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John wins Spring Fever 10k
ALTOONA — Austin John and Braxton Haines made runaways of their events in the Indianhead Track Club’s 40th Spring Fever 10k and 5-k races Saturday morning on courses out and back from Hobbs Ice Arena. John made it a repeat win from last year, finishing in 38-minutes, 9-seconds, more than four minutes ahead of runnerup Sean Schmidt, 42:34, while Ryan Wedl was third in 44:30 and won the 15-k challenge, combining the two events. ...
Mondovi honors four in college signing day ceremony
Four athletes from Mondovi High School have made their college futures official. The school held a signing day ceremony where coaches spoke about each athlete before they put pen to paper on their National Letter of Intent. Two athletes honored at the ceremony were Austin Remington and Peyton Snyder, who will each play football at Division III UW-La Crosse. They were each vital pieces on a team that defeated Regis and split the Cloverbelt Conference title with the Ramblers this past season. ...
Red-hot Rails roll over Ashland in softball regional opener
By the time Altoona junior Breeley Gluch stepped to the plate in the third inning of the Railroaders Division 2 softball regional playoff matchup against the Ashland Oredockers, the game was already looking decided. Altoona had already built a commanding 7-0 lead but Gluch had a chance to add a couple more to the tally with Lindsey Hendricks and Rylee Spindler manning first and second. The shortstop had already driven in the first run of the game in the first inning with a double and...
Warrior wrap-up (5-16): Rice Lake girls soccer nets three second-half goals in win over Eau Claire North
After giving up a quick goal, the Rice Lake Warriors girls soccer team didn't falter and scored four unanswered goals for the 4-1 victory over Eau Claire North on Thursday at Pug Lund Field. "We’ve been behind before and have come back to even or win a game," Rice Lake coach Shawn Gilbert said. "We talked about how important this game was — the seeding meeting is Sunday — we wanted a good showing." ...
Back like it never left: Fall Creek baseball thriving after two-year hiatus
For two years, Fall Creek baseball didn’t exist. Well, not as its own entity at least. Due to low numbers in the program, the Crickets entered a co-op with Black River Falls after their 2021 season. In 2022 and 2023, Fall Creek High School didn’t field its own team. There wasn’t a fear that the move would be permanent. The Crickets knew their current crop of freshman were coming and that it would allow Fall Creek to fly solo once again and that’s exactly what...
Future looks bright for Spooner Rails volleyball
ALTOONA — On Saturday, May 11, the eighth-grade Spooner-Black volleyball team earned their way into the First Tier Tournament for the Wisconsin Independent Volleyball League (WIVL) by going undefeated this spring season. The Rails competed in tournaments this spring hosted by Eau Claire, Rice Lake and Spooner, and went 3-0 at each of them without dropping a single game. Going into this weekend’s tournament the Rails were the overall No. 3 seed in a field of 52 teams. ...
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