By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — Elk Mound’s head football coach, Dave Lew, runs a tight ship at practice. When he asks for something, players comply immediately. Time is a precious commodity in the preseason, and perhaps even more so with a Mounders’ team looking to recoup the loss of a talented crop of…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski EAU CLAIRE — Summertime baseball leagues are a rite of passage for many young American athletes. The sport known as America’s pastime offers a chance to hone skills and learn lessons in teamwork that are useful in the future, but for some young baseball lovers, there are significant challenges to keep…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski WISCONSIN DELLS — For most high school students, their senior year is one full of goodbyes. Music students play or sing in their final concerts, actors and actresses perform in their last plays, and athletes finish their final games or meets with their teams. Unless, of course, the students are like…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski STEVENS POINT — Basketball players in the Class of 2020 and after will see a new challenge starting with the 2019-2020 season. Members of the class of 2020 will be the first graduating class subjected to a shot clock after the WIAA Board of Control decided June 22 to implement a…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski EAU CLAIRE — Elk Mound’s Cole Tyman could not join the Eau Claire Cavaliers baseball team until a couple weeks ago, but he already seems to be fitting in well. The Cavaliers’ manager, Matt Miller, said Tyman is quiet and mostly keeps to himself, but seems to get fired up for…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — A pair of Elk Mound athletes were named Dunn-St. Croix Players of the Year for a second time in the 2016-2017 academic year for their respective sports. What is even more impressive is both athletes are just juniors. Softball player Allison Lindquist and baseball player Ethan Kjellberg earned…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski WABASHA, MN — A group of six Elk Mound fishermen traveled to Minnesota earlier this month in the hopes of reeling in a few big fish. Several members of Elk Mound’s ice fishing team decided to keep competing this spring, and attended the Wisconsin High School Bass Fishing open at LaCrosse…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski CUMBERLAND — Mounder head coach Paul Andrea knew his team’s sectional semifinal appearance against Durand could go either way. “I thought both of our games this year could have gone either way with them in the conference,” Andrea said. The teams split their two regular season meetings this season and shared…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — One Elk Mound softball player is taking advantage of a unique opportunity to play abroad this summer. Allison Lindquist, age 17, will participate in an American International Sports Teams softball squad July 20-26 in the Dominican Republic. Her love of the game prompted her to attend an AIST…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski LA CROSSE — Each of the Elk Mound and Colfax track and field athletes who attended last weekend’s WIAA State Championships at UW-LaCrosse knew what it took to get there. The competitors’ hard work to get through conference, regional and sectional meets can have a pretty big payoff for students hoping…
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