By Amber Hayden GALESVILLE — The Elk Mound girls’ basketball team’s upset bid for a regional championship came up just short. Trailing by only four point at the intermission of their WIAA Division 3 regional title game played last Monday evening, February 25 in Galesville, the unranked and fifth-seeded Lady Mounders matched the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (G-E-T)…
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By Amber Hayden ELK MOUND — Elk Mound played host to the last meet of the season for Region one of the Wisconsin High School Powerlifting Association on Saturday, February 9, that includes fifteen schools in the region. Josie Jacobson of Elk Mound finished third in the 148-pound weight class behind Abigail Johnson of New…
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By Amber Hayden It was a productive week for the Elk Mound girls’ basketball squad. The girls pushed past a pair of Coulee Conference teams, the Viroqua Blackhawks on Tuesday evening, February 19, and the Westby Norsemen on Friday, February 22, in the opening two games of the WIAA Division 3 tournament. The Blackhawks were…
Read MoreBy Amber Hayden It has been a rough end-of-the-season run for the Elk Mound boys’ basketball team as it closed out the 2018-19 regular season losing five of their last seven games including a 1-2 finish in the final week of regulation play against conference foes Mondovi and Durand and non-conference combatant, the Bloomer Blackhawks.…
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By Amber Hayden ELK MOUND — It’s called senior leadership for a reason. Colfax senior Ben Thompson scored a game high 29 points including 20 in the first half alone to help the Vikings build a slim four-point advantage over the rival Mounders in the first 18 minutes of play last Monday’s Dunn-St. Croix boys’…
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By Amber Hayden The final week of the regular season was a busy one for the Elk Mound girls’ basketball squad as it took on three conference opponents –the Glenwood City Hilltoppers, the Durand Panthers and the Elmwood/Plum City Wolves – in a five-day span. In the first game of the week, a rescheduled match…
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By Amber Hayden Thanks to postponements caused by winter storms and cold, the Mounder men’s basketball team had another busy week, playing in-league games against Colfax, Glenwood City and Mondovi. After a home loss to rival Colfax in a Monday make-up, Elk Mound again found itself on the short end of the score in Glenwood…
Read MoreBy Amber Hayden MONDOVI — The Lady Mounders traveled to Mondovi last Friday evening, February 8, and suffered a tough 60-54 loss to the Buffaloes as foul trouble hurt Elk Mound. In its previous meeting against Mondovi back on January 8, Elk Mound enjoyed a 33-point victory. “We battled some bad foul trouble,” explained Mounders…
Read MoreBy Amber Hayden ELK MOUND — Winter weather continued to wreak havoc with this season’s basketball schedules leaving the Elk Mound boys’ team with just a single game last week – a tough home match-up against second-place Spring Valley last Friday. The Mounders were looking to extend the Cardinals losing skid to three games. Spring…
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By Amber Hayden ELK MOUND — As snow fell and sub-zero temperatures set in last Monday evening, January 28, Elk Mound’s coaches along with those from Eau Claire Regis opted to postpone their scheduled non-conference girls’ basketball game until Friday, February 1. After four days of rest due to the cancellation of school, the Lady…
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