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Closing out the regular season with a 3-1 win over the Prairie Farm Panthers last Thursday night, October 14 at home, the Laker girls captured their second consecutive Central Lakeland Conference title, finishing 10-0, 28-3 overall, and earned a #1-seed for the playoffs and a first round bye. They will meet the winner of the…

The Lakers’ playoff hopes took a step backward last Friday night when they dropped a 28-14 decision to the Dunn-St. Croix front running Spring Valley Cardinals. With one game remaining the Lakers, 3-3 in the conference, will travel to Plum City for a contest with the 6-2 Elmwood/Plum City Wolves Friday night, October 15. SEE…

With the playoffs just around the corner the Laker gals have been busy tuning up as they posted wins over Shell Lake and Clear Lake this past week. The Lakers also learned they earned the #1-seed and will receive a first round bye Tuesday night, October 19. They will meet the winner of the Owen-Withee…

The Laker girls ran their 2021 overall volleyball record to 23-3 with a sweep of the Clayton Bears Thursday night, September 30 during Parents Night on the local floor. The high-powered Lakers won by scores of 25-15, 25-18 and 25-16. Anika Torgerson led the way with 18 kills followed by Mackenzie Tarman with 8. SEE…

The Lakers scored on their first five possessions and improved to 3-2 in the Dunn-St. Croix conference, 4-2 overall, when they rolled over the Colfax Vikings 44-8 Friday night on the home field. The win Friday night, as well as all this season’s win, was significant in the fact it was Head Coach Doug Kahl’s…

The Laker volleyball gals ran their season record to 12-2 last Tuesday night, September 14 when the downed the Clear Lake Warriors 3-2 on the home floor. After winning games one and two the Lakers stumbled a bit, dropping games three and four, before rebounding with a decisive game five win.

Following an impressive win over the Clear Lake Warriors a week prior the Lakers dropped a 17-14 heartbreaker in Cadott Friday, sending them to a 1-2 conference record, 2-2 overall, in their 2021 Dunn-St. Croix football campaign. SEE COMPLETE STORY IN THE TIMES OR READ ONLINE WITH PAID SUBSCRIPTION

The annual Knights of Columbus Punt, Pass and Kick competition was held this past Saturday at the Turtle Lake High School football field. While it was open to all children ages 8 – 12 it was a low attended event with the Covid pandemic factoring in. Winners pictured are, left to right: Braylon Marko (8-year…

While it wasn’t in dominating fashion, the Laker girls posted a 3-0 win over the Shell Lake Lakers last Thursday night in Shell Lake. Anika Torgerson led the way with 17 kills and 7 assists while Mackenzie Tarman added 6 kills. Payton Lamont chalked up a team-high 22 assists. Tarman and Mariah Thill had 3…