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Late set comebacks helped the D.C. Everest and Wausau West volleyball teams to victories on the first night of Wisconsin Valley Conference play in 2026. D.C. Everest won at SPASH in five sets, West swept past Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln and Wausau East lost at Marshfield to start the league season. The match of the night was in Stevens Point as D.C. Everest turned the match on its head with a big 2nd set comeback that sparked a huge early-season win. SPASH appeared on their wa

The Wisconsin Valley Conference football season kicks off with a big rivalry game at Stiehm Stadium on Friday night as the D.C. Everest Evergreens will host the Wausau West Warriors in a game that will be broadcast live on Wausau Area Sports (6:40 pm airtime). The Warriors enter 2-0 overall after wins at Menomonie and at home vs. Rice Lake while the Evergreens are 1-1 after falling at Chippewa Falls in the opener and coming from behind to beat Menomonie at home last week. It

The Marathon football team used offense, defense and special teams to stay perfect in 2026 as the Red Raiders moved to 3-0 on the season with a 19-0 win at Crandon Thursday night in a game that was broadcast on Wausau Area Sports. Crandon dropped to 0-3 with the loss. For the third straight week it was a big night for senior Garrett Bracewell. Bracewell, who came into the game ranked second in the state in receptions, added 8 more catches for 168 yards and two touchdowns pl

Week 3 of the High School football season kicks off for some teams on Thursday night, including the Marathon Red Raiders. Marathon will look to start the season with a third straight win at Crandon in a game that will be broadcast live on Wausau Area Sports. Both of the Raiders wins have come in the final moments as the Marathon defense stopped a Loyal/Greenwood drive in the final minute to win 24-16 in week 1. Week 2 was even more thilling with a 22-19 triple overtime vic

The D.C. Everest football team found themselves in some trouble in the 3rd quarter of their game vs. Menomonie at Stiehm Stadium. Following a 50-22 loss at Chippewa Falls last week, the Evergreens were down 21-9 to Menomonie early in the 3rd quarter and were in danger of falling to 0-2 on the young season. However, Everest came alive on both sides of the ball and scored 21 unanswered points to rally for a 30-21 win over the Mustangs in the first meeting of the teams since 1

The La Crosse Logan football team came into their home game against Wausau East on Friday ranked #10 in the Bound Division 2 state poll. While rankings are for "entertainment purposes only", East found out that the Rangers are worthy of the early season accolades. Logan recorded their second straight shutout to start the season with a 37-0 victory over the Lumberjacks. It didn't take long for things to take a bad turn for East as starting running back Cash Ryan Seefeldt, wh

For about five seconds nobody at Thom Field knew if Wausau West or Rice Lake had won their non-conference match up. With :12 left in the game and trailing 21-20, Wausau West had the ball inches from the goal line but had no timeouts. Foregoing a field goal attempt, the Warriors had quarterback Jackson Riley attempt a sneak. For about five seconds both linesmen looked and then discussed whether or not Riley broke the plane of the goal line as the clock ticked down to :00.

No matter the sport, it seems that when Marathon and Auburndale get together it leads to a thrilling finish. That didn't change on Friday night as the Red Raiders rallied in the final moments to force overtime and then outlasted Auburndale 22-19 in three OT's to improve to 2-0 on the young season. Things started well for Auburndale when a screen pass from Carter Grassl to Raymond Teska turned into an 85 yard touchdown and give the Eagles a 7-0 less than four minutes into the

It's week 2 of the 2026 high school football season and, unlike last week, the greater Wausau schools will all play on Friday night. There will be two live broadcasts on Wausau Area Sports on Friday starting with the pregame at 6:40 pm: Wausau West vs. Rice Lake and Newman Catholic vs. Owen-Withee. Catch either or both games on the Wausau Area Sports YouTube channel. Here is a preview all the games featuring the Wausau area schools on Friday: Wausau West (1-0) vs. Rice La

The D.C. Everest boys' soccer team was less than a minute from earning an opening night win over Oshkosh West but a goal in the final seconds forced the Evergreens to settle for a 1-1 tie on Tuesday. It was a very odd night as the game started outdoors at the D.C. Everest Middle School Soccer Complex but the thunderstorms that rolled through the area forced a venue change just before the midway point of the first half. The teams packed up and made the short trip indoors to

The Wausau East boys' soccer team kicked off the 2026 season with a 4-0 victory over River Falls on Tuesday night. The Lumberjacks had to wait out a 1 hour, 30 minute lightning and rain delay to earn the win over the school that ended their season in the playoffs last season. Wausau East carried the play for most of the first half but it was just before the intermission that the Lumberjacks took the lead. In the 39th minute it was Benjamin Hoelter who scored the first goal

