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Viking netters end season with home regional loss to Shell Lake
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — It wasn’t exactly the way the Colfax volleyball team wanted their season to end, but after hosting the Shell Lake Lakers in a WIAA Division 4, first-round regional contest Tuesday, October 22, the Vikings lost a four-set match to the Lakers, bringing their season to an abrupt halt.…
Read MoreKaysen Goodell headed to state cross country meet for the fourth time
by Renee Bettendorf Sports Correspondent CADOTT — Colfax senior Kaysen Goodell is state bound for the fourth time after qualifying at the WIAA Division 3 Cadott Cross Country Sectional meet held in Cadott last Saturday, October 26. She set a new personal best time of 20 minutes 2.2 seconds in the varsity girls 5K race,…
Read MoreEM football season ends with level one loss to SCF
ST. CROIX FALLS — The Elk Mound football team saw its 2024 gridiron campaign come to an end last Friday as it succumbed to another potent rushing attack. Eighth-seeded Elk Mound surrendered 316 rushing yards to host and top-seed Saint Croix Falls as it fell 42-8 to the unbeaten Saints in a WIAA Division 5,…
Read MoreElk Mound cross country teams compete in sectional
RICE LAKE — The cross country season for the Elk Mound runners ended at the sectional meet in Rice Lake last Friday as neither team nor any individuals were able to secure a state berth. The Mounder boys scored 299 points and finished 11th out of 14 complete teams at the WIAA Division 2 Rice…
Read MoreMounder volleyball drops WIAA regional opener
ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound volleyball team found tournament time to be all too brief. The seventh-seeded Lady Mounders suffered a season ending, three-set loss on their home court last Tuesday, October 22 to number ten Prescott in the opening round of the WIAA Division 3 regional tournament. The Cardinals (11-12), who finished fourth…
Read MoreColfax spikers end regular season on high note with win over Boyceville
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — After being swept by the eventual Dunn-St. Croix Conference champion Durand-Arkansaw Panthers last Tuesday at Durand, the Colfax volleyball team regrouped and defeated Boyceville 3-1 two days later on their home court to end the regular season with a 9-18 overall record and a 2-5 record in conference…
Read MoreMounder girls finish third at DSC Conference cross country meet
by Renee Bettendorf Sports Correspondent BOYCEVILLE — The Elk Mound cross country teams competed at the Dunn-St. Croix conference meet held in Boyceville last Thursday, October 17. The Mounder girls’ team placed third and the boys’ team placed fifth. Ellie Schiszik and Jaidynn Sarauer earned first-team all conference designation after placing in the top seven…
Read MoreGoodell takes first at DSC Conference cross country meet, Viking boys third
by Renee Bettendorf Sports Correspondent BOYCEVILLE — At the Dunn-St. Croix Conference cross country meet held in Boyceville last Thursday, October 17, the Colfax Vikings performed well with senior Kaysen Goodell winning the varsity girls race and the Colfax boys’ team placing third. “Really a good day for us. About everything we were hoping to…
Read MoreKonshaug claims second straight D2 girls’ state golf championship
MADISON — She is a state gold medalist once again! Belle Kongshaug, a junior at Elk Mound High School and the Colfax-Elk Mound girls’ golf cooperative’s undisputed leader, claimed her second consecutive WIAA Division 2 individual state title at the 2024 girls’ state golf championships held Monday and Tuesday, October 14 and 15 at the…
Read MoreBoyceville bruises Colfax in final regular season contest
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — There wasn’t a lot of suspense in the football game held under the Friday night lights in Colfax when the Boyceville Bulldogs invaded the Vikings stadium October 18 for the conference and regular season finale. The Vikings were 0-8 on the season (one of the losses was a…
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