Messenger Sports
Elk Mound track and field returns large number of athletes for 2024 season
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent ELK MOUND — Although the Elk Mound track and field teams lost some very talented athletes through graduation, they have plenty of kids back hoping to fill those spots this season. 25 boys and 20 girls were at practice the first week and after the powerlifting season was completed…
Read MoreUnderclassmen will need to step up for Elk Mound softball team
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent ELK MOUND — With just one senior reporting to the softball diamond for the Elk Mound softball team March 11, first-year coach Kevin Meyer will look for his remaining 18 players to lead the team this season. After placing second in the Dunn-St. Croix Conference with an 11-3 record last…
Read MoreColfax track teams prepare for upcoming spring sports season
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — First-year head coach Chuck Brown greeted 26 track and field athletes when spring practice began the week of March 4. With the increase in numbers from a year ago, including a few who have experience competing at the state level, coach Brown has high hopes by the end…
Read MoreKennedy Shane captures state high school powerlifting title
APPLETON, WI — Kennedy Shane can now call herself a powerlifting state champion. The Colfax senior captured the 110-kilogram or 242-pound Raw state title at the Wisconsin High School Powerlifting Association’s State competition held March 1-3 at the Fox Cities Exhibition Center in Appleton. Shane placed fifth in last year’s competition. During the USA Powerlifting…
Read More2023-24 Basketball All-Conference Teams honors
2023-24 DSC GIRLS BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS FIRST TEAM McKenna Shipman COL 12 Chloe Auth D/A 11 Emma Hoyt D/A 11 Ellie Schiszik EM 11 Ava Gray MON 12 Mara Ducklow SV 12 SECOND TEAM Jeanette Hydukovich COL 12 Hannah Dunn BV 12 Kaysen Goodell COL 11 Allie Robel EM 10 Allie Roder EM 11 Lydia Levra EM…
Read MoreMounder boys season comes to end with sectional semifinal loss to G-E-T
ARCADIA — For the second straight year, the Elk Mound boys’ basketball season came to a heartbreaking conclusion with another devastating loss to Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau. A season ago, the Red Hawks came to Elk Mound and thumped the Mounder boys 80-48 in the regional championship behind a 45-point performance courtesy of G-E-T’s leading scorer Cody Schmitz.…
Read MoreMounder girls undefeated season comes to an end with sectional final loss to B-W
AMERY — It wasn’t suppose to end this way. The Elk Mound girls undefeated season came to a heartbreaking end and dreams of their first state berth since 1988 were dashed last Saturday afternoon, March 2 in the Amery High School gymnasium following a loss to Baldwin-Woodville in the WIAA Division 3 basketball sectional championship.…
Read MoreMounder girls use second-half surge to beat Aquinas in sectional semifinal
ARCADIA — A year ago, the Elk Mound girls’ basketball team saw its season end with a heartbreaking loss to West Salem in a WIAA Division 3 sectional semifinal game that was played in Arcadia’s Wanek Center. This year’s undefeated Mounders’ squad, the top seed, returned to the Wanek Center last Thursday, February 29 for…
Read MoreViking boys end basketball season with overtime loss to Shell Lake
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent SHELL LAKE — As a number 10 seed in the WIAA Division 4 basketball sectional, the Colfax boys traveled to Shell Lake February 27 to take on the number seven seeded Shell Lake Lakers. The Vikings were 9-15 overall while the Lakers, who play in the Lakeland West Conference, entered…
Read MoreElk Mound boys slide by Altoona, earn Regional championship with win over Berlin
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent ELK MOUND — As a number one seed in the WIAA Division 3 basketball sectional, the Elk Mound boys received a first-round bye, allowing them to host a second-round game. With a win, they would play at home again for a regional final contest. Things worked out just right as…
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