ELK MOUND – Taking over the varsity volleyball job from her mother Donna Weix, Samantha Weix will have to start fresh with a group of girls that have just two players with varsity experience this season. A total of 41 girls reported for practice allowing for a varsity team, two junior varsity teams and a…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Elk Mound senior-to-be Abbey Olsen had a chance to compete at the national level on the softball diamond in the Dominican Republic the last week of July as a member of the American International Sports Teams (AIST) U19 team.
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger ELK MOUND — Coming off a 1-8 record from a year ago, third year coach Dave Lew expects to end up with a much better record with his Elk Mound football team this season, basically because he has several returning letter winners including a lot of juniors and seniors back. Many of…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Tamara Huffman, a fastpitch softball player who just completed her freshman season with the Elk Mound Mounders, was one of just 15 girls from a six state region to be selected to play for the 14 and Under United States Select Softball Association Boombah All Americans Central Region team this summer. The…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Although it seems like the high school basketball season is a long ways away, the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAA) was busy back in June making some rule changes for the upcoming season. Rather than playing four quarters of eight minutes each, this year there will be two 18 minute halves for varsity…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger So, as I sit at my work desk, heading into my sixth year with The Messenger and gearing up for another sports season, (the calm before the storm as I refer to it), I have been looking back at the past year in sports for both of the schools I cover. (Remember,…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound school district has selected a new gym floor logo to replace the one that officials from the Milwaukee Bucks and the National Basketball Association believed was too close to the Bucks’ new logo. “We’d like to thank everyone who helped choose the floor design for…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger ELK MOUND — About a year ago, Elk Mound High School principal (and former athletic director as of June 30) Paul Weber was contemplating some new fund raising ideas for the school’s Booster Club. Knowing there have been some great athletes, teams and coaches throughout the many years the school has been…
Read MoreThree former athletes from Elk Mound High School, all sophomores, recently completed their spring sports season for their respective colleges.
Read MoreELK MOUND — Several athletes from Elk Mound finished off successful careers for the track and field team by competing in various meets this past season. Three girls including Elly Friberg, Rachel Caron and Moriah Mauer were kept busy running and jumping in several events while scoring plenty of team points for the Mounders.
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