Ben Helwig

4 days ago | wsaw.com | Ben Helwig

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Teddy Schlindwein has seen all sides of golf. As a freshman, he had a pretty honest evaluation of his first year. “Coming in as a freshman, our team was horrible,” said Schlindwein. “We had a good player in Matt Sitte, and we just fired 350s, which is not good if you know golf.”Schlindwein was not complacent with that. He and the rest of the team made an effort to turn things around.

4 days ago | wsaw.com | Ben Helwig

WESTON, Wis. (WSAW) - The D.C. Everest softball team is one win away from a state tournament appearance. The Evergreens came back to beat Chippewa Falls 2-1 in eight innings to secure a place in the sectional finals. The Evergreens and Cardinals got into a pitcher’s duel between Addison Kluck and Violet McIlquham. A scoreless game would carry into the sixth before both teams got runs to make it 1-1.

5 days ago | wsaw.com | Ben Helwig

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - The Wausau Woodchucks had runs to spare on Sunday afternoon. The Chucks beat Fond du Lac 20-2 at Athletic Park on Sunday to improve to 4-3 on the season. Both teams got a pair of runs early, but the game really flipped for Wausau in the fifth. The Woodchucks scored six runs in the frame, headlined by a three-run homer off the bat of Christian Smith-Johnson. The Woodchucks also rattled off a ten-run eighth inning to really put the game out of reach.

1 week ago | wsaw.com | Ben Helwig

MARATHON, Wis. (WSAW) - The State Track and Field meet begins next Friday in La Crosse. Before that, athletes needed to qualify, doing so at sectionals across the state on Friday. The top four athletes from each event qualified for state which will run Friday and Saturday next week. To look at the results from the D1 sectional at Hudson, visit here. To look at the results from the D2 sectional at Durand-Arkansaw, visit here. To look at the results from the D3 sectional at Marathon, visit here.

1 week ago | wsaw.com | Ben Helwig

MOSINEE, Wis. (WSAW) - The high school baseball and softball postseasons continued to ramp up on Thursday. In softball, it was the regional final round while in baseball, regionals just got underway. Beginning in softball, #4 Lakeland won 1-0 in eight innings of #1 Mosinee in the D2 bracket to advance to their first-ever sectional. The Thunderbirds scored the lone run of the game in the eighth on a sac fly hit by Sarah Barton.