29 Strikeouts for Timmerman
Karlin Williams’ walk-off hit, Saylor Timmerman’s state-record 29 strikeouts lift Lakeland past Shawano in regional playoffs
A game that seemed like it would never end turned into one of the most exhilarating and wild wins for the Lakeland softball team. The fourth-seeded Thunderbirds beat Shawano, the No. 5 seed, 1-0 in 13 innings in a WIAA Division 2 regional semifinal game in Minocqua on Tuesday. Karlin Williams hit a walk-off RBI double in the bottom of the 13th inning to send Lakeland to the regional final game for a second straight season.
Seven straight regional championships
Lakeland golf tops the leaderboard again
The Lakeland golf team stepped up for one of their best performances of the year, leading to their seventh straight regional title. The Thunderbirds won a WIAA Division 2 regional meet hosted by Northwestern on Tuesday at Hidden Greens North Golf Course in Solon Springs, a par 72. Lakeland shot a 317 to lead the field.
Four Thunderbirds advance to sectional meet
Four Thunderbirds punched their ticket to the sectional meet following subsectionals on Tuesday in Minocqua. The Lakeland boys’ tennis team placed fourth out of eight teams with 14 points at a WIAA Division 2 subsectional meet at Lakeland Union High School.
LUHS baseball team wins regular season finale
A big seventh inning helped the Lakeland baseball team come back to win their regular season finale on Tuesday. The Thunderbirds defeated non-conference Chequamegon 10-4.
Senior Night victory
Lady T-Birds score six times to beat Bluejays
The Thunderbirds picked up their offense with six goals on Senior Night. The Lakeland girls’ soccer team defeated non-conference Three Lakes 6-0 on Tuesday in Minocqua.
Late goal keeps LUHS girls’ soccer alive for share of conference title
Cale Quade nets game-winning score
One goal in the final minutes of a road conference game was all Lakeland needed to stay alive in the hunt for a shared conference title. The Thunderbirds beat Medford 1-0 on Thursday. Cale Quade connected on a goal with less than five minutes remaining.
Thunderbirds finish second at GNC Tournament
Dominic Gironella, Jack Stepec win individual titles at Nos. 1, 2 singles
All seven tennis flights ended up being all-conference, helping the Lakeland boys’ tennis team to a second-place finish in the Great Northern Conference. The Thunderbirds finished second out of five teams with 30 points at the GNC Tournament on Thursday at Lakeland Union High School. Rhinelander took first place with 34 points.
Lakeland girls finish runner-up, boys tie for fourth at GNC Meet
Kieran Petrie named GNC girls’ Runner of the Year
Even though Lakeland didn’t bring home a track and field team conference championship, they still had plenty to cheer about at the Great Northern Conference Meet. The Lakeland girls finished runner-up with 143 points at the GNC Meet Thursday in Mosinee.
One final tune-up
LUHS softball enters postseason on three-game win streak
One final regular season game against a Wisconsin Valley Conference team on the road turned into a third straight win for the Lakeland softball team. The Thunderbirds beat Merrill 3-2 on Thursday.
T-Bird baseball loses conference finale
The Lakeland baseball team lost their fourth straight home game against a conference rival on Senior Night. Mosinee beat the Thunderbirds 14-1 in Minocqua on Thursday. With the win, Mosinee clinched the Great Northern Conference title with a 9-3 conference record.
Total team win
Lexi Gindorff’s goal, Rosa Hornig’s defense send Lakeland past Northland Pines
One goal scored and one prevented secured the Lakeland Union High School girls’ soccer team their seventh conference victory of the season.
Jeremy Hensen named GNC’s Player of the Year
Talan Pockat finishes first team all-conference
With the Great Northern Conference title all wrapped up, the Lakeland golf team took part in the final conference meet of the season. The Thunderbirds finished fourth out of seven teams with a score of 350 in the seventh leg of the GNC Tournament at Black River Golf Course, par 72, on Monday.
