By Casey Krautkramer Athens senior Connor Sheahan easily breezed through the competition during Thursday’s warm 86-degree cross country race at Nine Mile Recreation Area in Rib Mountain. He finished the race nearly one-and-ahalf minutes ahead of the next best runner to help the Bluejay boys win the team championship at Marathon’s home meet. “It means a lot for our team to win the meet

The Marathon varsity boys cross country team is hoping to make a return trip to the WIAA Division 3 state tournament this season. The Red Raiders have a good shot of achieving their goal because they return their four top runners from last season’s state tournament squad. Senior Jaron Gage, the team’s fastest runner, has taken fifth place at both the Pittsville Invite on Aug. 25 and Marathon

Stratford’s varsity girls cross country team got off to a great start this season on Thursday by winning the Pittsville Invite championship. Meanwhile, Stratford’s varsity boys cross country squad surprised its head coach with a second-place finish in Pittsville. Kevin “Tiny” Michalski returns for his fifth season as Stratford’s varsity head boys and girls cross country coach. Assistant

By Casey Krautkramer The Stratford and Mosinee varsity football teams engaged in a 20-20 tie in the season opener on Friday night in Marshfield. Both head coaches decided to call the game at the end of the third quarter because of continued lightning in the area. Jason Tubbs, Stratford head football coach, said this is the first tie he’s witnessed while coaching at Stratford during the past

By Casey Krautkramer Marathon’s varsity football squad got off to the right start it needed to the 2022 season with a rather convincing 38-8 non-conference home win on Friday night against Rib Lake/Prentice. The Hawks used to be a Marawood Conference opponent for the Red Raiders until they moved to the Lakeland Conference a few years ago. Marathon head football coach Ryan Winkler was pleased