ELK MOUND — Without starter Stella Rhude, who was injured against Spring Valley January 14, Elk Mound was able to remain unbeaten in the Dunn-St. Croix girls’ basketball race with a pair of lopsided conference victories on its home court to set up a key first-place showdown against rival and conference co-leader Colfax last Saturday.…
Read MoreELK MOUND — Three Mounders scored in double digits and eight in all put their names in the score book to boost the Elk Mound boys’ basketball team to a 67-33 home-court win over the Bulldogs of Boyceville last Thursday, January 13. It was the Mounder boys’ lone contest of the week and saw them…
Read MoreELK MOUND — After last Tuesday’s much anticipated showdown against Colfax was postponed until this Saturday, January 22 due to COVID issues on the Vikings’ squad, the Elk Mound girls’ basketball team was left with just a single contest last week. In that January 14 conference game, the Lady Mounders and freshman Ellie Schiszik dominated…
Read MoreThe Elk Mound boys’ basketball team started the new year off with a bang when it traveled to Chetek Monday, January 3 and delivered an 84-52 knockout to the Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Bulldogs. Unfortunately, any winning momentum from that win did not seem to carry over into the Mounders other two games last week – a road…
Read MoreThe Elk Mound girls’ basketball team opened 2022 by splitting a pair of out-of-league contests against Middle Border Conference teams before stepping back into Dunn-St. Croix play in a big way. After having its eight-game winning streak snapped in a home loss to Osseo-Fairchild over the holidays, the Lady Mounders were looking to get back…
Read MoreThe Elk Mound boys four-game winning streak was snapped when they lost a pair of close non-conference basketball games to the Cloverbelt West leaders in between the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The Mounders found themselves trailing by ten points, 14 to 24, when they hosted Stanley-Boyd (6-5) Tuesday, December 28. Despite a furious rally…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound girls played a non-conference game over the holiday break when they hosted the Osseo-Fairchild Thunder December 28. A second game scheduled against Bloomer two days later was canceled due to Covid issues with Bloomer. The Thunder were ranked number 5 in Division 4 this…
Read MoreDespite being a bit shorthanded, the Elk Mound boys’ basketball squad was able to pull out a pair of road wins last week to extend its win streak to four games. Playing without two of its starters in Bloomer last Tuesday, December 14, the Mounder boys were able to take a ten-point lead at halftime…
Read MoreMONDOVI — Another strong start propelled the Elk Mound girls’ basketball team to a 57-44 win in Mondovi last Tuesday to remain unbeaten as it enters the holiday break. The Lady Mounders jumped to a 33-16 lead over the host Buffaloes in the December 14 Dunn-St. Croix contest. Although Mondovi scored four more points in…
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After a pair of convincing non-conference wins to open its season, Elk Mound’s boys basketball team was looking to continue its dominant display of hardwood play when it traveled to Plum City last Tuesday, December 7 for the Dunn-St. Croix Conference opener against the Wolves of Elmwood/Plum City. A somewhat frigid night of shooting in…
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