Rarely does a game leave fans and participants with so much to talk about, yet without words at the same time. The June 1 WIAA Division 2 baseball regional final between the Medford Raiders and Mosinee Indians was one of those cases. The host Indians won the matchup between two of the state’s top four ranked teams in Division 2 in nine innings 9-8 on Davin Stoffel’s base hit up the middle

the awards podium. “That was five seconds off my time at sectionals,” said Richter, who inched closer to the 2019 school record of 2:18.15 set by Katie Phillips. “It was just weird, I felt like I was by myself almost. I finished and I was waiting to see how the second heat finished. When I saw they went from the girl in fifth place (on the results board) and then they skipped and went to

to 2-0 and then knew that Garski was going to have to come big. He did, and Tanner made him pay. What a rush seeing that ball go and watching the bases clear to take the lead. A great moment in our season.” Mudgett got Stoffel to hit a little looper that Guden caught at shortstop, then Unertl grounded out to Hraby at second putting Medford one out away from victory. But, Obremski drew a four-pitch

fell to second place in round two after senior Monraye Ermis of Manitowoc Lutheran got one out to 38-11. Ermis would later extend her lead to 39-1.25 in the finals and won the state championship. Angell struggled the rest of the way, fouling on her next four throws before getting a legal mark of 35-10.25 on her last throw of the finals. But that first one stood as the second-best throw of the

The Amherst/Iola-Scandinavia girls soccer team apparently brings out the best from the Medford Raiders at tournament time. On Thursday, the teams played to a double-overtime tie for the second straight season in a WIAA Division 3 regional semifinal played in Amherst. This time, the fireworks were displayed by the teams’ offenses, rather than the lightning in 2021, in a 4-4 tie that was broken

center that Newman’s Josh Klement and Noah Martin let drop. Gumz still should have been an easy out at second, but the throw to the infield was wide, so Borchardt wound up with a single. Logan Blomberg singled to load the bases with no outs. After Yanko struck out, Jake Matyka hit a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Gumz. Martin dropped Andrew Wudi’s fly to right, allowing Borchardt to score.

“We had good passing,” coach Tessmann said. “The girls did amazing keeping their shape. We got them offsides a couple of times. It was definitely a physical game. The refs were letting them play. When one goal was scored we knew the game was nowhere near done because it could’ve been anyone’s game yet.” That score fired up the Falcons, who answered with heavy offensive pressure in

The Westboro Trojans’ 5-2 lead and potential first win of the year vanished in the bottom of the sixth inning Saturday afternoon when the host Merrill Rangers put together a four-run rally that pushed them to an 8-6 win. The win allowed Merrill to stay on Whittlesey’s heels in the Dairyland League’s Division B standings at 3-0. The Reds, who did not play this weekend due to a Sunday rainout

to April.Dombrowski@wisconsin.gov. The creators of this award are Bob Lamb, retired editor of the La Crosse Tribune; Steve Dewald, retired DNR conservation warden supervisor, and Jerry Davis, a retired UW-La Crosse biology professor and outdoors writer. The deadline to submit a nomination is Feb. 1, 2023.