Glenwood City Sports

By  Joel DeWitt Sports Corespondent The Glenwood City boys’ basketball team concluded the pre-New Years portion of their schedule with a pair of road contests against Middle Border conference opponents. While the games varied, the results remained consistent as the Hilltoppers dropped both to fall to 5-3 (2-1) as 2023 comes to a close. They…

The Glenwood City girls’ basketball squad entered the holiday break on a four-game skid after dropping a pair of road games last week. The Hilltoppers were mauled by the Panthers of Durand-Arkansaw 76-28 in a December 19 Dunn-St. Croix Conference contest. In a non-conference game in Augusta two days later, Glenwood City lost a slim…

When the Baldwin-Woodville triangular meet was cancelled earlier this month, Glenwood City head coach Shane Strong jumped on an opportunity to enter his wrestlers in another dual-style tournament at Frederic High School that featured highly competitive teams from Hayward and Luck/Frederic/Grantsburg/Siren (LFGS), the tournament host. Unfortunately, due to a couple of late cancellations including Hayward,…

GLENWOOD CITY — The Topper girls’ basketball team not only found it difficult to score when it hosted Mondovi last Thursday, December 14 in a Dunn-St. Croix matchup but just getting the basketball over the time line was a challenge for Glenwood City, especially in the first half. Mondovi used an aggressive full-court pressure to…

by Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent The Glenwood City boys’ basketball team looked to continue their hot streak to start the season. The young squad was riding a four-game win streak coming off a double overtime thriller against Cadott. However, they were about to experience the highs and lows of a full season this past week.…

Last week the Glenwood City girls’ basketball team accomplished a feat its hasn’t  been able to do in nearly two season – win a Dunn-St. Croix conference contest. Hosting a fellow winless squad from Elmwood-Plum City in the conference opener last Tuesday, December 5, the Lady Hilltoppers coupled a lock-down defensive effort and their best…

by Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent For the first time in over 15 years, the Hilltopper boys’ basketball team finds themselves undefeated after four games. While the three games this week were vastly different, all three resulted with Glenwood City walking away with a victory. Glenwood City opened the week on December 5 with a road…

Shooting, ball security and a lack of consistent play continued to plague the Glenwood City girls’ basketball team as it dropped three more games last week. Putting points on the scoreboard has been an issue for the Hilltoppers especially from the charity stripe and behind the three-point arc. Glenwood City went just 21-for-57 from the…

by Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent GLENWOOD CITY The 2023-24 version of the Hilltopper boys’ basketball team returns a great deal of experience heading into a fresh season, with four of the five starters seeing considerable playing time the previous season. That experience, along with hot shotting from the field, allowed the Hilltoppers to jump out…

GLENWOOD CITY — The Hilltopper wrestling squad delivered a dominate performance in winning its own John Timm Memorial Dual Invitational here last Saturday, December 2 for the second straight year. “I thought our kids looked good overall for the first competition of the year,” said Glenwood City head Coach Shane Strong, who begins his 15th…