Area Sports

The Turtle Lake Football Team completed four hours of community service Saturday, May 1st. This concluded their 17th Annual Community Service Fundraiser. The team did 35 jobs in and around the community of Turtle Lake. The jobs players performed ranged from raking yards, moving sticks and debris, moving rocks, tilling gardens, moving kayaks and other…

A rural Turtle Lake resident was able to visit the border wall separating the United States from Mexico on a recent mountain lion hunt in Arizona. Hunting with Diamond Outfitters, Colton was able to find success on the first day of a three day hunt while hunting with his father, Kevin, and two houndsmen. Unfortunately…

Sophomore Mason Quade was selected to the 2020-21 Lakeland All-Conference team. Quade, the Lakers’ 126-pounder, wrestled his way to the Sectional Tournament where, on a normal year, would have qualified for the State Tournament with his third place finish. SEE COMPLETE STORY IN THE TIMES OR READ ONLINE WITH PAID SUBSCRIPTION.

Mackenzie Tarman and Allison Wagner recently received Lakeland Central All-Conference honors for 2020-21. Tarman, a freshman, earned Second Team honors while Wagner, a junior, received Honorable Mention honors. SEE COMPLETE STORY IN THE TIMES OR READ ONLINE WITH PAID SUBSCRIPTION.

Junior Brendan Strenke and Junior Tyson Blanchard were selected as Co-Player of the Year in the Central Lakeland Conference All-Star selections for the 2020-21 season. Clear Lake and Turtle Lake led the way with five selections each. SEE COMPLETE STORY IN THE TIMES OR READ ONLINE WITH PAID SUBSCRIPTION.

After 20-plus years absent from Sectional action the Lakers came up one game short from the Big Dance when state-ranked Chippewa Falls McDonell handed them a 63-51 defeat Saturday afternoon, closing out the Lakers’ 2020-21 season. The Lakers earned their spot in the finals by knocking off the Northwood Evergreens Thursday evening in Northwood. SEE…

In the Regional Final game the Lakers and Dragons played to a 21-21 halftime score before the Laker defense held the Dragons to 9 second half points while the offense dumped in 23 enroute to the win. The Lakers hit the scoreboard first when Joel Humphrey sank a deep three. Brendan Strenke hit one of…

The Laker girls 2020-21 basketball season came to an end Saturday night in Prairie Farm as the Panthers (#1) claimed the Division 5 Regional Championship with a 72-42 win over the Lakers (#3) on the Panther home floor. This was the first ever Regional Championship for the Lady Panthers in school history. It was also…

After defeating Grantsburg 54-46 on Tuesday, February 2, the Laker gals fell victim to the Prairie Farm Panthers and Northwood Evergreens in the final week of regular play. The Panters finished the regular season as the second-ranked team in Division 5. The Evergreens finished the year as the number six ranked team in Division 5.…