Northwoods golf tradition
Let’s Tee Off Against Breast Cancer golf event raises money for totes for breast cancer patients
The 17th annual Let’s Tee Off Against Breast Cancer golf event took place Thursday at Trout Lake Golf Club in Arbor Vitae. Like they’ve done in years past, they raised a lot of money to help those who are dealing with breast cancer.
Never-ending game
89ers outlast Tomahawk in nearly four-hour long Legion opener
The Minocqua Post 89 American Legion baseball team won its season opener in a game that featured 36 total runs and lasted approximately four hours Monday. The 89ers beat Tomahawk 19-17 at Tyler Kahle Memorial Field in Tomahawk.
Home tournament: Lakeland youth baseball teams experience highs and lows
Lakeland youth baseball hosted its second tournament of the summer with three Lakeland teams in action last weekend. The Lakeland 10U, 12U and 14U teams all played in a tournament Saturday, June 13 through Sunday, June 14 at the Minocqua Park Complex.
Rhinelander rains on Lakeland’s season
The Lakeland Union High School girls’ soccer team’s season came to a screeching halt following a playoff loss Thursday. The top-seeded Thunderbirds fell 2-0 to second-seeded Rhinelander in a rain-soaked WIAA Division 3 sectional semifinal game at IncredibleBank Field in Minocqua.
Taking the next step: Kade Meyer to play for Ontario Hockey League this fall
Minocqua native and former Lakeland Union High School hockey player Kade Meyer took the next step in his hockey journey when he signed with a Canadian-based hockey league last month. Meyer signed to play hockey for the Saginaw Spirit, an Ontario Hockey League (OHL) team, on May 16.
Season review: LUHS softball battled in competitive conference
A season removed from going to the state tournament, wins were harder to come by for the Lakeland Union High School softball team in 2026. The Thunderbirds finished 9-13 overall and went 3-10 in the Great Northern Conference, seventh out of eight teams. In 21 games played, Lakeland averaged 5.4 runs scored per game while allowing an average of 7.1 runs per game.
Chapter closed: Lakeland’s Davis Kock ties for 30th at state
Senior Davis Kock ended his Lakeland Union High School golf career with a strong showing at the state meet earlier this week. Kock took part in the 100th WIAA Boys Golf State Championships Monday and Tuesday at University Ridge in Madison. He tied for 30th out of 104 golfers with a 7-over 151.
LUHS girls’ soccer awarded nine all-conference selections
Ava Evenhouse defensive player of the year, Stephanie Hartzheim coach of the year
The Lakeland Union High School girls’ soccer team, undefeated Great Northern Conference champions, received plenty of postseason accolades. A total of nine Lakeland student-athletes, including head coach Stephanie Hartzheim, were recognized when the GNC released its three all-conference teams earlier this week.
Season preview: Minocqua Post 89 American Legion baseball team ready to roll
The Minocqua Post 89 American Legion baseball team is back in action beginning next week. The 89ers open their season Monday, June 15 with a road game at Tomahawk. William Poupart is the new coach of the 89ers for 2026.
Lakeland Babe Ruth Senior League team wins big over Rhinelander
Lakeland has one baseball team in the Babe Ruth Senior League this season. They won in convincing fashion on Tuesday. The Thunderbirds beat Rhinelander 16-0 in five innings at the Minocqua Park Complex.
Regional champions
Lady T-Birds shut out Mosinee, Merrill
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
Emerson Rubo takes ninth in 3,200-meter run
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.
De Pere hands LUHS girls’ soccer its first loss of the season
It took until the final game of the regular season, but the Lakeland Union High School girls’ soccer team is no longer perfect. De Pere beat the Thunderbirds 7-1 in a non-conference game Thursday at Cloud Family Field in De Pere.
Lady T-Bird track and field regional runner-ups
Lakeland boys end up third
The Lakeland Union High School track and field team had strong individual performances during a regional meet Tuesday. The Thunderbird girls finished runner-up out of nine teams with 108 points at a WIAA Division 2 regional meet at Medford. The Thunderbird boys were third out of nine teams with 120 points.
Lakeland golf team comes up short of advancing
Davis Kock moving on to sectionals individually
One of the more impressive team streaks came to an end following Lakeland golf’s postseason meet. The Thunderbirds finished sixth out of nine teams with a team score of 331 during a WIAA Division 1 regional meet Tuesday at Greenwood Hills Country Club, a par 72, in Wausau.
Undefeated conference champs
Lady Thunderbirds perfect in GNC play for first time since 2023
Having already won the Great Northern Conference championship outright, the Lakeland girls’ soccer team won once more to go undefeated in conference play for the first time in three years. The Thunderbirds beat Medford 2-0 in the final GNC game of the season Tuesday in Minocqua.
T-Bird boys’ tennis advances two flights to next round
Andrew Colianni/Main Byram, Marshall Czlapinski/Jayden Shepski competed yesterday
The Lakeland boys’ tennis team advanced two flights to the next round with the beginning of the postseason Tuesday. The Thunderbirds tied for fourth out of six teams with eight points at a WIAA Division 2 subsectional meet at John & Fay Menard YMCA Tennis Center in Eau Claire.
Lakeland softball battles, falls to Mosinee in postseason
The Lakeland Union High School softball team showed improvement in a season-ending loss Tuesday. Second-seeded Mosinee defeated seventh-seeded Lakeland 7-2 in a WIAA Division 2 regional semifinal game at JoAnn Scott Memorial Field in Mosinee.
Regular season finale: Thunderbirds top Chequamegon
The Lakeland Union Baseball team celebrated its seniors and won the final game of the regular season. The Thunderbirds beat non-conference Chequamegon 8-6 at the LUHS baseball field Tuesday night.
