The soccer ball bounces between Medford’s Audrey Ruesch (4) and Megan Schaefer as the Raiders keep it on Merrill’s defensive early in Thursday’s season-opening game, which Medford won 5-0 at Raider Field. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
Rylee Hraby, shown pitching in a win over Lakeland last April, returns to the pitching circle this season for the Medford softball team after a sophomore season in 2024 that made her a unanimous All-GNC first-team selection. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
Medford’s Evan Paul ascends over the bar, which is set at 5 feet, 10 inches, during high jump competition at Tuesday’s Marshfield Tigers Boys Indoor Invitational. This would be Paul’s finishing height, good for fifth place, right behind the 6-foot jump by Rib Lake’s Jed Henderson. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
Left: Rib Lake’s Jed Henderson bumps into Turtle Lake’s Brody Tarman and is called for an offensive foul late in the first half of Saturday’s WIAA Division 5 boys basketball sectional final played in Altoona. Henderson led the Redmen with 20 points and 11 rebounds in the 53-45 defeat that left the Redmen one win shy of playing in this weekend’s state tournament in Madison. Right: Redmen Blake Henderson, Ethan Cook, Briley Leonhard (hidden), Jed Henderson, Brady Heiser, Chris Krause, Josiah Mann (hidden) and Jeremy Wiitala watch as Turtle Lake receives its championship medals and plaque in the post-game awards ceremony. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
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