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MEDFORD SOFTBALL PREVIEW - Young yet experienced team aims to stay on top

Young yet experienced team aims to stay on top
Medford senior Jada Surek fouls a ball off the roof in her first at-bat of the season during the Raiders’ 11-1 win over Kingsford, Mich. Thursday at Rhinelander’s Hodag Dome. Medford went 1-2 to start the year in its eight-team bracket of the Danny Mac Softball Classic and finished fourth. BOB MAINHARDT/NORTHWOODS RIVER NEWS
Young yet experienced team aims to stay on top
Medford senior Jada Surek fouls a ball off the roof in her first at-bat of the season during the Raiders’ 11-1 win over Kingsford, Mich. Thursday at Rhinelander’s Hodag Dome. Medford went 1-2 to start the year in its eight-team bracket of the Danny Mac Softball Classic and finished fourth. BOB MAINHARDT/NORTHWOODS RIVER NEWS

MEDFORD SOFTBALL PREVIEW

Two straight years of graduating large senior classes has completed a significant turnover in Medford’s varsity so...

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Sectional exceeds expectations; Sperl, two relays advance

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