Area Sports
Colfax earns first conference win, finishes week at 1-2
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent The Viking baseball team blasted the Glenwood City Hilltoppers 21-1 for their first win of the season on May 3 in Glenwood City. 24 hours later they went on the road again and were hard pressed to score runs as they lost 3-1 at Cumberland. Then ended the week on…
Read MoreMounders lose heartbreaker against Spring Valley, bounce back with win over Durand
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent In a matchup between a pair of top teams in the Dunn-St. Croix Conference, the Elk Mound baseball team forced Spring Valley to go extra innings before dropping the contest 2-1 Monday, May 3 in Elk Mound. The Mounders showed their resiliency, however, when they came back three days later…
Read MoreMounder thinclads run, jump and throw in Bloomer
BLOOMER — Although Elk Mound did not have an individual winner when their boys’ and girls’ track and field teams competed in the Dave Landgraf Invitational at Bloomer High School Tuesday, May 3, the squads did have several top finishers. A second-place finish and five thirds helped the Mounder boys take third in the ten-team meet…
Read MoreColfax girls drop conference games to Glenwood City and Boyceville
by Marlys Krueger Sports Correspondent The week didn’t start or end very well for the Colfax softball team as they traveled to Glenwood City Monday, May 3, to take on the defending Dunn-St. Croix Conference champion Glenwood City Hilltoppers. The Toppers took it to them with a 10-0 win, then three days later defensive struggles…
Read MoreTake steps now to avoid potential conflicts with black bears
MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) encourages residents and visitors to take precautions to avoid potential conflicts with black bears across the state as they emerge from their dens early this spring. Black bears are most common in the northern half of the state; however, populations have been slowly expanding southward for…
Read MoreMay is National Clean Air Month
May is Clean Air Month and there is much to celebrate at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), including the positive steps toward reducing air emissions and improving air quality across the state. And its working. Recent studies show that 95% of Wisconsinites live in areas meeting all federal air quality standards. Clean air…
Read MoreBulldog thinclads compete in first meet of 2021 season
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent BOYCEVILLE — Boyceville hosted a four-team Dunn-St. Croix meet to start off the track and field season on Thursday, April 29. The top five places in each event were counted in team points, resulting in the Bulldog girls finishing third while the boys were fourth. Elk Mound won both the…
Read MoreGlenwood City Track and Field takes second in first 2021 meet
by Missy Klatt Sports Correspondent DURAND — The Glenwood City Track and Field teams had a successful outing at their first meet in two years with second place finishes for both the girls’ and boys’ teams. The meet was held in Durand on Thursday, April 29th and pitted the Hilltoppers against host Durand as well…
Read MoreTopper golfers remain in second place
After two weeks of golf, the Glenwood City boys are in second place in the Dunn-St. Croix standings. After a second-place showing in Mondovi last Monday, April 26 and a third (tied with Colfax/Elk Mound) at Durand on Thursday, April 29, the Hilltoppers have 10.5 points in the team standings, a point and a half…
Read MoreLady Bulldog softballers squeak by Durand; fall to GC
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent You couldn’t have asked for a more exciting ending for the first softball game on their new ball field at Tiffany Creek Elementary when Boyceville hosted the Durand Panthers April 27. After giving up a two-run lead late in the game, the Bulldogs came through in extra innings for a…
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