by Marlys Kruger Sprots Corresondent ELK MOUND — In a playoff type atmosphere with both sides of the bleachers nearly full in the Elk Mound gym, the Colfax and Elk Mound girls faced off in a mid-season showdown for the lead in the Dunn-St. Croix Conference. Both teams were 6-0 with Durand one game back…
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by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — Although the extremely cold night didn’t seem to hinder the Elk Mound boys, it certainly didn’t help the Colfax team as the Mounders led from start to finish and blasted the Vikings 65-22 in the Vikings’ home gym January 18. The Mounders used their famous 1-3-1 zone defense…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — Although the extremely cold night didn’t seem to hinder the Elk Mound boys, it certainly didn’t help the Colfax team as the Mounders led from start to finish and blasted the Vikings 65-22 in the Vikings’ home gym January 18. The Mounders used their famous 1-3-1 zone defense…
Read MoreELK MOUND — After a resounding 43-point road win over rival Colfax last Tuesday, January 18, the Elk Mound boys’ basketball squad had an opportunity to create a three-way tie for second place in the Dunn-St. Croix race with a home win over Spring Valley last Friday. The game was close from opening tip to…
Read MoreELK MOUND — Without starter Stella Rhude, who was injured against Spring Valley January 14, Elk Mound was able to remain unbeaten in the Dunn-St. Croix girls’ basketball race with a pair of lopsided conference victories on its home court to set up a key first-place showdown against rival and conference co-leader Colfax last Saturday.…
Read MoreELK MOUND — Three Mounders scored in double digits and eight in all put their names in the score book to boost the Elk Mound boys’ basketball team to a 67-33 home-court win over the Bulldogs of Boyceville last Thursday, January 13. It was the Mounder boys’ lone contest of the week and saw them…
Read MoreELK MOUND — After last Tuesday’s much anticipated showdown against Colfax was postponed until this Saturday, January 22 due to COVID issues on the Vikings’ squad, the Elk Mound girls’ basketball team was left with just a single contest last week. In that January 14 conference game, the Lady Mounders and freshman Ellie Schiszik dominated…
Read MoreThe Elk Mound boys’ basketball team started the new year off with a bang when it traveled to Chetek Monday, January 3 and delivered an 84-52 knockout to the Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Bulldogs. Unfortunately, any winning momentum from that win did not seem to carry over into the Mounders other two games last week – a road…
Read MoreThe Elk Mound girls’ basketball team opened 2022 by splitting a pair of out-of-league contests against Middle Border Conference teams before stepping back into Dunn-St. Croix play in a big way. After having its eight-game winning streak snapped in a home loss to Osseo-Fairchild over the holidays, the Lady Mounders were looking to get back…
Read MoreThe Elk Mound boys four-game winning streak was snapped when they lost a pair of close non-conference basketball games to the Cloverbelt West leaders in between the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The Mounders found themselves trailing by ten points, 14 to 24, when they hosted Stanley-Boyd (6-5) Tuesday, December 28. Despite a furious rally…
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