by Samuel Ripp The Elk Mound softball team has literally been unbeatable in conference play the past two seasons. The Lady Mounders capped a perfect 13-0 in Dunn-St.Croix action last week with a 14-1 win Tuesday, May 17 in Spring Valley and followed it with a 8-1 home victory against the Eagles of Pepin/Alma on…
Read Moreby Samuel Ripp ELK MOUND — The Colfax and Elk Mound baseball teams went head-to-head for the second time this season on Monday, May 16 at Elk Mound in a large-division conference showdown. And like their first meeting, the Mounders blanked the Vikings winning the home-and-home season series with an 11-0 victory. Elk Mound prevailed…
Read Moreby Samuel Ripp GLENWOOD CITY — Head coach Jeff Mack could not have scripted a better conference “swan song” than the one that unfolded here last Tuesday. Mack, who has spent the past 31 years teaching and coaching in the Elk Mound School District and is set to retire at the end of the current…
Read Moreby Samuel Ripp ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound girls’ softball team clinched a share of its second straight Dunn-St. Croix championship last Monday, May 16 at home when it ten-runned rival Colfax. The Lady Mounders outhit their Vikings’ counterparts 10 to 2 en route to a 11-1, five-inning triumph. Elk Mound, who had won…
Read MoreELK MOUND – Lauren Garnett, a fifth grade student from Elk Mound, is the Dunn County as well as District winner of the Agriculture in the Classroom essay contest. Wisconsin fourth and fifth graders were asked to write a 100 to 300-word essay with the theme, “Tell us about making maple syrup in Wisconsin.”
Read Moreby Samuel Ripp COLFAX — The Colfax and Elk Mound track and field teams were in action on Tuesday, May 10 at Colfax where both schools performed very well. The Elk Mound boys won the meet while their female counterparts took home a third place finish. The Colfax girls took home fourth place out of…
Read Moreby Samuel Ripp DURAND — The Colfax and Elk Mound golf teams wrapped up the regular season Monday, May 9 at Rolling Greens Golf Course in Durand. Elk Mound climbed out of the Dunn-St. Croix cellar for the first time this season as it finished fifth out of six teams. Colfax took last at the…
Read Moreby Samuel Ripp BOYCEVILLE — The Elk Mound track teams were in Boyceville Thursday, May 12 to participate in the annual Dunn-St. Croix/Lakeland Conference Challenge. The Mounder boys place third overal while the Lady Mounders took last out of eight teams. Cornell/Lake Holcombe took first for the girls with 174.50 points and Unity topped the…
Read Moreby Samuel Ripp Friday the 13th proved to be unlucky for the Elk Mound girls’ softball team. The Lady Mounders saw their eight-game win streak come to an abrupt end when Bloomer visited May 13 and left with a 15-7 win. The Blackhawks also knocked the Mounders out of last year’s WIAA Division 3 regional…
Read Moreby Samuel Ripp A conference baseball championship is still within Elk Mound’s reach thanks to a pair of conference wins last week including a one-run victory at home Monday, May 9 against conference-leader Durand. The Mounders avenged an earlier loss to the Panthers with a 3-2 win to move within a game of the large…
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