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Rick Solem

Sports, news journalist since 2002. | Hometown: Greenville, Wis. | Avid noonball basketballer and sand volleyballer in La Crosse | Two-time Waupaca Boatride first-round playoff loser | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point graduate | Cut from UW-SP's basketball team in 2000 on Midnight Madness as a junior walk-on | Went on to become UW-SP intramural basketball champion | Then UW-SP club lacrosse defenseman with two career goals (on two shots).

La Crosse’s Kotlowski, No. 1 Badgers face off against sixth-ranked Minnesota-Duluth

La Crosse’s Katie Kotlowski and the top-ranked University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team has its toughest stretch of the regular season over the next two weekends. Friday and Saturday’s matchup […]

Wisconsin falls to Maryland, drops 2 of 3 after cracking Top 20

After cracking the Top 20 two weeks ago, the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team has dropped two out of the past three games. The No. 17 Badgers fell 76-68 […]

La Crosse’s Lauren Jarrett breaks NCAA DIII record for UW-L

One meet into the indoor season and UW-La Crosse sprinter Lauren Jarrett already set a NCAA Division III record. The junior from La Crosse won the 60-meter dash Saturday at […]

Top-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey wins in shootout, after 2-2 tie with No. 11 St. Cloud State

Kirsten Simms scored in the shootout and goalie Ava McNaughton stopped three shots in leading the top-ranked University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team, after a 2-2 tie after overtime Sunday with […]

Onalaska’s Donarski scores 12, but No. 13 UNC falls to FSU in final seconds

Onalaska native Lexi Donarksi had 12 points, five rebounds and four assists, but her 13th-ranked North Carolina women’s basketball team lost on a bucket in the final seconds Sunday, snapping […]

La Crosse’s Kotlowski, No. 1 Badgers take down No. 11 St. Cloud State

MADISON, Wis. — La Crosse’s Katie Kotlowski and the top-ranked University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team continued to roll Saturday night with a 5-2 win over 12th-ranked St. Cloud State […]

RBs Josh Jacobs, Ahman Green among Packers caravan headed to Onalaska

Arguably the greatest running back in Packers history is headed to Onalaska this spring as part of a huge caravan of current and former Packers. It’s hard to decide if […]

WATCH: Onalaska’s Lexi Donarski is on fire, leads North Carolina in scoring for 3rd straight game nailing five 3s

Lexi Donarski has probably not had a streak like the one she’s on right now since her Aquinas High School days. For the third consecutive game, the Onalaska native led […]

La Crosse’s Kotlowski, top-ranked Badgers face No. 12 St. Cloud State in Madison

La Crosse’s Katie Kotlowski and the top-ranked University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team is back home this weekend for a pair of games against 11th-ranked St. Cloud State. The last […]

Bucks overcome snowy travel and postponements to blow out Heat in Miami

The Bucks had a hard time getting out of town because of the snow. Town, though wasn’t Milwaukee. The first-ever Blizzard warning for the Gulf Coast in history, and the […]

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