Area Sports

The 83rd Annual Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Individual Wrestling Tournament and the 5th Annual Girls Individual Wrestling Tournament was held Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 26-28, at the Kohl Center on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison. The Turtle Lake/Clayton Titans wrestling team was well represented with Bella Wright, Luke Moen and Brandon Wright participating.…

After wins over Bayfield and Northwood, the Laker gals headed into the Regional Finals of the WIAA Division 5 Girls Basketball Tournament. The Lakers entered the tournament as a #6-seed, defeating the #11-seeded Bayfield Trollers, 65-13, and the #3-seeded Northwood Evergreens, 50-42. In the Regional Finals the Lakers traveled to #2-seeded Solon Springs Saturday, February…

With two games remaining the Turtle Lake Lakers took care of business, defeating the Spring Valley Cardinals 62-54 in a non-conference road game Monday, February 23 and then handing the Prairie Farm/Clayton BearCats a 75-71 overtime Thursday, February 26 at home. Brandon Wagner led the Lakers with 22 points against the BearCats in the overtime…

The Turtle Lake/Clayton Titans wrapped up their 2025-26 team competition Saturday, February 21 when they competed in the WIAA Division 3 Team Sectionals, originally scheduled to take place in Chequamegon (Park Falls) but moved to Barron. The top six scores from the individual competition qualified for the team meet. Other teams competing were Glenwood City,…

The Turtle Lake/Clayton Titan girls wrestling program will see their first ever member participate in the 2025-26 WIAA Girls Division 3 State Wrestling Tournament, held Thursday through Saturday, February 26 – 28 at the Kohl Center in Madison. Bella Wright, competing in the 235-lb. bracket, captured a runner-up finish at the Sectional Tournament in Ladysmith…

The Lakers added two more wins to their stat sheet when they defeated the Northwood Evergreens, 75-45, in Northwood, Tuesday, February 17. Then on Friday, February 20 the Lakers headed to Siren where they took down the Dragons 83-42 on the Siren court.  SEE COMPLETE STORY IN THE TIMES OR READ ONLINE WITH PAID SUBSCRIPTION.

The Laker gals went 2-1 to complete regular season play, with wins over the Washburn Castle Guards Monday night, February 16 and the Siren Dragons Friday night, February 20. Their lone loss was to the Northwood Evergreens on Thursday, February 19.  SEE COMPLETE STORY IN THE TIMES OR READ ONLINE WITH PAID SUBSCRIPTION.

Luke Moen (120-lb.) and Brandon Wright (175-lb.) wrestled their way to the WIAA Division 3 Sectional Individual Wrestling championships Saturday, February 14 in Ladysmith. Both will participate in the State Tournament Thursday through Saturday, February 26-28 at the Kohl Center in Madison.  SEE COMPLETE STORY IN THE TIMES OR READ ONLINE WITH PAID SUBSCRIPTION.

Bella Wright was crowned Regional Champion in the 235-lb. bracket Friday evening at the WIAA Division 3 Girls Regional Wrestling Tournament held in St. Croix Falls. She will now advance to the Sectionals Friday, February 20 in Ladysmith. She will be competing in a four girls bracket and will meet Sawyer Olson, a 23-7 freshman from…

The Laker gals’ losing streak hit seven straight with a one-point loss to the Prairie Farm/Clayton BearCats and then a 51-23 non-conference loss to the Osceola Chieftains before the girls got back on the winning side with a 49-41 win over the Luck Cardinals this past week.  SEE COMPLETE STORY IN THE TIMES OR READ…