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Bargender tops Rice Lake Speedway Swant Graber 30
Dan Bargender, a second year Late Model driver from Chippewa Falls, got the jump at the start of the Swant Graber 30 and then led all laps as he took home the $2,000 top prize to top the WISSOTA Late Model special Saturday night at the Rice Lake Speedway. Once he took the lead, Bargender, who has had limited experience here running both a Late Model and a Modified before that, proved to be the class of the field as he pulled away from the...
Area athletes qualify for state track and field meet
The competition was fierce with 51 teams represented at the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 3 Track and Field Meet at Cameron High School on May 23, 2024. Each athlete sought to be among the top four in each event to qualify for the state meet in LaCross on May 30. Chequamegon senior Autumn Michalski won all three of her distance run events to qualify for her fourth trip to the state meet. ...
Track and field: Cameron qualifies 11 events for state meet
The Cameron Comets track and field teams qualified 11 events for the state meet during a Division 3 sectional held in Cameron on Thursday. The Comet girls finished as the sectional runner-up with 69 points, trailing defending state champion Fall Creek by three points. With 19 points the Cameron boys were 15th in the team standings. The WIAA Track and Field State Championships are May 31 and June 1 in...
Softball: Rice Lake takes down Baldwin-Woodville to earn regional title
When the Rice Lake softball team faced its first deficit of the playoffs, the Warriors had an answer. Down 3-2 after a three-run top of the fifth from fourth-seeded Baldwin-Woodville (12-11), No. 1 seed Rice Lake (15-10) scored three times in the bottom half of the inning on its way to the 5-3 victory in a Division 2 regional final on Thursday in Rice Lake. "Our motto has been 'Cause...
Baseball: Lucas punches out 13 in Cameron's playoff win over Ladysmith
Tyson Lucas struck out 13 batters, allowing one unearned run in six innings pitched as the Cameron Comets baseball team took down Ladysmith 5-2 in Thursday's Division 3 regional quarterfinal in Ladysmith. The 11th-seeded Comets (5-15) travel to No. 3 Spooner on Tuesday. In the victory over sixth-seeded Ladysmith (6-14), the Comets scored four of their runs in the fifth inning. Cameron had five hits in the inning, including run-scoring...
Rails catch fire late, storm back for a Regional victory
SPOONER — It wasn’t looking good for the hometown Spooner Rails softball team. In the 4th inning, the Rails were trailing the visiting Cumberland Beavers 4-0 and showing very little fire in the WIAA Division 3 Regional opener. Then, however, the No. 2-seeded Rails came to life, ignited by a flurry of hits in the 4th and 5th innings as they grabbed the lead 5-4 and went on to the come-from-behind win. ...
Baseball: Stone hits 2 home runs, strikes out 13 in Rice Lake's playoff win over Lakeland
Easton Stone hit two home runs and struck out 13 batters in 6.1 innings as the Rice Lake baseball team got a 4-2 win over Lakeland in Thursday's Division 2 regional quarterfinal game in Rice Lake. Eighth-seeded Rice Lake (7-15) advances to play in Tuesday's regional semifinal at Medford against the top-seeded Raiders. Stone hit a solo home run in the first inning and a two-run blast in the fifth...
WIAA Regional softball tournaments
SPOONER — Spooner High School hosted the Heart O’ North Conference Track Meet on Tuesday, May 14. For the girls, Cameron outran the competition for first place. Hayward won first place in the boys division. Team scoresGirls 1. Cameron — 145 points 2. Hayward — 124.50 ...
Track and field: Madsen, Sheplee break school records as Rice Lake boys, girls claim regional titles
The Rice Lake boys and girls track and field teams each won regional titles during a Division 2 meet held in Rice Lake on Monday. The Warriors set a pair of school records and advanced 29 events to the sectional meet in Colby on Thursday. Highlighting the night’s action were school record performances by Jacob Madsen and Adaline Sheplee in hurdle events. Rice Lake had 11 first-place finishes. ...
