Mounder girls stay perfect with trio of wins and hard work
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ELK MOUND senior Olivia Schreiber drives to the basket during the Mounders’ game against Altoona in the 1st annual Western Wisconsin Girls’ Basketball Classic played in Colfax last Saturday. The Lady Mounders won 54-38 as Schreiber led all scorers with 16 points. —photo by Marlys Kruger
The Elk Mound girls’ basketball team remained perfect on the season improving to 6-0 with a trio of double-digit wins this past week including a 24-point road victory over Elmwood-Plum City in the Dunn-St. Croix opener.
The Lady Mounders bookended a pair of non-conference wins around their triumph against the Wolves of E-PC.
Opening last week with a home game against a strong Baldwin-Woodville squad from the Middle Border, Elk Mound earned a 58-42 win in the November 29 contest. Traveling to Plum City three days later, the Mounders collared the Wolves with an impressive 54-30 victory. A busy week of action finally came to a conclusion when Elk Mound traveled to Colfax for the Western Wisconsin Girls’ Basketball Classic where it played and defeated Altoona 54-38.
Elk Mound will host a pair of teams this coming week. St. Croix Central was in town last evening for a non-conference game while the Mounders will welcome Glenwood City this Friday, December 10. Elk Mound will then be in Mondovi Tuesday, December 14.
Baldwin-Woodville
An aggressive offensive attack coupled with great defensive effort led the Lady Mounders to a convincing 58-42 win over the Blackhawks of Baldwin-Woodville in the pair’s November 29 game.
Elk Mound established its offensive prowess early having a 33-18 led at the intermission.
“Our girls came out very determined to control the temp of the game,” said head coach Jordan Kongshaug.
“I thought we did a good job of being aggressive on the offensive end and continued to give a great effort on defense,” he added.
Freshman Ellie Schiszik scored 20 of her game high 23 points in the first half which included five triples. She scored a seventh three in the second half for her final points of the game. Schiszik also had a team-high seven rebounds and recorded three steals.
Juniors Tori Blaskowski and Stella Rhude chipped in with 14 and ten points, respectively, each scoring four hoops in the second half, to help Elk Mound edge Baldwin-Woodville (25-24) on the scoreboard. Blaskowski led the team in steals with five and Rhude had two to go along with four rebounds.
Elk Mound finished with eight triples but was just six-of-13 at the charity stripe.
Elmwood-Plum City
Elk Mound got off to a quick start last Thursday, December 2 in Plum City outscoring host Elmwood-Plum City 35-11 in the first half and never looking back as it cruised to a 54-30 victory.
“We got off to a fast start with another solid job on the defensive end,” noted Kongshaug.
“We also attacked the basket and moved the ball effectively,” he added.
In the opening 18 minutes, Elk Mound sank 13 field goals, including a three by Brooke Emery, and shot a baker’s dozen at the free throw line, making eight, to take a 24-point advantage into halftime.
Nine Mounders made the scorebook with Tori Blaskowski leading all scorers with 17 points including 13 in the first half and collected a team-high ten boards and five steals. Rhude tossed down ten points and added six rebounds, Emery finished with six, Schiszik and Lydia Levra had five each, and Madisyn Mohr and Olivia Schreiber tallied four apiece. Schreiber also corralled four rebounds.
Both Elk Mound and E-PC scored 19 points in the second half. The Mounders had 14 free throw attempts in the period making just four to finish the game 12-for-27.
Maggie Glaus finished with nine points to top the Wolves scoring list.
E-PC didn’t fare well at the free throw line either as it made just eight of its 24 attempts.
Altoona
Elk Mound held just a six-point halftime advantage last Saturday evening when it took on Altoona. That game was one of eight games played that day at Colfax High School in the 1st annual Western Wisconsin Girls’ Basketball Classic.
But, the Lady Mounders expanded that 31-25 lead in the second half outscoring the Lady Rails 23-13 to take a 54-38 win.
Three Mounders scored double digits to lead the team to victory. Olivia Schreiber led her team in scoring with 16 points, Stella Rhude added 12, and Tori Blaskowski finish with ten. Ellie Schiszik and Allie Roder each finished with seven points.