Brett LaBore
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Regional champions
For the fourth time since 2021, the Lakeland Union High School girls’ soccer team won a regional championship. The top-seeded Thunderbirds beat eighth-seeded Mosinee 4-0 in a WIAA Division 3 regional semifinal game Thursday. Then, Lakeland defeated fifth-seeded Merrill 3-0 in a regional final Saturday. Both games took place at IncredibleBank Field in Minocqua.
Senior sendoff: Marshall Holmquist makes podium at state
The Lakeland Union High School track and field team wrapped up its season at the state meet over the weekend. Senior Marshall Holmquist set a new personal record and made the podium in the triple jump at the WIAA Division 2 track and field state meet Friday through Saturday at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Freshman Emerson Rubo came in ninth place in the 3,200-meter run.
Andrew Colianni/Main Byram win opening match at state
Two members of the Lakeland Union High School boys’ tennis team showed how competitive they could be at the state tournament. Sophomore Andrew Colianni and freshman Main Byram took part in the WIAA Division 2 individual boys’ tennis state tournament Thursday and Friday at Nielsen Stadium in Madison.
Davis dominates: Lakeland’s Davis Kock going to state for fourth straight year
Lakeland Union High School senior Davis Kock is no stranger to the state golf meet. He’s going back to state for the fourth time in his career, first as an individual, after a stellar round at the sectional meet.
State track and field preview: Marshall Holmquist and Emerson Rubo set to compete
Two Thunderbirds are ready to make their high school track and field state debuts this weekend in La Crosse. Lakeland Union High School senior Marshall Holmquist and freshman Emerson Rubo are competing at the WIAA Division 2 state track and field meet today and tomorrow at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Lakeland represented with five total baseball and softball all-conference student-athletes
Five total Lakeland Union High School baseball and softball student-athletes were awarded all-conference honors when the Great Northern Conference released the teams earlier this week. For baseball and softball, players are nominated by coaches and then voted on by the other GNC coaches. Coaches cannot vote for their own players.
Lakeland’s Marshall Holmquist, Emerson Rubo qualify for state track meet
Two Thunderbirds are state-bound to La Crosse following a track and field meet Friday in Rice Lake. The Lakeland track and field team took part in a WIAA Division 2 sectional meet at Dairy State Bank Stadium in Rice Lake. The Lakeland boys finished 14th out of 30 teams with 18.5 points while the Lakeland girls were 21st out of 30 with 11 points.
State ticket punched: Lakeland’s Andrew Colianni/Main Byram Madison-bound
Lakeland boys’ tennis sent a doubles flight to state following a sectional meet in Eau Claire Thursday. The Thunderbirds finished seventh out of 14 teams with 13 points at a WIAA Division 2 sectional meet at the John and Fay Menard YMCA Tennis Center. Lakeland’s No. 1 doubles team sophomore Andrew Colianni and freshman Main Byram qualified for the state tournament and took third place in their bracket.
Mercer’s Kaylee Powers sets new school record in 300 hurdles
The Mercer High School track team experienced a lot of positives as the season came to a conclusion last week. The Tigers competed in a WIAA Division 3 regional track meet in Ashland on Tuesday, May 26 before going to Marathon for a sectional meet on Friday.
