The Rice Lake softball team brought the thunder early, but unfortunately Mother Nature brought thunder, lightning and rain.
After waiting out a rain delay to ready the field, both Warrior baseball and softball teams began play only to be postponed in the first inning as lightning lit up the sky and heavy rain began to fall.
Despite not completing a fulling inning, the softball team had taken a 4-0 lead on Eau Claire North with just one out in the bottom of the first.
After Kamryn Kunz sent the Huskies down in order, it took just one batter for the Warriors to take the lead as Madi Rowe lined a ball over the left field fence for a home run. After one out Rice Lake then loaded the bases for Kunz. She ripped a double into the left-center field gap scoring all three runners to put Rice Lake up 4-0.
Eau Claire North changed pitchers and before the next at-bat could be completed the game was delayed. Rice Lake heads to Eau Claire Thursday as the Huskies and Warriors will complete the postponed game and play a second contest.
On the baseball diamond, Rice Lake and River Falls were scoreless in the bottom of the first when teams took cover in their dugouts and the game was postponed.
Rice Lake escaped a two-out jam in the top of the first. After getting the first two batters out, River Falls had two straight singles with runners reaching second and third on the throw. Pitcher Kalvin Kelsey then got a ground out to first baseman Jack Larson for the third out.
Aaron Hoffman came to the plate for Rice Lake in the bottom of the first but the game was delayed during his at-bat.
The Warriors head to River Falls Thursday to complete the postponed game and play a second game.
Track and field
The Rice Lake girls took first place competing in the Colby Invitational on Thursday.
The Warriors scored 139 points to edge Hayward by three as Rice Lake competed at the site of where the sectional meet will take place in about two weeks.
While the Warrior girls topped their standings, the boys team took third place with 106.5 points, just 0.5 behind Hayward in second. Stratford scored 120 to win the invite.
Eliana Sheplee and Adaline Sheplee each won three events to lead the way for Rice Lake. Sedona Gay added to the Warriors' wins in topping the 3,200 meters with a time of 12 minutes, 42.97 seconds.
In the 100 Eliana Sheplee won in 12.78, while she won the 200 in 26.6. The senior also took the 400 title in 59.5.
Adaline won both hurdles races, taking the 100 hurdles victory in 16.58 and the 300 hurdles in 49.22. She also high jumped 5 feet, 2 inches to win that event.
Addison Schmidt took second for both the discus and shot put, throwing 99-11 for the discus and 35-9 in the shot put. Madilyn DeLawyer was second for the long jump with a leap of 15-10, and Safia Winfield was runner-up at 31-0 in the triple jump.
The Warriors' 400 and 800 relays both placed second. Avery Ash, Adaline Sheplee, Sophia Knauff and DeLawyer raced to a time of 53.77 in their one-lap sprint. In the 800 relay it was Ash, Winfield, Knauff and DeLawyer runner-up in 1:53.27.
Right behind Schmidt in taking third for the shot put was Ellie Strand, whose best throw was 30-1. DeLawyer took third for the 100 in 13.34.
Also scoring points for the Warriors was the 3,200 relay of Gay, Lucie Habas, Elleanor Hietala and Morgan Stephens, which placed fifth. In sixth was Sloan Campbell in the pole vault, while Stephens took eighth in the 1,600, as did Kamryn Klemme for the discus.
Jacob Madsen gave the Warrior boys their only first-place finish. He took the top spot in the 110 hurdles in 15.45 with teammate Kaden Willger right behind at 15.83 for second.
Willger was also in second for the 300 hurdles, completing the race in 40.88. Also in second was Owen Brunette in the 400 at 54.32 and Connor Durand in the pole vault after clearing 12-6.
Rice Lake had both its 400 and 1,600 relays place runner-up. Madsen, Jacob Jondreau, Durand and Lucas Peters completed their one-lap race 45.54. In the 1,600 relay it was Brunette, Carter Kucko, Pierce Hastreiter and Bailey MacDonald finishing in 3:44.62.
Madsen was behind Willger in third for the 300 hurdles in recording a time of 41.48, while in the 800 MacDonald raced to a time of 2:06.75. Austin Prince placed fourth for the 1,600 at 4:47.55, while Jondreau cleared the bar at 11-0 for fourth in the pole vault. Tying for fourth in the high jump at 5-8 was Will Svendsen.
Rice Lake also got points from Prince taking fifth in the 800, while also in fifth were Hastreiter for the 1,600 and Ethan Mullikin for the triple jump. The 800 relay of Willger, Vincent Weber, Braeden Kretschmar and Parker Diercks took sixth, while Peters was seventh for both the 100 and 200. Also in seventh were Brunette in the discus and Peter Montgomery in the pole vault. Rice Lake got eighth-place finishes from Xander Easton in the 200 and Kucko in the 400.
Soccer
River Falls 3, Rice Lake 0
In a Big Rivers matchup Thursday in River Falls the Wildcats shut out the Warriors.
River Falls took a lead seven minutes into the game and doubled its lead seven minutes later. The final goal came 10 minutes into the second half. The Wildcats are second in the Big Rivers standings and are ranked 10th in the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association Division 2 poll.
Rice Lake (5-4-5, 1-4-2) returns to the field Thursday at home against Chippewa Falls.
Golf
The Warriors had three golfers play in the Chippewa Falls Invitational on Tuesday at Lake Wissota Golf Course.
Dylan Husak led Rice Lake in tying for 18th out of 39 athletes with a score of 83. Caleb Germanson scored 96 and Ethan Germanson 98.
The Rice Lake Invitational is Thursday at Turtleback.
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