Mother Nature finally cooperated allowing the Colfax and Elk Mound golf teams to play their first matches of the season this past week. The Vikings and Mounders kicked off the 2019 conference and season lat Tuesday, April 23 with a six-team Dunn- St. Croix match at Rolling Hills Golf Course in Durand. Elk Mound placed…
Read MoreBy Amber Hayden The Elk Mound baseball team has tried to string together a few wins this season with little success. After blanking Pepin/Alma 7-0 at home last Tuesday, April 23, the Mounders dropped both games in last Friday’s double header in Spring Valley, losing to the Cardinals 2-10 in the first game and 4-10…
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By Amber Hayden It was a busy but successful week for the Elk Mound softball team as it took on three teams in a matter of five days and swept their way to a clean 4-0 mark. The Mounders book-ended the five-day foray with lopsided victories over Spring Valley, taking a rain-soaked 21-6 win at…
Read MoreBy Amber Hayden It was an exciting week for the Mounder ladies as they were finally able to play a pair of Dunn-St. Croix softball games. Even better, Elk Mound came up the winner against both a tough Glenwood City squad and the Mondovi Buffaloes. Elk Mound junior pitching ace Clare Hallum gave up seven…
Read MoreBy Amber Hayden STRUM — After a seven day break, the Elk Mound track and field teams returned to Eleva-Strum on Tuesday, April 16, for the second time in a week. The Mounder men finished fourth with 80.5 points behind winner Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau, who tallied 176.5, and runner-up Augusta with 88 points. The Lady Mounders finished…
Read MoreBy Amber Hayden MONDOVI — Despite a five-run, sixth inning rally, Elk Mound fell a run short when they traveled to Mondovi to take on the Buffaloes in a Dunn-St. Croix baseball contest last Thursday, April 18. Mondovi, who scored three runs in the bottom of the second and fourth innings, took a 6 to…
Read MoreBy Amber Hayden ELEVA-STRUM — The Elk Mound boys’ track and field team had a stunning performance finishing first at the Eleva-Strum Early Bird Invite last Tuesday evening, April 9. The Lady Mounders came in seventh. Senior Rian Flynn had quite a bit to do with the boys finishing ten points ahead of second-place Cadott.…
Read MoreBy Amber Hayden DURAND — The Elk Mound baseball team started its conference slate with a big victory. The Mounders traveled to Durand April 9, to get in a game before the snow began on Wednesday afternoon canceling the rest of the week’s scheduled action. Despite three errors, Elk Mound’s offense and the pitching of…
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By Amber Hayden ALEXANDRIA, LA — After a great showing at state, seven of Elk Mound’s powerlifters made their way to Alexandria, Louisiana for the 2019 USA Powerlifting High School National Championships on March 28-31. The first day of competition was devoted to the junior varsity members of the lifting team, which saw Elk Mound’s…
Read MoreBy Amber Hayden Even with the fields far from perfect, the Elk Mound girls’ softball opened its 2019 season last week with non-conference road games against the Fall Creek Crickets and the Bloomer Blackhawks. The Mounders kicked off their 2019 softball campaign with a dominating 12-2 win over the Crickets in Fall Creek last Tuesday,…
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