Lakeland’s Andrew Colianni and Main Byram win No. 1 doubles conference championship
The Thunderbird boys’ tennis team walked away with one conference championship and the award for the top doubles pair following the Great Northern Conference meet Thursday in Rhinelander. The Thunderbirds finished third out of five teams with 18 points at the GNC meet. Combining the season dual points (30) with the tournament points, Lakeland ended up third in the conference standings with 48 total points.
Best in the GNC: Lady T-Bird soccer wins conference title outright
For the fourth time in five seasons, the Lakeland girls’ soccer team is the outright Great Northern Conference champions. The Thunderbirds defeated Antigo 9-0 in 60 minutes in the penultimate conference game of the season Thursday in Minocqua.
Moriah Louis makes Lakeland wrestling history
Louis first LUHS girls’ wrestler to sign collegiately
Lakeland Union High School senior Moriah Louis made history when she signed her Letter of Intent to wrestle at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Wednesday.
LUHS softball bests Chequamegon
The Lakeland Union High School softball team ended the regular season with a 6-1 road win over non-conference Chequamegon Thursday. “I thought it was a solid overall effort,” coach Whitney Furtak said. “We did a lot of things well and used it as another opportunity to continue improving before playoffs.”
T-Bird golf takes third in match-play tournament
Talan Pockat shoots 2-under 70
The Lakeland golf team ended the regular season with a different type of golf event Wednesday at Trout Lake Golf Course in Arbor Vitae. The Thunderbirds hosted non-conference teams Prentice and Wausau East for a match-play event.
LUHS baseball team falls to Mosinee
The Lakeland baseball team dropped its final Great Northern Conference game of the season to Mosinee on the road by a score of 19-3 in five innings.
Thunderbird golf delivers eighth straight GNC title
Davis Kock shoots even-par 72 to lead the field
The Lakeland Union High School golf team extended its conference dominance with an eighth straight Great Northern Conference title.
LUHS girls’ soccer clinches share of GNC title
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.
T-Bird track and field boys come up short to Rhinelander
Lakeland girls place third as a team
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.
Lakeland baseball falls in back-to-back games
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.
Lakeland softball drops final GNC game
The Lakeland softball team ended the Great Northern Conference season with a 12-0 five-inning loss to Mosinee Tuesday.
Lakeland boys’ tennis team wraps up regular season
GNC meet took place yesterday in Rhinelander
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.
Lady T-Birds beat the clock
Karsyn Dyre scores winning goal on pass from Lexi Gindorff with 11 seconds left
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.
LUHS girls second, boys third to conclude track and field regular season
Lakeland’s Hannah Fieweger breaks 44-year-old discus record
The Lakeland Union High School track and field team put forth strong numbers, including one school record, in two different meets across three days.
Broken record: Jayden Cella sets new high jump school mark
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.
Primetime baseball: Northland Pines, Lakeland combine for 36 runs in three-plus-hour long game
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.
T-Bird boys’ tennis sweeps home doubleheader
The Lakeland boys’ tennis team held a doubleheader against two different teams on Thursday, winning both matches. The Thunderbirds beat Pacelli 5-2 in a non-conference match. Then, Lakeland defeated Ashland 4-3 in the last Great Northern Conference dual meet of the season. Both matches took place in Minocqua.
LUHS golf second in Rhinelander, fourth at Trout Lake Golf Course
GNC title decided yesterday in Mosinee
Following up-and-down play by the Lakeland golf team late last week, the T-Birds remained at the top of the Great Northern Conference standings by the slimmest of margins.
Together as one: LUHS girls’ soccer inches closer to conference title
Lakeland Union High School girls’ soccer is all about the team, and it took a group effort to win its biggest game of the season to date. The Thunderbirds beat Rhinelander 2-0 Tuesday at IncredibleBank Field in Minocqua. Lakeland has a six-point lead on the Hodags in the Great Northern Conference standings with three conference games left to play.
Two in a row: T-Bird baseball shuts out Antigo
In the entire month of April, the Lakeland Union High School baseball team didn’t win a game. They had won twice in a span of four days after winning their latest contest. The Thunderbirds shut out Antigo 7-0 in a Great Northern Conference road game Monday.
Lady T-Bird softball drops conference game to Antigo
The Lakeland softball team got plenty of game action in over the course of the last week featuring non-conference and conference contests. The Thunderbirds dropped two non-conference games in Shawano on Saturday, May 9. They fell 14-11 to Waupaca and 10-2 to Shawano. Then, Antigo beat Lakeland 12-8 in a Great Northern Conference game Tuesday in Minocqua.
Thunderbirds finish strong for fourth straight conference win
Lakeland golf traveled to Black River Golf Course in Medford and continued its winning ways Monday. The Thunderbirds won the fifth Great Northern Conference meet with a score of 328. They beat second-place Tomahawk by 14 strokes. Mosinee came in third with a 343 and Rhinelander fifth at 356.
LUHS track and field team takes seventh place for boys and girls
The Thunderbird track and field team featured a mix of JV and varsity student-athletes in Tomahawk on Tuesday. The Lakeland boys finished seventh out of 11 teams with 43 points at the Tomahawk Invite. The Lakeland girls totaled 37.5 points for seventh out of 11 teams.
LUHS boys’ tennis drops three matches
The Lakeland boys’ tennis team dropped three matches in a non-conference invite Friday, May 8 hosted by Regis High School in Eau Claire. Osceola, Regis and La Crosse Aquinas all beat Lakeland by scores of 6-1.