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WIAA DIV. 5 BOYS BASKETBALL REGIONAL CHAMPIONS - Redmen roll in second half, beat top seed

Redmen roll in second half, beat top seed
The Rib Lake Redmen celebrate with the WIAA Division 5 boys basketball regional championship plaque Saturday after they defeated one-seed Mellen 71-50 on the Granite Diggers’ home floor. Fourth-seeded Rib Lake takes on sixth-seeded Prentice in a battle between Marawood North rivals tonight, Thursday, in Tomahawk in a sectional semifinal. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
Redmen roll in second half, beat top seed
The Rib Lake Redmen celebrate with the WIAA Division 5 boys basketball regional championship plaque Saturday after they defeated one-seed Mellen 71-50 on the Granite Diggers’ home floor. Fourth-seeded Rib Lake takes on sixth-seeded Prentice in a battle between Marawood North rivals tonight, Thursday, in Tomahawk in a sectional semifinal. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS

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Medford’s Evan Paul ascends over the bar, which is set at 5 feet, 10 inches, during high jump competition at Tuesday’s Marshfield Tigers Boys Indoor Invitational. This would be Paul’s finishing height, good for fifth place, right behind the 6-foot jump by Rib Lake’s Jed Henderson. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
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STATE BERTH WAS WITHIN REACH Rib Lake’s late lead wiped out by Lakers’ 10-0 closing run
Left: Rib Lake’s Jed Henderson bumps into Turtle Lake’s Brody Tarman and is called for an offensive foul late in the first half of Saturday’s WIAA Division 5 boys basketball sectional final played in Altoona. Henderson led the Redmen with 20 points and 11 rebounds in the 53-45 defeat that left the Redmen one win shy of playing in this weekend’s state tournament in Madison. Right: Redmen Blake Henderson, Ethan Cook, Briley Leonhard (hidden), Jed Henderson, Brady Heiser, Chris Krause, Josiah Mann (hidden) and Jeremy Wiitala watch as Turtle Lake receives its championship medals and plaque in the post-game awards ceremony. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
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STATE BERTH WAS WITHIN REACH Rib Lake’s late lead wiped out by Lakers’ 10-0 closing run

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