At the beginning of this season, few if any had penciled in the Glenwood City baseball team as a WIAA regional finalist. But that is just what the Hilltoppers were last week. Following a home win over Thorp in the WIAA Division 4 regional opener May 25, Glenwood City advanced to semifinals last Tuesday, May…
Read MoreCAMERON — For the third consecutive track and field meet, the Glenwood City boys have struck silver. Highlighted by a trio of victories including yet another record-setting performance, the Hilltopper boys finished as the runner-up at 2023 WIAA Division 3 sectional meet held Thursday, May 25 at Cameron High School. The feat follows the squad’s…
Read MoreCOLFAX — After finishing as the runner-up a week earlier at the conference meet, the Glenwood City boys’ track and field team followed it with another second-place finish at the 2023 WIAA Division 3 regional meet at the Lee Bjurquist Sports Complex at Colfax High School Monday, May 22. With three individual championships, gold-medal performances…
Read MoreDANBURY, WI — Looking to make a second consecutive trip to the state meet, the Glenwood City boys’ golf team took the first step toward reaching that goal when it finished as the runner-up in last week’s regional tournament. The Hilltoppers shot a collective score of 376 to finish in second place at the WIAA…
Read MoreDURAND — Records fell when the Glenwood City boys’ and girls’ track and field teams competed in the Dunn-St. Croix conference meet at Bauer Built Sports Complex in Durand last Tuesday, May 16. Glenwood City athletes matched or broke four Bauer Built Complex marks and re-wrote a Dunn-St. Croix Conference meet record. Headlined by triple…
Read MoreGLENWOOD CITY — Home-field advantage did not prove to be much of an advantage at all for the Glenwood City softball team when it hosted Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Thursday, May 18 in a number eight (The Toppers) versus number nine (The Bulldogs) WIAA Division 4 regional quarterfinal match up. Chetek-Weyerhaeuser (5-14) scored an 8-2 victory to end…
Read MoreBOYCEVILLE — After Mother Nature postponed their early season match-up, Boyceville hosted Glenwood City in a softball doubleheader Monday, May 15. The day belonged to Boyceville as it swept the doubleheader, winning game one 12 to 2 and blanking the Hilltoppers 10 to zip in game two. The following day (Tuesday, May 16) saw both…
Read MoreCOLFAX — The Glenwood City boys’ golf team closed out the conference and regular season by placing third in the 2023 Dunn-St. Croix conference tournament held at Whitetail Golf Course last Monday, May 15. The Hilltoppers tallied a score of 371, 13 strokes better than their conference tournament finish a year ago, as four of…
Read MoreALMA CENTER — Just a day after a heartbreaking 9-8 extra innings loss to rival Boyceville, the Glenwood City baseball team loaded on the bus and made the lengthy trip to play at Alma Center Lincoln. The trek was well worth it as the Hilltoppers got well quickly as it feasted on ACL’s pitching, racking…
Read MoreGLENWOOD CITY — As legendary Yankee Yogi Berra famously stated, “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over, no matter how over it looks.” Well, it looked just about over when Glenwood City took an 8-1 lead into seventh inning of its Monday, May 15 home baseball game versus rival Boyceville. The Hilltoppers were on the verge…
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