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WEEK 6 FOOTBALL - It’s a Friday of short road trips for all three local football teams

WEEK 6 FOOTBALL
As the last weekend of September arrives, all three local high school football teams currently sit in playoff position, per the weekly unofficial playoff matrix rankings conducted by Andy LaVoy, one o...
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Experienced trio leads a team that begins with high hopes
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Experienced trio leads a team that begins with high hopes

After four weeks of practices, it’s go time for the Medford-Colby gymnastics team, who enters the ...

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Experience a plus for Raiders, who start curling season with a split
The Medford-Colby gymnastics team will start its 2025-26 season by hosting its annual Hot Cocoa Invitational Saturday at 9 a.m. at Medford Area Elementary School. Team members include (front) Rylee Hartwig, Brooke Buechel, (middle l. to r.) Rachel Varney, Olivia Schaefer, Bridget Cloud, Delaina Meyer, Lindsey Kauffman, Raylin Rothmeier, (back) Jordyn Grant, Aliyah Galan, Mady Dirkes, Ada Freiberg and Hadalye Ziehlke. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
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Experience a plus for Raiders, who start curling season with a split

The Medford Area Senior High School Curling season got underway Tuesday as the Raiders hosted the vi...

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Swimmers just deep enough to outscore T-Birds in GNC opener
Medford’s Everett Ziembo loses his goggles but presses on for a third-place finish during Tuesday’s 100-yard freestyle at Lakeland. BRETT LABORE/THE LAKELAND TIMES
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Swimmers just deep enough to outscore T-Birds in GNC opener

Medford’s six swimmers were able to spread themselves out enough to fill spots in every event and ...

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Chi-Hi’s triples, offensive boards sink Medford in hoops opener
Medford’s Peyton Ried gets a step ahead of Chippewa Falls defender Kael Dillenbeck as he attempts to drive into the lane during the second half of Tuesday’s 65-58 season-opening loss to the host Cardinals. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
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Chi-Hi’s triples, offensive boards sink Medford in hoops opener

The Medford Raiders did some things fairly well in their 2025-26 boys basketball debut, but host Chi...

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Comets get the breaks in GNC opener; Raiders get a 2-1 first win
Medford senior Shane Kiselicka brings the puck into the offensive zone during the first period of the team’s Nov. 25 game with the Altoona Co-op JV at the Simek Center. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
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Comets get the breaks in GNC opener; Raiders get a 2-1 first win

The Waupaca Comets got the puck to bounce their way a couple of times, the Medford Raiders didn’t ...

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Redmen roll through first two Marawood North matchups

There was a stretch not long ago where the Phillips Loggers’ suffocating defense would make things quite difficult for Rib Lake’s girls basketball team in Marawood North competition.That role was reversed on Tuesday. On the Loggers’ home court, Rib Lake was the team forcing 33 turnovers with its 1-2-2 full-court and half-court zone defenses and limiting the Loggers to just 10 made field goal...

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