Paul Barnes

The Ashland Oredockers football team will face a familiar foe on Aug. 21, when the team welcomes the Rhinelander Hodags to Oredocker Stadium's Weikal Field for a 7 p.m. contest.

The Washburn Castle Guards fell at home to the Siren Dragons on Aug. 20.

The Washburn Castle Guards 8-player football team has struggled through its first two games of the season, falling 40-6 to the Siren Dragons, a 2025

It has been an up-and-down start for the Ashland Oredockers football team, which brings a 1-1 record into its Sept. 4 road game against the Bloomer Blackhawks.

Pagac's volleyball league champions, from left, Karson Eng, Shiming Cao, Steve Erickson, Caitlin Strand, Lani Vik, and Jane Iverson.

Drummond distance runner Ben Giesregen defeated a field of 128 male runners at the Aug. 27 cross country invitational hosted by Ashland at Chequamegon Bay Golf Course.

The Ashland Oredockers soared into Bloomer on Sept. 4 for their Heart O' North Conference season opener against the Blackhawks.

In another Sept. 4 matchup, the Washburn Castle Guards were taken down on the road by the unbeaten Assumption Royals 63-14. It has been a rough road in 2026 for

A renewal of the annual clash between the Ashland Oredockers and Washburn Castle Guards soccer teams takes place on Sept. 10 when the Oredockers welcome Washburn to Ashland High School

There are moments in sports when an athlete arrives who ranks as so special, the mere observation of that competitor doing their thing speaks more than words can capture.