Area Sports
Gruenhagen places third at WWF women’s State
OCONOMOWOC — Boyceville sophomore Emma Gruenhagen returned home a state place winner following this past Sunday’s WWF Folkstyle State Wrestling tournament. Gruenhagen, who recently finished her second year on the Bulldogs’ varsity wrestling squad with a fourth-place showing at the WIAA Division 3 St. Croix Falls Individual Wrestling sectional, earned the bronze medal after placing…
Read MoreRockpile – 2-24-2021
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Read MoreLeaker’s Place Bowling Results – 2-24-2021
Saturday Night Mixed February 13, 2021 The Pack 57 6 Newbies 52 11 D Long Winky 43 20 The Flintstones 39 24 Full House 32 31 Knoxtrodd 0 63 Nutheads 0 63 HIGH IND. GAMES: Mike Wink 225, Dan Klatt 205, Matt Quaderer 195, Lori Klinger 202, Doris Berends 173, Sam Klatt 165. HIGH IND.…
Read MoreBulldogs bow out of tournament following first-round loss
By Missy Klatt Sports Correspondent WEBSTER — The Boyceville boys’ basketball season has come to an end for the young Dogs as they lost to the Webster Tigers, 37-64 on the road, in the first round of the WIAA Division 4 regional tournament on Tuesday, February 16th. The Bulldogs who struggled all season with low…
Read MoreTopper boys sink Lakers to open regional play only to fall to state-ranked Warriors
By Missy Klatt Sports Correspondent The Glenwood City boys’ basketball season came to an end with a second-round loss to the Warriors of Clear Lake in the WIAA Division 4 regional tournament this past Friday night, February 19th in Clear Lake. The Hilltoppers fell to the unbeaten Warriors’ squad, who are ranked eighth in the…
Read MoreMounders contemplate change to Cloverbelt Conference for all athletics
By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — On February 15, the Board of Education for the Elk Mound Area School District started discussing the possibility of the school switching from the Dunn-St. Croix Conference to the Cloverbelt. District Administrator Eric Wright explained he and Athletic Director Mike Schiszik had been contacted by other members of…
Read MoreMounder boys steal Osseo-Fairchild Thunder, end season with loss to St. Croix Falls
By Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent The number three seed Elk Mound boys started the WIAA Division 3 regional tournament off on a high note with a 61-45 home victory against the Osseo-Fairchild Thunder Tuesday, February 15, then lost to St. Croix Falls on the road 63-48 to end their season three days later. The Mounders…
Read MoreColfax boys bruise Augusta Beavers, lose regional semi-final to Fall Creek Crickets
By Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent The Colfax boys were firing on all cylinders when they hosted the Augusta Beavers in a first round WIAA Division 4 regional contest, resulting in a 75-54 win Tuesday, February 16. But three days later they saw their season come to an end by the number one seed Fall Creek…
Read MoreSilver Lining: Radintz finishes season as state runner-up
WAUSAU — To come up short when you are standing at the threshold of a dream hurts, a lot! It stings to the core. Unfortunately, Ian Radintz felt that sharp agony as he was about to ascend to his long-held goal, his dream of becoming a state high school wrestling champion. In just his first…
Read MoreDormanen overcomes setback to cop third in state wrestling meet
WAUSAU — Sometimes it is not how you start that matters most but how you face adversity and choose to finish. Tyler Dormanen could have been satisfied with just competing in his first state wrestling tournament especially after losing his first match here last Saturday. Thankfully, he was not. The Boyceville junior, instead, refocused and…
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