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Back-to-back conference champs on Senior Night

For a second straight year, the Lakeland boys’ soccer team called themselves Great Northern Conference champions. The Thunderbirds defeated Merrill 4-0 on Tuesday in Minocqua.

Lady T-Birds place third in the GNC standings

The Lakeland volleyball team may not have gotten all the results they wanted to at last weekend’s conference tournament, but they still made a little program history. The Thunderbirds went 2-1 and finished in third place at the inaugural Great Northern Conference tournament on Saturday in Eagle River. Lakeland beat …

Game preview: High stakes set the stage for LUHS football against Tomahawk on Homecoming

Homecoming. Senior Night. One of the co-leaders of the Great Northern Conference is making the trip to Minocqua in a football game packed with emotion. The Thunderbirds (5-3, 3-3 GNC) are hosting Tomahawk (7-1, 5-1 GNC) tonight at IncredibleBank Field for the Homecoming game.

Lakeland boys’ youth basketball fall intramurals

Lakeland Thunderbirds basketball is offering a fall intramural youth boys basketball league for grades three-six.

Buck Rut Run on Nov. 2

The Buck Rut Run returns on Sunday, Nov. 2. This 5K trail run, in its 30th edition, utilizes the trail system at Minocqua Winter Park. Online registration ($30 adult/$25 ages 1-18) is open at https://runsignup.com/Race/WI/Minocqua/BuckRutRun until midnight on Nov. 1.
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Turnovers tank Thunderbirds

Turnovers and missed chances led to a Lakeland football loss in a Saturday afternoon contest. Wausau East (3-5, 2-4 GNC) defeated the Thunderbirds (5-3, 3-3 GNC) 24-10 in a Great Northern Conference game at Thom Field in Wausau. The loss ended any hopes Lakeland had at sharing the GNC title.

T-Bird boys’ soccer clinches share of conference title

One of the goals for the Lakeland boys’ soccer team is a conference championship. They earned at least a share of it following their latest win. The Thunderbirds beat Medford 8-0 in 79 minutes on the road on Thursday.

Lakeland volleyball drops match to Rib Lake

It was a tale of two days for the Lakeland Union High School volleyball team as the T-Birds got swept against a top Division 5 team before ultimately taking third place at the inaugural Great Northern Conference tournament on Saturday.

Lakeland’s Sierra Wallace falls to No. 1 seed at sectional meet

Before the season ended, one Thunderbird from Lakeland’s girls’ tennis team got to play against some top competition. Lakeland’s Sierra Wallace took part in a WIAA Division 2 sectional meet at the John & Fay Menard YMCA Tennis Center in Eau Claire on Thursday. Wallace fell to Amery’s Faith Halverson, …

Short-handed LUHS boys’ cross country team finishes runner-up

Down a couple of key runners, the Lakeland cross country team still put forth solid individual and team performances on Saturday. The Lakeland boys finished second out of nine qualifying teams with 56 points at the Hatchet Invite at Tomahawk High School. Lakeland’s Emerson Rubo and Addison Eggen both finished …
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Sierra Wallace punches ticket to sectional meet

The theme of the day was experience. The Lakeland girls’ tennis team got plenty of it with one Thunderbird advancing to the next round. The Thunderbirds finished fifth out of eight teams in a WIAA Division 2 subsectional meet Tuesday, Oct. 7 at the John & Fay Menard YMCA Tennis …

Complementary football leads Thunderbirds to fifth win of the season

All three phases came together to help the Thunderbird football team snap its brief two-game losing streak last week. Lakeland beat Antigo 21-7 in a Great Northern Conference game on Friday, Oct. 3 in Antigo.

One step closer

The Lakeland boys’ soccer team got back to full strength and inched closer to a conference title on Tuesday. The Thunderbirds beat Mosinee 6-0 at IncredibleBank Field in Minocqua. Lakeland scored twice in the first half and four times in the second half.

Lakeland volleyball overwhelmed by Mosinee

The Lakeland volleyball team couldn’t find any momentum against the top-ranked team in Division 2. Mosinee (7-0 GNC) beat the Thunderbirds (5-2 GNC) 3-0 (25-8, 25-15, 25-19) on Tuesday in Minocqua. The win gave Mosinee the No. 1 seed heading into tomorrow’s Great Northern Conference tournament in Eagle River.

Personal records aplenty for Lakeland cross country team

Lakeland cross country found team and individual success when they made the trip to Eagle River on Tuesday. The Lakeland boys won the Northland Pines Invite with 32 points. They took first out of 10 qualified teams. Lakeland’s Emerson Rubo and Addison Eggen both placed in the top five of …
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