Antigo gave Medford some trouble ….

Antigo gave Medford some trouble early in last year’s finale at Raider Field, but the Raiders eventually settled in and won 53-21. Colton Thomae, who threw for 199 yards in last year’s game, is taking snaps again for Antigo, along with Jake Verhasselt. Alec Knapkavage and Alex Schlieve are Antigo’s top running backs.

The Red Robins have been solid defensively in the second half of the season, shutting out Rhinelander and Ashland and keeping the Red Robins in the game in a 19-7 home loss to Lakeland on Sept. 22.

Early in the week, a cold, rainy night was in the forecast.

“They’re a nice team,” Wilson said. “They’re better than they were last year. They have a couple of decent backs. They’ve tried to spread people out a little bit more this year than they have in the past. I think they’re going to come out and be very physical. We’re going to play there. It’s not the easiest place in the world to play at with the turf and the environment.

“We’re going to have to bring our lunchpail and be ready to go,” Wilson added. “They’re kind of playing for their playoff lives. If they win, they’re in for sure. If they don’t, they’re still probably in. But they’ll have all kinds of motivation so we have to shuttle this one and move on and win this game so we can hopefully get a home playoff game and move from there.”

The WIAA will release the post-season brackets on Saturday.