Playing a pair of games over the Christmas break, the Elk Mound boys dropped both of them to teams from the Central Wisconsin Eight Conference including a 48-24 decision to Amherst and a heartbreaking 55-54 loss to Stevens Point Pacelli. Both games were part of the UW-Stevens Point Sentry Classic played Dec. 27-29.

It was a tale of two different games when the Elk Mound girls lost 59-30 to the West Salem Panthers Dec. 26, then came back a day later to score an easy win over the Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs 72-43. Both games were played in West Salem as part of a holiday tournament.

ELK MOUND -— A huge second quarter by the Elk Mound boys broke the game open as they bombed the Boyceville Bulldogs 53-30 in their final game before the Christmas break Dec. 18.

The Elk Mound boys made it 34 conference wins in a row with a 58-43 home win over St. Croix Central  Dec. 9, then traveled to Spring Valley for a Friday night game and had that streak broken when they lost 42-33 to the Cardinals.

The Elk Mound boys started their season off on the basketball court with a 54-32 loss at Fall Creek Dec. 1, then went on the road and came from behind to beat Elmwood-Plum City 50-49 Dec. 4.