The World Muskie Tournament (WMT) series will be hosting the second qualifying tournament of the 2013 Professional Muskie Angler Circuit (Pro-MAC) on the Three Lakes Chain this Saturday and Sunday, June 15 and 16.

The Three Lakes Chain Pro-MAC Muskie Guerdon Open tournament is scheduled to pay down 10 places with the first-place prize reaching $20,000 with a full field of participants. The tournament still has some open spots and the cost to compete is $330 per two-person team.

The Three Lakes qualifier will start at 6 a.m. both Saturday

The Eagle River Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center, along with its Professional Musky Tournament Trail (PMTT), will host the professional muskie tournament on the Eagle River Chain of Lakes Saturday and Sunday, June 22-23.

All PMTT contestants will compete for cash and prize values that could total more than $250,000 over a five-tournament tour.

The first-place angler in the Eagle River tournament will

The hits weren’t scarce. However, neither were the strikeouts. The result was an opening day 8-1 loss for the Minocqua Wood Ducks men’s baseball team who fell under the wrath of too many mistakes and not enough base runners against Interwald in a Dairyland League game last Sunday.

“The game was actually closer than what the score indicates,” said manager Doug Etten. “We just didn’t have enough guys getting on base. We had the hits, but without anyone moving around second base, it makes it tough to score runs. We probably didn’t play enough small ball early on, but when you’re behind from the get-go it makes it a little tougher.”

It was the first start of the season for pitcher Nick Bolte,