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Track and field: Madsen, Sheplee break school records as Rice Lake boys, girls claim regional titles
The Rice Lake boys and girls track and field teams each won regional titles during a Division 2 meet held in Rice Lake on Monday. The Warriors set a pair of school records and advanced 29 events to the sectional meet in Colby on Thursday. Highlighting the night’s action were school record performances by Jacob Madsen and Adaline Sheplee in hurdle events. Rice Lake had 11 first-place finishes. ...
Softball: Kunz strikes out 14 in Rice Lake's playoff-opening over Black River Falls
Kamryn Kunz struck 14 batters and allowed just one hit as the Rice Lake softball team began the postseason with a 4-0 win over Black River Falls on Monday in Rice Lake. “There was a lot of focus,” Rice Lake coach Jackie Beise said of Kunz. “She was really commanding the zone and hitting her spots, and mixing in some offspeed and some rise balls.” The top-seeded Warriors (14-10) advance...
WIAA Regional softball tournaments
SPOONER – WIAA Regionals are getting close for area teams. The Spooner Rails in Division 3, Shell Lake Lakers in Division 4 and Northwood/Solon Springs Fusion in Division 5 are all playing hard, good softball as the tournament season begins. Spooner: Spooner enters the WIAA Division 3 Regionals seeded No. 2. On Tuesday, May 21, the Rails will host either No. 7-seeded Cumberland or No. 10 Webster/Siren. If the Rails win, they will host either No. 3 St. Croix Falls or No. 6 Cameron in...
Track and field: Cameron girls win regional title
With four first-place and 14 top-four finishes, the Cameron girls track and field team won Monday's Division 3 regional at Webster. Inez Schmidt won two events, while Lauren Pearson added another, and they also formed half of the 1,600-meter relay took first. The Comets scored 131 points to top the girls standings, well in front of Grantsburg's 82.5 in second. The Cameron boys were led by runners-up finishes from the...
Baseball: Rice Lake drops doubleheader at New Richmond
The Rice Lake baseball team will head into the postseason on a five-game slide after losses to Hudson and New Richmond to close out the regular season. Rice Lake is the No. 8 seed in its Division 2 bracket and will host No. 9 Lakeland in a regional quarterfinal contest on Thursday. The Warriors finished 2-12 and in eighth place in the Big Rivers. New Richmond 10, Rice Lake 0On Monday in New Richmond the Tigers (15-10, 5-9) swept the Warriors in a doubleheader. as...
UPDATED: Softball games changed
SPOONER – There have been changes made in the WIAA Softball Regionals for the Spooner Rails in Division 3, Shell Lake Lakers in Division 4 and Northwood/Solon Springs Fusion in Division 5. Spooner: The Spooner girls will now play Cumberland tonight, Monday, May 20, at 5 p.m. in Spooner. Shell Lake: The Laker softball Regional has been rescheduled to Wednesday, May 22, at 5 p.m. The Lakers will host Chetek-Weyerhaeuser at Shell Lake. Northwood/Solon Springs: Northwood/Solon Springs has been rescheduled to Tuesday, May 21, at Solon Springs at 5 p.m. against Prentice.
Baseball Recap: Boyceville picks up fourth straight win at home
Boyceville stacked a 12th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. They put the hurt on the Shell Lake Lakers with a sharp 12-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Boyceville. Landyn Leslie made a big impact no matter where he played. He struck out six batters...
Golf: Birchwood secures East Lakeland Conference title
Taking first place at the Lakeland Conference tournament on Thursday at Turtleback Golf Course, the Birchwood Bobcats secured an East Lakeland championship. The Bobcats combined for a score of 366 to finish 11 strokes in front of Flambeau for first. Prior to the conference tournament, Birchwood placed first in three conference meets and needed to outperform Flambeau to prevent sharing the conference championship with the Falcons. “Birchwood being the smallest...
Baseball Recap: Jayton Silvernail can't quite lead Cameron over St. Croix Falls
Cameron was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They took an 8-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of the St. Croix Falls Saints. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Cameron of the 11-8 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in April.
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