The Medford Raiders hope bigger will mean better when it comes to a couple aspects of their 2022 football team. Stop by practice and the first thing you’ll notice is more bodies on the field with about 80 players in the program between grades 9-12. The second thing you may notice is more size and strength compared to recent years on the offensive and defensive lines, which the Raiders hope to

The future of the Rib Lake-Prentice football co-op remained undecided, but momentum toward a future in eight-man seemed to build during a meeting Tuesday in Prentice between school board members, athletic directors, administrators and football parents from each school district. The decisions will ultimately be made soon by the school boards of each district. No action was intended to be taken

Nine of the Dairyland League’s 14 baseball teams received bids to the 2022 Wisconsin Baseball Association’s postseason tournament, which set the 36-team field Tuesday night. Locally, the Whittlesey Reds, Rib Lake Osprey and Interwald Woodticks are among the Dairyland’s post-season representatives. Those teams, however, won’t be playing very close to home when district play is held on

Every team and every season is different and, as Sherry Meyer sees it, having new coaches is just part of that annual process. Meyer is Medford’s new head cross country coach, taking over for Kevin Wellman who is now the grades 6-12 principal in Phillips and left the coaching position after nine successful seasons. Meyer was along for much of that ride, having been Wellman’s assistant

Medford Post 147’s streak of appearances in Wisconsin American Legion state baseball tournaments ended at three after two one-run losses over the weekend at the Class AA regional tournament in Merrill. Post 147 did win one game, knocking out Merrill’s Post 46 squad 6-2 in an elimination game Saturday morning. But a tough-luck 2-1 loss to eventual champion Rhinelander in an outstanding pitcher’s

The Interwald Woodticks could be in a fight to be one of the final teams included in the Wisconsin Baseball Association’s tournament field that will be announced after this weekend’s games. They got a big win to add to their argument for getting in on Sunday by outscoring the short-handed Wausau River Hawks 18-9 in the first of two games played that afternoon at Tannery Creek Parkway.

The Wisconsin American Legion baseball post-season at the senior level begins this week, which for Medford’s Post 147 team, features a four-team regional tournament in Merrill. Medford, Rhinelander, Antigo and host Merrill will play in a double-elimination tournament with the winner earning a spot in the Class AA state tournament, which is being held in Fort Atkinson July 29-Aug. 2. Medford

Gilman’s Bryson Keepers made the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association All-State Eight-Player team in November for his play on offense. On Friday, he showed his defensive ability is All-State caliber too. Keepers was the most dominant player on the field, and his Pirate teammate Julian Krizan wasn’t bad either, as the North All-Stars defeated the South 23-6 in the WFCA Eight-Player

Medford’s American Legion Post 147 baseball team ended Great Northern Legion Conference play with an offensive explosion Monday, scoring 14 fourth-inning runs to bury the host Tomahawk Cubs 19-1. The win completed a sweep of the Cubs in a four-day span and put Medford at 6-2 in league play and 10-3 overall for the summer. Post 147 will, in all likelihood, finish second in the five-team conference.

The Medford Youth Soccer Association’s high school club team capped a second straight highly-successful summer with repeat championships in tournaments played in Stevens Point and Appleton. Medford also was a finalist in Eau Claire and a semifinalist in Wausau during its spring/summer run of 2022. “Overall the lads had a very good summer,” coach Chris Reardon said. “We won tough games