Football

Spring Valley’s spotless record remains, picking up a 28-0 win over Cadott Friday, Sept. 26 to move to 6-0. Spring Valley is tied for the conference lead with Boyceville at 4-0, with the teams set to battle Oct. 11. They will take on local rival Elmwood/Plum City this week, who fell to 1-5 after a 21-0 loss to Turtle Lake.

Football season has been kind to both the Cardinal squads in Pierce County, with Prescott also moving to 6-0 after a 39-20 win over St. Croix Central. Prescott is locked up at 4-0 in conference alongside Baldwin-Woodville, who they match up with Oct. 11.

Ellsworth fell behind 18-7 to Somerset at the half, but the Panthers scratched and clawed to fight back with a 28-26 win. Somerset caused problems for both Ellsworth and Prescott this year, but they each survived. Ellsworth is 4-2 on the year with a 3-1 conference record.

Volleyball

A 6-0 week for River Falls featured a win over conference foe New Richmond 3-0 Sept. 26. The Wildcats moved to 23-5 and are eyeing their Oct. 3 matchup with 21-0 Hudson.

After falling 3-2 to Rice Lake Sept. 24, Ellsworth rebounded with a 3-1 win over Altoona on Sept. 26. The Panthers moved to 1-1 in conference as Middle Border play heats up.

Prescott had a 2-0 week, moving the Cardinals to 1-1 in conference play. The week included a 3-0 win over Hastings and a 3-2 win over Baldwin-Woodville.

The Dunn-St. Croix Conference squads joined the rest of the county having good weeks in volleyball, with Spring Valley beating Mondovi 3-0 to move to 2-0 in conference and EPC beating Boyceville 3-0 to move to 1-1 in conference.

Golf

Prescott picked up its eighth consecutive Middle Border event win, heading into the conference final a perfect eight-for-eight. Prescott won by a dominant 20 strokes and Gabbi Matzek won individually, scoring a 37.

Ellsworth’s season-long battle with St. Croix Central continues, as the two teams enter the conference final Sept. 30 in a tie for third place. Ellsworth’s fourth place finish in the eighth event was led by Lexi Marks’ 42-stroke score to land in seventh.

River Falls landed in fifth at a Big Rivers Conference Meet on Sept. 26. The team now heads to Hudson Oct. 2 for the WIAA Regional.

Tennis

The girls’ tennis regular season is nearing an end, and the conference meets are rapidly approaching.

Ellsworth picked up 5-2 wins over Mondovi and Osceola, and is heading into the MBC tournament Oct. 1 in Eau Claire. River Falls took a 5-2 loss to Menomonie and will head into the Big Rivers Conference meet Oct. 1 in Eau Claire.

Swimming and Diving

After losing to Hudson, River Falls took seventh of 11 teams in an invitational at Eau Claire North. The Wildcats return to Eau Claire North to face the team Thursday.

Cross Country

River Falls found success at the Nightfall Classic 715 in Marshfield on Friday, with the boys placing third of 13 teams. Quin Andrews placed third individually, followed by Jonah Majerus in fifth and Owen Koepke in seventh all for River Falls. The girls team placed fourth of 11 teams with Olive Halvorson taking fourth and Annie Csiacsek in 10th.

Prescott was at the same event, taking fifth in the girls race and the boys taking eighth. Kyra Dix placed ninth in the girls race.

Ellsworth took sixth of 11 teams in the boys race at Durand-Arkansaw on Sept. 26. Spring Valley followed behind in eighth and finished ninth of nine teams in the girls race.

Boys Soccer

River Falls went 2-1 on the week and 2-0 in conference matches. The wins came against Rice Lake 2-1 and Eau Claire North 4-0, with the loss being 4-2 against Marshfield. The conference wins were big for the Wildcats, vaulting them to the top half of the standings into the fourth position.