Colfax Schools
Playing through the pain-Colfax student Alexis Rudi deals with Daily Chronic Migraines
By Marlys Kruger While any fan that attends an athletic event is usually observant enough to notice when a player on either participating team has a medical problem such as a knee, ankle or shoulder injury because of the presence of a brace, foot boot or crutches, there are many athletes who deal with medical…
Read MoreColfax boys prepare for busy week after win over Elmwood
ELMWOOD — After beating the Elmwood Raiders by 18 points back in December, the Colfax boys’ basketball team made sure they took care of business again by soundly defeating them 57-33 in Elmwood Jan. 30. Colfax will have four games this week, starting with a make up at Flambeau on Monday, a home game against…
Read MoreLady Vikings topple Toppers for ninth conference win
GLENWOOD CITY – After having yet another game postponed due to extremely cold weather earlier in the week, the Colfax girls made the most of their only game played by taking care of business with another conference win, 56-39 over Glenwood City on the Hilltoppers home court Jan. 31. Colfax is now 9-0 in the…
Read MoreColfax school board approves policy updates
By Marlys Kruger A second reading dealing with the wording in some areas of the athletic policy and Online Course policy were a few of the items discussed and approved at the Colfax school board regular meeting January 20. Changes in the wording of the second draft of the athletic policy had been made but…
Read MoreVikings fall short against Cardinals, then bounce Bulldogs
Overtime games have not been kind to the Colfax boys as they lost their second one of the season, this time on the road to the Spring Valley Cardinals 62-50 Jan. 21. They turned things around however by producing a 20 point win at home against Boyceville 57-37 Jan. 24.
Read MoreBC tops Superior, places fifth at Shell Lake Invite
The Bloomer-Colfax co-op wrestling team evened their conference record in the Heart O’ North at 3-3 after taking the long hike to Superior Jan. 21. The match was scheduled for December 5 but like several athletic events in the state, it was changed due to weather conditions. The wait was worth it however as B-C…
Read MoreLady Vikings win pair of games to keep perfect record intact
What was expected to be a busy week for the Colfax girls turned out to be a little less busy as they played a make up game in Flambeau Jan. 20, had another make up at Spring Valley just 24 hours later, but had to reschedule a home game against Elmwood after Elmwood cancelled school…
Read MoreColfax to host Dunn-St. Croix Honors Project
Every January top music students from the Dunn-St.Croix conference schools gather to rehearse and perform in a high school honors band and choir. Because of the rotation, Colfax only gets to host the Saturday honors concert once every nine years.
Read MoreColfax students perform in choir of 1,250 singers
Five Colfax High School seniors performed with a select choir of singers from Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota and Minnesota January 13-14. Seniors Heidi Lieffort, Kristen Spadgenske, and Georgette Wendt along with juniors Natalie Dworak and Abbie Greenwell sang at the annual Dorian Vocal Festival at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
Read MoreColfax girls double up in win over Boyceville
COLFAX — There have been some pretty good games over the years between the Colfax girls and Boyceville but in the first contest of the season between the two, the Vikings took command early and scored twice as many points as the Bulldogs, taking a 52-26 win at home Jan. 17. (The game at Spring…
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