By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — The Mounders had the luck to play both games of their final week of the regular season at home. Sadly, though, the Elk Mound ladies were not up to their usual shooting skills in the February 12 home contest versus Amery, and fell to the Warriors 47-31. They…

By Cara L. Dempski Elk Mound boys’ basketball coach Mike Kessler has, thus far, been impressed with the contributions from his bench this season. He named Nathaniel Schreiber, Jake Mentzel and Brandon Redwine as helpful factors at Spring Valley despite the Mounders’ sound defeat by the Cardinals February 13. Rob Bosshart’s flock buzzed past the…

By Cara L. Dempski The Mounder ladies took to the road in their second-to-last week of the regular season as they prepared to round out conference play this week. Coach Jordan Kongshaug took the Elk Mound girls to Plum City for a contest against the Elmwood/Plum City Wolves last Tuesday, February 6, and the Mounders…

By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — The Mounder boys seem to have a thing for overtime lately. Coach Mike Kessler and his squad started last week with the second of three games in a row at home after copping a win over the Colfax boys just days before. The Mounders welcomed Chetek-Weyerhaeuser to their…

By Cara L. Dempski GILMAN — Both Elk Mound archery teams met with success again at Gilman two weeks ago. The Mounders traveled to the tournament February 3, and the middle school team came away with a second-place trophy after accruing 3,062 points, while the high school team also finished second after scoring 3,180.

By Cara L. Dempski SPRING VALLEY — Everyone knows a crushing blow can sometimes be cured – or at least softened – by a big confidence booster. So, the Mounders were pleased to add a W to their win-loss column last Thursday at Spring Valley a little less than a week after falling to the…

By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — One team may have been looking for a little payback, while the other was hoping to get their feet back under them. In the end, both teams seem to have gotten what they wanted on February 2 at Elk Mound. The Mounders may have felt good about getting…

By Cara L. Dempski BOYCEVILLE — Elk Mound head coach Mike Kessler was not quite sure what to make of the Boyceville boys during the Mounders’ road trip last week. Not only were the Bulldogs playing hard at home, but they threw some new things at the Elk Mound kids January 30.

By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — The Mounder archery teams held their first ever tournament in style. Which is to say the two teams finished well. The tournament seemed to run smoothly, with a little help from organizers Renee Simpson, Wendy Erdman and Vince Hall.

By Cara L. Dempski BOYCEVILLE — According to head coach Jordan Kongshaug, Elk Mound’s second contest against Boyceville for the 2017-2018 season was not the offensive effort he was looking for. So, it is a good thing the Mounders’ defense showed up for the game as well.