MONDOVI — The Buffaloes may have won the battle but the Hilltoppers won the war when the two teams met on the wrestling mat at Mondovi High School last Thursday evening. While Mondovi claimed victories in four of the five contested matches including three via pin falls, Glenwood City was awarded five forfeits and got…
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The Glenwood City wrestling team stepped into the new year on the right foot. Competing three times in a five-day span, the Hilltoppers won a pair of dual meets including their Dunn-St. Croix conference opener at home and wrapped the successful week with a fifth-place showing in the competitive Cadott Invitational. Glenwood City’s week and…
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By Missy Klatt Sports Correspondent The Hilltopper boys’ basketball team has yet to win a game this season. This past week, Glenwood City dropped two more games as it lost a pair of conference road match ups. First, to the Colfax Vikings on Tuesday, January 7 and then to the Mounders of Elk Mound on…
Read MoreBy Missy Klatt Sports Correspondent With players out with injuries and other issues, it was a rough week for the Lady Hilltoppers as they lost both of their most recent basketball outings. Last week’s first loss was in a non-conference game when they hosted the Indees from Independence on Tuesday, January 7. The second loss…
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By Missy Klatt Sports Correspondent GLENWOOD CITY — The first game back from break still wasn’t the one for the Hilltopper boys’ basketball team as it is still in search of its first win this season. Glenwood City played host to the Thunder from Osseo-Fairchild this past Friday evening, January 3 in what head coach…
Read MoreWhen ice-covered roads proved to be too treacherous to travel early Saturday morning December 28, Glenwood City coaches and wrestlers erred on the side of safety and decided to forgo the second and final day of competition at the 2019 Northern Badger Wrestling Classic. Despite missing that final day of wrestling, Glenwood City had four…
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By Missy Klatt Sports Correspondent GLENWOOD CITY — Christmas break means basketball in Glenwood City. The Hilltoppers boys’ team played on Friday night, December, 27th as part of a double header. Unfortunately, like the girls team before them, they came out on the losing end as they lost to the Ellsworth Panthers, 49-69. In the…
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By Missy Klatt Sports Correspondent GLENWOOD CITY — The holiday game for the Lady Hilltoppers’ basketball team wasn’t much of a holiday as they lost to the Osceola Chieftains, 26-44, in a non-conference contest this past Friday, December 27. Missing two of their starters – Delanie Fayerweather and Makiah Schutz – the Toppers had trouble…
Read MoreAfter having 12 days off, Glenwood City’s wrestlers returned to action this past week and finished off their pre-holiday schedule with a pair of late-week road trips. The Hilltoppers’ wrestling squad traveled to River Falls last Thursday, December 19 to dual the Division 1 Wildcats before crossing the St. Croix River and the state border…
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By Missy Klatt Sports Correspondent GLENWOOD CITY — Glenwood City girls had methodically built a five-point lead over visiting Elk Mound over for much of the first-half of last Thursday’s, December 19, Dunn-St. Croix basketball contest. But the Toppers’ watched as their hard work was quickly erased in the waning minutes of the half as…
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