Area Sports
Eight members of Colfax Scholastic Trap Team members attend state competition
NEKOOSA – Eight members of the Colfax Scholastic Trap Team attended the state competition in Nekoosa on Saturday, June 23. More than 1,200 shooters participated in the event. Members shoot 100 rounds within a one-hour timeframe and compete against shooters from throughout the state of Wisconsin.
Read MoreArea students receive degrees from UW-River Falls
RIVER FALLS – The following local residents were among 744 students to receive degrees from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in May:
Read MoreFasbender, Knutson named to UM-TC Dean’s List
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL, MN – Elizabeth K. Fasbender of Elk Mound and Halle N. Knutson of Boyceville have been named to the 2018 spring semester Dean’s List at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, the university announced recently.
Read MoreMikaela Leibfried competes at IPF World Bench Press championships
SOUTH AFRICA — Recent Colfax graduate Mikaela Leibfried has put her powerlifting skills to the test on the global stage. This past spring, Mikaela, accompanied by her father Wade Leibfried, traveled to the other side of the world to compete in the International Powerlifting Federation’s (IPF) World Women’s Bench Press Championships held in Potchefstroom,…
Read MoreColfax Action Shooting Team wins at state
For the fourth year in a row the Scholastic Action Shooting Team, sponsored by Colfax Sportsmen’s Club, returned with medals from the Scholastic Action Shooting Program’s Wisconsin State Tournament. This years match was June 9-10 at the Door County Rod & Gun Club, Sturgeon Bay. According to John Budnaitus of Eau Claire, head coach, the…
Read MoreUW-Barron County announces spring semester Dean’s list
The University of Wisconsin-Barron County has announced the Dean’s list for the spring 2018 semester. All of the students on the Dean’s list have obtained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for their spring semester classes.
Read MoreWebster nips Elk Mound for sectional championship and state baseball berth
CHIPPEWA FALLS — With a state berth and its seven-game winning streak on the line, Elk Mound knew it had to play a great game in last Tuesday afternoon’s WIAA Division 3 sectional baseball championship against top-ranked Webster. And the Mounders certainly did that when they battled the number one Tigers in the sectional title…
Read MoreElk Mound duo claims victory in Minnesota High School Fishing’s Whitefish Chain Open
Elk Mound High School duo of Cole Steinhorst and Blaze Todd brought a five-bass limit to the scale Sunday, June 3 weighing 15 pounds, 14 ounces, to win the 2018 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Whitefish Chain Open presented by YETI tournament. The win advanced the team to the 2018 High School Fishing…
Read MoreBoyceville’s Trett Joles claims state and national wrestling championships
While the four seasons come and go, wrestling season never ends in the Harry and Kathy Joles household. Eldest son Garrett Joles, who recently graduated from Boyceville High School, holds a pair of WIAA Individual State Wrestling Championships. Sibling rivalry in the Joles Family and a passion for the sport of wrestling has also led…
Read MoreGC’s Ian Radintz claims WWF Freestyle state championship, takes second in Greco-Roman
WISCONSIN DELLS — The state wrestling medal count keeps increasing for Ian Radintz. The Glenwood City seventh-grader, who already has a state title in hand, recently added a pair of state medals – winning a gold and silver trophies – in the Wisconsin Wrestling Federation (WWF) Freestyle and Greco-Roman state championships held in the Wisconsin…
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