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Pioneers rally falls short in Drummond
The Butternut/Mercer Pioneer softball team traveled to Grand View on Monday night for a conference matchup against the Drummond Lumberjills. Drummond got the scoring started in the bottom of the first with 3 runs. The Pioneers answered in the top of the second inning with 2 of their own on a big 2 out, 2 RBI hit by Jenny Kopatek. Drummond scored 4 more runs in the bottom of the frame to push their lead to 7-2. ...
Canes softball wins three, improves to 6-0
The Hayward Hurricanes softball team posted wins over Chetek, Spooner and Cameron last week to improve their record to 6-0 in Heart O’North Conference play and 8-4 overall. On Friday April 19, the Hurricanes defeated the Cameron Comets 13-3 at Diane Hedin Field. Brooke Laier pitched the win, giving up four hits and walking two while striking out seven. Nikki Miller slammed two homers and a single and drove in...
Spooner girls top Ashland
SPOONER — On Tuesday, April 16, the Spooner Rails softball team hosted the Ashland Oredockers. Spooner topped the Oredockers 10-0, winning in five innings. The winning pitcher in the contest was Annalie Lindgren, throwing all five innings, striking out 9, giving up 1 hit and walking 1 batter. At the plate, the Rails were led by Layla Thompson, going 4/4 and 1 RBI, and Chloe Swonger, 3/3 and 2 RBIs....
Projected starting Big Ten quarterback enters transfer portal
The NCAA spring transfer portal window remains open until April 30 and in a surprising move, Northwestern’s projected starting quarterback Brendan Sullivan announced his intentions to transfer Tuesday. Sullivan appeared in 12 games for the Wildcats over the last two seasons. He threw for 714 yards and six touchdowns...
All about that bling
The Ashland Fieldhouse recently showcased a youth tournament where hundreds of athletes balled and two times more were there to cheer them on. Some teams had sponsors. All were subsidized in some way, of course, to make the trek from as far away as Thunder Bay. Which brings me to high school sports, real money being moved around, and players who have yet to don their caps and gowns from, say, Ashland or Drummond High Schools, profiting from their name, image, and likeness (NIL) while competing at the high school level. ...
Faciliities study topic at Town of Hayward meeting
The status of Town of Hayward facilities was the major topic at the town’s annual meeting April 16, with about 50 people attending. Interim town chairman Gary Gedart said a Request For Proposals to conduct the facilities study was sent out to six firms. Four firms responded. A five-member facilities planning committee interviewed the four and recommended that the town board hire Kraus-Anderson to do the analysis. The other three...
Ashland Through History
1954 So far as it can be determined, Clark Tomkins is the oldest Ashland born resident in the city, having lived here continuously ever since his birth. He is 76 today. 1954 The Tackle Box opens today as a sporting goods & informational store. Del Perry & Gunnard Simo are co-owners. ...
Maintaining a gold standard - A Q&A with Ashland Oredockers girls soccer Head Coach Jonny BeBeau
Fresh off a 2-0 Heart ‘O North Conference win against a strong and emerging Washburn Castle Guards girls soccer team, the still undefeated WIAA D3 eighth ranked Ashland Oredockers appear to be picking up where they left off last spring when the team made it to state for its third time in four seasons. That wildly talented team largely returns with a bevy of seniors who are accustomed to playing in and winning big games, but who also have yet to gain a berth in a state championship game. This season’s ‘Dockers are eager to nudge the needle one more...
Ashland looking to become more bicycle-friendly city; Officials look to add over 8 miles of bike facilities
Bike lanes could be added to several Ashland roadways in the coming months to make the city more bicycle-friendly. Officials with the parks and recreation and public utility departments have drafted a plan to add bike lanes to roadways such as Third Street West, Beaser Avenue and Eleventh Avenue West. Part of the plan also calls for connection to Prentice Park via Junction Road, connection to the elementary/high school walking path via Ninth Street West, and connection of the Fifth Street Corridor trail to downtown...
Hayward schools to perform spring concerts
The Hayward Community Schools choral and band departments will present a series of spring concerts in early May. The high school choirs will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday May 2 at Grace Lutheran Church on Greenwood Lane. (The high school auditorium is currently being renovated) The high school bands will perform at 7 p.m. Monday May 6 at the RJS Gymnasium at Hayward High School. The Hayward Middle School Bands will perform at 6 p.m. Thursday May 9 at the middle school gym, and the middle school choirs will perform at 7:30 that evening at the same location.
Canes baseball wins five in a row
The Hayward Hurricanes baseball team edged the Cameron Comets 1-0 at Larry Somerville Field on a cold and windy Friday April 19 to notch their fifth win in a row and move into first place in the Heart O’ North Conference. The Canes improved to 5-1 in the Heart O’North and 7-2 overall. Starting pitcher Thomas Fischer earned the win, going 4 1/3 innings, giving up two hits and walking...
Local gymnasts compete at Badger State Games
Two local gymnasts competed for The Kipsters team out of Deutsch’s Gymnastics in Rice Lake at the Badger State Games in Marshfield April 5-7. In Level Four ‘A’, Annika Schlafke of Hayward took seventh place with an overall score of 33.8. She scored 8.2 in the vault, 7.7 in the bars, 9.15 in the beam (sixth place, personal best), and 8.75 in the floor exercise (seventh place). The Kipsters Level Four team took sixth place overall. In Level Three, Junior B, Natalie McCue of Hayward scored 33.35 all-around, including 9.0 in the vault (seventh place), 8.6 n the bars, 8.25 in the beam and 7.5 in the floor exercise.
Digging their success
The Mellen Granite Diggers golf team opened its season with a non-conference meet hosted by Flambeau High School on April 22. Fellow Northern Lights Conference teams Hurley and Washburn were also scheduled to play with no results available. Low scores over 18 holes for the ‘Diggers were: Marcus Hultman 90 Tommy Kruzan 90 Bodi Neumann 130 Ben Hultman 113 Ali Jusula 118 Meanwhile, another Granite Digger will be shining brightly at Gogebic Community College in Ironwood, Mich., this fall. Senior Dawn Porter, a multi-sport standout for Mellen, has committed to play volleyball for the Samsons
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