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Ellsworth and Spring Valley/Elmwood made it through to Team Sectionals wrestling, with their seasons coming to an end with duals against some of the state’s best teams.
Ellsworth got second …
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By Andrew Harrington
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2/25/26
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Boys Basketball
River Falls took care of business, beating Rice Lake 81-50 and rallying from down 14 points to beat Rhinelander 70-69. At 16-6 overall and 11-2 in Big Rivers Conference play, …
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By Andrew Harrington
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2/25/26
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Postseason wrestling is off to a wild start, with Ellsworth taking fourth place as a team at Individual Sectionals to advance to Team Sectionals, six boys qualifying for Individual State and six …
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By Andrew Harrington
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2/18/26
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ELMWOOD — Spring Valley gave up nothing easy against Elmwood/Plum City, forcing 28 turnovers and allowing just a 20% shooting percentage in a 52-34 road win Feb. 10.
The Cardinals did not have …
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By Andrew Harrington
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2/18/26
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Wrestling
Wrestling Individual Sectionals were well worth the hype, with Ellsworth advancing to Team Sectionals with a fourth-place finish. Spring Valley/Elmwood finished just out of reach in …
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By Andrew Harrington
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2/18/26
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Basketball
A two-win week over New Richmond, 77-34 at home and 75-42 on the road, flipped the Wildcat girls back to the right side of .500 in conference play at 6-5 and improved them to 12-8 …
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By Andrew Harrington
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2/11/26
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The battle for the Kirby Symes Golden Shoe, a Big Rivers Conference Champion, the Dunn-St. Croix Conference Tournament and the Girls Western Wisconsin Championships were all part of the final week of …
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By Andrew Harrington
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2/11/26
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Spring Valley’s Maxx Wittmer and Elmwood/Plum City’s Brett Kopp and Owen Kober each signed to play college football when the signing window opened up Feb. 4. Wittmer is headed to Division II …
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By Andrew Harrington
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2/11/26
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LA CROSSE — Prescott repeated as double State Champions, Ellsworth placed in a pair of routines and Elmwood/Plum City placed sixth in their lone routine to highlight a beyond successful weekend in …
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By Andrew Harrington
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2/11/26
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Wrestling
In the inaugural Big Rivers Conference Championships, Olivia Luther and Providence Kretzmann became River Falls girls wrestling’s first conference champions. The boys also had a big …
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By Andrew Harrington
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2/4/26
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Spring Valley junior Sam Schmitt and River Falls junior Jacob Hutchins each reached the lofty 100-win marker, a milestone for each in their pursuit of high State placements at the end of the season.
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By Andrew Harrington
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1/28/26
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Dance Regionals were a major success, landing Elmwood/Plum City, Ellsworth and Prescott in the State competition, with Spring Valley showing out but narrowly missing the cut.
For EPC, it was the …
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By Andrew Harrington
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1/28/26
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SPRING VALLEY — Elmwood/Plum City took to Spring Valley for a boys basketball game that featured two teams growing with a list of young contributors in a Dunn-St. Croix Conference rivalry matchup. …
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By Andrew Harrington
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1/21/26
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SPRING VALLEY — After 29 minutes of fast-paced defensive basketball, Spring Valley trailed Elmwood/Plum City 32-28 with seven minutes to play. Neither team was done hitting the floor for loose …
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By Andrew Harrington
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1/14/26
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Yet again, the fans and wrestlers stuffed River Falls High School for another Northern Badger event, featuring around 50 schools. St. Croix Falls took the individual title, but there were tons of …
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By Andrew Harrington
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1/7/26
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Winter break for most means time off for the holidays, but for wrestlers, there are no days off when it comes to aiming for the top. The Northern Badger is back for yet another holiday season, this …
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By Andrew Harrington
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12/31/25
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Elmwood/Plum City boys basketball started the year with a tough loss to Clear Lake 76-69 in a conference battle. Given that Clear Lake is a strong team expected to finish in the middle of the …
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By Andrew Harrington
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12/31/25
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Boys Basketball
With the Tuesday slate of games being entirely cleared due to weather, it made for a light week of both boys and girls basketball.
Spring Valley won its lone game in a …
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12/17/25
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Two years of program building and rebuilding later, and Elmwood/Plum City is starting to harvest the reward. The Wolves have won three of four games, moving to 3-3 on the young season.
“A big …
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By Andrew Harrington
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12/17/25
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ELLSWORTH — River Falls, Spring Valley/Elmwood, Prescott and Ellsworth all were on hand for the annual opening week wrestling tournament, the Ellsworth Invitational on Saturday. The tournament …
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By Andrew Harrington
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12/11/25
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