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Merchants pick up victories overAugusta, Wood Ducks

Two victories over the past week raised the Abbotsford Merchants’to 9-5 overall and 6-4 in the Dairyland Large as they defeated both the Minocqua Wood Ducks and the Augusta Athletics over this past ...
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Osprey breathe sigh of relief after Medford’s 8th-inning rally
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Osprey breathe sigh of relief after Medford’s 8th-inning rally

Leading 9-1 and seemingly cruising to a Dairyland League win Friday, the Rib Lake Osprey suddenly fo...

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Brewers in good shape at the break; now what move(s) will be made?

Ninety-six games into their 2026 season, the Milwaukee Brewers have again exceeded pre-season expectations as they sit with a 59-37 record, a five-game lead in the National League’s Central Division over that despised team from over the border and the number-two seed overall in the National League, just 1.5 games behind the Los Angeles empire. The formula for regular-season success remains fa...

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Gilman’s Syryczuk in 8-player All-Star Game Friday

Gilman’s Tony Syryczuk is the lone county representative taking part in this year’s Wisconsin Football Coaches Association All-Star Charity Football Games benefiting Children’s Wisconsin. Syryczuk will play for the North team in the 8-Player All-Star Game, which kicks off at 6 p.m. on Friday at UW-Oshkosh’s Titan Stadium. The eight-man game will be livestreamed by Zaleski Sports. The...

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Reynolds aims to keep Raiders’ cross country teams running strong

Medford Area Senior High didn’t have to search too far for its newest cross country head coach, promoting Stephen Reynolds to the post ahead of the 2026 fall season. Reynolds has assisted the past four seasons in the high school program, first under Sherry Meyer for two years and then under Jake Rhyner in 2024 and 2025. Rhyner, after a brief return to his home town, relocated out of state aft...

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Once a Raider gymnast, Hudak excited for new coaching challenge
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Once a Raider gymnast, Hudak excited for new coaching challenge

Not all that long ago, Kara Hudak was a member of Medford’s rising gymnastics program and filled r...

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Hoffert to lead a fresh start in Rib Lake after its championship year

After the hoopla of last fall’s WIAA Division 5 state volleyball championship simmered down in Rib Lake, Heather Weik, not surprisingly, stepped down from the head coaching position after holding it for five years. The graduation of a senior class she had been heavily involved with long before that and included her daughter made that decision fairly easy. Unbeknownst to Larry Hoffert, the ...

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