Area Sports
Glenwood City miscues result in loss to Spring Valley
by Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent GLENWOOD CITY – The Spring Valley football team strolled into town on Friday, October 18 with their heads held high. Coming off a win against previously unbeaten Boyceville the prior week, the Cardinals were looking to wrap up a perfect regular season when they faced off against the Hilltoppers. Glenwood…
Read MoreBoyceville spikers drop D-SC Conference matches to Spring Valley and Colfax
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent The Bulldogs were looking for a victory or two as well as some playoff momentum when they closed out the regular season last week with a pair of conference matches. Instead, Boyceville lost to Spring Valley and Colfax in a span of three days. Spring Valley, last year’s conference champs,…
Read MoreBulldogs bruise Vikings in regular season finale
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — There wasn’t a lot of suspense in the football game held under the Friday night lights in Colfax when the Boyceville Bulldogs invaded the Vikings stadium October 18 for the conference and regular season finale. The Vikings were 0-8 on the season while the Bulldogs were 7-1 coming…
Read MoreWisconsin’s 2024 pheasant season opened Saturday, Oct. 19
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds hunters and the general public that the 2024 pheasant season opened at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, and runs through Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. The opening weekend, Oct. 19-20, has a daily bag limit of one rooster per day. Starting Monday, Oct.…
Read MoreColfax spikers end regular season on high note with win over Boyceville
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — After being swept by the eventual Dunn-St. Croix Conference champion Durand-Arkansaw Panthers last Tuesday at Durand, the Colfax volleyball team regrouped and defeated Boyceville 3-1 two days later on their home court to end the regular season with a 9-18 overall record and a 2-5 record in conference…
Read MoreMounder girls finish third at DSC Conference cross country meet
by Renee Bettendorf Sports Correspondent BOYCEVILLE — The Elk Mound cross country teams competed at the Dunn-St. Croix conference meet held in Boyceville last Thursday, October 17. The Mounder girls’ team placed third and the boys’ team placed fifth. Ellie Schiszik and Jaidynn Sarauer earned first-team all conference designation after placing in the top seven…
Read MoreGoodell takes first at DSC Conference cross country meet, Viking boys third
by Renee Bettendorf Sports Correspondent BOYCEVILLE — At the Dunn-St. Croix Conference cross country meet held in Boyceville last Thursday, October 17, the Colfax Vikings performed well with senior Kaysen Goodell winning the varsity girls race and the Colfax boys’ team placing third. “Really a good day for us. About everything we were hoping to…
Read MoreKonshaug claims second straight D2 girls’ state golf championship
MADISON — She is a state gold medalist once again! Belle Kongshaug, a junior at Elk Mound High School and the Colfax-Elk Mound girls’ golf cooperative’s undisputed leader, claimed her second consecutive WIAA Division 2 individual state title at the 2024 girls’ state golf championships held Monday and Tuesday, October 14 and 15 at the…
Read MoreBoyceville bruises Colfax in final regular season contest
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — There wasn’t a lot of suspense in the football game held under the Friday night lights in Colfax when the Boyceville Bulldogs invaded the Vikings stadium October 18 for the conference and regular season finale. The Vikings were 0-8 on the season (one of the losses was a…
Read MoreElk Mound volleyball splits final D-SC matches
ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound volleyball team split a pair of 4-set conference home matches last week to close out its regular season. Hosting Mondovi Tuesday, October 15, Elk Mound won the match three sets to one. Two days later, conference leader Durand-Arkansaw came to the Mound and left with a 3-1 win and…
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