By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — It was not an easy win, and at one point, head coach Mike Kessler was not even sure it was going to be a win, but Elk Mound finished strong. The Mounders came back from a 10-point deficit with seven minutes left in the game to nip the…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — It always seems to be a more exciting game when two rival schools play each other. Just ask anyone from Colfax and Elk Mound. The latest installment of the decades-long rivalry between the Mounders and Vikings played out on the basketball court at Elk Mound High School January…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski STEVENS POINT — Elk Mound senior basketball players Dane Lew and Chandler Schreiber were honored with two different awards after the Sentry Holiday Classic tournament held at UW – Stevens Point the week of December 26.
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski MARATHON — The Elk Mound girls’ basketball team had only one loss on its 2016-17 record when it traveled to Marathon last week to participate in the Marathon Holiday Invitational. That changed when the host Red Raiders handed the Mounders their second setback of the season, 41-38, on December 28.
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski STEVENS POINT — The Elk Mound boys basketball team had a break of nearly two weeks. A lengthy respite that new Mounders’ head coach, Mike Kessler, hoped it would help the team recharge and refocus for the rest of the season. The Mounders traveled to the UW – Stevens Point’s Quandt…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — Members of the Elk Mound High School “E Club,” comprised of students who have earned a varsity letter, learned a valuable lesson about giving back the week before Christmas. Club members went to a local Walmart, along with advisor David Lew, on December 20 to make good use…
Read MoreThe winter storm that blanketed the area with several inches last Friday and Saturday, December 16 and 17, and left subzero temperatures in its wake, caused the postponement or cancellation of several high school and middle school extra-curriculars and sporting contests. Most of the basketball games and wrestling matches that had been slated for Dunn-St.…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski BOYCEVILLE — The Elk Mound girls’ basketball team hit the road for a key conference match-up in Boyceville just five days after losing their first game and first Dunn-St. Croix contest to Durand.
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski BOYCEVILLE — The Mounder boys were probably still riding the high from their 52-23 rout of Durand the week before when they went to Boyceville last Thursday. The Elk Mound squad walked into the home of the Bulldogs on December 15 and controlled every aspect of the conference match-up on its…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski Cats, even large ones, are known for sneaking silently up on their prey, waiting patiently, and then springing to the attack when their target least suspects it. In short, if you give a cat an opening, it will run all over you, which is a lesson Elk Mound’s girls basketball team…
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