COLUMBUS CATHOLIC 57, RIB LAKE 21 Columbus Catholic pulls away in second half to win opener An eight-point first half was actually enough for the Rib Lake girls basketball team to stay within striking distance of Columbus Catholic in Tuesday’s nonconference season opener. The guests from Marshfield, however, did not keep things that way in the second half and pulled away for a 57-21

WFCA ALL-STATE TEAM Wilson, Breneman get state mention Medford Raiders Ean Wilson and Zac Breneman received honorable mention for the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association’s 2019 Large School All-State Team, which was announced on Monday. The awards follow All-Great Northern Conference and All-Region 1 Large School honors for the seniors, who helped lead Medford to an 11-1 overall record,

ALL-CLOVERWOOD FOOTBALL Copenhaver, Kroeplin lead solid list of Gilman award winners If the 2019 football season was the final one for Gilman in the CloverWood Conference, the Pirates will be able to say they left it with a bang. After a second-place finish and a run into Level 3 of the WIAA’s Division 7 football playoffs, the 9-3 Pirates put three players in five positions on the 2019

FROM A PLAYER’S PERSPECTIVE 2019 football season certainly was one Raiders won’t forget JUSTIN SULLIVAN STAR NEWS SPORTS WORK STUDY Going into the 2019 football season I don’t think many people expected us, the Medford Raiders, to have the success that we did. The team lost a lot of seniors from the year before, resulting in many open spots for this year’s team. Zac Brenemen

An Outdoorsman’s Journal The crossbow dilemma Hello friends, This week’s column will come out just before Wisconsin’s deer gun season opens and my guess is that it will start a few conversations at deer camps throughout the state. Until this fall, I have never given a moment’s thought to using a crossbow to hunt white-tailed deer. This past October, I had something happen on

Grunseth and Warner were second-team All-ECC selections last winter and are primed for big senior years as well. Warner took a big step forward last year, averaging 17.5 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game and had a run in the second half of the season where she scored at least 19 points in nine of 12 games. That included two 30-plus point performances. Grunseth enters her fourth