ELK MOUND — “It’s just the greatest feeling in the world, like having your first child,” was how Elk Mound coach Dave Lew responded when asked how it felt to win his first game as the head football coach of the Mounders. His team not only won, but won in a rather convincing way as…
Read MoreBy Marlys Kruger Coming off another playoff season, the Mounders opened the 2005 season by picking up over 400 total yards (245 in the air by quarterback Brandon O’Connell), but lost the game 47-41 to Wisconsin Heights. They went to 0-2 after a 33-0 shellacking by Owen-Withee but getting into conference play put them on…
Read MoreDespite the high heat and humidity that hit the area this past week, members of the Elk Mound boys’ and girls’ cross country teams hit the road and the Red Cedar Trail to prepare for the upcoming season. Coach Jeremiah Fredrickson, starting his fourth season leading the Mounders, will have to replace plenty of boys…
Read MoreIt appears Elk Mound head coach Dave Lew will have to wait to claim his first victory as head coach for the Mounders as his team suffered a 34-0 loss at the hands of the Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Bulldogs on the road Aug. 23.
Read MoreELK MOUND — After losing a ton of talent from last year’s Dunn-St. Croix Conference championship team, including several multi year All Conference players, the Elk Mound volleyball team hopes they can fill these spots and finish at the top of the conference in 2013. After finishing 9-0 in conference play with their only loss…
Read MoreBy Marlys Kruger (Timing is everything which is a sports cliché that pertains to this write-up. A four part story will become five parts due to time and space with the upcoming sports season beginning). After taking his football team to the Level 4 playoff game in 1999, coach Dan Pedersen and his Mounder team…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger, Messenger Sports After ending the 1989 season as the Division 5 state runner up, Dan Pedersen and his Elk Mound football team had high hopes of continuing their success as they started a new decade. As it turned out, they had plenty of it as they steam rolled through the conference in…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger, Messenger Sports As mentioned in the first part of this series, when Dave Lew took over as head coach for the Elk Mound football team this year, he became just the fourth coach in team history since the program started in 1965. To put things in perspective, since 1965, Colfax has had…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger, Messenger Sports With the departure of Dan Pederson from coaching Elk Mound football after 39 years, Dave Lew, an assistant under Pederson for many years will take over the reins this August. Lew will become just the fourth coach in Mounder history since the program started in 1965. Len Gilbert was the…
Read MoreBy Marlys Kruger It seems like this column seems to get written a lot less often than in the first four years I worked for The Messenger. As I begin my fifth year, I am still wrapping up spring sports as several of our local baseball and softball players are still earning awards while college…
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