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Harmon finishes fourth in sectional wrestling meet

AMERY — Colfax sophomore Mitchel Harmon came up just short in his bid for a berth in this week’s state wrestling tournament. Harmon, the Bloomer/Colfax squad’s  lone representative in the WIAA Division 2 Individual Wrestling Sectional held at Amery High School last Saturday, February 17, finished fourth in the 132-pound weight class after going 2-2…

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Elk Mound girls slammed by Amery, end season with win at Mondovi

By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — The Mounders had the luck to play both games of their final week of the regular season at home. Sadly, though, the Elk Mound ladies were not up to their usual shooting skills in the February 12 home contest versus Amery, and fell to the Warriors 47-31. They…

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Elk Mound boys blindsided by Spring Valley, cut off by GC

By Cara L. Dempski Elk Mound boys’ basketball coach Mike Kessler has, thus far, been impressed with the contributions from his bench this season. He named Nathaniel Schreiber, Jake Mentzel and Brandon Redwine as helpful factors at Spring Valley despite the Mounders’ sound defeat by the Cardinals February 13. Rob Bosshart’s flock buzzed past the…

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Lady Vikings win nail-biter against Ramblers, fall to Panthers

By Cara L. Dempski COLFAX — Home is a source of comfort for many people worldwide. Which probably makes it a very good thing the Colfax girls’ basketball team played its final two regular-season games on its home court last week. The Vikings started out with a home contest against non-conference foe Eau Claire Regis…

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Six Bulldogs don regional crowns, but still no team title

SPRING VALLEY — When senior Noah Novotney pinned Glenwood City’s Bryce Fayerweather in the third period of the 285-pound championship here at last Saturday’s regional wrestling tournament, it gave Boyceville its sixth individual champion in as many finals’ matches and an eight-and-a-half point lead over Clear Lake in the all important team standings. For a…

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