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Tomahawk Volleyball Competes in Dells Invite

Published on 09/01/2025 under Sports Tomahawk's volleyball squad went 4-3 in the Wisconsin Dells Invite over the weekend. The Hatchets started the day off with a loss to Royall. However, the Hatchets would respond with wins over Cambridge and the Milwaukee School of Languages. The 2-2 Day One Record would put Tomahawk in the silver bracket of the invite. The Hatchets would defeat Clintonville and Fall River on Day Two before losing in the bracket title match to Cambridge. After two invites, the Hatchets stand with a 6-5 record. Tomahawk begins Great Northern Conference play Thursday night against Rhinelander. First set is at 7:00.

Published on 09/01/2025 under Sports Tomahawk's football squad came away with one of the most impressive wins in school history Friday night, upsetting #7 in Division 5 Wittenberg-Birnamwood in overtime, 28-22. After trailing 13-0 heading into the second quarter, the Hatchets rolled off three straight touchdown drives to take the lead. After Witt-Birn tied the game in the fourth, Michael Samundsen blocked the go-ahead extra point to keep the game tied. In overtime, the Hatchets forced a turnover on downs, got the ball back, and won the game with a one-yard quarterback sneak by Cash Olsen. Olsen finished with 57 total yards and two scores. Max Larson led the way on the ground with 90 yards and two touchdowns. The Hatchet defense held Wittenber-Birnamwood to 73 rushing yards after the Chargers gained 350 on the ground against Bonduel last week. Michael Samundsen also blocked two extra points to keep the game tied heading into overtime. The Hatchets get off to their first 2-0 start since 2022 with the victory. The Hatchets begin Great Northern Conference play next week against Wausau East at Hatchet Field. Tune in for the Fehrman Orthodontics Kickoff Cabin at 6:10 and opening kick at 7:00 Alex Koch and Jon Long will be in the broadcast booth.

Published on 08/29/2025 under Sports Tomahawk's girls swim team competed in a triangular at Black River Falls with the host and Eau Claire North Thursday. The Hatchets had three second-place finishes in the triangular. Tomahawk's Kami Gabrich placed second in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 2:29.58. Morgan Kretzschmar placed second in the 200 IM. The 200 Freestyle Relay Team of Kretzschmar, Emma Hoff, Kaylee Roberts, and Kylie Peissig finished with a time of 2:02.39. The Hatchets are back in action next week for a Great Northern Conference double dual at Lakeland Thursday.

Published on 08/29/2025 under Sports Tomahawk's Cross Country Squads opened up the 2025 campaign with top-ten finishes. On the girls' side, Tomahawk finished as the top finisher among GNC teams, placing third. Charlee Lund placed third overall in her first high school meet with a time of 21:03. The other two Hatchet girls placing in the top ten were Abbie Rosenmeier, finishing eighth, and Lydia Shaney, placing ninth. For the boys, Tomahawk finished ninth and third among GNC teams. Tomahawk's top finisher was Joe Zastrow, who placed 24th with a time of 19:21. Tomahawk's next meet is next Thursday at Nine Mile Park in Wausau.

Published on 08/26/2025 under Sports Tomahawk's football squad opened up the 2025 season in dominating fashion, overwhelming the Crandon Cardinals at Hatchet Field Friday night, 42-6. The Hatchets dominated from opening kickoff all the way to the final whistle stuffing the Cardinals' rush offense and leaving them dazed and confused defensively. The Hatchets outrushed Crandon 194-120 despite allowing a 65-yard scoring run from Cruz Palubicki. Sophomore Running Back Max Larson rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns on just five carries. Cash Olsen threw his first career passing touchdown, a 25-yard strike to Jonah Dickens in the second quarter. Rex Reilly also rushed for two scores while also consistently making plays on the defensive side of the ball. The 42 points scored by Tomahawk is also the most they put in a game since scoring 65 against Goodman-Pembine in 2021. The win puts Tomahawk at 1-0 on the season. It is also the third time in the last four years the Hatchets won their season opener. Tomahawk will look for their first 2-0 start since 2022 next week against Wittenberg-Birnamwood. Tune in for the Fehrman Orthodontics Kickoff Cabin at 6:10 and opening kick at 7:00. Alex Koch and Jon Long will be in the broadcast booth.

