Brett LaBore
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Shawano stunner
Down by over 10 points with less than five minutes remaining, it looked like it was going to be a loss for the Thunderbirds. Then, they started to catch fire from behind the arc in a comeback victory.
Exclamation point
The Lakeland girls’ basketball team stayed hot with their 12th straight win to close out the regular season on Tuesday. The Thunderbirds beat Shawano 58-44 in Shawano.
Stella Meza, Brayden Kelly make U.S. Junior Nationals
A select number of Lakeland skiers had one more chance to accumulate points in the latest Great Lakes Junior National Qualifier (JNQ). Four ended up making a postseason trip. Stella Meza and Brayden Kelly qualified for Junior Nationals in Soldier Hollow, Utah. Jennings Kern and Miranda Schneider made the Canadian Nationals in Canmore, Alberta.
Lady Tigers get back in the win column
The Mercer girls’ basketball team ended their losing streak with a convincing win last Friday. First, Bessemer, Mich. beat the Tigers 36-31 on Wednesday, Feb. 12 in Michigan. The Tigers defeated Lac Courte Oreilles on the road by a score of 49-20 on Friday, Feb. 14.
Mercer boys’ basketball team drops two games
The Mercer boys’ basketball team couldn’t score enough points to keep up with two different opponents last week. The Tigers fell 75-18 to Bessemer, Mich. on Wednesday, Feb. 12. Lac Courte Oreilles beat the Tigers 61-33 on Friday, Feb. 14.
Undefeated conference champs again
The Thunderbirds put the exclamation point on their conference season with another 12-0 finish. The Lakeland girls’ basketball team beat Rhinelander 70-15 on Friday night in Minocqua. The Thunderbirds have now won the Great Northern Conference (GNC) title undefeated for three consecutive seasons and have won 41 straight conference games.
Lakeland boys’ wrestling sends three to sectional meet
The Lakeland boys’ wrestling team advanced a couple of Thunderbirds to sectionals after a regional meet in Hayward. The Thunderbirds placed 10th out of 13 teams in a WIAA Division 2 regional meet on Saturday. They scored 71 points. Hayward/Northwood won the regional with 251 points.
Thunderbirds shut out in GNC tournament finale
For the first time in over two years, the Lakeland boys’ hockey team couldn’t score a goal in the Great Northern Conference (GNC) tournament final. The Thunderbirds had no problems getting by non-conference Ashland by a score of 6-0 on Thursday in Minocqua. Lakeland then lost 4-0 to Northland Pines in the GNC tournament third-place game on Saturday in Rhinelander.
LUHS girls’ wrestling team puts up top-five performance
It’s a new era for girls’ wrestling. They had their own regional meet as the Thunderbirds traveled to Wausau West on Friday night.
