Mounder girls whip Wolves, slide by GC Hilltoppers
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ANOTHER THREE ON THE WAY — Elk Mound sophomore Tori Blaskowski (#23) let go with a shot from behind the three-point arc in last Friday’s conference game in Glenwood City. Blaskowski finished with four treys and a game-high 22 points as the Lady Mounders nipped the Hilltoppers 58-54. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
By Marlys Kruger
Sports Correspondent
Just 24 hours after a disappointing loss to Colfax, the Elk Mound girls’ basketball squad went on the road and found their shooting eye from long range, helping them take a 53-34 win over the Elmwood-Plum City Wolves January 26. On the road again, they faced an early deficit and came from behind for a 58-54 win over the Glenwood City Hilltoppers three days later.
But due to issues with COVID-19, the Elk Mound girls, 9-3 in conference and 9-6 overall, have been forced to end their season early. All remaining games this week and the regional game next week have been cancelled.
“Unfortunately due to COVID-19 our season is completed,” coach Jordan Kongshaug said.
Elmwood-Plum City
After struggling from three-point land the past few games, the Lady Mounders knocked down eight triples in this contest against Elmwood-Plum City. Brooke Emery found the range in the first half with all three triples to score half of the Mounder points and helped them take an 18-14 lead.
Elk Mound continued to work hard on the defensive end and their offense was clicking as well. Olivia Schreiber and Madisyn Mohr both canned a pair of treys and Stella Rhude scored 11 of her game high 14 points to help them pull away.
“I was proud of our kids for bouncing back (from the Colfax loss),” coach Jordan Kongshaug said. “We played very well on the defensive end and we did a great job of executing our offense in the second half,” he concluded.
Schreiber finished with 11 points while Emory added nine, Tori Blaskowski eight and Mohr seven. The team hit seven-of-13 free throws. Maggie Glaus led the Wolves with 15 points.
Glenwood City
The Mounders fell behind by 13 points midway through the first half but they chipped away at the deficit to take a 29-28 halftime lead. Rhude went to the foul stripe several times in the half and connected on five free throws along with four buckets. Blaskowski helped matters with a pair of treys and Isabella Hollister drained one of her own.
It was nip and tuck for most of the second half but Blaskowski drained two more treys and went three-for-four from the foul line to help the Mounders stay ahead. Rhude added seven points in the half and Schreiber scored seven herself with three free tosses in the mix. With the Mounders holding just a two-point lead in the last minute, Lydia Levra took the ball down the court and hit a layup for the four point cushion and the eventual win.
“Glenwood City played a good game but we made enough plays down the stretch to win,” coach Kongshaug said. “We had a lot of girls step up tonight.”
Rhude and Blaskowski combined for 41 of the Mounders’ points with 20 and 21 respectively. Elk Mound converted 12-of-20 free throws. Madelyn Oehlke led the Toppers with 18 points and the team was 15-of-20 from the stripe.