Published on 08/22/2025 under Sports Tomahawk's girls' swim squad opened up the season with a ninth-place team finish in the Fun in the Sun Outdoor Relays in Merrill Thursday. The Hatchets finished with 124 team points, just six behind Wisconsin Rapids. The top finish from Tomahawk in the Relays came in the 200 freestyle and 400 Medley relay. The team of Anita Ziert, Emma Hoff, Kaylee Roberts, and Kami Gabrich finished with a time of 2:02.45 in the 200 freestyle. In the 400 Medley Relay, Roberts, Hoff, Aubrey Tollefson and Morgan Kretzchmar clocked in at 5:12.11. Tomahawk will head back on the road for the next meet Thursday, which is a triangular at Black River Falls with the host and Eau Claire North.

Published on 06/09/2025 under Sports Hatchet Junior Track and Field Athlete Alicia Voermans finished 13th in the Pole Vault at the WIAA Division 2 State Track and Field Meet at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Friday. Voermans equaled the school record with a leap of ten feet even. Voermans finished ahead of Angelina Appelbaum of New Berlin Eisenhower, Calee Klein of Clinton, and Amelia Sikri of New Berlin West. Voermans' GNC opponent, Rhinelander's Macy Myers placed eighth with a leap of 11 feet. This concludes the Tomahawk Track and Field Season.

Published on 06/05/2025 under Sports Tomahawk's Sawyer Hanna's Season ended in the WIAA Division 2 Sectional Golf Meet at Hayward Golf Course Wednesday in a playoff. Hanna finished with a score of 74 and headed into a three-way playoff with Medford's Zach Hintz and St. Croix Central's Braiden Rasmussen. In the playoff, Hanna and Hintz both pared on the playoff hole. However, Rasmussen chipped in a birdie from 40 feet to be the final individual state qualifier from the Sectional Meet.

Published on 06/03/2025 under Sports The Hatchet baseball team gave #1 seed and #5 in Division 3 Elk Mound their whole effort, but came up just short at Village Park Monday, losing in the WIAA Regional Semifinal in walk-off fashion, 4-3. Tomahawk scored the first two runs of the game and held a 2-1 lead until the fourth inning. After Elk Mound took the lead on an RBI groundout in the fifth, the Hatchets responded with a triple from Cash Olsen and an RBI single from Brody Rigney to tie the game at 3-3. Regardless, the Mounders would get the winning run in the bottom of the seventh to score on a sacrifice fly by third baseman Kaden Moyer, scoring centerfielder Kamron Diermeier. Rigney pitched 5.1 innings of work, giving up just three runs on six hits while striking out six. Rigney also went three for four at the plate with three singles. Olsen finished two for three with a triple. Drew Tollefson went two for four with an RBI as well. Tomahawk finises the 2025 season with a 10-13 record and a 5-7 Great Northern Conference record. The Hatchets graduate four seniors, who are Rigney, Tollefson, Brayden Larson, and Cooper Hetzel.

Published on 05/30/2025 under Sports Tomahawk's Baseball Squad walked off #9 seed Chetek-Weyerhauser in a wild WIAA Division 3 Regional Quarterfinal Game at Tyler Kahle Memorial Field Thursday, winning, 11-10. The Hatchets jumped out to a 7-2 lead after two innings, but the Bulldogs jumped ahead. Chetek-Weyerhauser scored eight of the next nine runs, including a five-run sixth inning. The Hatchets trailed, 10-8 in the bottom of the sixth before tying the game with two more runs. With one out in the bottom of the seventh, Junior Second Baseman Nick Arndt walked off the game with a fielder's choice, scoring Wally Horabik. Drew Tollefson went three for four with a double and an RBI. The Hatchets came away with 13 hits and took advantage of six Chetek-Weyerhauser errors. The win puts Tomahawk at 10-12 on the season. The Hatchets will play in the WIAA Division 3 Regional Semifinal at #1 Seed and #4 ranked in Division 3 Elk Mound Tuesday. The Fehrman Orthodontics Radio Pregame Show is at 4:35 and First pitch is at 5:00 from Elk Mound Village Park on Sports Talk 810 AM and 97.7 FM WJJQ. If Tomahawk wins, they will play at either #4 seed Fall Creek of #5 seed Boyceville Wednesday.

