Glenwood City Sports
Boyceville girl thinclads win in Glenwood City, Hilltopper boys claim second at home invite
by Renee Bettendorf Sports Correspondent GLENWOOD CITY –— The Boyceville and Glenwood City track teams competed against Clear Lake, Elmwood/Plum City, Elk Mound, Spring Valley and Colfax at the Glenwood City Invite held on Thursday, April 10. Boyceville won the girls’ competition while the Hilltopper boys placed second. The Boyceville boys’ team placed fourth and…
Read MoreLandon Obermueller wins opener, GC golfers place 2nd
MONDOVI — Glenwood City junior Landon Obermueller won medalist honors at the season and Dunn-St. Croix Conference opener in Mondovi April 8. Obermueller shot a 36 in the conference’s first nine-hole meet of the season held at the Valley Golf Course last Tuesday to lead the Hilltopper boys’ golf team to a second-place finish. Obermueller…
Read MoreGlenwood City baseball team loses lead and then game to Elk Mound
ELK MOUND — In its only contest of the week, the Glenwood City baseball team lost an early lead and eventually the game when it visited Elk Mound for a conference contest last Thursday, April 10. Glenwood City put three runs on the board against the defending Dunn-St. Croix champs in its very first at-bat.…
Read MoreHilltopper 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 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…
Read MoreGlenwood City track and field teams have strong numbers, look to compete each meet
by Renee Bettendorf Sports Correspondent GLENWOOD CITY — Head track and field coach Tom Klatt suspects this year’s Hilltopper teams will be strong in boys’ middle distance races and in pole vault and throwing events for the girls’ team. But the main goals for the season are to have fun, stay healthy and reach goals.…
Read MoreGlenwood City softball team returns handful of letter winners, looks to improve in 2025
GLENWOOD CITY — Second-year head coach Tracy Marback will be leaning on her five returning letter winners to lead the 2025 Glenwood City softball team on an upward trajectory. The Lady Hilltoppers, who were knocked out of last year’s WIAA playoffs by eventual state champion Fall Creek, lost six starters and strong contributors to graduation…
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