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C-EM golfers finish 3rd in D-SC tourney and overall, Brice earns all-conference
GLENWOOD CITY — Coming into last Monday’s 18-hole Dunn-St. Croix Conference tournament at Glen Hills Golf Course, Colfax-Elk Mound trailed Glenwood City by just a point and half. Although first place had already been sewn up by defending champion Durand-Arkansaw, a top two finish in the May 13 tournament would give the local linksmen a…
Read MoreColfax baseball team finishes 1-2 in D-SC Conference games
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent It was an up and down week for the Colfax Vikings but it turned out to be a little more down than up as they were pretty much thumped at Glenwood City by the Hilltoppers 16-6 on Monday, May 13, then played an all around solid game resulting in a…
Read MoreColfax softball team finishes undefeated in conference play
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent Although the Lady Vikings won the Dunn-St. Croix Conference a week earlier for the first time in school history with a win over Elk Mound, the team had another goal in mind. After another win over Elmwood-Plum City May 9, the girls pounded Glenwood City 18-2 May 13 to win…
Read MoreJeanette Hydukovich wins pair of events, Hovde and Swartz take firsts in Boyceville
BOYCEVILLE — After rain ultimately canceled last Tuesday’s home meet for the Vikings’ track and field teams, Colfax athletes were able to get in their runs, jumps and throws at the Boyceville Invitational two days later. Senior Jeanette Hydukovich continued her dominance in both the shot put and discus events. In Boyceville, which hosted this…
Read MoreColfax-Elk Mound golfers have busy week
The final week of the regular season proved to be a busy one for the Colfax-Elk Mound boys’ golf team. The squad opened last week’s play at Cadott’s Whispering Pines Golf Course on Monday, May 6 where it participated in the 18-hole Stanley-Boyd Invitational. Colfax-Elk Mound finished sixth in the 13-team tournament. Three days later,…
Read MoreMounder baseball shuts out Colfax in five innings
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — The first time the Colfax and Elk Mound baseball teams met back in April, the Mounders won 5-0 and the Vikings battled to make it last seven innings. This time around it was all Elk Mound as they shut the Vikings down 10-0 in a five inning game…
Read MoreMueller and Miller place in three events to pace Mounder boys in Colby Track Invite
COLBY — Taking the opportunity for one final tune-up prior to the Dunn-St. Croix Conference meet, which was held yesterday in Boyceville, and to compete on the track and field complex that will host the WIAA Division 2 sectional meet in a little more than a week, the Elk Mound Track and Field squads competed…
Read MoreMounder baseball wins four of five games
After winning its first 14 games of the season, the state-ranked Elk Mound baseball squad suffered its first defeat at a tournament in Prescott. Although the Mounders perfect season came to an end last week, they are still unbeaten in conference play (11-0) following a pair of shut-out victories. Elk Mound claimed a 10-0 road…
Read MoreElk Mound softball wins D-SC games over Mondovi and GC, blanked by Somerset
While the Elk Mound softball team surrendered a late lead and lost 7-6 to rival Colfax to start last week, the Mounders rebounded to win a pair of conference games before falling in a non-conference home contest. Although the one-run loss in Colfax last Monday, May 6 was a bitter defeat that gave the Vikings…
Read MoreLady Vikings split softball games at Shell Lake Tourney
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — The Colfax softball team traveled to Shell Lake for a pair of games on a warm, sunny day on Saturday, May 11 and came home with a 15-0 loss to Division 2 Ellsworth but won a close 3-1 game against host Shell Lake. The Vikings, now 17-3 on…
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