GC nutrition manager brings love of people to job
By Cara L. Dempski GLENWOOD CITY — If people from around Glenwood City have seen a new face around the senior and community center, well, there is a good reason for that. Barb Brunkhorst has brought her knowledge of senior nutrition programming to Glenwood City as the center’s new nutrition manager after working for nearly…
Read MoreLady Hilltoppers pick up third D-SC win against Cardinals
By Cara L. Dempski GLENWOOD CITY — The Glenwood City girls’ basketball team has not picked up a win since mid-December, when they beat rival Boyceville at home. The Hilltoppers finally tacked another W into the win column January 18 when they hosted Spring Valley and found their way to a 44-42 victory. Even better?…
Read MoreBoyceville girls fall to St. Croix Central, Colfax
By Cara L. Dempski When a young, inexperienced basketball team takes on an opponent whose top-scoring player has averaged 18.5 points per game so far this season, things can go sideways in a hurry. That may have been how things seemed last Tuesday when the Boyceville ladies took their game to St. Croix Central to…
Read MoreBoyceville boys falter against Durand, Spring Valley
By Cara L. Dempski Head Bulldog boys’ basketball coach Ben Luer and his team had a rough start last week. The Boyceville squad opened its week at home last Tuesday, January 16 against one of just two teams who were unbeaten in the Dunn-St. Croix: Durand. The Bulldog coach said the Panthers controlled much of…
Read MoreGC wrestlers beat Mondovi, improve to 2-0 in D-SC
Prior to the start of this season, the Glenwood City wrestling team was picked to win few if any conference duals. Happily, the Hilltoppers have proved their naysayers wrong. Glenwood City ran its Dunn-St. Croix dual record to a perfect 2-0 with a convincing 45-30 road win over the Mondovi Buffaloes last Thursday.
Read MoreLady Mounders ground Cardinals, pounced by Panthers
By Cara L. Dempski The Elk Mound girls may have hit their stride at just the right time early last week. Coach Jordan Kongshaug and his Lady Mounders opened the week with a solid performance over the only winless team in the Dunn-St. Croix: Spring Valley. The Mounders were up 43-8 at halftime, and while…
Read MoreMounders topple Toppers, edge out Buffaloes
By Cara L. Dempski Looking at the records in the middle of the pack for this year’s Dunn-St. Croix boys’ basketball standings is a little deceptive. The Mounders are in the thick of things with teams like Mondovi, Spring Valley and Glenwood City, and all present as good teams when seen in action.
Read MoreElk Mound archery to hold first ever home tournament
By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — Though Elk Mound’s archery program has existed for several years now, the middle and high school clubs will be taking on a whole new challenge this coming Saturday. The EM archery clubs will be hosting a tournament for the first time January 27, with the first flight of…
Read MoreColfax girls drop hammer on Boyceville, stay atop D-SC
By Cara L. Dempski COLFAX — The Vikings’ head girls’ basketball coach knows talent when he sees it. So, when the venerable Colfax veteran of the hardwood, and recent Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee, says he and his coaching staff do not think they have seen the Vikings’ best ball yet, it…
Read MoreVikings top Buffaloes, sustain first D-SC loss to Panthers
By Cara L. Dempski COLFAX — The Viking boys’ basketball team could have been a little rusty going into last week, considering they had played just one game in the previous three weeks. If there was any rust, the Colfax squad shook it off early in the January 16 home contest against Mondovi. Despite the…
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