The Lakeland girls’ soccer team won on the road to clinch a share of its fifth straight Great Northern Conference title. The Thunderbirds beat Merrill 3-0 in a GNC game Tuesday at Jay Stadium in Merrill.
The Lakeland Union High School boys’ track team came up one spot short of winning the title when the Great Northern Conference meet took place Tuesday in Rhinelander.
The Lakeland baseball team showed how far they had come in a matter of weeks by taking the Great Northern Conference champs to the last inning. The Thunderbirds fell 3-2 to Rhinelander in a GNC game Monday at Stafford Field in Rhinelander. Non-conference Abbotsford/Colby then beat Lakeland 12-9 in a road contest Tuesday.
The Lakeland boys’ tennis team had one more tune-up before yesterday’s Great Northern Conference meet. The Thunderbirds took part in the Northwoods Classic Invite Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16. Lakeland was one of the host sites along with Rhinelander.
Better late than never. The Lakeland Union High School girls’ soccer team remained perfect on the season thanks to a late goal. The Thunderbirds beat Wausau East 1-0 in a non-conference road game Friday night. Karsyn Dyre scored the go-ahead and game-winning goal on a pass from Lexi Gindorff with just 11 seconds left in the game.
A middle school track and field record was broken by one Arbor-Vitae Woodruff Elementary School student-athlete last week. Jayden Cella, an eighth-grader at AV-W, set a new school record in the high jump following a middle school track and field meet Thursday at AV-W Elementary School.
A marathon game turned into the longest and latest game of the season for the Lakeland Union High School baseball team. Northland Pines ended Lakeland’s brief two-game win streak with a 23-13 win Thursday at the LUHS baseball field. The Thunderbirds got back in the win column with a 19-4 five-inning victory over Wausau East Saturday in Wausau.