Glenwood City-Boyceville Church Directory – 8-30-2017
Glenwood City-Boyceville Church Directory – 8-30-2017
Read MoreColfax cross country aiming to get back to state
By Cara L. Dempski COLFAX — Last year was an unusual one for Joe Doucette’s Colfax Vikings boys’ and girls’ cross country teams. While both groups did reasonably well over the course of the season, only one runner made the trip to the state meet at Wisconsin Rapids last October. That is out of character…
Read MoreElk Mound cross country has eye on Dunn-St. Croix titles
By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — If you ask Elk Mound cross country coach Jeremiah Fredrickson what his team is aiming for in 2017, you get a pretty direct answer. “Statistically speaking, we hope to contend for conference for both boys’ and girls’,” he said. “The team’s main goal is to qualify for state…
Read MoreColfax Viking girls’ golf team perseveres through wind, tough course at Amery
By Cara L. Dempski AMERY — If the Vikings were going to get in some good experience on the golf course last week, they certainly found it at Amery. Colfax’s girls’ golf team was scheduled to play at Amery last Tuesday, August 22, before heading to Osceola August 24, but wound up playing just the…
Read MoreColfax CC builds solid foundation with third- and fifth-place finishes at Boyceville
By Cara L. Dempski BOYCEVILLE — This year’s Boyceville Cross Country Alumni Invitational, traditionally on of the first races on the season’s docket, came just 10 days after the WIAA allowed prep teams to start practicing. That fact does not seem to have bothered the Colfax Vikings, since the girls’ team finished third out of…
Read MoreLady Vikings fare well at home quad, Menomonie Sprawl
By Cara L. Dempski If Colfax’s varsity volleyball team was looking for a positive start to the 2017 season, it certainly got one last week. The Lady Vikings kicked off the season with a quad at home August 22 and walked away with a 3-0 record after defeating Unity 25-18 and 25-21, Baldwin-Woodville 25-22 and…
Read MoreElk Mound volleyball makes season debut at Menomonie Sprawl Invite
By Cara L. Dempski MENOMONIE — Sam Stelter’s Elk Mound volleyball squad kicked off its 2017 season at UW-Stout’s Johnson Fieldhouse last Friday and Saturday as participants in the Menomonie Sprawl. While initial results indicate the Mounders came out of the first day winless, they did not go down without a fight. Results for the…
Read MoreColfax football earns first win at Eleva-Strum
By Cara L. Dempski STRUM — Colfax had to wait six weeks to win a football game in 2016. This year, they tacked a “W” onto their record in week two. Colfax traveled to Eleva-Strum Central High School Friday night, August 25 after making a decent, albeit scoreless, showing at Ellsworth the previous week. The…
Read MoreMounders’ football slips to 0-2 after home loss to St. Croix Central
By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — The Mounders have found themselves in a position they have not been in for a couple years. Two weeks into the 2017 prep football season, and Dave Lew’s Elk Mound squad has yet to win a football game. Before Mounder fans start to worry too much, the losses…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 8-30-2017
Off The Editor’s Desk – 8-30-2017
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