Area Sports

The Laker boys basketball team made their first-ever trip to the WIAA Boys High School Basketball State Tournament at the Kohl Center in Madison. The Lakers were a #4-seed in the Division 5 tournament and met the #1-seeded Cochran-Fountain City Pirates Friday morning, March 21. Known for their ability to come back from an opponent’s…

Turtle Lake/Clayton Titans are headed to the WIAA Division 3 Sectional tournament with their impressive showing Saturday, February 15 in the Regional tournament held in Cumberland. Luke Moen, Brandon Wright and Cain Casarez were crowned Regional Champions. Ryan Shortess wrestled to a runner-up finish. Brady Kobernick and Luke Popenhagen finished third and Owen Anderson and…

With only a couple of weeks remaining in the regular girls basketball season, the Lakers traveled to Webster Tuesday night, February 11 for a matchup with the West Lakeland Conference leading Webster Tigers. Against the full court pressure of the Tigers, the Lakers were forced into a number of errors, leading to easy Tiger baskets.…

The Lakers fell behind 17-12 with 10:16 on the clock in the first half when Cam Davis sank a pair of freethrows, sparking a quick 8-0 run to grab the lead and then hung on for a hard-earned 67-62 road win over the Webster Tigers Tuesday night, February 11. The win kept the Lakers in…

With one match under their belts, the lady Titans wrestlers traveled to the Barron Invitational Saturday, December 14 to participate in their first ever invitational tournament. Bella Wright, wrestling in the 185-lb. bracket, came away as the first-ever female girls wrestling champion Turtle Lake/Clayton wrestling history. The Titans, with two wrestlers, Wright and Ella Moen,…

The Turtle Lake/Clayton Titans traveled to Barron Saturday, December 14 for the Barron Invitational Wrestling Tournament. The Titans wrestled well and came away with a 7th place finish out of the 18- teams participating. Teams included Glenwood City, Hayward/Northwood, Osceola, Shell Lake, Luck/Frderic/Grantsburg/Siren, Stanley-Boyd, Clear Lake, Phillips, Lakeland, Unity, Cameron, Barron, Ashland, Cornell/Gillman/ Lake Holcomb,…

After defeating the Prairie Farm Panthers, 45-10, a week ago the Laker gals struggled against conference foes Shell Lake and Clear Lake, dropping both contests this past week. SEE COMPLETE STORY IN THE TIMES OR READ ONLINE WITH PAID SUBSCRIPTION.

After starting the season with wins over Solon Springs and New Auburn, the Lakers have entered conference play and dropped two in a row to the Shell Lake Lakers Monday night, December 9 in Shell Lake and Friday night, Deccember 13 to the Clear Lake Warriors on the home floor. SEE COMPLETE STORY IN THE TIMES…

After finishing the season as Co-Champions of the Lakeland Central Conference, it was announced the Lakers had six ladies earn All-Conference honors. Along with Turtle Lake, Prairie Farm, Co-Champions, also had six ladies earn All-Conference honors. Clayton, Clear Lake and Shell Lake all had four ladies garner recognition. Kaitlynn Telljohn, of Clear Lake, was selected…

After a 3-3 conference season, 4-5 overall, and qualifying for a Level I playoff game, the Turtle Lake Lakers football team was recognized with eight Dunn-St. Croix All-Conference honors. Spring Valley led the way with eleven. Glenwood City followed with nine and Boyceville had eight. Clear Lake and Colfax each had four recipients while Elmwood/Plum City…