The outstanding 2019 season had a sour ending, but for those involved in the Medford’s baseball program, the belief is that year could go down in history as the start of something special. Momentum from the program’s first Great Northern Conference championship and a 20-9 season stalled in 2020 due to the COVID shutdown, but it has risen again early in 2021 because, on paper, the Raiders

Teeing off: Medford Invite Friday restarts spring sports A defining sign of spring is the sound of woods and irons connecting with golf balls, so it’s fitting that the return of WIAA spring sports in Taylor County after a nearly twoyear absence will come Friday at the Black River Golf Course. The Medford Raiders will tee off their 2021 season by hosting an 18-hole invitational that

The lost softball season of 2020 was something Gilman may never get over considering the loaded roster the Pirates would have brought back from their 2019 state squad, but the time has come to move past it as the 2021 season gets underway. Officially, the Pirates will open practice on Monday. But in the last month, they, like most teams in the area, have been building momentum with extended contact

The rebuild of Medford’s softball program hit a speed bump with the cancellation of the 2020 season, but with practices for the 2021 season set to start on Monday, veteran head coach Virgil Berndt is hopeful the Raiders’ development can accelerate over the next two months. Finishing under .500 in 2019 and 2018 and at .500 in 2017 at the varsity level was unfamiliar territory for Medford softball