Glenwood City Sports

by Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent Entering the new year, the Hilltoppers boys’ basketball team was still searching for that elusive first victory. While a contest against Clear Lake was postponed due to weather and a road game versus Mondovi proved fruitless, the Toppers did find their first win against Eleva-Strum. Glenwood City traveled to Target…

New year, same result. The Glenwood City girls were hoping 2023 would bring some inspirational play and better results. Instead, the same old culprits – an inability to score and defend – resulted in two more losses for the Lady Hilltoppers who remained winless for the 2022-23 campaign. Playing at home against conference foe Durand-Arkansaw…

The new year started with bang for the Glenwood City wrestlers. In the Dunn-St. Croix dual opener in Durand last Thursday, January 5, the Hilltoppers, ranked seventh in the Wisconsin Grappler Division 3 state poll, began defense of their conference crown with a 72-9 pummeling of the Panthers of Durand-Arkansaw. They followed that up two…

RIVER FALLS — Glenwood City successfully defended its Northern Badger crown this past week. For a second straight year, the Hilltoppers captured the Division 3 (small school) championship at the 2022 Northern Badger Wrestling Classic which was held Thursday and Friday, December 29 and 30 at River Falls High School. Highlighted by a pair of…

by Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent GLENWOOD CITY — Heading into the final game before the holiday break, the Hilltopper boys’ basketball team hoped to get their first win of the year against the reigning Dunn-St. Croix champion and current front runner Spring Valley. Glenwood City jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead with only three…

Unlike their male Topper counterparts in boys’ basketball and wrestling who had their respective contests postponed due to the snow storms, the Glenwood City girls’ basketball squad was able to play a pair of Dunn-St. Croix games between last week’s falling flakes. After scoring a season-low nine points in a December 9 contest against Elmwood/Plum…

It was a tough week for the Glenwood City girls on the basketball court. The Lady Toppers struggles to put points on the scoreboard hit a low this past week. After losing 78-23 to Somerset in a non-conference home contest  Tuesday, December 6, Glenwood City traveled to Elmwood three days later to take on the…

Heading into the second week of action, the Hilltoppers boys’ basketball team (0-1) had plenty of opportunities to notch their first win of the season. They played three contests over five days, including two against Dunn-St. Croix conference foes. On top of the compressed schedule, the squad was also battling some illnesses as head coach…

by Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent GRANTSBURG – For the second straight year, the Hilltopper boys’ basketball team opened its season against the Pirates of Grantsburg. Due to a snow event the scheduled game against Clayton was postponed, giving Glenwood City an extra couple of days to prepare for the 2022-2023 campaign. And much like the…

The inability to consistently score points led to another pair of lopsided losses last week for the Glenwood City girls’ basketball team. After Tuesday’s snow storm postponed the Hilltopper boys and girls scheduled home doubleheader against Clayton, the Lady Toppers turned their sights to their December 1 Dunn-St. Croix Conference opener at home versus Elk…