Tribune Sports
Hilltopper boys take track first at Boyceville Invite
by Renee Bettendorf BOYCEVILLE — The Glenwood City boys’ team placed first out of nine teams with 116 points in last Thursday’s track and field invitational in Boyceville. Both the Boyceville boys (83) and the Glenwood City girls (78) teams placed fifth while the Boyceville girls (72.5) took sixth. Durand won the girls’ competition with…
Read MoreBoyceville softball falls to Durand-Arkansaw, drops games in Shell Lake Tournament
Playing in four games last week, the Boyceville softball team was only able to pick up one victory which came against its rival from Glenwood City. The Bulldogs started the week with an unexpected 5-1 home loss to Durand-Arkansaw on Monday, May 6. Boyceville bounced back for a 15-8 win and season sweep of the…
Read MoreEarly runs lead Bulldogs to season sweep of Hilltoppers on the baseball diamond
GLENWOOD CITY — Several early-inning runs propelled the Bulldog baseball team to an 8-3 victory and season sweep over the rival Hilltoppers in a conference game played in Glenwood City last Thursday, May 9. Boyceville got to Glenwood City starting pitcher Steven Booth early, collecting three hits and four runs before the senior left the…
Read MoreGC softball splits conference, tourney games
Besides hosting rival Boyceville last week, the Hilltopper softball squad took on two other conference foes and played in a weekend tournament. Glenwood City earned a split in those four contests going 2-2. In a May 6 road game, the Toppers clipped the Cardinals of Spring Valley 14-9 to sweep the regular-season series. After last…
Read MoreBulldogs sweep softball series against Hilltoppers
When rivals Glenwood City and Boyceville come together in athletic competition just about anything can and often does happen regardless of records. And it was no different when the two schools met on the softball field for the second time this season last Thursday, May 9 in Glenwood City. Although the Bulldogs had won the…
Read MoreBulldogs nip Mounders, fall to Buffs in softball
A pair of conference road games yielded different results for the Boyceville softball team last week. The Bulldogs traveled to Elk Mound Tuesday, April 30 and edged out the Mounders for a 1-0 win in a battle for second place in the Dunn-St. Croix Conference. Three days later, Boyceville was in Mondovi to face the…
Read MoreBoyceville baseball nearly pulls upset of unbeaten Elk Mound, defeats Prairie Farm
BOYCEVILLE — Last week Boyceville nearly did something no else has been able to do all season – defeat Elk Mound on the baseball diamond. The Bulldogs battled the Mounders throughout their April 29 Dunn-St. Croix contest at Evenson Field. Twice Boyceville erased deficits to knot the game before taking a one-run, 7-6, advantage in…
Read MoreLocal 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,…
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