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Colfax track and field looks to improve
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — A good mix of youth and experience will make up the track and field teams for the Colfax Vikings this season. Although the Vikings lost some key athletes from last season, second-year coach Chuck Brown is looking forward to working with a lot of new faces as well…
Read MoreColfax baseball team prepares for 2025 season with new head coach, Ben Anderson
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — Under the direction of first-year head coach, Ben Anderson, members of the Colfax baseball team began practice for the 2025 season March 24. Anderson replaces Kirk Secraw who led the Vikings for nine seasons. The Vikings finished 5-10 overall last year and 5-9 in Dunn-St. Croix Conference action…
Read MoreColfax softball team returns eight starters from D-SC Conference championship team
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — After winning the Dunn-St. Croix Conference championship for the first time in school history a year ago, the Colfax softball team will have to replace several key players if they want to make it two in a row. The Vikings finished 20-4 overall and were 14-0 in conference…
Read MoreElk Mound baseball team will work to finish strong in final D-SC Conference season
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent ELK MOUND — Coming off one of the best seasons in program history, the Elk Mound baseball team will need to replace six seniors who all played a key role in their Dunn-St. Croix Conference and regional championship last year. The Mounders finished 21-2 overall and 14-0 in conference play.…
Read MoreElk Mound softball team returns solid core for 2025 season
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent ELK MOUND — After returning virtually their whole team that finished 11-10 overall and 10-4 in Dunn-St. Croix Conference play a year ago, the Elk Mound softball team has high hopes of moving up from their second-place finish in the conference this year. Jazmyn Shafer is gone from the team…
Read MoreElk Mound opens track season at Stout Invites
MENOMONIE — The Elk Mound boys’ and girls’ track and field teams opened their 2025 season with a pair of indoor meets at UW-Stout. The Mounder squads started out their seasons competing in the Blue Devil Invitational held Tuesday, March 25 at UW-Stout’s Johnson Field House. They returned to the Johnson Field House four days…
Read MoreColfax thinclads hit the track
MENOMONIE — The Colfax track and field teams got the 2025 season underway last week when they competed in the Blue Devils Indoor Invitational held Tuesday, March 25 at UW-Stout’s Johnson Field House. The Viking boys scored five points to tie Mondovi for 21st place while the girls finished in a tie with Tomah for…
Read MoreColfax softball team goes 1-2 in Florida excursion
FLORIDA — The Colfax softball team opened their 2025 season in the Sunshine State. Playing three games over a four-day span in Cocoa Beach and Titusville Florida, the Vikings softballers went 1-2. Colfax dropped its season opener 19-3 to Olentangy Liberty, Ohio in a game that was played at Cocoa Beach last Friday, March 28. …
Read MoreElk Mound boys fall in state basketball semifinal to top-ranked Freedom
MADISON — Elk Mound certainly felt as though it was battle tested and ready for a challenge when the team returned to the Kohl Center in Madison after an 11-year absence to play in last week’s 2025 WIAA State Boys’ Basketball Championships. After all, the Mounder boys had been in so many tight games over…
Read MoreFischer moves into seventh place all time scorers
After scoring his 1,000 point in a game against the Durand-Arkansaw Panthers on his home court Feb. 27, Colfax senior Aiden Fischer continued to add to his point total in two regional playoff games. Finishing his four year career with 1,052 points places him seventh of the 10 Viking male players who have achieved that…
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