ELK MOUND — Trailing by six points heading into the fourth quarter, three turnovers by the Elk Mound football team were too much to overcome as they lost their game on homecoming night to the Mondovi Buffaloes 26-20 Oct. 3.

With Caleb Kruger finishing third individually, the Elk Mound boys placed fourth of 10 teams while the girls, paced by Elizabeth Fasbender’s fourth place, ended up taking fifth among seven complete teams at the Osseo-Fairchild Invitational Oct. 2.

The Elk Mound volleyball team continued to roll through the conference with a four set win over Pepin at home Sept. 30, then went on the road two days later and made easy work of it with a three set win at Plum City.

The Elk Mound volleyball team won a home match in three sets over the Glenwood City Hilltoppers 25-8, 25-12 and 25-11 Sept. 23, then went on the road to face the always dangerous Mondovi Buffaloes two days later. The results were pretty much the same however, as they again won in three sets 25-21, 25-15…

Elk Mound cross country runners competed twice last week with the boys placing fourth and the girls fifth at the Mondovi Invitational Sept. 23. They then raced in Durand two days later, resulting in a ninth place finish for the boys and a seventh place for the girls.