May 16, 2012
After years of struggles in girls’ softball, the Wausau East Lumberjacks are showing signs of big improvement. After shutting out crosstown rival Wausau West on Friday, the Lumberjacks upset D. C. Everest 4-3 on the Evergreens’ home field on Tuesday. Clara Baumann was 3 for 4 with a pair of triples and Paige Heinrich added ...
May 16, 2012
Sarah Poirier won a pair of events to lead the Wausau West girls to a title at the Wisconsin Valley Conference outdoor Track and Field meet on Tuesday. West had a team total of 177 points to edge second place D. C. Everest with 165 with SPASH third with 138.5. Marshfield was fourth with Wausau ...
May 16, 2012
On a record-breaking day at the Marawood-South conference Track and Field meet, it was Edgar winning on both the boys and girls sides. In the boys’ meet, the Wildcats’ Kyle Schueller won four events and set two meet records. Schueller won the 400 meters in a record-setting time of 51.01 seconds and also broke the conference ...
May 15, 2012
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – The Green Bay Packers have signed tackle Shea Allard, wide receiver Jarrett Boykin, guard Grant Cook, wide receiver Curenski Gilleylen and cornerback Otis Merrill. All five players had a tryout in the team’s rookie orientation camp this past weekend. Allard is a 6-5, 305-pound tackle out of Delaware, Boykin is ...
May 15, 2012
MADISON, Wis. – Members of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point baseball team brought home nine All-WIAC honors, including Pitcher of the Year, for their efforts during the 2012 season. For the eighth consecutive season, a UWSP player has been awarded Position or Pitcher of the Year, thanks to this season’s efforts by junior Cam Seidl ...
May 15, 2012
STEVENS POINT, Wis. – UW-Stevens Point sophomore Mary Welch (Madison, WI/West) has been named a 2011-12 National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) NCAA Division III All-American, the organization announced this week. Welch joins UW-Eau Claire’s Catherine Wagner and Sara Mattes as the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honorees to the list. Welch earned Honorable Mention All-American accolades ...
May 15, 2012
Alex Cordova went 5 for 5 with two doubles, a triple and two big late-game RBI to lift Merrill past Medford 5-4 in 8 innings in a non-conference match-up. Cordova tied the game with an RBI single in the 7th and then won it in the 8th with another RBI single. Harrison Davis homer for ...
May 15, 2012
Cassie Krueger and Autumn Michlig each had two hits as the Mosinee softball team beat Marathon 6-3 in a battle of two hot teams. Mosinee broke a 3-3 tie with a three run outburst in the fifth inning and went on to the win. Mosinee, ranked 12th in the state in Division 2, improves to ...
May 15, 2012
Brianna Jehn went 2 for 2 with a triple, single and run scored as the Newman girls’ softball team beat Athens 4-1 Monday afternoon in a match-up of two ranked teams heard on 1230 The Voice and 1230wxco.com. Newman, ranked 9th in the state in D-4, scored twice in the first inning to take a ...
May 15, 2012
It’s been a tough season for the Merrill girls’ soccer team but the Blue Jays gave Wisconsin Rapids Assumption all they could handle before falling 3-2 in a non-conference game on Monday. The Blue Jays took 1-0 and 2-1 leads in the first half as Tracy Pophal put the ball in the net twice for ...