Bluejays have never competed in eight man playoffs since joining
THIS YEAR’S ATHENS VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM - Introducing the 2025 Bluejays varsity football squad. Players pictured, from left to right, front row are: Aiden Weiler, Josh Schug, Jesse Henrichs, Alex Belter, Connor Ebben, Nick Paul and Bridger Baer; middle row: Dax Diethelm, Kaleb Cracraft, Jesse Holmes, Jordan Frahm, Brock Beaty, Eli Schaer, Cole Hartmann and Riley Byrd; back row: Kam Zarnke, Garrett Frahm, Kian Ellenbecker, Jeffery Draper, Gavin Frahm, Wes Ochodnicky, Shaylon Blake, Cris Velazquez, Evin Passehl, Austin Natzke and Robert Giese. Missing is Ben Winter. PHOTO BY CHRIS KEPNER THIS YEAR’S ATHENS VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM - Introducing the 2025 Bluejays varsity football squad. Players pictured, from left to right, front row are: Aiden Weiler, Josh Schug, Jesse Henrichs, Alex Belter, Connor Ebben, Nick Paul and Bridger Baer; middle row: Dax Diethelm, Kaleb Cracraft, Jesse Holmes, Jordan Frahm, Brock Beaty, Eli Schaer, Cole Hartmann and Riley Byrd; back row: Kam Zarnke, Garrett Frahm, Kian Ellenbecker, Jeffery Draper, Gavin Frahm, Wes Ochodnicky, Shaylon Blake, Cris Velazquez, Evin Passehl, Austin Natzke and Robert Giese. Missing is Ben Winter. PHOTO BY CHRIS KEPNER
This season is the Athens varsity football team’s best shot at qualifying for the eight-man playoffs since becoming eligible in 2023.
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Members of the Gilman School Board renewed teacher contracts and heard of staffing shortages within the district during a meeting on Monday, April 27. MANDEE ELLIS/THE STAR NEWS
Wind and soggy conditions couldn’t stop Medford Area Elementary Students from celebrating Arbor Day by planting a tree on Friday, April 24. The autumn blaze maple was donated by the city of Medford and presented by mayor Laura Holmes to a crowd of excited students. Principal Dan Miller (forefront) pointed out the trees bordering the area which were planted on previous Arbor Day celebrations by students that came before them. “That tree right there was planted in 2009,” Miller stated, pointing at a tree behind the children. “Why do we need trees?” Holmes (left) asked the students, who answered that trees produce the air that they breathe. MANDEE ELLIS/THE STAR NEWS
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