Thunderbirds fall to Rhinelander
The Lakeland Union High School baseball team came up short in another home conference game. Rhinelander defeated the Thunderbirds 8-4 on Monday.
Lakeland softball tops Cardinals
The Lakeland softball team put together a double-digit scoring output in their latest victory on Monday. The Thunderbirds defeated non-conference Crandon 11-1 in five innings on the road.
Lady Tigers take third place at Northern Lights Conference Meet
Boys place fourth in Ashland
The Mercer track and field teams rose to the occasion, with an individual conference champion, at their conference meet on Monday. The Mercer girls finished third out of 10 teams with 87 points at the Northern Lights Conference Meet in Ashland. The Mercer boys finished fourth with 37 points.
T-Bird golf wins seventh straight conference title
The Lakeland golf team’s conference title streak continued when they won the sixth leg of the Great Northern Conference Tournament on Friday. The Thunderbirds shot a 322 as a team to win the sixth GNC meet of the season at Eagle River Golf Course, par 71.
LUHS girls’ soccer team picks up win over Mosinee
The Lakeland girls’ soccer team extended their unbeaten streak with a home win over a conference foe on Thursday. The Thunderbirds defeated Mosinee 4-0 in Minocqua. The win put Lakeland 6-1 in Great Northern Conference play.
Northland Pines wins rain-shortened game
Thunderbirds find victory over Three Lakes
The Lakeland baseball team couldn’t end their conference losing streak when Northland Pines came to town on Thursday. Northland Pines officially won 4-3 in six innings. The game didn’t finish due to inclement weather. Even though the Eagles started the seventh inning and took a 6-3 lead, the final score ended up 4-3.
Lady T-Birds crush two home runs, score 23 times
Lakeland gets No. 4 seed for WIAA playoffs
The Lakeland Union High School softball team broke out their bats and scored 20 or more runs for the third time this season. The Thunderbirds beat Northland Pines 23-0 in three innings on Thursday.
Lakeland girls’ track and field team finishes second, boys tie for third in Tomahawk
First annual Thunder in the Woods throws fest succeeds
The Lakeland track and field teams were busy getting their final meets in before the Great Northern Conference Meet today.
Lakeland boys’ tennis team sweeps quad
Dominic Gironella, Jack Stepec and Marshall Czlapinski and Jayden Shepski go combined 9-0
A quad sweep gave the Lakeland boys’ tennis team momentum as they tuned up for the Great Northern Conference Tournament this week. The Thunderbirds went 3-0 in a non-conference quad at Amery High School on Saturday. Lakeland beat Amery 4-3, Ellsworth 5-2 and Black River Falls 5-2.
Bounce-back win
Lady T-Birds beat Ashland for first time in regular season since 2017
A tie against Hayward disappointed the Lakeland Union High School girls’ soccer team last week. They bounced back with their first regular season win over Ashland in eight years.
Thunderbirds place second, tie for first to maintain lead in conference race
Michael Melka shoots two rounds in the 70s
Lakeland’s golf team put up solid numbers in three different invites/meets over the course of four days. The Thunderbirds finished eighth out of 24 teams with a team score of 653 at the Hayward Invite Friday, May 9 through Saturday, May 10. Next, Lakeland took second in the fourth Great Northern Conference Meet in Rhinelander on Monday. The Thunderbirds then tied for first with Mosinee in the fifth GNC Tournament leg on Tuesday at Minocqua Country Club.
LUHS baseball team drops two games
The Lakeland baseball team fell in the Great Northern Conference standings following two losses in conference play. Tomahawk beat the Thunderbirds 4-3 in Tomahawk on Friday. Antigo defeated Lakeland 6-3 in Minocqua on Monday.
Inconsistent Thunderbirds split four games in four days
The Lakeland softball team went through highs and lows with four games across four days. The Thunderbirds beat Shawano 2-1 in nine innings and Waupaca 11-6 during a non-conference quad in Shawano on Saturday. Then, Mosinee beat Lakeland 2-1 on Monday in Mosinee. The Red Robins beat Lakeland 6-2 on Tuesday in Antigo.
