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GILMAN GIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW - Handful are back, but young players also push for their shot

GILMAN GIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW
The Gilman Pirates begin the 2025-26 girls basketball season with a young team and a new coaching staff who expect to learn together with the help of the veteran players who do remain. The Bailey R...
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Girls move on to sectional while season ends for the boys
Medford’s Ashton Noland gets the upper hand and, seconds later, pins Amery’s GioVannie Sowell at the 1:34 mark of their WIAA Division 2 sectional quarterfinal match in Chetek Saturday. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
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Girls move on to sectional while season ends for the boys

Medford’s Avery Losiewicz and Averie Werner moved one step closer to state on Friday, but the path...

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Pacelli tough test after two routs; a record broken, another is tied
Medford senior Laura Wegerer tries to pick the pocket of Merrill’s Miah Graap during the first half of the Raiders’ 72-31 blowout win Monday at Raider Hall. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
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Pacelli tough test after two routs; a record broken, another is tied

The Medford Raiders find themselves in an interesting stretch where preparing for the WIAA Division ...

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Redmen get crossover win at Newman, can’t catch up to Edgar
Rib Lake’s Madilyn Blomberg speed dribbles to the rim and scores a transition basket to bring the Redmen within 36-31 in the second half of Thursday’s loss at Edgar. Avery Niemi (behind the play) won a loose ball battle on the defensive and passed to Blomberg for the score. Madelyn Anderson also hustles behind the play. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
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Redmen get crossover win at Newman, can’t catch up to Edgar

Some may view it as great defensive play, some may view it as an offensive struggle for both sides, ...

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After struggling at Owen, Gilman’s offense regroups in win at Phillips

The Gilman Pirates were able to attack Phillips inside and got scoring from several sources in a decisive 57-44 nonconference road win Monday.The Pirates never trailed while collecting their 12th win of the season and built a second-half lead that got as high as 21 points before the Loggers got hot from 3-point range and cut that lead nearly in half.Despite the Loggers’ late surge, the outcome w...

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WIAA Div. 2 Rice Lake boys swim sectional results

Team: 1. Rhinelander, 363; 2. Ashwaubenon, 348; 3. Rice Lake, 325; 4. Menomonie, 206; 5. River Falls and Notre Dame-Southern Door, 166; 7. Tomahawk,160; 8. Wausau East, 117; 9. Medford, 68;10. Lakeland, 24.Individual state qualifiers Diving: 1. Joshua Cortez Schneider, Jr., Rice Lake, 342.6; 2. Tan Tran, Jr, Ashwaubenon, 240.55.200-yard medley relay: 1. Rhinelander,1:43.62; 2. Ashwaubenon, 1:45.2;...

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Tying goal quickly answered by Vikings in 5-4 loss; Tigers win 7-1

The Medford Raiders scored three power-play goals and fought back from a pair of first-period two-goal deficits but came up just short Friday in their hockey regular-season finale 5-4 at Stoughton.Medford’s third power-play goal came on what head coach Klayton Kree called an incredible shot and tied the game at 4-4 with just 1:51 left in regulation. But the Vikings won the ensuing face-off and q...

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