Glenwood City Sports
Topper boys bow out of playoffs with opening-round loss to Siren
by Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent SIREN — The Glenwood City boys’ basketball team’s WIAA Division 5 regional matchup against Siren played out much like their entire season. Winners of four straight, and five of six, to start the year the Hilltoppers dropped three straight to end the regular season. Against the Dragons, Glenwood City jumped…
Read MoreUnser becomes Hilltoppers’ first-ever undefeated state wrestling champ
MADISON — In its storied history the Glenwood City wrestling program has never had an undefeated state wrestling champion. Now it does! Junior Wyatt Unser capped a perfect 52-0 season by winning the Division 3, 126-pound state championship Saturday evening at the 2024 WIAA Individual State Wrestling Tournament held Thursday through Saturday, February 22-24, at…
Read MoreMcGee suffers pair of heartbreaking state losses
MADISON — After dominating regional and sectional performance that both led to gold medals and a second consecutive trip to the state tournament, Glenwood City junior Mitchell McGee was eying the possibility of adding a state medal to this year’s impressive collection. But, what McGee could not have foreseen was just how difficult a draw…
Read MoreMillermon rises above adversity to wrestle in third straight state tourney
MADISON – It has been a difficult senior season for Glenwood City wrestler Savanna Millermon. A very difficult one! The season had barely gotten underway when her father, Shawn Millermon, the man who had introduced her to the sport of wrestling and installed a love for it, passed away December 7 following complications from heart…
Read MoreTopper boys close out regular season with losses to Luck and Elk Mound
by Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent Coming down the final stretch of the 2023-24 season, the Glenwood City boys’ basketball team was looking to build momentum for the upcoming WIAA Division 5 tournament. Their first game was a non-conference match up against a struggling Luck squad, while their season finale pitted them against a strong Elk…
Read MoreGlenwood City girls’ season ends with opening-round playoff loss to Turtle Lake
TURTLE LAKE – The Glenwood City girls’ basketball team has had its ups and downs this season, but it has showed positive signs of improvement. After going winless in Dunn-St. Croix a year ago, the Hilltoppers won three conference games this season, their most since the 2020-21 campaign. They also had a three-game win streak…
Read MoreBulldogs boys run past Hilltoppers, earn season sweep for second straight year
by Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent BOYCEVILLE – Much like their first matchup of the season, both the Glenwood City and Boyceville boys’ basketball teams sit in a familiar position. Locked in a three-way tie between themselves and Colfax, the winner will have a leg up on locking in fourth place in the conference standings. Unlike…
Read MoreHilltopper girls suffer losses to Mounders
The Glenwood City girls knew they faced a difficult task when they played the Mighty Mounders in back-to-back conference basketball contests to concluded the regular season last week. The Hilltoppers were hoping to play well and be competitive against the two-time Dunn-St. Croix champs. Unfortunately, neither came to fruition for Glenwood City. The Mounders trampled…
Read MoreUnser, McGee and Millermon win sectional titles and berths to state wrestling tourney
EDGAR — A Glenwood City trio will be returning to the state wrestling championships later this week in Madison thanks to top finishes in the sectional tournament. Hilltopper junior Wyatt Unser captured his third straight sectional gold medal, senior teammate Savanna Millermon won her second consecutive sectional crown and junior Mitchell McGee claimed his first…
Read MoreGlenwood City wrestlers finish third in super regional, ten Toppers advance to sectional
AUBURNDALE — The Hilltoppers’ goals of winning the super regional and making a return trip to the team sectional tournament were dashed here last Saturday. Despite a record ten individual sectional qualifiers, Glenwood City, which won 17 of its 20 duals this season, finished third in the WIAA Division 3 Super Regional Wrestling tournament held…
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