MENOMONIE — With snow still blanketing outdoor facilities, the Elk Mound boys’ and girls’ track and field teams got their 2023 season underway last week when they competed in a pair of large indoor meets both hosted by UW-Stout at the Sports and Fitness Center. Opening their respective track and field campaigns at the Blue…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent ELK MOUND — If the Elk Mound softball team wants to repeat as Dunn-St. Croix champions, they will have to do it with a lot of younger players this season. Gone from the team via graduation are first-team all conference players McKenna Diermeier (the Dunn-St. Croix Conference Player of the…
Read More2022-23 DSC BOYS BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS FIRST TEAM Jack Scharlau COL 12 Ethan Hurlburt D/A 11 Zack Nelson D/A 12 Sam Wenzel EM 11 Jarod Falkner MON 12 Cade Stasiek SV 10 SECOND TEAM Elijah Entzminger COL 11 Drae Bauer D/A 12 Kaden Russo EM 11 Ryan Bartig EM 12 Lucas Glaus E/PC 10 Max Marten…
Read MoreARCADIA — With about 12 and a half minutes remaining in the second half of last Thursday’s WIAA Division 3 girls’ basketball sectional semifinal played in the Wanek Arena at Arcadia High School, junior Lydia Levra canned a three pointer to give Elk Mound its largest lead of the game, a 27 to 20 advantage…
Read MoreELK MOUND — It was a tale of two very different games when the Elk Mound boys’ basketball team hosted a pair of back-to-back regional contests last Friday and Saturday, March 3 and 4. After receiving a bye in the opening round as the half-sectional’s second seed, Elk Mound welcomed the Mauston Golden Eagles for…
Read MoreThe Elk Mound boys’ basketball team had plenty to celebrate last week when it closed out the 2022-23 regular campaign with a pair of Dunn-St. Croix wins. With an impeding snow storm bearing down on states throughout the northern half of the US including Wisconsin, Thursday’s scheduled home contest with Elmwood-Plum City was moved up…
Read MoreELK MOUND — After sweeping its Dunn-St. Croix conference competition this season to claim its first conference championship since back-to-back titles in 2016 and 2017, the Elk Mound girls’ basketball squad added more hardware to its collection this past week. Following a first-round regional bye as the number one seed, the Lady Mounders scored a…
Read MoreELK MOUND — The Lady Mounders completed a near perfect regular season last week with a pair home victories. Knotted at halftime, the Elk Mound girls were able to pull out a close 44-41 non-conference basketball win over the Bloomer Blackhawks Monday evening, February 13. Three days later, the Mounder gals dominated the Elmwood-Plum City…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — For the second time in a little over a month, the Elk Mound boys’ hoopsters defeated Dunn-St. Conference rival, Colfax in the game played in Colfax, February 12. Although the Vikings outscored the Mounders in the second half by 10 points, it was the first half that set…
Read MoreThe Elk Mound boys earned a number two seed and first-round bye in the upcoming WIAA boys’ state basketball tournament series which gets underway next Tuesday, February 28 with regional quarterfinal matches. Meanwhile, Colfax was awarded a home game to open the tournament. The Mounders boys, who are currently 17-5 and lead the Dunn-St. Croix…
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