Football

Trailing 28-14 in the fourth, Spring Valley dug deep with some late touchdowns to win 36-28 over Turtle Lake Friday, Sept. 12. The Cardinals moved to 2-2 on the year and are 2-0 in conference. The game was the lone home game of the week in Pierce County. They host Cadott on Friday in search of continuing winning ways.

Elmwood/Plum City got in the win column with a 16-0 shutout win over Colfax. The Wolves are 1-3 overall and 1-1 in conference after the win. A home game against Turtle Lake is on deck for the Wolves.

Ellsworth also cruised to a win, heading to Saint Croix Central and leaving with a 28-8 win. The game started a little slow offensively, but the Panthers found their rhythm. Ellsworth is 2-2 on the year and 1-1 in conference. Ellsworth hosts Amery in search of pushing themselves into the upper echelon of the conference.

Prescott, on the other hand, could not get the offense going in time, losing 14-0 to Altoona to move to the same records as Ellsworth, 2-2 overall and 1-1 in conference. Prescott hits the road to take on an Osceola team that is 2-0 in conference play.

River Falls played its closest game yet, but avoided a scare in a 28-13 road win over Chippewa Falls. The Wildcats are 4-0 as they head to New Richmond for another road test.

Volleyball

River Falls got two four-set wins on the week, beating Woodbury 3-1 and Chippewa Falls 3-1 in the team’s home opener.

EPC and Prescott competed in Plum City, with the Wolves getting a 3-0 win for their second win over a county team on the year (previously beat Ellsworth 2-1).

Ellsworth had an extremely busy week, ending in a quad at Elk Mound where the team found some success against Elk Mound, Somerset and Glenwood City.

Spring Valley played in two quads, with a 2-0 win over Chetek-Weyerhaeuser and a 2-0 win over Spooner highlighting the events.

Cross Country

Prescott finished second in a boys race at Somerset, finishing just behind the hosts, as well as a strong third place finish in the girls race. Kyra Dix finished second and Amber Van Loon and Addyson Allsop were both medalists. Freshman Dawson Langer ran the fifth fastest time ever by a Prescott freshman at 18:51 in his fifth-place finish. Spring Valley and EPC were also at the event. Spring Valley took fifth of seven in the boys race and sixth of six in the girls race.

Ellsworth competed against a stacked cast of large schools, placing 14th of 15 in a boys race in Menomonie.

River Falls competed in Lakeville at the AppleJack Invitational with a cast of 24 high level teams. The boys finished 11th and the girls 12th in the team’s first 5,000-meter race of the year.

Girls Golf

River Falls took on a conference meet in Chippewa Falls and picked up another second-place finish, this time three strokes behind Hudson with a 178. Addy Timm took third place with a 41 individually.

In the Middle Border, Prescott got a fifth straight win to remain perfect in conference play. Ellsworth finished third for a fifth consecutive top three finish. Layla Salay and Macy Reiter finished first and second individually for Prescott, with Lexi Marks’ fourth place finish leading the way for the Panthers.

Girls Tennis

River Falls had a great quad out at Tomah, beating Tomah 4-3 and Holmen 6-1 but losing to Sauk Prairie 6-1.

Ellsworth’s matches on the week were postponed and cancelled according to the district website.

Girls Swim and Dive

River Falls competed at the Tartan Invitational, getting a great early season finish with a third-place finish of 13 teams.

Boys Soccer

River Falls had a busy three-match week, losing to Somerset 4-1, Eau Claire Memorial 4-0 and Superior 5-1.