Baseball

Elmwood/Plum City got into the win column when it went on the road to beat rival Spring Valley 5-4. The Wolves took a commanding lead before the Cardinals pushed back hard, coming up just short. Spring Valley won its other game during the week 11-2 over Clear Lake with great pitching from Will Biggs, going five innings in the win.

River Falls is up to four straight wins after losing the season opener, securing wins 3-0 and 4-2 over Menomonie and 9-6 over St. Croix Falls in a three-game week. The strong pitching week featured Ethan Jeffers getting all but one out of the 3-0 win and Landon McQuade throwing six innings in the 4-2 win.
Prescott split a pair of pitching duels against Osceola, winning 3-0 at home and losing 2-1 on the road. Brody Temmers threw six shutout innings in the win and Jackson Matzek brought home a pair of runs with a fifth inning triple. A tough Somerset squad gave Ellsworth problems on the week, winning 15-1 and 12-1 over the Panthers to move them to 1-4 on the season.

Softball

Spring Valley improved to 3-1 with an 11-1 statement over EPC. Megan Harvey threw five innings of one-run ball and the Cardinals had seven hits as a team. The Cardinals also beat Clear Lake 5-3. Despite some well-played games this year, the Wolves are still itching for their first win.

River Falls took on a rival of its own in Hudson, winning 5-3 and losing 10-0. Audra Adermann was lights out in the win, going the distance in the circle. The Wildcats are 4-3 overall and 2-2 in conference.

Ellsworth is still looking for a win as well, dropping games to two of the conference favorites to begin the year. The Panthers most recently lost 10-0 and 15-4 against Somerset. Prescott is now winners of four straight, beating Osceola 17-0 and 10-4 to improve to 5-2 overall and 2-2 in conference.

Track and Field

River Falls got 10 first place finishes in Menomonie, including Olive Halvorson in the 3,200-meter, the 4x100 and 4x200 girls relays, Abigail Treichel in the high jump, Kayla Hoeft in the pole vault, Charlie Burke in the 100-meter, Jackson Magee in the 300 hurdles, the boys 4x100 relay, Jacob Hutchins in the high jump and Blake Schneider in the pole vault. Elmwood/Plum City was also at the event, taking on significantly larger schools highlighted by Allison Sauve’s second place triple jump and Brewer Link’s second place high jump.

Ellsworth and Spring Valley competed in Baldwin-Woodville, with the Panthers finishing fourth of 10 in the boys competition and sixth of 10 in the girls competition. The Spring Valley boys finished ninth and the girls 10th. Ellsworth’s Adolfo Mendez won the 1,600-meter race, Libby Groh won the high jump and Chace Kressin won the discus event.

Prescott was in Elk Mound where it had a solid day all around with a pair of relays finishing in the top three.

Boys Golf

In the Middle Border’s third competition of the year, Ellsworth took third and Prescott took seventh of eight teams in Eau Claire. Rowan Nelson of Ellsworth finished in a three-way tie for the win at the event and his teammate Nolan Helgeson finished 10th.

SV/EPC finished right in the middle of the second conference meet, taking fourth of seven teams with a 193 in Durand. Chase Glaus finished eighth and Ruger Peavey tied for ninth. River Falls had the week off, returning to action with two conference competitions in one week.

Boys Tennis

River Falls got a big time sweep over Chippewa Falls 7-0 to make a conference statement. Ellsworth competed four times in a busy week, beating Pacelli 5-1, and losing to Osceola 6-1, Regis 7-0 and Altoona 7-0.

Girls Soccer

Due to a weekend weather cancellation, it turned out to be a one-game week for River Falls. That one game was worth the price of admission, though, with the Wildcats beating Chippewa Falls 6-0 to improve to 3-1 on the season. Up next for River Falls is a road matchup against Eau Claire Memorial on April 21 and a home test against New Richmond on April 24.