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Baseball: Division 1, Sectional 1 playoff brackets released with D.C. Everest earning a 1st round home game while Wausau West, Wausau East to hit the road
The road to the state tournament in Appleton has been plotted for the Wausau area Division 1 baseball teams with the WIAA postseason bracket released. D.C. Everest receives a 6 seed in the sectional 1 bracket while Wausau West is seeded 13 and Wausau East 14 for the playoffs that start next Tuesday, June 2nd. The Evergreens, who won their final five games before Sunday's seeding meeting, will be home for a regional semifinal against 11th seeded Eau Claire Memorial. Everest

Chad Holmes
May 253 min read


Girls soccer: Wausau West earns a 2 seed as postseason seedings released for upcoming playoffs
The Wausau West girls soccer team still has some work to do in the Wisconsin Valley Conference this week as they battle for a league championship but the Warriors now know their route in the upcoming Division 1 playoffs. West is seeded 2nd in their Division 1 regional bracket and will host 7th seeded Superior in a regional semifinal next Tuesday, June 2nd. West is currently 2nd in the WVC standings at 6-1-1 behind 7-0-1 SPASH. West has two league games remaining, including

Chad Holmes
May 251 min read


Baseball: Van Slyke goes deep, Lake tosses CG as D.C. Everest beats New Richmond
Cole Van Slyke started the scoring with a home run while Riley Lake tossed a complete game as the D.C. Everest baseball team beat New Richmond 9-3 at Simon Field on Saturday. The win was the Evergreens 5th straight. Van Slyke laced a home run over the right field fence to lead off the 2nd inning and spark a 6 run inning. Ty Rohde would add a 2 RBI single and Aiden Haupt a run scoring single as part of the big inning. Haupt would finish 2 for 3 with an RBI while Cade Felch

Chad Holmes
May 231 min read


Baseball: Thurs HR and 5 RBI plus winning pitcher as Wausau West tops Mosinee
Carson Thurs went 2 for 4 with a home run and 5 RBI plus was the winning pitcher as Wausau West beat Mosinee 14-6 on Friday in a game broadcast live on the Wausau Area Sports YouTube channel. The win was the Warriors 3rd straight this week. West took advantage of the wildness of Mosinee starting pitcher Dane Cihlar to score three times in the 1st inning. West scored runs on a pair of hit batsmen and a bases loaded walk in the inning. The Warriors would add 4 more runs in t

Chad Holmes
May 232 min read


Baseball: Graveen leads on the mound and at the plate as Wausau West rallies past Wausau East
Joe Graveen pitched 6 1/3 shutout innings in relief and was 3 of 3 at the plate with 2 walks as Wausau West erased an early 4 run deficit and beat Wausau East 9-4 on Thursday in a game that was broadcast live on the Wausau Area Sports YouTube channel. The Lumberjacks started fast with 4 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning. Connor Lemirand singled home one run with Tyler Staszak following with an RBI double to make it 2-0. Zach Pearson singled home a third run and the fourt

Chad Holmes
May 212 min read


Baseball: Mosinee brings out the bats in 19-3 rout of Lakeland
Following a pair of one run losses earlier this week, the Mosinee baseball team took their frustrations out on Lakeland Thursday. Mosinee 7 runs in each of the 3rd and 4th innings and beat the Thunderbirds 19-3. Each of the top four batters in the lineup had at least four hits for Mosinee. Tyler Baars was 3 for 5 with 5 RBI and 3 runs scored. Baars also had a home run in the 7 run 3rd inning. Sebastian Andersen had 2 hits and a home run in the 1st inning while Treve Stoff

Chad Holmes
May 211 min read


Baseball: D.C. Everest rolls past Wisconsin Rapids to move into solo possession of 2nd place in the WVC
4 different players recorded two hits and the D.C. Everest baseball team rolled past Wisconsin Rapids 10-2 in Wisconsin Valley Conference action on Thursday at Simon Field. Ty Rohde, Cooper Richie, Aiden Haupt and Ryan Schulz each recorded multiple hits as Everest moved into sole possession of 2nd place in the Wisconsin Valley Conference with the win. The Evergreens took charge with 4 runs in the bottom of the 3rd to snap a 1-1 tie. Richie led off with a double with Cole Va

