Colfax Sports
Colfax scholastic shooting teams’ awards day and open house
Colfax Scholastic Trap Team and Colfax Scholastic Action Shooting Team both wrapped up their 2021-2022 season and kicked off the new 2022-2023 competitive year on September 10. They enjoyed a combined picnic and awards program and they hosted an Open House at the Colfax/Dunn County Shooting Sports Complex. While lunch preparations were underway in the…
Read MoreColfax netters sweep Durand in D-SC opener, finish 2-3 in Husky Invitational
Colfax’s defense of its conference volleyball championship got off to a good start last Thursday when the Vikings went on the road and earned a sweep of Durand in the Dunn-St. Croix Conference opener for both squads. Two days later, Colfax traveled to Eau Claire North High School where it finished 2-3 in the annual…
Read MoreVikings swarmed by Spring Valley Cardinals
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent SPRING VALLEY — On yet another Friday night in which rain made an appearance, the Colfax football team traveled to Spring Valley to face the Cardinals, the defending Dunn-St. Croix Conference champions. Although Spring Valley lost several talented players from a year ago, they simply replaced them with several more…
Read MoreColfax runners compete in Rice Lake Invite and Nightfall Classic
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent The Colfax cross country runners traveled to the Rice Lake Invitational September 13 with four girls and four boys, and according to head coach Joe Doucette, they ran their best race of the year so far. They followed up with a Friday meet under the lights at the Nightfall Classic,…
Read MoreColfax runners compete at Somerset Invitational
Four girls and four boys raced their way around the Somerset cross country course for the Colfax Vikings September 8. In a field of 86 individuals, Ashton Yarrington paced the Viking boys with a 13th place in a time of 19:32 and was followed by Charlie Charbonnaeu at 20:58. Teammate Mark Sonnentag came in at…
Read MoreViking netters drop contest to Somerset
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — In their only match of the week, the Colfax volleyball team lost 3-1 in a non-conference home match against the Somerset Spartans Tuesday, September 6. The first set was knotted at 12-12 but the Spartans took advantage of four Colfax errors and slammed a kill shot to go…
Read MoreLady golfers finish second at own invite, win first CloverCroix meet
COLFAX — There is no place like home, just ask the Colfax/Elk Mound girls’ golf team. Playing on its home course at Whitetail last Tuesday, the squad enjoyed its best outing of the season as it finished as the runner-up in its own Northwest Wisconsin Golf Classic that featured 12 complete teams and claimed its…
Read MoreVikings drop third straight football game with loss to Boyceville Bulldogs
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — The Colfax football team ran into a buzzsaw when they hosted the Boyceville Bulldogs in Dunn-St. Croix Conference action Friday, September 9. Boyceville was coming off a disheartening loss to conference leading Spring Valley the week before and made sure they stayed in the title chase with a…
Read MoreNowhere to go but up for Colfax football team, low numbers present big challenge
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — First year head football coach Joe Beranek knows he has his work cut out for him if the Colfax Vikings hope to improve on last year’s overall record of 1-8 and 0-7 in Dunn-St. Croix Conference play. Having just a total of 22 players in grades 9-12 out…
Read MoreColfax athletes do well at Scholastic Action Shooting Program Nationals
MARENGO, OHIO — Colfax Sportsmen’s Club’s Scholastic Action Shooting Team returned from the Scholastic Action Shooting Program National Matches in Marengo, Ohio with a trophy and several individual medals. Thanks to solid performances by all four of its members, the team’s Open Squad claimed the second-place National trophy in Pistol Caliber Carbine, reported Jim Nosker,…
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