Mounder girls maul Toppers and Wolves
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ELK MOUND — Without starter Stella Rhude, who was injured against Spring Valley January 14, Elk Mound was able to remain unbeaten in the Dunn-St. Croix girls’ basketball race with a pair of lopsided conference victories on its home court to set up a key first-place showdown against rival and conference co-leader Colfax last Saturday.
Playing all three of last week’s D-SC contests at home, the Lady Mounders began last Monday, January 17, by easily disposing of winless Glenwood City, 79-17. They followed it up with a 55-32 caging of the Wolves from Elmwood/Plum City on Thursday to move to 6-0 heading into a late Saturday afternoon battle with the Vikings.
Unfortunately, a cold shooting game coupled with the absence of Rhude saw Elk Mound come up short in the January 22 battle of unbeatens as Colfax took over sole possession of first place in the conference standings with a 42-29 victory. That game coverage can be found in a separate story in this week’s sports pages.
After five straight home games, the Lady Mounders (6-1, 13-3) traveled to Glenwood City Tuesday night. They will, however, return home to host Mondovi this Friday, January 28.
Glenwood City
Elk Mound made six of its ten three-point shots in the first half to build a commanding 39-10 advantage over visiting Glenwood City in a January 17 conference contest.
Brooke Emery made a trio of three pointers in the opening 18 minutes and Ellie Schiszik sank two more and had 14 of her team-leading 16 points during that span as Olivia Schreiber added seven points and Tori Blaskowski five.
Elk Mound kept their collective feet on the offensive accelerator in the second half putting up 40 points while holding the Hilltoppers to just seven to score the 79-17 win.
“We played with good energy, and shared the basketball well,” stated Elk Mound head coach Jordan Kongshaug.
In the latter half, Lydia Levra came to life scoring 11 of her 13 points in that 18-minute span with Chloe Dummer scoring all eight of her points, all on two-point hoops. Emery added her fourth triple to finish with a dozen points while Blaskowski chipped in with her second and Kallee Rhude along with Schreiber, who also tallied a dozen points, each tossed in one from behind the arc.
In all, four Mounders finished in double digits and nine put scores in the book.
Blaskowski topped the Mounders’ rebounding charts with nine with Allie Roder and Olivia Schreiber each collecting six. Levra and Blaskowski led in assists with six each. Levra also had four steals.
Just four players scored points for the Hilltoppers with freshman Kaylynn Kurtz collecting 11 of the team’s 17 points.
The Mounders made 13 of its 18 free throw attempts while the Toppers were just 1-for-5.
Elmwood/Plum City
A strong defensive effort helped the Elk Mound girls’ basketball team earn a 55-32 home win over Elmwood/Plum City Thursday, January 20.
Once again, the Lady Mounders had their long-range sights locked in as they made seven three pointers including four in the first half to take a 33-18 halftime lead over the Wolves.
In that opening frame, Olivia Schreiber scored all ten of her points highlighted by a three and a five-for-five performance at the free throw line. Lydia Levra added seven with a three, Brooke Emery had six on a pair of threes, and Tori Blaskowski had three hoops for six.
In the second half, Blaskowski scored ten more points as she hit a triple and made five-of-six from the charity stripe, to lead the Mounders with 16 points. Levra and Emery each had a trey to finish with ten and nine points, respectively, as Elk Mound outscored E/PC 22-14 for the 23-point win.
Allie Roder and Schreiber led the Mounders with four rebounds each, Schiszik finished with four assists to go along with six points, and Emery tallied four steals.
Elk Mound made 12 of its 15 free tosses, while the Wolves were 6-for-11.
Maggie Glaus was the only Wolves player in double digits finishing with 11 points.