Lady Vikings finish off Spring Valley Cardinals in five innings
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — After losing a close game against Spring Valley earlier in the season, the Viking softball team made sure that didn’t happen again as they crushed the Cardinals 11-1 in a five inning contest played in Colfax May 8. Brynn Sikora started things off with a first inning RBI,…
Read MoreColfax track and field teams host ten-team Invitational
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — With ten teams competing, including five from the Dunn-St. Croix Conference, the Colfax track and field teams were busy as they hosted the Colfax Invitational May 9. The Colfax girls placed third with 96 points while boys finished seventh after scoring 54 points. Northwestern won both the girls’…
Read MoreMounder boys take second, girls finish fifth in Mondovi track and field invite
MONDOVI — In their final tune-up prior to the Dunn-St. Croix Conference meet, which was held Tuesday in Durand, the Elk Mound boys’ and girls’ track and field squads competed in a ten-school invitational at Mondovi High School last Tuesday, May 9. The Mounder teams appeared to be firing on all cylinders in Mondovi as…
Read MoreColfax baseball team outlasts Spring Valley
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — After blasting the Spring Valley Cardinals 16-1 back in April, the Colfax baseball team seemed to be facing a much improved Cardinal team the second time around as they needed to score two runs in the fifth inning then hold on for a 5-3 win in the game…
Read MoreElk Mound baseball loses first D-SC contest, finishes week at 3-2
With five baseball games on their docket last week, the Mounders needed to be at their best. Unfortunately, a sporadic offense coupled with defensive errors led to Elk Mound’s first conference loss on the baseball diamond and a 3-2 finish by week’s end. The upstart Hilltoppers threw an early scare into the Mounders when they…
Read MoreMounders prevail over Vikings on ball diamond
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent ELK MOUND — In what started out as a blowout, the Dunn-St. Croix Conference baseball contest between the Colfax Vikings and Elk Mound Mounders turned out to be a pretty competitive game before the Mounders held on for a 13-9 win in the game played in Elk Mound Thursday, May…
Read MoreColfax and Elk Mound softball teams split games to end the week
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent Playing in back-to-back games last Thursday and Friday, May 11 and 12, the Colfax Vikings and Elk Mound Mounders softball teams both won a game. The Mounders took the first one 4-2 on their home field, and the Vikings accomplished something they hadn’t done since the 2014 season, and that…
Read MoreState solo/ensemble results for Colfax High School
Colfax High School had several musical members perform at the state solo and ensemble contest which was held at UW – Eau Claire on Saturday, May 6. The results of the days activities are found below: 1st (top) rating: Aydren Beebe-music theatre solo “If I Were a Rich Man” from Fiddler on the Roof Theo…
Read MoreOff the Publisher’s Desk 5-17-23
Only 18 months to go! I watched two different Sunday morning talk shows on television. Both are noted for their political slant toward one party or the other. First program was where guests were talking about all the problems this county faces, like the debt limit, high prices for almost everything you buy. They put…
Read MoreVillage of Colfax sets parking restrictions on High Street for school district access
by LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — From September 1 to June 1 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays, people will no longer be able to park on High Street west of Birch Street near the Colfax school district. It is difficult for the school buses to get through when cars are parked on…
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