By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — Coach Jordan Kongshaug and his team of Mounder girls came off a nice holiday break win at Arcadia with plenty of momentum. It showed in the team’s first trip onto the home hardwood January 2, when Elk Mound faced Altoona’s Railroaders in a non-conference contest. The Mounders slapped…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski The holiday break and last week brought a pair of road trips for the Elk Mound boys as coach Mike Kessler worked to ease them into the second part of the season. The Mounders broke the monotony of the holiday break with a December 29 trip to face Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau and suffered…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski ARCADIA — The Elk Mound girls gave coach Jordan Kongshaug a nice Christmas gift, even if it was a few days late. Kongshaug and his ladies in orange and black took a trip to Arcadia December 28 to take on the Division 3 Raiders in a holiday week showdown, and returned…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski SOMERSET — The way Elk Mound girls’ basketball coach Jordan Kongshaug’s emailed comments read the morning after a non-conference game in Somerset, it sounded like the ladies lost. But it quickly became obvious that was not the case upon reading the score books for the Mounders December 21 road trip, since…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski HAMMOND — It might not have been a big win to propel the Mounders into their holiday break with some momentum, but that does not mean coach Mike Kessler is displeased with his team. “St. Croix Central hit some shots early to get out to a lead,” he said the morning…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski COLFAX — It was a win two seasons in the making. Literally. The last time a Colfax boys’ basketball team beat Elk Mound was during the 2014-2015 season, just after the Mounders lost a significant number of the players that took the team to the state semifinals in March of 2014.…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — Rhythm can be found almost anywhere you look in life. Spoken words have a pattern, music has a beat that is hard to miss, the footsteps can tap out a cadence as people walk or run. Sports, too, have a tempo, as Jordan Kongshaug and his Mounder girls’…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski COLFAX — In the end, the game might have been closer if the Colfax girls had just made a few more shots. Coach Joe Doucette’s Lady Vikings put up plenty of shots, but they seemed to have either too much or not enough energy, leading to a lot of missed scoring…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — When Elk Mound took on Bloomer at this year’s Northwest Tipoff Classic there were a few faces from the Boyceville roster spotted in the crowd. It is a common practice for coaches and teams to scope out upcoming opponents to learn the best approach to the team. The…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound girls’ basketball team stepped onto its home hardwood for a pair of conference matchups last week. The Lady Mounders faced Durand at home last Tuesday, December 5, and struggled through the first half before finding a spark in the second. Still, it was not enough,…
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