Area Sports

The Turtle Lake/Clayton girls softball team saw their season come to an end at the hands of the Shell Lake Lakers Tuesday evening, May 23 in Shell Lake. Shell Lake scored in all three innings of the contest to move on in the WIAA Division 4 Girls Softball Tournament. TC entered the contest as a…

Congratulations to this year’s Golf team.  The team of, left to right, Walker Korish, Drew Torgeson, Lane Hegg, Kolton Bader, and Andrew Buck competed at Regionals at Voyager Village.  Two individual golfers, Korish and Torgeson, advanced to Sectionals on Tuesday, May 30 in Cadott.  In addition, Torgerson received 1st Team All-Conference Honors with Korish and…

The Turtle Lake/Clayton Osprey boys baseball season came to an abrupt end following a first round loss to the Tomahawk Hatchets Thursday evening, May 25 on the Osprey home field. The Osprey went into tournament action as a 3-seed in Division 3 while the Hatchets entered tournament as a 14-seed.  SEE COMPLETE STORY IN THE…

Three Laker guys received 2022-23 West Lakeland All-Conference honors – Brady Peterson, Drew Torgerson and Walker Korish. Unity led the way with four selections. The Eagles also finished the year as Conference Champions and the Eagle’s Jaxon Tilton was Player of the Year. The Lakers and Grantsburg followed with three selections each. Northwood, Siren, Shell…

Mason Quade, Turtle Lake/Clayton’s 132-lb. wrestler, earned Lakeland All-Conferencce honors. Quade was the lone TC selection. Quade, a senior, closed out his high school wrestling career with a trip to State. He finished his 2022-23 senior season with a record of 25-15 with 19 pins. He finished his career with a record of 84-42 and…

Four Laker girls, Taylor Andersen, Courtney Tarman, Mariah Thill and Mackenzie Tarman, earned 2022-23 West Lakeland All-Conference honors. The Lakers finished the season as Conference Champions after 31 years and Mackenzie Tarman earned Player of the Year honors. The Lakers, along with Grantsburg, led the way with four selections each. Siren and Clear Lake had…

The Laker gals closed out regular season play Friday night, February 17 with a 44-22 win over the Northwood Evergreens on the home floor, finishing the season with a 17-1 conference record, 19-4 overall, and the West Lakeland Conference title. They entered tournament play as a 3-seed and hosted the opening contest Tuesday night, February…

Tuning up for the upcoming tournament schedule the Laker boys, winners of two straight, played host to the Northwood Evergreens Friday evening, February 17 to try and make it three in a row. The Lakers got out to a 39-25 halftime lead, increased their advantage to twenty-one, 54-33, midway through the second half before coasting…

Senior Mason Quade (132 lbs.) won his second conference championship on Saturday, February 4th in Shell Lake. Quade pinned his way through the tournament to earn his second title. He won his first title as a freshman at 120 lbs. Seniors Caleb Findley and Parker Lytle placed second, freshman Luke Popenhagen and Sophomore Ryan Shortess…

The Laker gals maintained their hold on the top spot in the West Lakeland with wins over Unity and Webster on the road and Clear Lake at home this past week. The Lakers sit at 13-1 in conference play, 15-4 overall, a game ahead of the Grantsburg Pirates who sit at 12-2 in the conference…