Area Sports
Hilltopper softball earns split; win wild game against Titans, fall to Mounders
The Glenwood City softball team came away with a split last week. After building an early advantage against Turtle Lake/Clayton in a non-conference game played at home last Tuesday, the Hilltoppers hung on to claim victory in a wild and high-scoring affair, 16-14. Two days later in Elk Mound, Glenwood City had difficulty scoring runs…
Read MoreElk Mound boys’ golf team begins a new chapter
ELK MOUND — For the first time in school history, Elk Mound has its own boys’ golf team. Prior to this season, Elk Mound been in a cooperative with Colfax. But, with the Mounders impeding move to the Cloverbelt Conference this fall, the agreement with Colfax, who will remain a member of the Dunn-St. Croix,…
Read MoreArea golf teams begin season
MONDOVI — The local high school boys’ golf teams teed off their 2025 seasons with a Dunn-St. Croix Conference nine-hole meet held last Tuesday, April 8 in Mondovi. Playing as separate teams this season, Elk Mound, lead by runner-up Lucas Svee, finished third with a score of 179 at the six-team event while Colfax shot…
Read MoreColfax baseball nipped by Spring Valley Cardinals
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent The Viking baseball team finally got onto a playing field and came oh so close to earning an opening season win when they traveled to Spring Valley Thursday, April 10. After coming from behind twice and leading by a run late in the game, the Vikings couldn’t close the deal…
Read MoreBoyceville softball opens season with 10-0 shutout of Spring Valley
SPRING VALLEY — Sophomore Aubrey Malean pitched a one-hit shutout while the offense collected 14 hits to propel Boyceville to a five-inning, 10-0 road victory over Spring Valley in its season and Dunn-St. Croix Conference opener last Thursday, April 3. Malean looked sharp in her 2025 pitching debut. She stuck out nine of the 16…
Read MoreBoyceville Bulldogs split pair of baseball games to open season
MAUSTON — The Boyceville baseball team had to travel a few hours south to finally get its 2025 diamond season underway. The Bulldogs journeyed to the Woodside Sports Complex in Mauston, WI last Friday, April 4 where they played in a pair of non-conference contests to open a new baseball season. Boyceville returned home with…
Read MoreGlenwood City golf team returns leadership and experience for the 2025 season
GLENWOOD CITY — For the upcoming Glenwood City golf season, Head Coach David Popko and Assistant Coach Matt Lamb welcome 14 golfers to the team for this year’s upcoming season. Having returned from another successful season that saw the team miss out on state by five strokes, the Hilltoppers are looking forward to a season…
Read MoreHilltoppers drop baseball opener to SCC
HAMMOND — Despite being no hit by a quartet of St. Croix Central pitchers, Glenwood City did manage to score a run in its 2025 baseball opener played under cold and blustery conditions last Saturday afternoon, April 5 on Central’s home diamond. But, that one run was not enough against the defending Middle Border Conference…
Read MoreTopper softball team is shutout in Durand
DURAND — While Glenwood City finished with a slight edge in hits – 8 to 7 – when it opened the 2025 softball season at Dunn-St. Croix foe Durand-Arkansaw last Thursday, April 3, the scoreboard at Tarrant Park showed that the host Panthers had won in a shutout. The Hilltoppers were unable to convert any…
Read MoreToppers’ Thompson and Flick take firsts at UW-River Falls indoor track and field meet
RIVER FALLS — For a second straight week, the Glenwood City boys’ and girls’ track and field teams returned to the Robert P. Knowles Center on the UW-River Falls campus to compete in an indoor meet. This time around it was for the annual UWRF High School Classic which was held Friday, April 4. Twenty-three…
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