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Greenwood boys stay atop ECC with second win over Rockets

Greenwood boys stay atop ECC with second win over Rockets Greenwood boys stay atop ECC with second win over Rockets

The Spencer boys basketball team made it more difficult for Greenwood on Monday night than it did in a 40-point loss to the Indians less than two weeks ago. The end result was stil...

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Strong defense, timely scores get Raiders past the Hodags
Medford’s Rylee Hraby gets inside Rhinelander defender Lexi Beran and scores at the rim to give the Raiders a 33-17 lead early in the second half of the team’s 55-45 win over the Hodags. Hraby had 16 points in Medford’s fifth straight victory. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
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Strong defense, timely scores get Raiders past the Hodags

Early in the season, it appears Mosinee, Rhinelander and Medford could be the top three girls basket...

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Marathon loves the effort by Love during its win at Rib Lake
Rib Lake’s Isabelle Gumz lifts a baseline shot over Marathon’s Rehgan Martin during the second half of Friday’s loss to the Red Raiders. ALEX WILSON/THE STAR NEWS
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Marathon loves the effort by Love during its win at Rib Lake

In a Marawood Conference girls basketball crossover Friday, the Marathon Red Raiders moved the ball ...

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Pirates humbled by Prentice, get season’s first win at Holcombe
Gilman’s Beau Pockat tries to force his way past Prentice defender Hardy Hueckman and get to the rim during the first half of Monday’s non-conference loss. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
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Pirates humbled by Prentice, get season’s first win at Holcombe

The home opener was not a pleasant experience Monday for the Gilman boys basketball team, who was ma...

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Marathon uses key runs to ruin Rib Lake’s home, season opener
Rib Lake’s Seth Borchardt pushes the basketball into the frontcourt during the first half of the Redmen’s 66-53 season-opening loss to Marathon Friday night. ALEX WILSON/THE STAR NEWS
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Marathon uses key runs to ruin Rib Lake’s home, season opener

The first run gave Marathon the lead in the first half and the second run stopped Rib Lake’s secon...

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Impressive late comeback can’t overcome slow start in loss at Antigo

A solid effort over the last two periods wasn’t enough to wipe out a slow start by Medford’s hockey team on Thursday in a 6-3 Great Northern Conference loss at Antigo.The Red Robins scored four times in the first period, including the last one by Ethan Novy with one second left, to lead to some spirited locker-room discussion between periods. The Raiders then went on a three-goal run to get wi...

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Rouiller, Mann earn higher places in boys swim double-dual
Medford’s Dawson Gasek glides over the water surface as he starts Thursday’s double-dual in the backstroke leg of the 200-yard medley relay. Gasek, Roger Mann, Logan Rouiller and Josiah Barnhart placed fourth in the race. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
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Rouiller, Mann earn higher places in boys swim double-dual

Senior Logan Rouiller’s second-place overall finish in two events highlighted Medford’s efforts ...

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