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COLBY, Wis. (WSAW) - Longtime Colby football coach Jim Hagen is retiring. Hagen informed NewsChannel 7 that he’ll be retiring from coaching after 33 years, all spent at Colby, with his last seven spent as head coach. Hagen guided Colby to a state championship in 2021, the school’s first...

Get ready for an exciting face-off between the Edgar Wildcats and the Black Hawk Warren Warriors in the WIAA 2023 State Football Championship. Expect a thrilling game of smash-mouth football, with both teams boasting impressive rushing tandems and a history of championship encounters.

Scrimmage 11-21-23 4:00PM Eau Claire North Away vs. Eau Claire North Eau Claire North High School. Game 12-02-23 3:00PM Chippewa Falls High School Away vs. Chippewa Falls High School Chippewa Falls High School – Dorais Field. Game 12-08-23 7:15PM Mosinee Away vs. Mosinee Mosinee High School. Game 12-12-23 7:15PM...

Rhinelander defeated Athens 69-57 in nonconference girls basketball. Athens scoring: Hanke 2, Ford 7, J. Hartwig 7, So. Coker 25, Sy. Coker 4, Diethelm 7, S. Hartwig 5. Know some top athletic performances? Seeing some great teams in action?. We can use your help, and it’s simple. Witness some great...

Three area players are named on the WSN Wisconsin Senior Girls Basketball Award Post Watch List:. Watch lists will be created from a combination of coach input and nominations, returning all-conference lists, WSN player rankings, and player evaluation. Those lists will be trimmed to 15 semi-finalists for each position halfway...

Scrimmage 11-10-23 6:00PM Three Lakes Away vs. Three Lakes Three Lakes High School. Game 11-16-23 7:15PM Abbotsford Away vs. Abbotsford Abbotsford High School. Game 11-24-23 9:00AM DC Everest Away vs. DC Everest, Rhinelander, Wausau East, Wausau West, Mosinee, Gresham, Eau Claire Regis, Crandon, Newman Catholic DC Everest High School. Game...

Voting for the area’s top team saw the Stratford Tigers come away with the title of OnFocus Team of the Week, November 12 – November 18. Which team gets your vote as the OnFocus Team of the Week, November 12 - November 18?. UW-La Crosse Football. 15 Votes...

Marshfield defeated Medford 6-1 in nonconference boys hockey. Tyler Reissmann scored three goals to lead the Tigers. Tanner Shortt added two goals and Blake Meissner added a goal for Marshfield. Tucker Phillips scored the lone goal for Medford. Reed Gieseking collected 23 saves for Marshfield. Talan Albers had 24 saves...

Abbotsford T ribune Published in Abbotsford - 70 years ago November 26, 1953. First two basketball games record a win and a loss. When the first basketball game of the season for the Abby Ramblers was over Thursday night, it was a one sided victory over the Granton Bulldogs. The score of the non-conference game was 57 to 40.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Because of forecasted wintry weather conditions on Saturday, Hutchinson Community College basketball games with Colby have moved to Sunday. Originally scheduled for Saturday night, the Blue Dragons and Trojans will now play their Jayhawk Conference games on Sunday at the Sports Arena. The women’s game will...

Stratford senior Laurenz Plattner has been selected as the rSchoolToday Athlete of the Week for the week of November 13-19 after a statewide vote on WisSports.net. There were 11,974 total votes this week. Plattner topped all vote getters with 3,765 votes. Marquette University's Tommy Novotny came in second with 2,994 votes.

It’s only fitting that Edgar’s varsity football team enjoys listening to Frank Sinatra’s popular song, “My Way.” That’s because the Wildcats did things “their way” by predominantly running the football in Thursday’s 36-6 win against the Black Hawk/Warren, Ill. Warriors in the WIAA Division 7 state championship.

Medford’s girls hockey team won’t be quite as deep this season as it was last winter with 15 total players and just one returning senior on its roster. But the majority of that roster is filled by juniors and sophomores who are now well-accustomed to varsity hockey and played several years of youth hockey before that. And it’s a team that gave Medford’s program a noticeable jolt last year and aims to continue that progress in the 2023-24 season.

The Hayward Hurricanes girls basketball team opened their season with a 46-62 non-conference loss at Rice Lake on Nov. 14; and a 36-42 non-conference loss to Medford at home on Nov. 16. On Nov. 16, the Canes and Raiders were tied at half-time, 14-14. The Canes led 27-26 with 8:51 left in the game, but Medford pulled away to lead 38-30 with 2:30 to play. Senior guard Greta Schmitt led...

German foreign exchange student Laurenz Plattner’s 32-yard game winning kick in Thursday’s WIAA Division 6 football state championship will forever go down as one of the most clutch plays in Stratford’s rich football tradition. It gave Stratford its ninth state championship in school history, which is tied for the state record among all divisions with Fond du Lac St. Mary’s Springs.

Athens High School’s wrestling team will host Chequamegon and Stanley-Boyd on Thursday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m. The theme is “Blue Out,” so fans are asked to wear blue to show their support for the Bluejays. Upon paid admission, Athens MS/HS students will get a ticket for free soda and popcorn from concessions, but they must arrive before the start at 7 p.m.

MARSHFIELD – Jai Dee Menge scored four goals to lead the Wisconsin Valley Union to a dominating 9-2 win over Medford in a girls hockey game Tuesday at the Marshfield Ice Arena. Amelia Castleberg added two goals, and Campbell Spees, Emily Kiselicka and Lily Cichy scored as well for...

STRATFORD, Wis. (WSAW) - Laurenz Plattner is more than 4,000 miles away from his hometown in Munich, Germany. A senior at Stratford High School, Plattner was more familiar with a different kind of kicking back home in Germany. “I played soccer in Munich. I wasn’t really good at soccer, but...

This story is sponsored by: American Family Insurance-Randy LeMoine Agency. Stratford senior Koehler Kilty was a first-team two-pick on the 2023 Wisconsin Football Coaches Association All-State Football Team, which was announced last week prior to the WIAA state finals. Kilty, the Central Wisconsin Conference Large Division Offensive and Defensive Player...

Check out the area’s top performers nominated for OnFocus Team of the Week, November 12 – November 18!. OnFocus Team of the Week, November 12 – November 18. Stratford Football – Stratford claimed the Division 6 State Championship with a thrilliing 10-7 win over Darlington. Badger...