By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — A group of eight Elk Mound high school students decided they liked competitive ice fishing so much this past winter, they wanted to keep competing. Cole Steinhorst, Gaelen Young, James Javanovich, Blaze Todd, Ben Lambele, Chris Lee, Blake Rosenthal and Chase Rhude traveled to LaCrosse May 6 for…

By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — Last week was an interesting one to be an Elk Mound baseball fan. The Mounder sluggers were not scheduled for a regional match-up until hosting a home game May 30 after receiving a first-round regional bye as the second seed. The Spring Valley Cardinals, champions of the small…

By Cara L. Dempski MEDFORD — The Elk Mound track and field teams will be sending five athletes – four boys and one girl – to the WIAA State Track and Field Championships  to be held this Friday and Saturday at UW-LaCrosse’s Memorial Stadium. The boys’ 400m and 800m relay teams placed third in both…

By Cara L. Dempski STANLEY — The tournament season in any sport at any level is no stranger to controversy. In the case of Elk Mound’s May 22 WIAA Diviaion 2 regional track appearance at Stanley-Boyd, it was an uncalled interference during the boys’ 4×400 m relay race that set tongues wagging. Head coach Jeremiah…

By Cara L. Dempski According to the late, great Yankees baseball player Yogi Berra, “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.” How very true, Mr. Berra. Especially with a softball team like the 2017 Mounders, who can go down, but should never be counted out. At least, not until they are well and truly out.

By Cara L. Dempski NEKOOSA — It may not have been the finish Elk Mound golf coach Brandon Powell was hoping for, but the Mounders still gave their all at the 2017 Division 2 Regional meet in Nekoosa. The Elk Mound squad of Jameson Rubenzer, Maxwell Marquardt, Colton Ward, Nathaniel Schreiber and Dillon McLaughlin earned…

By Cara L. Dempski The Elk Mound baseball team has not won a Dunn-St. Croix conference championship since this year’s group of seniors were in the eighth grade. Head coach Paul Andrea verbalized his hopes for a share of the title prior to the team’s May 18 non-conference contest against Menomonie, but seemed to downplay…