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Rice Lake woman qualifies for Ironman World Championships
Nicole Finstad of Rice Lake was looking to run one more Ironman triathlon while she still could. It was her sixth time at Ironman Wisconsin and seventh Ironman overall, and despite not achieving her fastest time, she succeeded in another goal she had set out to accomplish since her first race. On Sept. 8, Finstad completed the Ironman Wisconsin race — a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bicycle ride and 26.2-mile marathon — in 13 hours and 14 minutes. That placed the 50-year-old Finstad fourth among women...
Northwest Express falls to Hudson
SPOONER — In USPHL Premier League action at the Spooner Civic Center on Saturday, Sept. 28, the Hudson Havoc broke open a 4-4 game with 5 goals in the third period to defeat the Northwest Express 9-5. The Express led 2-1 after the first period. Jaden Aguilara, assisted by Dylan Wolf and Derek, McGrew, scored at 1:53. At 15:14, Evan Burchardt scored, assisted by Harrison Browning and Connor Corcoran. In...
Rails golfers win; host Regional Oct. 2
SPOONER — On a sunny Monday, Sept. 23, the Spooner Rails girls golf team hosted Hayward and St. Croix Falls at the Spooner Golf Club. The Rails girls had a nice day, shooting a team 172 to take first place. Hayward shot 193, and St. Croix Falls totaled 225. Avery Voeltz and Layla Thompson led the way for the Spooner golfers, both girls shooting a 39. Ava Thompson shot 43, Whitney Rohde 51 and Serena Lu 55. All-Conference points for the match included Layla Thompson 5, Voeltz 5 and Ava Thompson 2. On Wednesday, Oct. 2, starting at 9 a.m., Spooner will host Hayward, Cumberland, Northwestern, Rice Lake, Ashland and Grantsburg/Luck/Frederic/Unity in the WIAA Varsity Regional at Spooner Golf Club.
Rails cross country runs to success at Barron meet
BARRON– The Spooner Middle School and High School cross-country teams raced in Barron on Sept. 24. Leading for the high school boys was Zach Fleishauer in 11th place with a time of 18:37 in the 5K. Trenton Gullickson and Levi Thornley finished 25th and 26th with times of 19:49 and 19:52. Miles Temple (46th), Reid Hagen (50) and Bryce Fleishauer (74) also raced well to help bring their team to a 6th place finish. ...
Rails top Beavers; Barron here Oct. 4 for Homecoming
CUMBERLAND — On the road in Heart O’ North Conference action on Friday, Sept. 27, the Spooner Rails football team pounded out a 28-8 victory at Cumberland. “I was proud of the way we played Friday night,” said coach Josh Fizel. “We continued to fight and compete throughout the night even when we didn’t have great rhythm. I thought Cumberland did an excellent job of keeping the ball away from us and really slowing the game down. Our kids responded to adversity well and found...
Spooner volleyball falls to Beavers; Rails girls will host Bulldogs, Comets
SPOONER — In Heart O’ North Conference volleyball action, the Spooner Rails girls fell 3-1 to Cumberland. Spooner coach Megan Danielsen discussed the game. “On Tuesday, we lost in 4 to a much improved Cumberland team,” said Coach Danielsen. “They have 5 seniors playing and their experience showed with their passing; they were right on target nearly every pass. Nerves got the best of us in the first set and...
Hayward girls golf advances in playoffs
The Hayward Hurricanes girls golf team is advancing to the WIAA sectional playoffs on Oct. 7 thanks to their second-place finish at the Spooner regional Wednesday Oct. 2. The host Spooner Rails placed first at the regional with an 18-hole score of 368 followed by Hayward with 388 and Luck-Unity with 428. All three are advancing to the sectional as teams. Spooner’s Avery Voeltz shot an 80 to win the...
Golf: Rice Lake's Ahlberg qualifies for sectionals
Rice Lake freshman Annika Ahlberg tied for 12th place and captured an individual qualifying spot during Wednesday's Division 2 girls golf sectional at Spooner Golf Club. Ahlberg scored a 104 during her 18 holes played in Spooner. Her total gave her the third and final individual spot at sectionals to be played Monday at Luck Golf Course. Rice Lake finished fifth in the standings with a score of 439. Advancing...
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