Area Sports

     “We came into this season with so many unknowns. One thing we did know is that this young team had great potential,” Head Volleyball Coach Jackie Torgerson said following a season ending loss to the Chippewa Falls McDonnel Macks Saturday evening in the Division 4 Sectional Finals game. “Although the Sectional final match wasn’t the…

“So proud of this team and all they have accomplished so far this season,” Head Coach Jackie Torgerson said Saturday evening after the Lakers captured their first Regional Volleyball Championship since 2011. “It has been so rewarding watching them grow and develop, but more importantly achieving their goals. This team still has more to prove…

Toby Kahl had seven touchdown passes and the Laker offense rolled up nearly 400 yards of total offense as they turned a close game, early in the second quarter, into a blowout with a 30 point third, posting their fourth win of the year, 52-12, over the Elmwood-Plum City Wolves Saturday afternoon in Cumberland.

For the first time in 20 years the Laker volleyball team has earned the Lakeland Conference title outright. Wins over Clear Lake and Northwood to close out the season gave the girls the title. Members of the conference champs are, front row, left to right: Mariah Thill, Jaylee Humphrey, Becca Peterson, Abby Russell, Courtney Tarman,…

After a 3-0 start to their inaugural season in the Dunn-St. Croix Conference the Lakers suffered their first defeat Friday night when the undefeated Spring Valley Cardinals came to town and posted a 42-0 win. The Cardinals are regarded as the favorites in the Dunn-St. Croix this season. The loss dropped the Lakers (3-1) into…

The Laker volleyball team grabbed a share of the Central Lakeland top spot last Thursday night, October 8, when they set down the Shell Lake Lakers in three straight sets in Shell Lake. The Prairie Farm Panthers had defeated the top team, Clear Lake Warriors, in five sets (15-25, 25-20, 25-17, 17-25, 15-12) on Tuesday…

10-year old Wyatt Klingelhoets, hunting with his father Dave, harvested his first buck, an 8-pointer, on Sunday afternoon during the Wisconsin Youth Deer Hunt weekend. CHECK OUT ALL THE SUCCESSFUL YOUTH HUNTERS IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION OF THE TIMES

Drew Torgerson hauled in three touchdown passes from quarterback Toby Kahl and Joel Humphrey picked off four Colfax pass attempts as the Lakers rallied from a 6-0 first quarter deficit to win the contest going away, 48-6 last Friday night in Colfax. The win kept the Lakers perfect at 3-0 in their first year in…

After dropping back to back non-conference matches to Webster and Grantsburg, the Laker volleyball squad has put together a three-game winning streak with wins over Clayton (twice) aand Prairie Farm.