Elk Mound Sports
Lady Mounders begin new win streak
After being knocked from ranks of the unbeatens following a January 21 non-conference loss to a strong Somerset squad, what did the Lady Mounders’ basketball team do? It simply started a new winning streak. Traveling to the southern reaches of the Dunn-St. Croix Conference for a pair of games last week, Elk Mound played at…
Read MoreElk Mound boys handle Hilltoppers, beat Blackhawks, plucked by Cards
While last Thursday’s lopsided 65-35 home victory over lowly Glenwood City helped the Elk Mound boys’ basketball team maintain a share of the Dunn-St. Croix lead with Durand-Arkansaw, the Mounders also got in a pair of non-conference contests last week. Playing those two out-of-league games around their contest with the Hilltoppers, the Mounder boys had…
Read MoreLady Mounders beat Stanley-Boyd, lose first game of year to Somerset
ELK MOUND — The win streak is over. Hosting a pair of non-conference basketball games last week, the Elk Mound girls saw its 14-game winning streak come to an end. After a convincing 64-28 win over Stanley-Boyd on Monday evening, January 16, the Mounders lost for the first time this season as a very strong…
Read MoreMounder boys maintain share of first with wins over Spring Valley, Elmwood-Plum City
Winning a pair of Dunn-St. Croix Conference road basketball contests last week, the Elk Mound boys held on to a share of first place along with Durand-Arkansaw who they were also set to face this past week but saw that game postponed by yet another winter snow storm. The Mounders headed to Spring Valley last…
Read MoreFall Creek edges Elk Mound boys
ELK MOUND — Hosting Fall Creek in a non-conference contest last Monday, January 9, the Elk Mound boys’ basketball squad fell a point short of victory as it lost 46-45. The Crickets (9-2), leaders in the Cloverbelt West Conference, held off a late charge by the Mounders (8-3) to take the one-point win. “Tonight was…
Read MoreElk Mound boys use long ball to pull of win over Colfax
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent ELK MOUND — It was “Bombs Away” for both the Elk Mound and Colfax basketball teams when the Vikings invaded the Mounder gym last Thursday night, January 12. The teams combined for 24 triples on the night but the 14 made by the Mounders made the big difference in the…
Read MoreOttinger is Bowl Bash Champ
The winner of the Colfax Messenger’s 15th annual College Bowl Bash contest is Scott Ottinger of Colfax. Joe Doucette of Colfax placed second. Ottinger correctly picked 15 of the 22 bowl games. Doucette had 14 correct anwers. Scott Ottinger will receive $25 for first and Joe Doucette will be awarded $15 for second. The Colfax…
Read MoreElk Mound girls defeat Spring Valley and Elmwood/Plum City to remain unbeaten
The Elk Mound girls have demonstrated a potent offensive attack this season, particularly in the first half of contests as they aptly showed in home and away conference basketball victories last week. The Lady Mounders caged the Cardinals of Spring Valley 65-21 in a Tuesday, January 10 home-court contest and then went on the road…
Read MoreElk Mound girls remain undefeated with key D-SC Conference win over Colfax
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent ELK MOUND — When the Colfax girls entered the Elk Mound gym last Thursday night, January 5, both basketball teams were the only two undefeated teams in the Dunn-St. Croix Conference. The Vikings were 4-0 in conference play and 8-1 overall, while the Mounders had yet to lose a game…
Read MoreMounder boys overcome foul trouble and BV Bulldogs to earn win
BOYCEVILLE — In what turned out to be its only game of the week and first of the new year, the Elk Mound boys’ basketball team had to overcome some early foul trouble which it eventually did to earn a 60 to 36 win in Boyceville last Friday night, January 6. The contest was part…
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