Medford senior Makala Ulrich makes a throw to first base as the Raiders’ infi After a spectacular 2021 season ended one strike shy of playing for a trip to the state tournament, the Medford Raiders return to the softball field in 2022 with almost all of their talent returning but also now with that so-called target on their backs. While the Raiders knew they had a talented roster going

A program that has prided itself on consistently being competitive and relatively deep, the Medford Raiders enter the 2022 track and field season in an unusual position. While both the girls and boys teams start the year with rosters numbering in the low 20s –– enough to enter athletes in most events –– rarely have the Raiders started a season as inexperienced as this group is.

Medford’s Joe Sullivan and Rib Lake’s Ryan Buehler were individual winners at Tuesday’s 10-team Marshfield Tiger Boys Indoor Invitational. The meet was the first of the season for the Rib Lake boys, who placed seventh, while the Raiders took second with 84 points in their second meet of the indoor season. Marshfield won five events and scored 100.5 points to win its home meet. Owen-Withee

The Medford Raiders hit their first five 3-point shots to provide early hope and they went on a 10-0 run midway through the second half to cut La Crosse Central’s lead to two and restore belief. Ultimately, just not quite enough shots fell for the underdogs to take down the top-ranked Riverhawks in Saturday’s WIAA Division 2 sectional final played in Eau Claire North’s Doghouse. The

BY MATT FREY SPORTS EDITOR In a contest where shot-making became the big story, the Medford Raiders were thankful Saturday they got the last attempt. A shade over two minutes after Fox Valley Lutheran standout Josiah Butler tied the WIAA Division 2 regional final at 66-66 with his seventh 3-pointer and 39th point of the game, Medford’s senior point guard Joey Sullivan had the ultimate

WIAA DIV. 2 STATE GYMNASTICS BY MATT FREY SPORTS EDITOR The stellar 2021-22 season for Medford’s gymnastics team ended Friday with one new school record, four new personal records and some near-misses on other goals during a seventh-place finish at the WIAA Division 2 state gymnastics in Wisconsin Rapids. The one school record everyone wanted, the team score record, eluded them, but

They may not have the history of Division 2 programs like Whitefish Bay, Mount Horeb or River Falls yet, but the Medford Raiders continue to show they’re a team of the present when it comes to WIAA gymnastics by qualifying for the program’s fourth straight state berth in team competition. The Raiders claimed their third straight WIAA Division 2 sectional championship Friday in Antigo, topping

The first WIAA state wrestling tournament experiences for Medford’s Gage Losiewicz and Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe’s Troy Duellman didn’t last long, but they will hopefully serve as springboards for the bright futures both still have. Both of the wrestlers, who also happen to be cousins, lost their first-round matches Thursday night at the Kohl Center in Madison. Wrestlers placed in first-round

On a day where Medford’s five remaining wrestlers learned some things they’ll hopefully carry into next season, one fought through an early loss at Saturday’s WIAA Division 2 Amery sectional to extend his season for at least one more match. Freshman Gage Losiewicz rebounded from his 13-3 semifinal loss to Baldwin-Woodville’s Tyler Fink by earning two big consolation wins and earn thirdplace

Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe wrestler Troy Duellman didn’t get off to the ideal start in Saturday’s WIAA Division 3 St. Croix Falls sectional, but he got the opportunity to keep wrestling and he took advantage, earning a third-place finish at 145 pounds and his first trip to the WIAA state championships. The Gilman High School sophomore takes a 32-12 record into the state tournament’s opening