T-Bird boys’ tennis team goes 1-4 over weekend
Jack Stepec wins four matches at No. 2 singles
Playing against a high level of competition, the Lakeland boys’ tennis team got plenty of reps in with a trip to western Wisconsin last weekend.
Thunderbird track and field teams challenge themselves in Bay Port
Stella Meza wins 800-meter run
Going up against new competition, the Lakeland track and field teams learned a lot with a meet last weekend in Bay Port. “This past summer, I reached out to them to see if we could join them for a meet, and we got the invite for May 9 knowing that they’re Division 1 over there, and we would be competing against schools we typically don’t compete against,” coach Stephanie Strasburg said. “I thought it would be a really great opportunity to get in with some new competition.”
Signing day celebration
Lakeland Union High School seniors Ben Peterson, Cale Quade, Tyson Skubal sign National Letters of Intent
Three Lakeland Union High School student-athletes took the next steps in their athletic careers on Lakeland’s signing day. Ben Peterson, Cale Quade and Tyson Skubal signed their National Letters of Intent to play sports at the next level on Wednesday at LUHS.
A perfect Senior Night
LUHS softball scores 10 runs, Saylor Timmerman pitches perfect game
Hitting, pitching and fielding all came together as the Lakeland softball team shut out Tomahawk on Senior Night in Minocqua. The Thunderbirds beat the Hatchets 10-0 in five innings. Saylor Timmerman threw her second perfect game of the season, third no-hitter, with 12 strikeouts.
Lady T-Bird track team wins home outdoor invite
Lakeland boys finish second
The Lakeland track and field teams shined brightly at home with a first-place and runner-up finish by both teams on Tuesday, May 6. The Lakeland girls placed first out of 12 teams with 144 points during the Lakeland Outdoor Invite at Lakeland Union High School. The Lakeland boys finished second out of 10 teams with 118 points.
Hayward blanks Lady Thunderbirds in scoreless tie
A rare scoreless tie ended the Lakeland girls’ soccer team’s four-game win streak on Thursday. The Thunderbirds tied the Hayward Hurricanes 0-0 in a non-conference game in Minocqua. It was Lakeland’s second tie of the season, the first coming April 5 against Kingsford, Mich. (1-1).
Rhinelander Curling Club women’s team punches ticket to Nationals
Winner takes all. A one-game playdown decided who would go to Nationals. The Rhinelander Curling Club women’s team took the victory. Rhinelander defeated the La Crosse Curling Club women’s team 7-6 on March 16 at the Eau Claire Curling Club. The win advanced Rhinelander to the Men’s and Women’s Arena Club National Championships held in Las Vegas in October.
Benny’s blast completes comeback victory
Thunderbirds sweep season series from Medford for first time since 2018
A walk-off home run gave the Lakeland baseball team a season series sweep over Medford for the first time since 2018. The Thunderbirds beat Medford 8-6 in Minocqua on Monday. Benny Gahler hit a homer to left field to win the game for Lakeland.
LUHS golf wins again
Davis Kock, Jeremy Hensen finish at top of individual leaderboard
The Lakeland golf team came up with another victory in the third Great Northern Conference tournament of the season. The Thunderbirds shot a 324 to win GNC Meet No. 3 on Tuesday at Bass Lake Golf Course in Deerbrook. Tomahawk took second at 337.
Second half surge propels Lakeland girls’ soccer team
A big second half helped the Lakeland girls’ soccer team to a convincing non-conference home win. The Thunderbirds beat Merrill 6-0 on Monday.
Offensive woes plague Lady T-Birds
LUHS softball 2-3 in last five conference games
A road conference loss on Tuesday hurt Lakeland’s chances at winning a conference championship. Medford (12-5, 6-2 GNC) defeated Lakeland 3-0. The loss dropped Lakeland to fourth place in the conference standings as of Tuesday, May 6.