Softball: Kunz strikes out 14 in Rice Lake's playoff-opening over Black River Falls
Kamryn Kunz struck 14 batters and allowed just one hit as the Rice Lake softball team began the postseason with a 4-0 win over Black River Falls on Monday in Rice Lake. “There was a lot of focus,” Rice Lake coach Jackie Beise said of Kunz. “She was really commanding the zone and hitting her spots, and mixing in some offspeed and some rise balls.” The top-seeded Warriors (14-10) advance...
Spooner Cardinals return: Red Birds open 2024 baseball season with win
SPOONER — Now it feels like summertime! Baseballs are flying, bats are cracking out long hits and the Spooner Cardinals baseball team is back in action. The Cardinals opened their 2024 baseball season with a nice win at Merchant Park on Saturday, May 18. Cardinals 7, Eau Claire Cavaliers 4 The Spooner Cardinals opened their 2024 season with a home win over the Eau Claire Cavaliers by a score of...
UPDATED: Softball games changed
SPOONER – There have been changes made in the WIAA Softball Regionals for the Spooner Rails in Division 3, Shell Lake Lakers in Division 4 and Northwood/Solon Springs Fusion in Division 5. Spooner: The Spooner girls will now play Cumberland tonight, Monday, May 20, at 5 p.m. in Spooner. Shell Lake: The Laker softball Regional has been rescheduled to Wednesday, May 22, at 5 p.m. The Lakers will host Chetek-Weyerhaeuser at Shell Lake. Northwood/Solon Springs: Northwood/Solon Springs has been rescheduled to Tuesday, May 21, at Solon Springs at 5 p.m. against Prentice.
HHS boys track squad wins Heart O' North title
The Hayward Hurricanes boys track and field team won the Heart O’ North Conference championship in Spooner Tuesday May 15, while the Hurricane girls placed second to Cameron. Boys results Team scores: Hayward, 155; Ashland, 133.5; St. Croix Falls, 70.5; Ladysmith, 69; Cameron, 59; Northwestern, 59; Chetek-Weyerhaeuser, 56; Cumberland, 46.5; Barron, 33.5; Spooner, 19. Hayward...
Baseball: Rice Lake drops doubleheader at New Richmond
The Rice Lake baseball team will head into the postseason on a five-game slide after losses to Hudson and New Richmond to close out the regular season. Rice Lake is the No. 8 seed in its Division 2 bracket and will host No. 9 Lakeland in a regional quarterfinal contest on Thursday. The Warriors finished 2-12 and in eighth place in the Big Rivers. New Richmond 10, Rice Lake 0On Monday in New Richmond the Tigers (15-10, 5-9) swept the Warriors in a doubleheader. as...
Five new winners in Rice Lake Speedway action
One of the largest crowds in recent history jammed the Rice Lake Speedway on Saturday night for the annual Kid's Night celebration. On a beautiful night for dirt track racing more than 100 bikes and gift baskets were given out to the kids with donated items from racers and fans alike. On the track, 93 drivers from three states signed in to race, and the evening's action produced five new winners. Visiting victory lane for the first time in 2024 were Kevin Adams in the...
Golf: Rice Lake runner-up at regionals, advances to sectionals at Turtleback
The Rice Lake boys golf team will have the home course advantage as the Warriors advanced to sectionals after placing second at Tuesday's Division 2 regional at Hidden Greens North Golf Course in Solon Springs. The sectional tournament is next Tuesday at Turtleback Golf Course. Rice Lake shot a combined 331, finishing 14 strokes in front of third-place Hayward while Lakeland at 307 strokes easily took the regional title. ...
Baseball: Brill tops Haugen in Independent League opener
Brill held off Haugen in the first Independent League baseball game of the season as the Millers topped the Knights 8-6 on Saturday at Brill. Brill led 8-3 through seven innings, but Haugen started to rallied with a three-run eighth. Hunter Ashlin had pitched three scoreless innings of relief for the Millers when four consecutive walks to begin the eighth ended his day. Tyson LaPoint took over and got a...
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