Football

Spring Valley got things cleaned up at the right time Friday, Sept. 19, beating Cadott 31-6 with two fourth quarter scores from Sam Schmitt to seal it. After an 0-2 start to the year, the Cardinals have won all three conference games. They play rival Elmwood/Plum City in Elmwood to remain in the fight for a conference title Friday at EPC’s homecoming.

Ellsworth is finding its footing with back-to-back conference wins, this time cruising by Amery 27-6 to move to 3-2 overall and 2-1 in conference. Ellsworth heads to Baldwin-Woodville to take on the conference’s lone undefeated team next.

River Falls took its first loss of the year to fall to 4-1 after losing to New Richmond 23-6. Lightning caused the game to be cancelled with 1:50 remaining in the game, with an agreement to protect the players given the circumstances. Up next is a home game against rival Hudson.

Prescott gave a scare to a competitive Osceola team, but lost 35-33 after being unable to recover their onside kick attempt late. The Cardinals are 1-4 and head to Somerset on Friday.

Elmwood/Plum City got the offense going against Turtle Lake, but could not stop the versatile quarterback play, losing 49-20. The Wolves are 1-4 on the year.

Volleyball

Spring Valley hosted Ellsworth and took care of business with a 3-0 win. Ellsworth was also no match for Baldwin-Woodville in a 3-0 loss.

EPC lost 3-0 against Clear Lake, a team that has had a lot of success over the first half of the year.

River Falls is still on a roll, picking up a nice and easy conference win over Eau Claire Memorial 3-0 (25-11, 25-21, 25-18). Amelie Pankonin also reached 1,000 career kills during a quad with wins over Altoona, St. Croix Falls and Barron.

Osceola got the best of Prescott 3-0 in the Cardinals’ home opener. Conference play is getting going for each of the county’s teams, as they will fight for position as the postseason draws closer.

Girls Golf

Prescott and Ellsworth competed in a pair of Middle Border events. At Pheasant Hills, Prescott won with a 175 and Ellsworth took second. Layla Salay and Macy Reiter took first and second individually for Prescott while Lexi Marks and Emma Helgeson tied for third individually for Ellsworth. In Somerset, Prescott took first and Ellsworth third. The Cardinals dominated to win by 14 strokes. Reiter took the win and teammate Brooklyn Goehring tied for third.

River Falls took second in Big Rivers meets to Hudson twice. Rory Opatz and Nathalie Rotsaert tied for third in Menomonie while Addy Timm tied for second at the home meet.

Cross Country

Ellsworth and Prescott competed in Osceola, with the Prescott girls placing second of seven teams. Kyra Dix won the girls race individually, an entire minute faster than any other racer. Amber Van Loon took third for Prescott and Mackenzie Hince took sixth for Ellsworth. Addyson Allsop of Prescott also finished top 10 in eighth. The Ellsworth boys took fifth and the Prescott boys took sixth of nine teams. For the boys Adolfo Mendez of Ellsworth took seventh and Dawson Langer of Prescott took 11th.

Spring Valley had a strong meet at Unity, placing fourth of 15 in the boys race and 11th of 12 in the girls race. The Cardinals did it without a top 15 finish in either race, running solid all-around races.

River Falls faced stiff competition at the Griak Invitational, with the boys finishing ninth of 30 and the girls 14th of 25 teams. Olive Halvorson finished fifth and Owen Koepke 14th.

Girls Tennis

River Falls won two and lost two on the week, beating Holmen 6-1 and Tomah 4-3, and losing to Eau Claire North 7-0 and Rice Lake 4-3. For Ellsworth, they beat Unity/Luck 6-1 and lost to Regis 6-1 for a split of their own.

Girls Swim and Dive

River Falls has a busy upcoming schedule, competing at Skyview Middle School on Sept. 23, hosting Hudson on Sept. 25 and Rice Lake on Sept. 30.

Boys Soccer

It was a tough week for River Falls soccer, losing 6-0 to Hudson, 3-0 to Hastings and 4-1 to New Richmond.