Led by an all-conference effort by freshman Shaylie Zarza, Thorp-Gilman’s girls earned a fifth-place team finish in the Cloverbelt Conference cross country championship meet, held Saturday at Fall Creek. Zarza finished eighth out of 69 runners in a time of 22:21.8 to earn one of the 14 All-Cloverbelt Conference spots. Senior Kate Schraufnagel was two spots away from an honorable mention award,

Shaking off a miscue that gave the visitors an early lead, the Medford Raiders closed the 2021 regular season with a solid, momentum-building performance in a 4-2 win over Northland Pines. Four different players scored goals, the Raiders held a significant edge in possession and scoring chances were in control from the moment they tied the game at 1-1, just over three minutes after Pines took

Taking advantage of yet another Great Northern Conference swim team that is down on numbers this fall, the Medford Raiders cruised to a 96-68 win over host Lakeland Thursday to finish league duals with a 6-1 record. The Thunderbirds have quality in their program, but with just six swimmers available on Thursday, they didn’t have the quantity to threaten Medford, who solidified its hold on second

Prentice-Rib Lake senior Adam Granberg earned an honorable mention spot with a 20th-place finish in Thursday’s Marawood Conference cross country championships, hosted by the Phillips Loggers. Granberg got one of the eight honorable mention spots with his time of 19:28.3 and helped the Hawks place seventh out of nine teams in the boys meet. He was fourth in last year’s meet, which, due to

A non-conference test against Marshfi eld Tuesday was the perfect playoff primer for the Medford Raiders, who had the Division 1 squad on the ropes before two late goals in a 44-second span allowed the Tigers to escape Raider Field with a 2-1 win. Quinton Tlusty gave the Raiders a 1-0 lead at the 58:21 mark by converting a penalty kick after he was fouled in the box. It was the second straight

The Medford Raiders added another impressive accomplishment to their list of many this fall in girls cross country by earning a perfect team score of 15 at Saturday’s five-team Wisconsin Dells Invitational, held at Christmas Mountain Golf Course. The Raiders claimed the top six individual spots in the 28-runner varsity race, obviously getting the top five scoring spots to compile the sport’s

Medford’s five-member senior class took center stage Thursday in the Raiders’ 92-42 swim win over Colby-Abbotsford at the MASH pool. Lacey Brandner, Shaniah Brandt, Lydia Pernsteiner, Kami Razink and Maddie Williams swam in the final home meet of their prep careers as the Raiders cruised past another overmatched Great Northern Conference opponent that simply wasn’t going to have the depth