MEDFORD BOYS SWIMMING Raiders win first two events, give Hawks a fight in opening meet The Medford Raiders won the night’s first two events and held their own after that while getting the boys swim season off to an encouraging start Tuesday in an 85.5-69.5 loss at Shawano. Carrying a lineup of five experienced swimmers and five newcomers, the Raiders led the meet through seven events.

MEDFORD-RIB LAKE GIRLS HOCKEY Offense comes alive despite two weekend losses at Baraboo Despite dropping two games in the Badger Lightning’s two-day triangular in Baraboo, the Medford Raiders girls hockey team showed some scoring punch that could serve them well as the new season gets rolling. The Raiders scored eight goals while falling 11-3 on Friday to the Cedarburgbased Lakeshore

MEDFORD GIRLS BASKETBALL Raiders unable to find the jolt needed to get them past Chargers Medford girls head basketball coach Jessica Faude wasn’t sure if it was the looming holiday break, the giddiness of a 2-0 start or looking past a team it had beaten last year and over the summer. Whatever the cause, Faude is hoping a 45-35 loss at Wittenberg-Birnamwood on Nov. 26 provides a lesson

GILMAN GIRLS BASKETBALL Loyal burns the nets early, hangs on to defeat Pirates again The Loyal Greyhounds remain a nemesis for the Gilman girls basketball team. In a key early-season matchup in the Eastern Cloverbelt Conference Nov. 26, Loyal got off to a blistering start from the outside, taking a lead it never relinquished in a 68-57 win over the host Pirates. The result left both teams