RIB LAKE 62, GILMAN 53 - Defense sets the tone – Redmen drop Pirates in cross-county contest

Tomahawk’s Henry Nieman drained a 3-pointer on the first shot of the game and that was the end of the fun for the Hatchets, who were blown out 68-25 by the visiting Rib Lake Redmen Tuesday in non-conference play. The Redmen scored the next 42 points after Nieman’s shot and eventually led 428 at halftime. Rib Lake scored the first eight points of the second half and coasted from there for it...

The Gilman girls basketball team bounced back from a thumping it took from Columbus Catholic three days earlier, grinding out a 54-40 win Friday over visiting Greenwood-Granton to stay in the hunt for an upper-division finish in the Eastern Cloverbelt Conference. Junior Raygen Soper scored a careerhigh 27 points to lead the Pirates’ effort. She became the team’s go-to option as Gilman chose...