Colfax Sports
Vikings football overwhelms Bulldogs for homecoming win
By Amber Hayden COLFAX – For the first time in four years, the Vikings brought home a conference football win in the Dunn-St. Croix beating Boyceville 42-8 on September 14. Not only was it the first conference win for the Vikings in quite some time, it also fell on an important night for the school…
Read MoreElk Mound and Colfax cross country have top ten finishes in Rice Lake
By Amber Hayden RICE LAKE – Both the Elk Mound Mounders and Colfax Vikings cross country teams traveled to Rice Lake to participate in the Rice Lake Invitational on the UW-Barron County campus last Tuesday, September 11. Elk Mound’s boys and girls’ teams managed to best the Vikings in the small school division with the…
Read MoreColfax golf finishes second behind Osseo-Fairchild by three strokes
By Amber Hayden COLFAX – The Lady Vikings golf team hosted their second conference match of the season against Eau Claire Regis/Altoona and Osseo-Fairchild last Monday. The back nine of Whitetail Golf Course proved to be a challenging test for those competing in September 10 meet. This was the first match Colfax, Osseo-Fairchild and Eau…
Read MoreLady Vikes take first win against Durand in conference opener
By Amber Hayden DURAND – According to head coach Pam Meredith the Colfax ladies volleyball team played a solid game to start their conference with a 1-0 record. The Vikings are 11-5 overall.
Read MoreColfax harriers strive for improvement at Fall Creek’s Knudtson CC Invite
By Amber Hayden FALL CREEK – The Colfax boys’ and girls’ cross country teams have been making strides in the right direction during the first few weeks of the season. And head coach Joe Doucette looked for his teams to continue that improvement when they traveled to Fall Creek for the Knudtson Invitational September 8.…
Read MoreColfax volleyball goes 2-2 on the road
By Amber Hayden SOMERSET – The Lady Vikings have had a tough week on the volleyball court with two trips out of town to Somerset last Thursday before traveling back west again for the Hudson Invitational on Saturday. Colfax picked up a 3-0 straight sets win against an inexperienced Somerset team September 6. The Lady…
Read MoreLady Viking golfers tough out wet conditions to take second in Osseo
by Amber Hayden OSSEO-FAIRCHILD – Heavy rains prior to last Thursday’s golf meet in Osseo put some doubt into the minds of players whether they would be able to play the conference contest. Finishing sixteen strokes behind host Osseo-Fairchild with a score of 218 the Colfax ladies golf team proved they could adapt to the…
Read MoreViking football stampeded by Buffs and turnovers in season’s first loss
MONDOVI – The Vikings’ first football foray away from the friendly confines of the LP Bjurquist Athletic Complex did not go so well. After spending the first three weeks of the season playing non-conference competition at home, which included a week two cancellation due to lightning storms, Colfax finally took to the road to open…
Read MoreBig plays lead Vikings over Warriors
By Amber Hayden COLFAX — The Vikings made big plays against the Neillsville/Granton Warriors on August 31 to take home their second football win of the season. Noah Albricht had no trouble finding one target after another during last Friday night’s game as the Vikings’ quarterback managed 25 completions for 341 passing yards and five…
Read MoreVikings’ cross country girls finish fourth in CC Invite, boys take fifth
By Amber Hayden MARSHFIELD — Colfax’s Cross Country teams made their way to Marshfield on Saturday, September 1 for the Columbus Catholic Invitational where the girls managed a fourth-place finish while the boys placed fifth. Ten complete teams competed in both the girls’ and boys’ races. The boys’ squad was led by two-time all-conference performer…
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