Glenwood City Sports
Glenwood City uses ground and pound for WIAA football playoff win over Blair-Taylor
by Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent BLAIR – The Glenwood City football team opened up WIAA Division 7 playoff action on the road against Dairyland conference co-champion Blair-Taylor. Instead of the normal mix of passing and rushing displayed by the Hilltopper offense, coach Shane Strong decided to roll out a game plan that primarily featured the…
Read MoreHoffman returns to state cross country meet
by Renee Bettendorf Sports Correspondent CADOTT — Glenwood City junior Clayton Hoffman is headed to state for a second straight year after qualifying at the WIAA Division three sectional cross country meet held at Whispering Pines Golf Course in Cadott last Saturday, October 26. Hoffman placed seventh out of 131 runners in the boys’ varsity…
Read MoreGC volleyball suffers 5-set loss in regional opener
LADYSMITH — The Hilltopper tried valiantly to cut down the Lumberjills in the pairs’ first-round regional match in the WIAA Division 4 volleyball tournament October 22. Despite a lengthy drive, 11th seeded Glenwood City nearly pulled off the upset against host and sixth seed Ladysmith in last Tuesday’s regional quarterfinal. But, in the end, the…
Read MoreHilltopper netters drop D-SC matches to end regular season
The Glenwood City volleyball team closed out the regular season playing two of the conference’s top teams last week. The Hilltoppers traveled to Elmwood last Tuesday, October 15 to face Elmwood-Plum City, who finished second in this year’s final Dunn-St. Croix standings. The first two matches were very competitive, but the Wolves eventually prevailed in…
Read MoreHilltopper boys repeat as Dunn-St. Croix Conference cross country champions
by Renee Bettendorf Sports Correspondent BOYCEVILLE -– Even though they faced tough competition from Durand-Arkansaw, the Hilltopper boys’ cross country team defended their conference title at the Dunn-St. Croix cross country meet held at Tiffany Creek Elementary in Boyceville last Thursday, October 17. “At the start of the season, our goal was to win the…
Read MoreGlenwood City miscues result in loss to Spring Valley
by Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent GLENWOOD CITY – The Spring Valley football team strolled into town on Friday, October 18 with their heads held high. Coming off a win against previously unbeaten Boyceville the prior week, the Cardinals were looking to wrap up a perfect regular season when they faced off against the Hilltoppers. Glenwood…
Read MoreTopper boys take first at Spring Valley invite
by Renee Bettendorf Sports Correspondent SPRING VALLEY — With three runners placing in the top ten, the Glenwood City high school boys’ cross country team took first place at the Spring Valley Cross Country meet held on October 3 at Spring Valley High School. Clayton Hoffman took second in the race with a time of…
Read MoreBoyceville volleyball sweeps Glenwood City; both go on to play additional D-SC matches
A year ago, Glenwood City went into Boyceville and earned its lone conference volleyball victory at the Bulldogs’ expense. With Glenwood City hosting rival Boyceville last Tuesday, October 1 during homecoming week, no less, the Bulldogs figured turn about was fair play and swept their hosts in three sets. Boyceville looked to add a third…
Read MoreGlenwood City rallies in second half for homecoming victory over Turtle Lake
GLENWOOD CITY — As they say, it’s not how you start, but how you finish that counts. Well, Glenwood City got off to a bit of a rough start in its annual homecoming football game played against visiting Turtle Lake last Friday, October 4. Surrendering some long pass plays to the Lakers coupled with a…
Read MoreQuick-strike Toppers overwhelm Colfax, ruin Vikings’ homecoming with 55-7 beat down
COLFAX — Coming into last Friday’s Dunn-St. Croix football contest in Colfax, the Hilltoppers had not scored a point in its previous six quarters of action. After trailing just 14-17 at halftime two weeks prior, Glenwood City was shutout by Grantsburg in the second half in 38-14 defeat and were then blanked by rival and…
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