Chad Holmes
May 211 min read


Softball: 3 hits from Oelke propel Wausau West to win over Stratford in regular season finale
The Wausau West softball team found out last night they would be heading to D.C. Everest for their playoff opener next Tuesday but still had some work to do on Thursday vs. Stratford in the final regular season game of the season. Behind three hits from senior Jaidyn Oelke and two hits each from freshmen Brooklyn Calmes and Olivia O' Keefe, the Warriors topped the Tigers 6-1. West got on the board in the 2nd inning on an RBI single by O' Keefe with an error scoring a second

Chad Holmes
May 211 min read


Softball: Keene goes 3 for 3 with a homer to lead Newman Catholic to 2nd win of the season
Madison Keene had a big day at the bat as the Newman Catholic softball team finishes the regular season with a 14-3 win over Owen-Withee in 5 innings at Sunnyvale Softball Complex on Thursday. Keene went 3 for 3 with a home run and 3 RBI as the Cardinals won their second game of the season. After Owen-Withee scored a run in the top of the first inning, Newman took the lead for good with 3 runs in the bottom of the 1st. Molly Merrill led off with a a single and after stealin

Chad Holmes
May 212 min read


Softball: D-1 sectional brackets released with Wausau West meeting D.C. Everest and Wausau East traveling to Ashwaubenon in 1st round
The WIAA softball playoffs get into full swing next Tuesday and all brackets have now been released. Last week the brackets for Divisions 2 through 5 were set and tonight it was Division 1. 5 Wisconsin Valley Conference schools are in Division 1, Sectional 2 with close rivals being drawn for the first postseason game. Wausau West is seeded 11th in the bracket and will have the short trip to 6th seeded D.C. Everest for a regional semifinal on Tuesday. The Evergreens (14-10

Chad Holmes
May 201 min read


Baseball: Big 5th and 6th innings lead D.C. Everest to win at Wisconsin Rapids
5 runs in the 5th inning and 3 more runs in the 6th lead the D.C. Everest baseball team to a 8-4 win in Wisconsin Rapids on Tuesday. 7 of the 9 D.C. Everest starters had at least one hit including two hits each from Ryan Schulz and Cade Felch. After Rapids took a 1-0 lead with a run in the bottom of the 4th, the Evergreens sent 10 batters to the plate in the 5th to take the lead. Rapids hurt themselves with 3 errors in the inning. After the Red Raiders scored three times i

Chad Holmes
May 191 min read


Mosinee: Baseball falls in tight one at Pines while Paetyn Jirschele reaches 100 career hits in softball win at Lakeland.
Despite two hits each from Tyler Baars and Aiden Laurila, the Mosinee baseball team falls 2-1 at Northland Pines in Great Northern Conference play on Tuesday. It was the 2nd straight one run loss in the past two days for Mosinee after a 10 game winning streak. Back to back RBI doubles by Brody Hoeft and Griffin Beyer in the 4th inning gave Northland Pines a 2-0 lead. It stayed that way until the 6th when Baars and Laurila each singled to start the inning. Then Sebastian A

Chad Holmes
May 191 min read


Softball: D.C. Everest uses 10 run 3rd inning to top Wausau East
The D.C. Everest softball team scored 10 times in the 3rd inning and went on to beat Wausau East 13-3 in 5 innings in Wisconsin Valley Conference action on Tuesday night. Maddie Hoppe extended her school single-season home run mark with her 14th of the season as part of the big inning. Taylor Dykstra got East on the board with a 2 run double in the top of the 1st inning to give the Lumberjacks a 2-0 lead. Everest came right back in the bottom of the inning to take the lead.

