By Amber Hayden In the game against Spring Valley the Boyceville men felt it was much closer than what the scoreboard read last Friday evening, February 15. A well-coached and solid Durand team visited the Bulldogs this past Saturday evening, February 16, and Boyceville just didn’t have enough to beat the Panthers on their home…
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LADYSMITH — The 250th dual meet victory of Jamie Olson’s coaching career was a memorable one. Boyceville’s venerable wrestling coach, now in his 21st year at the helm, had to savor this one. After a nine-year absence from the team wrestling sectional, the Bulldogs were back. But just being there was not enough for this…
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INDEPENDENCE — Head coach Jamie Olson was concerned after his Boyceville wrestlers lost three of their seven quarterfinal matches in last Saturday’s individual wrestling sectional meet. As it turned out, there was no reason to be! Two of the three Bulldogs that had lost their opening-round matches, received reprieves when the wrestler they had lost…
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By Amber Hayden SPRING VALLEY — The Boyceville girls’ basketball team has quietly put together a three-game winning streak that has pushed them above the .500 mark in conference and overall games for the first time in a month. Boyceville earned a regular-season sweep of Spring Valley last Friday to post its first winning record…
Read MoreBy Amber Hayden ELMWOOD — After being sidelined for the past two weeks, as winter storms forced the cancellation of games and school, the Bulldog boys’ basketball team finally got back on the hardwood last Friday. Traveling to Elmwood for a contest between the bottom two squads in the Dunn-St. Croix, Boyceville lost its 12th…
Read MoreBy Amber Hayden BOYCEVILLE — With the sub-sero temperatures forcing the cancellation of area schools for much of last week, the Boyceville Community School District along with Plum City/Elmwood, Mondovi and Cumberland school districts made the choice to cancel all basketball games that were to take place on Tuesday and Thursday. As of publication, the…
Read MoreAs Boyceville’s young wrestlers have gained experience and mat maturity throughout this season, the Bulldogs success has grown along with them. After starting 2-8 in duals, Boyceville’s wrestling team finished strong winning 12 of its final 14 duals including a second consecutive 4-0 Dunn-St. Croix mark that secured the program’s back-to-back outright conference championships. The…
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BOYCEVILLE — It was the antithesis of a typical Boyceville-Glenwood City wrestling dual. When it comes to their annual meeting on the mat, the Bulldogs’ and Hilltoppers’ head-to-head battle is usually a heated and highly competitive competition regardless of the teams’ respective records. But unlike some many past clashes, last Thursday’s renewal was not. Boyceville,…
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By Amber Hayden GLENWOOD CITY — After losing by three points at home to Glenwood City in early December, the Boyceville girls’ flipped the result when they visited the Hilltoppers last Friday evening. The Lady Bulldogs’ offense, spearheaded by junior Rachel Prestrud, found the open holes in the Hilltoppers’ zone defense time and time again…
Read MoreBOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville ladies basketball team broke its three-game losing streak with a well-earned home win over Elmwood/Plum City January 22. A determined bunch of Bulldogs jumped to a 26-14 halftime lead and then held the charging Wolves at bay in the second half to capture a 52-46 win, Boyceville’s first since it beat…
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