It’s a rare occasion for Northland Pines to be at the low end of the Great Northern Conference hockey standings, but that didn’t make Medford’s 5-4 double-overtime win Tuesday at Eagle River’s dome any less exciting for the Raiders. Connor Gowey capped his second hat trick of the season with the game-winning goal 2:48 into the second overtime. This was the first time since the WIAA implemented

The Medford gymnasts went into Tuesday’s Great Northern Conference dual meet at Lakeland with a confident yet purposeful attitude, according to head coach Steve Cain, and the result was an improved overall team score and season-best team marks on the uneven bars and vault in a 131.375101.5 win. Medford swept the top five positions in each event but one and had the top three allaround gymnasts,

Back in front of the home fans, the Medford Raiders got back into the win column Tuesday night and were feeling like they were back on track following their 46-33 non-conference win over the Menomonie Mustangs. Joey Sullivan had a dazzling offensive performance with 19 points, most of which simply came from aggressively attacking the rim whenever the opportunities presented themselves, Logan

Danielle Mann’s shooting spree helped keep Rib Lake in it for a half, but that wasn’t enough for the Redmen to slow down the surging Gilman girls basketball team in Monday’s crosscounty non-conference matchup. The host Pirates won their sixth straight game 63-41 behind, arguably, their best offensive execution of the season. Gilman made 56% of its two-point shots, most of which were set

For the second straight game the Medford Raiders could not lift the proverbial lid from the basket Tuesday night, leaving them with a tough uphill climb in their quest to win the program’s third straight Great Northern Conference championship. The Raiders scored the first basket of the game, but Mosinee scored the next 11 points and was in control the rest of the way in a 52-40 defensive struggle

MUCH-NEEDED MOMENTUM While taking care of business was important for the Medford girls basketball team in back-to-back wins this past week, seeing progress and building some momentum before the January grind hits may have been even more important. On Monday, the Raiders certainly saw progress. After a bit of a slow start, the Raiders pummeled the Antigo Red Robins 58-27 driven by a

Julian Krizan got to the championship match at 182 pounds and Troy Duellman and Braeden Person won placement matches to lead the Cornell-Gilman-Lake Holcombe Wolfpack to its 11th-place finish at Saturday’s 15-team Auburndale Invitational. Preston Fredrickson added a sixth-place finish at 126 pounds to fill out the Wolfpack’s four-wrestler roster for the tournament. The team scored 137 points

The Medford wrestlers bumped their early-season dual-meet record to 3-4 Thursday by recording six pins in a 66-11 win over an undermanned squad from Stanley-Boyd. Those pins accounted for 36 of Medford’s points. The other 30 came with five forfeit wins. “It was really good,” head coach Brandon Marcis said. “In the matches that we did have, the kids were hustling, doing all of the things

The Rib Lake Lady Redmen got huge scoring games from Lauren Pelnis and Addison Gumz and a solid team effort defensively Tuesday in a 58-40 non-conference win at Pittsville. The Panthers came into the game with a 4-1 record, but the now 2-4 Redmen took them down with their second straight strong all-around effort, even though the previous one had resulted in a 12-point loss at undefeated Athens.

First-meet jitters were present among Medford’s gymnasts and coaches, but they certainly didn’t show when it was time to perform at Saturday’s season-opening Hot Cocoa Invitational at Medford Area Elementary School. The Raiders posted the highest team score in the three-year history of the meet with 132.6 points, won their third straight meet championship by outscoring a solid Marshfield squad