ELK MOUND — Continuing to employ their full-court defensive pressure which has served it so well this season, the Elk Mound girls’ basketball team stayed home for a pair of games and swamped the Spring Valley Cardinals 64-26 Jan.12, then followed up by pummeling the Elmwood-Plum City Wolves three days later by a score of…
Read MoreWith balanced scoring which included points coming from all over the floor, the Elk Mound boys took an early lead and continued to build on it on their way to a 58-42 win over Colfax Jan. 14 on the Vikings’ home court. The win gave the Mounders a 7-2 overall record and 4-1 in Dunn-St. Croix…
Read MoreIn less than a 24 hour span, the Elk Mound boys’ basketball team upped their overall record to 6-2 with a 68-53 win over the Boyceville Bulldogs Friday night, Jan. 8, then traveled to Wisconsin Rapids the next day for a matinee game and came home with a 64-43 victory over the Assumption Royals.
Read MoreAll good things must end and looking at the rosters from both the Elk Mound and Colfax girls’ basketball teams before the season started, by all accounts if any team was going to break the 55 game conference winning streak the Vikings began back in February of 2012, it was going to be the Mounders.
Read MoreThe Elk Mound girls’ basketball team played a pair of games against opponents from both ends of the spectrum when they competed in a Holiday tournament in Marathon Dec. 29-30. Facing off against the host team Marathon, the Mounders stayed close for most of the game against the Red Raiders who are ranked second in…
Read MoreAUBURNDALE — When your team connects for 14 shots from behind the three point line, it’s pretty safe to assume you will come up with a win. The Elk Mound boys did just that when they went on the road to beat Auburndale 63-49 Dec. 29. The game scheduled for the previous evening was cancelled…
Read MoreAs we head into 2016, I thought it would be nice to keep all the fans informed on some local college athletes they might want to keep track of this winter, along with some other items of interest. Although my list is getting shorter with several basketball players deciding not to continue playing at the…
Read MoreDURAND — The Elk Mound boys dropped a conference match up at Durand against the Panthers 61-45 Dec. 18 to head into the Christmas break with a 3-2 overall record and 2-1 in conference play.
Read MoreThe Elk Mound girls played a pair of conference games last week and came up with two lopsided wins, the first one 63-27 win at Mondovi Dec. 8, then three days later they defeated a pretty talented Durand team 66-45 on the road yet again.
Read MoreIt might be a good thing St. Croix Central moved out of the Dunn-St. Croix Conference or so the Elk Mound boys might think. After holding a lead through most of the game played Dec. 7 in Hammond, the Mounders let the lead slip away and lost 65-62. Three days later they hosted Mondovi and…
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