Glenwood City Sports
Local harriers run in Amery; GC boys finish first in 4×400, Boyceville’s Wheeldon wins 400 meters
by Renee Bettendorf AMERY — At the Amery track and field invitational held last Tuesday, the Hilltopper and Bulldog teams competed against a number of schools. Amery won the girls competition with 126 points and Prescott was the winner for the boys with 126 as well. The Glenwood City boys team placed ninth with 33…
Read MoreTopper boys finish third, Bulldog boys take fourth in Durand-Arkansaw track and field invite
by Renee Bettendorf DURAND — The Hilltoppers and Bulldogs enjoyed beautiful weather at the Durand-Arkansaw track and field invitational held last Friday. Nine teams competed and the Glenwood City boys placed third with 96 points while the girls took eighth with a score of 43. The Boyceville boys placed fourth scoring 82 points and the…
Read MoreTopper golfers place third at D-SC meet in Spring Valley
SPRING VALLEY — Mother Nature continued wreck havoc on the spring sports schedule last week as Thursday’s day-long rain shower postponed a conference meet at Whitetail. That left the Glenwood City golf team with one lone competition – a Dunn-St. Croix Conference match in Spring Valley. The Hilltoppers finished third in the Tuesday, April 30,…
Read MoreTopper softball goes 1-2 in conference games
The Glenwood City softball team dropped its fifth straight contest when it opened last week’s play with a 12-1 home loss to the defending Dunn-St. Croix champs from Mondovi on Monday, April 29. The following day, Tuesday, April 30, the Hilltoppers traveled to Plum City for a game against the Elmwood-Plum City Wolves. Both teams…
Read MoreGlenwood City boys drop pair of baseball games to Mondovi and Elk Mound
Glenwood City’s three-game winning streak on the baseball diamond came to an end with a pair of losses to conference foes last week. In a Monday, April 29 home contest versus Mondovi, last season’s conference champions, Glenwood City had a couple of bad innings and lost 11-2 to the Buffaloes. Four days later they played…
Read MoreHilltopper and Bulldog boys’ teams finish second and third at Boyceville track invite
By Renee Bettendorf BOYCEVILLE — Ten schools competed at the Boyceville track and field invite last Thursday, April 25 with Turtle Lake/Clayton winning the girls’ and Elk Mound winning the boys’ competitions. The Hilltopper boys took second with 87 points narrowly beating the Bulldogs who scored 86.33. In the girls competition, Boyceville took seventh place…
Read MoreToppers win three straight baseball games
The Glenwood City baseball team showed some hot bats last week and the result was its first multiple game winning streak of the season. The Hilltoppers collected 35 hits as they won all three of their games including a pair of conference contests. The winning streak began at home last Monday, April 22 when Glenwood…
Read MoreTopper golfers finish third in pair of meets
The Glenwood City golf team finished third in a pair of meets last week which included an 18-hole invitational and a Dunn-St. Croix competition. The Hilltoppers spent Monday, April 22 competing in the 10-team Luck/Frederic Invitational which was held at the Luck Golf Course, site of this year’s Division 3 sectional meet which will be…
Read MoreTopper softball drops close conference games to E-PC and Durand-Arkansaw
Glenwood City softball’s bid for its second conference victory of the season fell just short as it lost a pair of close contests last week. After falling 6-4 at home last Monday, April 22 to Elmwood-Plum City, who entered the game without a win, the Hilltoppers lost a 4-3 heartbreaker in Durand three days later.…
Read MoreTopper boys win home track invite, girls take fourth; Bulldog girls finish second, boys third
by Renee Bettendorf GLENWOOD CITY — Seven schools competed at the track and filed invitational hosted by Glenwood City High School (GCHS) on Monday, April 15. The Hilltopper boys team took first with 75 points and the girls placed fourth with a score of 27. Boyceville High School (BHS) also competed at the invite with…
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