Road conference win
T-Bird boys’ tennis wins against Ashland
The Lakeland boys’ tennis team continued to get matches in, winning their second straight conference dual meet. The Thunderbirds beat Ashland 6-1 on the road on Tuesday. The win evened Lakeland’s conference record at 2-2.
Eau Claire Saturday sweep
Saylor Timmerman records 1,000th career strikeout, Lady T-Birds win two
Two wins and a historic milestone gave the Lakeland softball team a lot to be happy about on Saturday in Eau Claire. The Thunderbirds beat Eau Claire North 4-1 in eight innings. Then, Lakeland defeated Eau Claire Memorial 27-0 in four innings. Saylor Timmerman reached 1,000 career strikeouts against Eau Claire Memorial.
A good start for Thunderbird golf
Thunderbirds win first two conference tournaments
In a competitive two days of conference golf, the Thunderbirds pulled out two victories. The Thunderbirds won the first Great Northern Conference Meet with a score of 331 at Indianhead Golf Course on Thursday in Mosinee. Lakeland then won the second GNC Meet at Inshalla Country Club in Tomahawk on Friday. The Thunderbirds shot a 312 to beat Rhinelander by three strokes.
LUHS girls’ soccer wins third straight game
The Lakeland girls’ soccer team completed the first half of the conference season with a shutout victory of Medford on Thursday. The Thunderbirds beat the Raiders 3-0 in Minocqua.
Lakeland boys’ tennis falls to Hartford Union
The Lakeland Union High School boys’ tennis team got a warm-up match in before taking part in a tennis invite. Hartford Union defeated Lakeland 6-1 on Friday in Hartford.
LUHS track and field teams achieve new personal records
A number of different Thunderbirds got new personal records (PRs) as the Thunderbirds marched forward in the outdoor season.
Season review: T-Bird boys’ basketball saw mixed results
The Thunderbirds continued to progress in year two under head coach Jacob Jarvensivu during the 2024-25 season. The Lakeland boys’ basketball team went 10-15 overall, 4-8 in the Great Northern Conference. They ended up finishing tied with Antigo for fifth place out of seven teams.
Mosinee gets by Lakeland softball
The Lakeland softball team couldn’t produce enough offense in a game that featured the two top teams in the Great Northern Conference standings. Mosinee beat Lakeland 4-1 in Minocqua on Tuesday.
Defensive blunders cost LUHS baseball
Mosinee remains top of the conference
Two bad innings cost the Thunderbirds a chance at first place in the conference standings on Tuesday. Mosinee (6-2, 5-1 GNC) defeated Lakeland baseball 12-8 in Mosinee.
Karsyn Dyre’s goal wins it for Lakeland late
A late goal helped the Lakeland girls’ soccer team win their second straight road game and stay in the race for a conference championship. The Thunderbirds beat Northland Pines 1-0 on Tuesday in Eagle River.
T-Birds end losing streak
Lakeland boys’ tennis wins their first conference, home match
The Lakeland boys’ tennis team picked up their first conference and home victory of the season on Tuesday. The Thunderbirds ended their team losing streak by defeating Pacelli 6-1 in Minocqua.
Lakeland track and field teams win four events
The Lakeland track and field teams won four events and gained new personal records (PRs) in a meet on Tuesday. The Lakeland girls finished second out of 13 teams with 70.5 points at the Sawmill Invite at Wausau East High School. The Lakeland boys placed 11th out of 14 teams with 27 points.
Season review: LUHS boys’ hockey team experienced highs and lows
The Lakeland boys’ hockey team may not have been as strong as in years past, but they still finished near the top of the Great Northern Conference standings.
Rhinelander Curling Club men’s team wins state championship
Rhinelander women’s team also punches ticket to Nationals
The Rhinelander Curling Club men’s team missed out on a chance to the national tournament last year. This year, they advanced in dramatic fashion. Rhinelander beat the La Crosse Curling Club men’s team 2-1 in a best-of-three playdown at the Eau Claire Curling Club March 22-23. Rhinelander punched their tickets to the Men’s and Women’s Arena Club National Championships held in Las Vegas in October.
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