Adventures in Wisconsin’s central forest Hello friends, This week’s column is about the second week of deer camp for the Red Brush Gang as we camp and hunt for white-tailed deer in Wisconsin’s central forest. Monday, Nov. 25 High 34, Low 22 For the last seven days of the deer gun season the number of hunters in camp fluctuates from seven to 19. Each day an adult is in charge of a meal

The Medford Raiders quickly validated their high expectations for the 2019-20 gymnastics season, nearly breaking two school records and easily winning their second annual Hot Cocoa Invitational Saturday morning at Medford Area Elementary School. The most sought after school record for this group is the team score of 130.35, which was set at the 2004 WIAA Division 2 sectional. The Raiders came

The Gilman girls basketball team got through their key four-game opening stretch of Eastern Cloverbelt Conference games knowing they can compete with the best teams the league has to offer. Unfortunately, they finished the stretch with some ground to make up. With a chance to forge an early-season logjam of five one-loss teams atop the standings Tuesday, the Pirates got behind early, struggled

A switch from the Ellsworth Invitational to the Wausau West Duals for this season’s first weekend wrestling tournament paid dividends Saturday for the Medford Raiders, who emerged from five rounds of competition with the day’s best record in a stacked eight-team tournament. The Raiders went 4-1, beating four Division 1 squads and losing to Wittenberg- Birnamwood in the championship bracket.

The Medford Raiders rallied from a 15-point deficit with nine minutes to go and stunned the host Marathon Red Raiders 66-62 in double overtime Tuesday in a non-conference boys basketball thriller. Struggling to find a rhythm against Marathon’s 2-3 zone for most of the night and trailing 43-28, the Raiders got three big 3-pointers from Logan Baumgartner, got some key buckets in the paint from

The Medford Raiders fought back from a 2-0 first-period deficit and had visions of a 3-0 start to the hockey season when they grabbed a 3-2 lead over Rhinelander Tuesday with 11 seconds left in the second period. But a letdown off the ensuing face-off led to a stunning goal by Hodag Connor Pequet just six seconds later and Rhinelander used a four-goal barrage midway through the third period

Marissa Fronk had a big first half, Sierra Hanson had a big second half and Brynn Rau hit double figures for the first time this season while leading the Medford Raiders to a 56-42 non-conference win over Prentice Tuesday at Raider Hall. Those were the offensive highlights, but Medford head coach Jessica Faude was more pleased with the defensive work the Raiders put in during the vic- tory.