. You can also read about the La Crosse Loggers picking up…
Aquinas High School junior Anderson Fortney has secured the No. 3 seed in the Division 2 singles bracket of the WIAA individual boys tennis state tournament this weekend at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison.
The Central High School girls soccer team started its postseason on the right foot by handing the Logan/Luther co-op an 8-0 defeat in a WIAA Division 2 regional semifinal at Swanson Field on Tuesday.