ELK MOUND — Durand is unbeaten no more! Thanks to its stingy defense and a balanced offensive attack, Elk Mound upset and upended that once unbeaten Panthers of Durand 29-8 in a crucial Cloverbelt football contest played on the Mounders’ home field last Friday, October 30. The Mounders’ scary good defensive unit treated Durand to…
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After being eliminated from the WIAA tournament the previous week, the Elk Mound volleyball squad wrapped up the 2020 season, which will long be remembered as the year of the coronavirus pandemic, this past week by sweeping home and away matches against Dunn-St. Croix foe, the Bulldogs of Boyceville. Conference teams were allowed to finish…
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COLBY — Elk Mound’s Ian Hazen posted an impressive finish in his first-ever state cross country meet. The Mounder sophomore, who has led the boys’ team all season and was the school’s lone state representative, finished in 23rd place at the WIAA Division 2 State Cross Country Championships held last Saturday, October 31 at Colby…
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ALTOONA — Unfortunately, the post season for the Elk Mound girls’ volleyball squad lasted just one match. The Lady Mounders suffered a heartbreaking five-set loss to Altoona in the opening (quarterfinal) round of the WIAA Division 2 regional tournament held this past Tuesday, October 20. Elk Mound entered the playoffs as the number five seed…
Read More BARRON — And then there was one! Ian Hazen, Elk Mound’s lone sectional competitor, made the most of his opportunity in freezing temperatures at the WIAA Division 2 cross country sectional in Barron this past Saturday, October 24. The sophomore extended his season, and that of the Mounders, one more week as he qualified for…
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By Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent ELK MOUND — Coming into their game on October 23 against Neillsville/Granton, the Elk Mound Mounders were riding a two-game losing streak and only scored a combined 13 points in those two games, while giving up a combined 44 points. On this Friday night, they would flip the script on…
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DURAND — Colfax sophomore Molly Heidorn joined an elite group of Viking athletes last Thursday afternoon, October 15 when she captured her second consecutive Dunn-St. Croix girls’ individual cross country championship during a chilly run on the Rolling Green Golf Course in Durand. Heidorn claimed the 2020 conference title with a run of 20:12.25 on…
Read MoreBy Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent The Elk Mound girls volleyball team will head into regional play on a high note after beating the Durand Panthers in three sets twice last week. They started the week at Durand last Tuesday, October 13, winning in straight sets then returned home on Thursday and won 25-23, 25-10 and…
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By Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent STANLEY – Coming into the game on October 16th, Elk Mound had already faced some of the top contenders in the Cloverbelt. With losses to Mondovi and conference frontrunner Regis, things would not get any easier as the Mounders traveled to face a one-loss Stanley-Boyd squad. The Orioles came into…
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by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent The Elk Mound volleyball team played a home-and-away match against a much-improved Glenwood City team last week, resulting in wins for both teams on their respective home courts. The Mounders, with just one conference loss, won in straight sets Tuesday, October 6 but the Hilltoppers bounced back to take an…
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