Published on 05/28/2025 under Sports Tomahawk's track and field squads will be sending numerous athletes to the WIAA Division 2 Sectional Meet. The Hatchet girls finished with a team score of 108 points, placing 19 behind the host, Bloomer. The girls had two first-place finishes; Kaylynn Sandry placed first in the high jump with a leap of 4'10. Alicia Voermans also took first in the Pole Vault with a jump of 10'. Other Sectional Qualifiers were Faith Derleth in the 100 meter dash, Ellie Micke in the 200 meter dash and high jump, Elise Gibeault in the 400 meter dash, Alli Palmer in the 3200 meter run, Lizzy Arnott in the pole vault, Siennah Caulkins in the triple jump, and Shelby Borowski in the shot put. The Hatchet girls are also sending the 4x100, 4x200, and 4x800 meter relays. Tomahawk's boys finished eighth in the regional meet as a team, but they will be sending four events to the sectional meet Friday. Sam Zastrow scored a time of 2:07.04 in the 800 meter run, placing third. Dominic Boos placed fourth in the 3200 meter run with a time of 11:02.61. Zastrow, Beau Stromberg, Jeremiah Johnson, and Mason Reibe qualified in the 4x400 meter relay, placing fourth with a time of 3:42.25. The highest finish of the meet was the 4x800 meter relay team of Zastrow, Stromberg, Boos, and Johnson, placing second and clocking in at 8:48.51. The WIAA Division 2 Sectional Meet for Tomahawk will be Friday at Durand-Arkansaw. Events begin at 4:00.

Published on 05/28/2025 under Sports Tomahawk's golf squad will be sending Sawyer Hanna to the sectional meet in Hayward next Tuesday. As a team, the Hatchets placed sixth overall with a team score of 347, ten strokes behind the last sectional qualifier, Hayward. Hanna finished 13th overall with a score of 83. Jake Albert finished tied for 15th with an 84. However, he was the odd golfer out in a three-man playoff on the first hole to determine who moves on. This will be Hanna's second consecutive trip to the WIAA Division 3 Sectional Meet. It will be at the Hayward Golf Course on Wednesday.

Published on 05/28/2025 under Sports Tomahawk's softball squad's season would end in Appleton Tuesday, losing in walk-off fashion in the WIAA Division 3 Regional Semifinal to Xavier, 11-10. The Hatchets had an impressive game offensively, notching 13 hits and scoring in every inning except the third. Tomahawk also jumped out to a 5-0 lead heading into the bottom of the second. However, Xavier took advantage of five Tomahawk errors and eight walks to pull out the win. The winning run was scored on a walk-off RBI Single by Xavier third basemen Joy Krull. Kylie Peissig finished three for four with three singles and two RBIs. Lydia Ziert, Tomahawk's lone senior, went two for three with a double and three RBIs. Ella Peissig went two for four with a triple and scored the game-tying run on a wild pitch in the top of the seventh inning. The Hatchets finish the 2025 season with a 9-13 overall record and a 4-8 record in Great Northern Conference play.

Published on 05/28/2025 under Sports Tomahawk's baseball squad wrapped up the season on a sour note, getting shut out in Auburndale Tuesday, 10-0. The Hatchets wrap up the baseball season with a 9-12 overall record and a 5-7 record in Great Northern Conference play. Tomahawk begins postseason play Thursday with the WIAA Divsion 3 Regional Quarterfinal. The 8th-seeded Hatchets will play #9 seed Chetek-Weyerhauser at Tyler Kahle Memorial Field at Pride Park. If Tomahawk wins, they will play at #1 Seed and #4 in Division 3 Elk Mound Tuesday. Alex Koch and Keith Hanse will be in the broadcast booth Thursday with the Fehrman Orthodontics Radio Pregame Show at 4:35 and first pitch at 5:00. The game will be broadcast on Sports Talk 810 AM and 97.7 FM WJJQ.

Published on 05/23/2025 under Sports Tomahawk's softball squad added and came away with a non-conference win Thursday at Athens, triumphing, 1-0. The lone run of the game was scored on an RBI single by Catcher Aubrey Seubert. Camryn Kraklow pitched a complete game shutout, giving up just two hits and striking out seven. Averi Petta went two for three with a triple and a run scored. The Hatchets' record goes to 9-12 on the season. Tomahawk begins WIAA Division 3 Postseason play Tuesday at #4 seed Xavier. The game will be broadcast on Sports Talk 810 AM and 97.7 FM WJJQ with the Fehrman Orthodontics Radio Pregame Show at 4:35 and first pitch at 5:00 from Hawks Field at St. Francis Xavier High School in Appleton. Alex Koch and Matt Theiler will be in the broadcast booth.

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