ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound girls’ basketball juggernaut continues to roll. The Lady Mounders remained unbeaten this season as they added to more wins to their ever-growing tally last week. In a pair of home games, Elk Mound nearly doubled up the Osseo-Fairchild Thunder 69-35 in a non-conference game played Monday, January 15 and…
Read MoreThe Chippewa Falls McDonell Catholic/Elk Mound wrestling cooperative had an extremely busy schedule last week as it competed in four events in a five-day span. McDonell/Elk Mound was in Spooner Tuesday, January 16 for a triangular, wrestled in Osseo on Thursday, at a quad meet in Durand on Friday and finished with the Shell Lake…
Read MoreELK MOUND — In what turned out to be its only contest of the week, the Elk Mound girls’ basketball team remained unbeaten as it pummeled the winless Wolves from Elmwood-Plum City 78-20 at home Tuesday, January 9. The victory maintained the Mounders one-game lead over Durand-Arkansaw in the Dunn-St. Croix as they improved to…
Read MoreCADOTT — The Chippewa Falls McDonell/Elk Mound wrestling cooperative competed last Thursday, January 11 in a Cloverbelt dual quad meet in Cadott. Unfortunately, the scores of McDonell/Elk Mound’s three duals were not reported to the Colfax Messenger or posted online. The Messenger will attempt to have the scores in next week’s edition. The previous Saturday,…
Read MoreWhile the Elk Mound boys’ basketball team bookended last week’s three-game set with a pair of impressive non-conference wins, it was a loss to Dunn-St. Croix co-leader Spring Valley that put a damper on those other two victories. The Mounders began last week in Fall Creek where they squashed the Crickets 58-44 in the Monday,…
Read MoreSenior Kaden Russo is the Elk Mound boys’ new all-time leading scorer! Russo eclipsed the 37-year old record of 1,139 points established by Craig Plaszcz in 1987 after pumping in 15 points to help lead the Mounders to a 65-58 home win over Altoona Tuesday, January 2. With his tally from the Altoona contest coupled…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — After playing a non-conference game, both the Colfax and Elk Mound boys’ basketball teams returned to Dunn-St. Croix Conference play when they faced each other in the Colfax gym January 5. It was a tight battle throughout the first half and most of the second half, but in…
Read MoreThe Chippewa Falls McDonell/Elk Mound wrestling cooperative opened Cloverbelt Conference competition with a 4-team, round-robin dual meet at Stanley-Boyd High School Thursday, January 4. McDonell/Elk Mound faced off against fellow conference squads from Bloomer/Colfax, Neillsville/Greenwood/Loyal and Stanley-Boyd. McDonell/Elk Mound opened the conference quad against Bloomer/Colfax. Unfortunately, no score was reported prior to Monday’s printing deadline.…
Read MoreThe Elk Mound girls opened 2024 with a pair of decisive basketball victories. The Mounders began the new year on the road last Tuesday going to Bloomer where they beat the Blackhawks by more than double, 67-32 in a non-conference contest. Two days later, Elk Mound returned to its home court to host Spring Valley…
Read MoreThe Raptor wrestling team completed its pre-holiday schedule by hosting a five-team, dual tournament at Bloomer High School Friday, December 22. Host Bloomer/Colfax finished third in the tournament with a 2-2 record. Following the Christmas break, the Raptors were back in action at the annual Northern Badger Wrestling Classic which was held Thursday and Friday,…
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