Glenwood City Sports

GLENWOOD CITY — The 2025 edition of the Glenwood City baseball team returns seven starters and ten letter winners from a year ago. Although the Hilltoppers graduated just two starters – Steven Booth and Peyton Thuene – both played key roles on last year’s team that finished 7-10 overall and 6-9 in the Dunn-St. Croix…

RIVER FALLS — The Glenwood City boys’ and girls’ track and field teams got their 2025 seasons underway last Thursday, March 27 when they competed in the UWRF High School Invitational held indoors at the Knowles Center on the UW-River Falls Campus. The boys’ squad had a pair of first-place finishers along with two seconds.…

by Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent BALSAM LAKE – The Glenwood City boys’ basketball team opened Division 4 WIAA boys’ basketball tournament action with a road game against Unity. The Eagles (13-10), third place finishers in the Lakeland West conference, looked to be an evenly match opponent for the Hilltoppers. The two squads played even ball…

by Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent GLENWOOD CITY -— As the Hilltoppers boys’ basketball team heads down the home stretch of the 2024-25 season, they hosted a trio of games in five days. While they dropped the opening two contests against conference opponents, they were able to pick up a victory in their final non-conference game.…

CLEAR LAKE — For the second time in three years, the Glenwood City wrestling program’s aspirations and dreams of a first-ever team sectional championship and its corresponding berth to the state meet were dashed as the Hilltoppers finished as the sectional runner-up once again. As in 2023, both Cumberland and Stratford stood between the Hilltoppers…

LADYSMITH — Glenwood City will have a quartet, including a pair of previous qualifiers along with two first timers, competing in the state wrestling championships later this week in Madison after  securing medals and state berths at the sectional tournament. Hilltopper senior Wyatt Unser, a defending state titlist, capped his final sectional tournament with a…

After dropping a 52-24 decision at rival Boyceville February 17 to start the final week of the regular season, the Glenwood City girls’ basketball team was looking to finish strong with a pair of wins as it prepared for the post season. The Hilltoppers, however, earned a split. They pulled out a 38-37 conference win…

Another busy week on the wrestling mat saw Glenwood City achieve both team and individual accolades. In yet another dominating performance, the Hilltopper wrestling team secured a share of its fourth straight Dunn-St. Croix Conference championship when it crushed the Cardinals of Spring Valley/Elmwood 65-9 in a dual meet held Thursday, January 23 in the…

by Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent GLENWOOD CITY — The Hilltopper boys’ basketball team welcomed Elmwood/Plum City to town for the team’s first matchup of the season. Even though the Wolves came into the game with only a single conference win, they kept the contest tight for the Hilltoppers. The game was highlighted by seven lead…

SPRING VALLEY — The Glenwood City girls’ basketball team was in search of not only a second consecutive win, but its second conference victory of the season when it traveled to Spring Valley January 23. The Hilltoppers appeared to be halfway to attaining both objectives when it held a 27-22 halftime advantage over the Cardinals…