STRATFORD VARSITY SOFTBALL - Introducing the 2026 Tigers varsity softball team. Softball players pictured, from left to right, front row are: Courtney Knetter, Reese Spindler, Gracie Krummel, Maddy Kraus, Dakota Knetter and Adelynn Meyer; back row: Alyssa Bargender, Gracie Schmidt, Alaina Bangart, Tria Tubbs, Maddy Kroening, Lucy Zaleski and Carly Pankratz. PHOTO BY CASSIDY LEMAY STRATFORD VARSITY SOFTBALL - Introducing the 2026 Tigers varsity softball team. Softball players pictured, from left to right, front row are: Courtney Knetter, Reese Spindler, Gracie Krummel, Maddy Kraus, Dakota Knetter and Adelynn Meyer; back row: Alyssa Bargender, Gracie Schmidt, Alaina Bangart, Tria Tubbs, Maddy Kroening, Lucy Zaleski and Carly Pankratz. PHOTO BY CASSIDY LEMAY
This is Stratford varsity softball head coach Mandy Pankratz’s 20th season at the helm, and the motto “WEAM” continues to inspire her teams to be successful.
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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