Lady Mounders bounce back with two conference wins

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By Amber Hayden

ELK MOUND — After a stinging loss to rival Colfax the previous week, the Lady Mounders bounced back to pick up a pair of Dunn-St. Croix conference basketball wins beating Spring Valley and Elmwood/Plum City at home last week to remain in third place.

The victories moved the Mounders to a 2-1 record in conference play, a mark it shares with Mondovi, and 4-1 overall.

Elk Mound allowed only 11 points in the second half after picking up their defense and outscored the Spring Valley Cardinals by 30 points to win the December 10 contest 65-35.

Elk Mound kept the E/PC Wolves at bay on Friday evening, December 13, as they held E/PC to single digits in the first half to lead 32-4 at the intermission and continued their dominance in the second half outscoring the Wolves by 10 points in the 53-15 win.

The Mounders will travel to Glenwood City on Thursday evening, December 19, to take on the Hilltoppers who are 1-2 in the D-SC. Elk Mound will host Altoona in a non-confernce game on Monday, December 30.

Spring Valley

The Mounders found themselves in the win column last Tuesday evening, December 10, as they hung a 30-point deficit on the Spring Valley Cardinals, winning 65-35 to earn their first conference win of the season.

“I thought we moved the ball effectively, and we really picked up our defensive intensity in the second half,” said Elk Mound head coach Jordan Kongshaug. “It was a good team win.”

Elk Mound may have lacked at the free-throw line, but they made up for it from inside the paint as they put up 18 field goals to Spring Valley’s nine.

Leading the way for the Mounders was freshmen Tori Blaskowski. The young player has been dominate for Elk Mound since earning a varsity start in each game this season. Blaskowski had 16 points against the Cardinals with six doubles, a triple, and was one-of-seven from the line.

Sophie Cedarblade once again stepped up from outside the paint with three triples and she also had a field goal for a total of 11 points for Elk Mound.

Seniors Hailey Blaskowski and Taya Schaefer had 20 points between the pair. Blaskowski went three-of-five from the line, with a pair of twos, and a three she also leads the Dunn-St. Croix conference in assists with 3.7 per game, and Schaefer had four doubles and was two-of-seven from the charity stripe.

Going into halftime Elk Mound led the Cardinals 33-24, and  only allowed the visitors 11 points in the second half, outscoring them 32-11 over the final 18 minutes.

Olivia Schreiber was sent to the line for seven shots and sank five of them while also earning herself two points from inside for a total of seven points.

Brooke Emery, Isabella Hollister, Kallee Rhude and Olivia Schindler added to the total points for Elk Mound. Emery had a double and triple, and Hollister, Rhude, and Schindler each had a double.

Elk Mound (65)

FG-FT-F-TP: B. Emery 2-0-2-5, I. Hollister 1-0-4-2, T. Blaskowski 7-1-2-16, K. Rhude  1-0-1-2, H. Blaskowski 3-3-2-10, O. Schreiber 1-5-3-7, S. Cedarblade 4-0-2-11, T. Schaefer 4-2-2-10, O. Schindler 1-0-0-2. Totals 24-11-16-65.

Spring Valley (35)

FG-FT-F-TP: K. Dieckman 1-0-1-2, K. Flanders 1-0-0-2, K. Hybben 1-0-3-3, M. Olson 0-4-1-4, K. Schilling 0-2-0-2, A. Johansen 2-3-3-7, M. Rustad 2-5-3-9, L. Stark 3-0-3-6. Totals 10-14-20-35.

Elk Mound…………………………33 32 – 65
Spring Valley………………………24 11 – 35

3-point goals: Elk Mound: B. Emery, T. Blaskowski, H. Blaskowski, S. Cedarblade (3); Spring Valley: K. Hybben.

Elmwood/Plum City

In the second home game of the week, Elk Mound was able to outscore the Elmwood/Plum City Wolves 53-15 on Friday evening, December 13 to earn the win.

Senior Hailey Blaskowski led the Mounders with a total of 23 points and was followed by senior Taya Schaefer with 13 points.

Elk Mound allowed only four points in the first half as they scored 32, and continued in the second half as they scored 10 more points than the Wolves.

Tori Blaskowski had a quiet night for Elk Mound as she scored a mere eight points, and Sophie Cedarblade was held to three points all evening.

Also scoring for the Mounders was Isabella Hollister, Kallee Rhude, and Olivia Schreiber each with two points a piece.

At press time on Monday, December 16, there were no other stats or comments that were made available for this game. Only point totals could be found for each player.

Elk Mound (53)

TP: I. Hollister 2, T. Blaskowski 8, K. Rhude 2, H. Blaskowski 23, O. Schreiber 2, S. Cedarblade 3, T. Schaefer 13. Totals

Elmwood/Plum  City (15)

TP: M. Glaus 4, K. Kern 5, H. Baier 3, M. Woodard 3.

Elk Mound………………………32  21 – 53
Elmwood/Plum City.……………4  11 – 15