MEDFORD GIRLS SOCCER - Positives to build from despite a 3-0 defeat in opener

The Rib Lake Redmen swept the high jump championships and Emma Tlusty added a title in the 60-meter hurdles during Monday’s Marawood Conference Indoor Invitational held at UW-Stevens Point. Maddie Rademacher hit her best height of the indoor season at 5 feet to win the girls high jump while Tlusty’s time of 10.29 seconds gave her the hurdles title. Those two performances accounted for 20 of...

The Gilman Pirates collected just 10 hits Tuesday, but they took advantage of 19 walks, seven hit batters and a handful errors to pull away from host Spencer 21-7 in the Eastern Cloverbelt Conference softball opener for both teams. Spencer had just pulled within 9-7 after a three-run rally in the bottom of the fifth inning. But as Spencer pitcher Addy Soyk tired in the top of the sixth, the Pir...