Each week Wausau Area Sports will highlight some of the top performances on the football field from players in the area with our "Honor Roll". Here are the Week 1 Honor Roll recipients from the area: Offense: Wausau West RB Miles Waldvogel: The senior started the 2026 season with a massive performance in the Warriors' 36-21 win at Menomonie. Waldvogel carried 24 times for 227 yards and 4 touchdowns. Marathon WR Garrett Bracewell: The senior started 2026 where he left in of

Both the offense and the defense stepped up for the Wausau East football team in their season opener on Friday night at the Thom Field. The Lumberjacks beat Shawano 28-0 in the first shutout win for East since they beat Appleton West 44-0 on September 15, 2023. The Lumberjacks also got solid offense with one touchdown scored in each of the four quarters. East got on the board first when Cash Ryan Seefeldt plowed in from two yards out with 8:43 left in the first quarter and

The D. C. Everest football team has won the last two Wisconsin Valley Conference championships but non-conference games have been some trouble for the Evergreens. Last season, Everest was a perfect 6-0 in WVC action but lost all three regular season non-conference match-ups, including one to Chippewa Falls. The Evergreens trouble outside of conference continued on Thursday night with a 50-22 loss to Chi-Hi at Dorais Field. Chippewa Falls took charge early with a pair of 1st

The Newman Catholic High School football team kicked off the 2026 season on Friday night with a 44-6 loss to Algoma at Balliet Field in Wausau. It was a game that was broadcast live on Wausau Area Sports. It was a tough start for the inexperienced Cardinals, who lost players that combined for 8 slots on the all-conference team a season ago and had only 15 players in uniform. Algoma, who finished 6-2 a season ago, jumped out to a 24-0 lead in the first quarter behind the big

A season ago the Marathon combination of quarterback True Thurs to receiver Garrett Bracewell helped the Red Raiders to a postseason playoff berth. With the graduation of Thurs, Marathon needed to find a new combination to start 2026. Based on the first week of the new season, Marathon may have another lethal combination. New starting quarterback Brayson Schneider found Bracewell 12 times on Friday to help Marathon to a 24-16 win over Loyal/Greenwood. Bracewell, an all-CWC

The Wausau West High School football team got 229 yards rushing and 4 touchdowns from senior running back Miles Waldvogel and beat Menomonie 36-21 in the season opener for both teams on Thursday night in a game broadcast live on Wausau Area Sports. It was not a great start for the Warriors as Menomonie took the opening kickoff to the West 33 yard line and, on the first play from scrimmage, saw quarterback Aaron Howard throw a lateral to running back D.J. Butler who then fire

Mosinee football: 9-3 overall in 2025, 6-1 (T-1) in Great Northern Conference. Lost 38-19 at Columbus in D-4 Level 3 playoff. All-GNC players that have graduated: 1st Team QB & DB Treve Stoffel (141/211, 1969 yards, 23 TD/3 INT; 150 carries for 1008 yards, 17 TD; 111 tackles, 5 INT), 1st Team WR and Punter & 2nd Team DE/OLB Mitchell Michlig (33 receptions, 702 yards, 12 TD; 33.9 yards per punt; 39 tackles, 5 TFL), 2nd Team Kicker Gus Miller, 2nd LB & HM RB Carter Fandrey (71

Marathon football: 4-6 overall in 2025, 3-4 (T-4) in Central Wisconsin Conference. Lost 36-6 at Kewaunee in D-6 Level 1 playoff. All-CWC players that have graduated: 1st Team TE & HM DL Drew Woelfel (15 catches, 218 yards, 1 TD; 19 tackles), 1st Team QB and 1st Team DB True Thurs (113/185, 1531 yards, 13 TD, 8 INT; 38 tackles, 1 INT), 1st Team Punter Tate Sonnentag (32.9 average), HM OL Mitchell Zemke, HM OL Cassius Ninabuck, HM DL Tate Sonnentag (16 tackles), HM DL Grant Sal

In an interview during the Wausau West football scrimmage on Friday, Wausau West Athletic Director B.J. Brandt told Wausau Area Sports that the school will announce this week that Dayne Hagedorn will be named the new head hockey coach of the Warriors. Hagedorn isucceeds Travis Brown in the position. Brown resigned due to health reasons after a very successful 1st season as head coach of the Warriors, earning WCHA Coach of the Year honors after leading West to a 24-2 record