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Colfax and Elk Mound girls’ basketball players named to All-Northwest team
The Dunn-St. Croix girls’ basketball conference was rich in talent in the 2019-20 season and the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram honored four players from Colfax and two from Elk Mound with selection its All-Northwest teams. D-SC player of the year, Kameri Meredith, was selected to first team, all-star nominated player Rachel Scharlau was named to third…
Read MoreMarcus Kinblom takes first year at UW-Stout to train for 2020 football season
By Amber Hayden ELK MOUND — With sports on hold for the time being, the Colfax Messenger is hoping to bring sports fans a little pick-me-up with stories of former area athletes that are competing at the collegiate level. This week, we spoke with 2019 Elk Mound graduate Marcus Kinblom about how things have progressed…
Read MoreSchleusner bounces back to the court after diabetic diagnosis
By Amber Hayden COLFAX — For Colfax senior Morgan Schleusner, the diagnosis of diabetes last December had her in shock and wondering what she would have to do to fight her way back to the basketball court. “My parents were really shocked, and so was I when the words came out of my doctor’s mouth,”…
Read MoreBest named co-wrestler of the year in Heart O’ North conference
By Amber Hayden COLFAX — For Colfax senior Sawyer Best, his hard work and dedication to the sport of wrestling ended with him being named co-wrestler of the year in the Heart O’ North Conference along with William Peters, a senior from Chetek-Weyerhaeuser/Prairie Farm. Best capped his final mat season with a fifth-place finish in…
Read MoreFour Lady Vikes named to Dunn-St. Croix all-conference teams
By Amber Hayden COLFAX — The all-conference basketball selections for the Dunn-St. Croix Conference have been announced and four of Colfax girls’ players were named to either first or second teams. “It was great representation for the conference champion Vikings,” said head coach Joe Doucette. “I always think we have another player or two who…
Read MoreLocals earn 2019-20 Basketball All-Conference Team honors
2019-20 DSC BOY BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS FIRST TEAM Ed Hydukovich COL Sr. Gunnar Hurlburt DUR So. Simon Bauer DUR So. Cade Hanson EM Sr. Owen Schultz MON Sr. Aaron Borgerding SV Sr. SECOND TEAM Logan Knudtson BV Sr. Cole Seehaver COL Sr. Caden Berger DUR Jr. Ryan Bohl EM Jr. Luke Webb EPC So. Brandyn Hallquist GC…
Read MoreEM’s Blaze Todd to play in WFCA All-Star game
By Amber Hayden ELK MOUND — Following a successful football season, Elk Mound senior Blaze Todd will wrap up his high school career when he plays in the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association All-Star game on July 18 at Titan Stadium in UW-Oshkosh. Todd, who was selected to play for the Small Schools-North Division squad, is…
Read MoreMeredith named DSC girls’ basketball POY
By Amber Hayden COLFAX — For senior Kameri Meredith, the honor of being named as the Dunn-St. Croix conference’s girls basketball “Player of the Year” came as quite a shock when it was announced to Colfax High School staff and students which resulted in one congratulation after another. “I didn’t even know until they made…
Read MoreElk Mound sees 11, Colfax has two finish in top ten at state powerlifting tournament
By Amber Hayden APPLETON — The high school powerlifting season came to a conclusion on Saturday and Sunday, March 7 and 8, with the Wisconsin High School Powerlifting Association (WHSPA) state tournament in Appleton, WI. Elk Mound’s girls’ team took third in the state competition, while its combination of girls and boys team members placed…
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