By Casey Krautkramer Marathon native Claude Seubert’s 600th coaching win certainly came much easier on Thursday than his 500th coaching victory did six years ago. He guided Marathon’s boys junior varsity squad to an easy 62-18 home win against Spencer on Thursday. His 500th coaching win occurred in the junior varsity team’s wild 54-53 doubleovertime home victory against Tomahawk on

By Casey Krautkramer Athens senior Aiden Janke on Tuesday joined his former varsity boys basketball teammates, Cooper Diedrich and Cameron Ford, on the school’s all-time boys 1,000-point scorers. Janke was a freshman on the Bluejays varsity squad when his first cousin, Ford, was a senior. Janke grabbed an offensive rebound in the second half of Tuesday’s away game against Abbotsford

By Casey Krautkramer The Stratford varsity girls basketball team won both games last Wednesday and Thursday to capture its home holiday tournament championship. Stratford beat Cochrane-Fountain City, 58-54, in a close game on Wednesday to advance into the holiday tournament’s first-place game on Thursday against Shullsburg. Senior center Lauren Kraus led the Tigers with 11 points, eight

Andrew Lukasko is already in his sixth season as Edgar’s varsity wrestling head coach. He’s seen enough over the years as a successful Wildcats grappler during his high school career, combined with his extensive coaching experience at the school, to know not having a full team doesn’t necessarily mean a team can’t win dual matches. “Filling all 14 weight classes is obviously a significant

By Casey Krautkramer Kraig Underwood, Marathon varsity head wrestling coach, has never had enough grapplers to fill all 14 weight classes–that is until now. Marathon has 21 high school wrestlers this season. The Red Raiders are led by WIAA Division 3 state qualifier Dylan Dodson. The team has three seniors including sectional qualifier Hector Pintor along with Mason Putnam and Logan Werner.

The Athens wrestling team gladly welcomes an influx of young competitors this season. Athens has seven grapplers this season, which is much better than only having two last season. Of that total, six wrestlers are on the varsity squad and one is on junior varsity in this 2022-23 season. Brooks Kraus, who was Athens’ lone WIAA Division 3 individual state qualifier last season, has since graduated

Stratford’s varsity wrestling team is the epitome of consistency in winning Marawood Conference championships. The Tigers have won nine consecutive regular season dual conference titles and eight straight conference tournament titles; there was no conference tournament in 2021 due to Covid-19. The Tigers have also captured eight of the last nine WIAA Division 3 regional championships. Adam