“There’s absolutely nothing else I would rather do in my spare time than pitch horseshoes,” Steven Gibson, the reigning Utah state men’s horseshoe pitching champion, said this week as he prepared to ...

Amid the "tings" and the "clangs" at Merritt Park, Ray Tiili holds out his gnarled right hand and proclaims, "That's what happens when you pitch horseshoes for 48 years." After he pauses and lets the ...

Like so many athletes, horseshoe pitcher Paula Schwerdtfeger goes through a routine before she throws in competition. Looking down at her feet, Schwerdtfeger walks slowly to her spot, a little more ...

Jul. 11—CHIPPEWA FALLS — The Chippewa Valley region has plenty of local sports heroes. The newest may well be Sarah Chaffee, a high school student at Chi-Hi. Sarah is on the golf and basketball teams, ...