By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — The winners of this year’s boys’ and girls’ Dunn-St. Croix basketball player of the year awards have both played since they were in second grade. They are both honors students planning to pursue degrees in medicine, and both will be attending universities in Minnesota. They are also both…
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By Cara L. Dempski There are not many schools in Wisconsin who are able to brag they sent half their teams to state as individuals in a sport, but that is not true for Colfax or Elk Mound. The Vikings sent eight powerlifters, and Elk Mound sent 32, to the Wisconsin High School Powerlifting State…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski The Elk Mound and Colfax boys’ and girls’ basketball teams evenly split a dozen spots on the 2016 – 2017 Dunn-St. Croix all-conference teams. Elk Mound’s Dane Lew and Ben Lambele were named to the first team all-conference. Lew finished his high school career with an average of 14.9 points per…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski It took 13 years, but there is finally another girls’ regional basketball championship plaque in the Elk Mound trophy cases. The Mounders, who had a first-round bye in regional play, were forced to wait an extra day to meet the Arcadia Raiders, whom they beat on February 25 in the semifinals.
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — The question on everyone’s mind here last Friday night was “did he travel? Or, was he fouled?” The “he” in question was Elk Mound senior Noah Zurbuchen, who had just dropped in a bucket that would have been good for two with just 3.6 seconds left in the…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski APPLETON — The Elk Mound fifth-grade girls’ basketball team had an opportunity not previously offered to them when they played in the 2017 Wisconsin State Invitational Championship Tournament. The Mounders traveled to Appleton the weekend of February 18 and 19 to take on multiple teams in their first appearance at the…
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By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — The officials nearly stole the show when Elk Mound hosted Arcadia in a WIAA Division 3 girls’ regional semifinal basketball game last Saturday evening. Fans on both sides of the court had a hard time with many of the calls made during the Mounders’ and Raiders’ February 25…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — Elk Mound’s boys’ basketball team had a rare opportunity to face their first regional opponent in a non-conference game to kick off the final week of its regular season. It did not go well. The Mounders hosted the Altoona Railroaders last Monday, February 20 in what was a…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski BIRCHWOOD — As winter weekends go, it was not exactly a cold one, but no one from the Elk Mound or Colfax Ice Fishing teams seemed to mind. The two teams took part in the 2017 Wisconsin Interscholastic Fishing Association tournament in Birchwood, Wisconsin, the weekend of February 17 and 18.…
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