Chad Holmes
May 191 min read


Softball: Marshfield outlasts Wausau West in 9 innings despite complete game effort of Butler
Despite pitcher Kaitlyn Butler allowing no earned runs in 9 innings, the Wausau West softball team couldn't overcome five errors in a 5-3 extra inning loss to Marshfield on the Warriors' Senior Day on Tuesday. The Tigers never trailed in the game and scored twice in the top of the 9th inning to win it. After Marshfield scored twice in the top of the first inning, West got one back in the bottom half of the inning on a two-out RBI single by Jaidyn Calmes to score Breanne Bush

Chad Holmes
May 192 min read


Baseball: Teske stellar in 2-hit shutout as Wausau West beats Wausau East
Wausau West starting pitcher Ty Teske was nearly flawless in tossing a 2-hit shutout while striking out 10 to lead the Warriors to a 4-0 win over crosstown rival Wausau East on Tuesday in a game that was broadcast live on the Wausau Area Sports YouTube channel. In addition to his pitching, Teske added 2 hits and an RBI at the plate. West got on the board in the bottom of the 2nd inning when Marshal Helke led off with a double and advanced to 3rd on a single by Keegan Kruzan.

Chad Holmes
May 192 min read


Track and Field: DCE boys win WVC meet ahead of SPASH while SPASH takes the girls title with Wausau West 2nd.
The Wisconsin Valley Conference held it's outdoor Track and Field Meet at Wausau East on Monday with D.C. Everest winning the boys' title while Stevens Point won the girls' meet. In the boys' meet Everest won with 186 points. Stevens Point was 2nd with 164 points while Marshfield was third (137), Wausau East 4th (107.5), Wausau West 5th (56.5) and Wisconsin Rapids 6th (38). SPASH won the girls team championship with 198 points while Wausau West was 2nd with 163. The rest

Chad Holmes
May 183 min read


Baseball: Mosinee erases early 5 run deficit but falls to Merrill in walk off fashion in the 7th
A very tough first two innings ultimately was too much for the Mosinee baseball team, who fell at Merrill 6-5 in Great Northern Conference action on Monday. The loss snaps a 10 game winning streak for Mosinee. Merrill got off to a fast start by scoring twice in the 1st inning and 3 more times in the 2nd. Connor Josiger had a two RBI single in the first inning while Cole Rudie added a two-run single in the 2nd as the Bluejays built their lead. Mosinee would come charging bac

Chad Holmes
May 181 min read


Baseball: Thurs with walk-off single in the 7th lifts Marathon to 4-3 win over Loyal
True Thurs singled home Ian Cihlar with the winning run in the bottom of the 7th inning to lift Marathon to a hard-fought 4-3 win over Loyal in non-conference play on Monday. 4 of the 7 runs scored in the game came in the 1st inning. Loyal scored once in the top of the inning on a pair of singles, a steal of third base and a ground out to lead 1-0. The Raiders came back in the bottom of the inning with 3 runs of their own. Quillan Kunkel led off with a single and scored o

Chad Holmes
May 182 min read


Softball: Medford beats Mosinee to earn Great Northern Conference title
With the seedings for the upcoming WIAA softball playoffs announced over the weekend, one aspect of Monday's Great Northern Conference showdown between Mosinee and Medford was taken off the table. However, a league championship was on the line. For the second time this season it was Medford coming away with the win as the Raiders clinch the GNC title with a 5-1 win in Mosinee. Mosinee came in ranked #1 in the state in this week's MaxPreps.com state poll with Medford number

Chad Holmes
May 182 min read


Softball: Playoff brackets for Divisions 2 through 5 announced with area teams knowing their road to Madison
Playoff brackets for Divisions 2, 3, 4 and 5 have been released by the WIAA for the softball tournament that starts as early as this Thursday for some teams. Division 1 seeds and brackets will be determined at meetings this week. Marathon has received a #1 seed in Division 4. The Red Raiders, 19-5 overall and in 2nd place behind Auburndale in the Marawood-South, will open postseason play next Tuesday, May 26th at home vs. the winner of this Thursday's game between 9th seede

Chad Holmes
May 182 min read
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