Winning a pair of Dunn-St. Croix Conference road basketball contests last week, the Elk Mound boys held on to a share of first place along with Durand-Arkansaw who they were also set to face this past week but saw that game postponed by yet another winter snow storm. The Mounders headed to Spring Valley last…
Read MoreELK MOUND — Hosting Fall Creek in a non-conference contest last Monday, January 9, the Elk Mound boys’ basketball squad fell a point short of victory as it lost 46-45. The Crickets (9-2), leaders in the Cloverbelt West Conference, held off a late charge by the Mounders (8-3) to take the one-point win. “Tonight was…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent ELK MOUND — It was “Bombs Away” for both the Elk Mound and Colfax basketball teams when the Vikings invaded the Mounder gym last Thursday night, January 12. The teams combined for 24 triples on the night but the 14 made by the Mounders made the big difference in the…
Read MoreThe winner of the Colfax Messenger’s 15th annual College Bowl Bash contest is Scott Ottinger of Colfax. Joe Doucette of Colfax placed second. Ottinger correctly picked 15 of the 22 bowl games. Doucette had 14 correct anwers. Scott Ottinger will receive $25 for first and Joe Doucette will be awarded $15 for second. The Colfax…
Read MoreThe Elk Mound girls have demonstrated a potent offensive attack this season, particularly in the first half of contests as they aptly showed in home and away conference basketball victories last week. The Lady Mounders caged the Cardinals of Spring Valley 65-21 in a Tuesday, January 10 home-court contest and then went on the road…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent ELK MOUND — When the Colfax girls entered the Elk Mound gym last Thursday night, January 5, both basketball teams were the only two undefeated teams in the Dunn-St. Croix Conference. The Vikings were 4-0 in conference play and 8-1 overall, while the Mounders had yet to lose a game…
Read MoreBOYCEVILLE — In what turned out to be its only game of the week and first of the new year, the Elk Mound boys’ basketball team had to overcome some early foul trouble which it eventually did to earn a 60 to 36 win in Boyceville last Friday night, January 6. The contest was part…
Read MoreBOYCEVILLE — The Mounder girls had little time to savor their biggest win in several seasons. Less than 24 hours after knocking off rival and perennial thorn, Colfax, in convincing fashion at home Thursday night for the first time in more than five years, the Elk Mound girls’ basketball team was back on the hardwood,…
Read MoreOSSEO — Playing a non-conference road contest between the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, the Elk Mound girls’ basketball squad finished off the 2022 portion of its schedule with a double-digits win over host Osseo-Fairchild last Wednesday evening. The Lady Mounders parlayed a strong start in to a commanding 33-16 halftime advantage and went on…
Read MoreWEST SALEM — Playing in the West Salem Classic between the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, its first action in nearly three weeks, the Elk Mound boys’ basketball squad finished with mixed results in the two-day tournament that took place last Wednesday and Thursday, December 28 and 29 at West Salem High School. The Mounders…
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