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MVC teams get playoff assignments

October 20, 2019 Drew Kelly

It’s playoff time for high school football in Wisconsin. The coaches argued their cases on Saturday afternoon, and the WIAA has come out with the final pairings and road to a state title. Four Mississippi Valley Conference teams qualified for the playoffs, though only one will host in the first round. That team is Onalaska, […]

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Conference championship and playoff seeding implications with Holmen vs Onalaska

October 17, 2019 Drew Kelly

The WKTY Game of the Week for the last week in the Wisconsin high school football season will be the Holmen Vikings rolling into Onalaska to take on the Hilltoppers. Onalaska is 7-1 on the season, and could clinch the MVC title outright with a win, or a victory by 6-2 Holmen win would for […]

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Holmen mounts furious 4th quarter comeback but falls short against Sparta

October 11, 2019 Drew Kelly

A game between two 6-1 teams lived up to the hype in Holmen on Friday evening, as the Sparta High School football team escaped with a 25-20 victory. Possessions were few and far between in the first half. Sparta took advantage of a Holmen fumble in the Spartans red zone, as Cole Wiesnewski took a […]

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A look at the high school football playoff picture with two weeks left

October 10, 2019 Drew Kelly

The Wisconsin high school football playoff seeding meetings are just 9 days away and teams’ fates are starting to be realized. Recognized criteria is that a team has to be .500 or better in conference play. In the Mississippi Valley Conference, four teams fit that bill with two weeks left in the season. Holmen and […]

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Central’s Jordan Davis likely out for season

September 8, 2019 Rick Solem

For the second time in three years, Central High School’s Jordan Davis will miss significant time after an injury suffered on the football field. Friday, the senior, who is committed to play basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers, broke his collarbone attempting a diving catch in the first quarter against Tomah. Davis is expected to miss […]

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Central opens high school football season with win

August 23, 2019 Rick Solem

Three times Johnny Davis found his brother Jordan for touchdowns, as the Central High School football team opened its season with an easy win. The Red Raiders handed Eau Claire North its 28th consecutive loss with a 60-21 win Thursday night. TONIGHT: Eau Claire Memorial at Logan. Coverage begins at 6:50 p.m.Here’s how you can LISTEN: […]

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Caledonia a win away from 4 consecutive titles and 54 wins in a row

November 16, 2018 Rick Solem

MINNEAPOLIS — Usually quarterback Noah King’s forte is through the air. Thursday, in the game to get back to a state championship for a fourth consecutive season, the sophomore was running. King rushed for 83 yards and scored three rushing touchdowns, as Caledonia High School’s football team blew out Paynesville Area 40-6 at U.S. Bank […]

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Sparta football looking to extend historic playoff journey

October 25, 2018 Rick Solem

It was the first-ever playoff win last week for the Sparta High School football team. It prompted an escort back to town by the Sparta Police Department. The Spartans weren’t really even supposed to be in the WIAA playoffs. Wisconsin teams typically have to be above .500 in conference. Sparta was 4-5 overall and 3-4 […]

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Onalaska looking to upset top-seeded Rice Lake in playoffs

October 25, 2018 Drew Kelly

After a big, first-round win, the Onalaska High School football team will be challenged Friday. The fourth-seeded Hilltoppers head to No. 1-seeded, unranked Rice Lake in the Division 2 playoffs. It didn’t go well last year in the same round, when they trailed by 28 at halftime and lost 42-13. Onalaska coach Tom Yashinsky says […]

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Onalaska football moving on after 35-point loss to Holmen

October 17, 2018 Drew Kelly

The last game of the regular season ended in defeat and a second-place finish in the conference. But, Onalaska High School’s football team puts the 49-14 loss to Holmen behind it, as it looks ahead to the playoffs. At 7 p.m. Friday, the fourth-seeded Hilltoppers (6-3) host No. 5 Medford (5-4). “Medford’s a completely different […]