By Casey Krautkramer It was the Stratford varsity wrestling team’s backup grapplers that were the ‘unsung heroes” that helped the Tigers beat Marathon, 3926, on Friday at the Edgar quad. Stratford has now won 10 consecutive Marawood Conference regular season dual meet championships. Stratford grapplers wore their normal singlets during the team’s 7212 match win against Edgar on Friday.

By Casey Krautkramer Marathon’s varsity boys basketball squad dismantled Abbotsford, 73-35, in Thursday’s road game. Junior center Grant Warren scored a game-high 25 points and he also grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds in the victory. Red Raiders senior guard Drew Love added 10 points. Seniors Daniel LaQua and Mason Seehafer paced the team with four assists each. Marathon remains tied with

By Casey Krautkramer Wrestling fans thought this might be the season Marathon unseats Stratford as Marawood Conference regular season dual and tournament champions. Stratford took an important first step on Saturday by defending its conference tournament title. Stratford can also keep its conference dual championship streak alive this Friday, Feb. 3, by beating Marathon at the Edgar quad.

By Casey Krautkramer Jeff Schneider, Marathon varsity girls basketball coach, called a 30-second timeout with his team leading Stratford by only two points in the closing seconds of Thursday’s home game. The perfect inbounds play helped the Red Raiders beat the Tigers, 47-43. “We just wanted to make sure we had a good inbounds play and we definitely got it to the right kid in Chloe (LaValley)

By Casey Krautkramer Athens senior guard Addyson Zettler created the team’s motto, “It takes a cool head to win a hot game” after a home loss to Phillips over a month ago. The Bluejays haven’t lost since then. Kyncaide Keefe, Athens girls basketball coach, wrote out Zettler’s motto for the team to follow. “I think the loss against Phillips happened because mentally we just

By Casey Krautkramer Stratford’s varsity girls basketball team battled against highly-ranked Wisconsin Rapids Assumption on Thursday at home. It was a physical brand of basketball played with bodies on the floor going after loose balls. The Tigers only found themselves down, 16-15, at halftime to the No. 2 ranked Royals in Divison 5. Unfortunately for Stratford, it couldn’t stay with Assumption

By Casey Krautkramer Athens varsity boys basketball junior Andrew Schaer scored 24 points to lead the Bluejays to a pivotal 69-59 home win on Friday against Prentice. The victory provides Athens, which remains in first place in the Marawood Conference North standings, a three-game cushion against Prentice and Rib Lake. Senior Connor Sheahan was close behind Schaer in scoring with 21 points