By Casey Krautkramer The Marathon varsity football team’s offense will “literally” run through senior back Matt Annis this season. Annis is an explosive runner who should have a monster year if he stays healthy, which was an issue for him midway through last season. He got off to a blazing start last season by amassing 119 carries for 671 yards and seven rushing touchdowns during

The Athens varsity football team might’ve lost dual threat starting quarterback Cooper Diedrich to graduation, but the Bluejays still have some stud senior players back this season in tight end Aiden Janke and linebacker Kyler Ellenbecker. Janke measures as an imposing football player listed at six feet, six inches tall and 230 pounds. He received his first Division 2 college football scholarship

By Casey Krautkramer The Stratford varsity football squad will play its home games in Marshfield this season to give the newly-seeded grass field at Tigers Stadium enough time to grow before winter. Regardless, the Tigers will attempt this season to avenge its Central Wisconsin Conference (CWC) Large defeats to Amherst and Wittenberg-Birnamwood last year. Stratford will especially need to dethrone

By Casey Krautkramer Brock Warren, a 2021 Marathon High School graduate, is savoring his unique opportunity to play baseball for the Wisconsin Woodchucks this summer. “It’s been a tremendous experience just getting to be around all the great baseball players who are from around the country; it’s been a dream come true to play for the Woodchucks,” he said on Monday afternoon before the

The rivalry between the neighboring communities of Marathon and Edgar goes back a long ways and has always fascinated me. It was probably the most evident in the varsity boys basketball games when I was growing up. Back in the 1940s and 50s, the friendly rivalry was so intense that fans from both sides would be waiting in line to get into the gym long before the games began. I remember one time

By Casey Krautkramer Cooper Diedrich of Athens showed people attending the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) 8-player senior all-star game on Friday night why he was one of the best players in the entire state last fall. Diedrich dazzled the crowd with his dual threat big-play ability at quarterback in leading the North 8-player team to a 23-6 win against the South 8-player squad

By Casey Krautkramer Marathon’s American Legion Post 469 summer baseball team boasts an impressive 22-3 record heading into this weekend’s Class A regional tournament at Tyler Kahle Memorial Field in Tomahawk. Post 469 begins Class A regional play at 11:30 a.m. this Friday, July 22, against Niagara. Edgar American Legion Post 393’s baseball squad starts the regional tournament with a

By Casey Krautkramer Edgar’s star sophomore duo, consisting of pitcher Makayla Wirkus throwing the ball to catcher Morgan Streveler, has garnered state recognition after helping guide the Wildcats to their first ever state tournament. The Wisconsin Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association (WFSCA) has awarded Wirkus second team all-state among Small Schools competing in Divisions 4 and 5 in

By Casey Krautkramer Stratford senior Camden Daul was awarded the Marawood South Conference Player of the Year for his outstanding play on the mound and at the plate, in helping the Tigers capture the outright conference championship. Daul compiled a 6-0 pitching record with two saves in 38 innings pitched during the conference regular season. He pitched five complete games with 55 strikeouts

The Marathon American Legion Post 469 baseball team has only lost one game, a 6-4 setback against Abbotsford, thus far this summer. Post 469 began its 2022 season on June 9 with a 12-0 road win against Abbotsford. Pitcher Tyler Underwood had eight strikeouts. Cody Radtke batted two for four with three RBIs and Grant Warren had two RBIs. Post 469 fell, 6-4, in the nightcap to Abbotsford as Radtke