After dropping a close contest on a Monday night at Fall Creek 41-36 to the Crickets, the Elk Mound girls’ basketball team bounced back with a win just 24 hours later 53-31 at Plum City for their second conference win of the season.

MONDOVI — They may have had only one game last week, but it was a mighty important one as the Elk Mound boys made a statement to the rest of the conference when they entered the Mondovi gym Dec. 12 at 5-0 (3-0 in conference play) to face the Buffaloes who were also 3-0 in…

Traveling to Eleva-Strum for a Monday night game Dec. 2, the Elk Mound girls’ basketball team came up a tad bit short as they dropped a 54-52 heartbreaker in overtime to the Cardinals. Playing against another Cardinal team, the Mounders had much better luck as they clipped the Spring Valley team 63-15 three days later.

The St. Croix Central Panthers may have wished their game at Elk Mound had been postponed like several others in the conference due to inclement weather Dec. 3, but it would have only delayed their misery as the Mounders sent them home with a 50-13 beat down. And three days later, Elk Mound ran their…

ELK MOUND — After falling behind early, the Elk Mound girls’ basketball team made it a close game for awhile before dropping the contest against the Mondovi Buffaloes 45-37 on the Mounder’s home court Nov. 26. It was the first game and conference opener for both teams.

Trailing by eight points at the end of the first quarter against a hot shooting Prescott team, the Elk Mound boys pulled themselves together and used a heavy dose of Dexter Curry to pull out a 50-47 win on their home court over the Cardinals Nov. 25.

Starting the 2013-14 season with a pair of road games, the Elk Mound boys’ basketball team crushed the Eleva-Strum Cardinals in non conference action 59-34 Nov. 19, then two days later began defense of their conference title with a 68-20 blitzing of the Elmwood Raiders.

ELK MOUND — Replacing your top two scorers, one who was also the leading rebounder and the other the leader in assists and steals from last year’s team are a major obstacle Elk Mound girls’ basketball coach Jordan Kongshaug will have to deal with this season.

ELK MOUND — After losing four players through graduation with a ton of varsity experience, Elk Mound head boy’s basketball coach Chris Hahn expects to be able to fill those holes this year with a combination of experienced players and some newcomers.