Colfax Sports
Raptor wrestlers split duals in Colfax, compete in Ladysmith Invitational
In their only competition of the season held at Colfax High School, the Bloomer/Colfax Raptor wrestlers split a pair of duals in a Cloverbelt triangular Thursday, January 11. Bloomer/Colfax lost to Abbotsford/Colby in the opening dual of the triangular before closing out the meet with a victory over Osseo-Fairchild/Augusta/Fall Creek. Two days later, the Raptors…
Read MoreColfax boys drop D-SC contest to E-PC Wolves
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent In their only game scheduled last week, the Colfax boys let a great opportunity to move up in the Dunn-St. Croix Conference standings get away from them when they lost in Plum City to the Elmwood-Plum City Wolves 55-45. The Vikings had one win in conference play while the Wolves…
Read MoreLady Vikings make it four in a row with huge win over Glenwood City Hilltoppers
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — The Colfax girls stayed on their home court and blew out the Glenwood City Hilltoppers 71-21 January 9, then had a road game against Mondovi scheduled for Friday night postponed due to the possibility of bad weather in the area. Colfax has now won four straight games and…
Read MoreElk Mound boys come from behind to pull out conference basketball win over Colfax
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — After playing a non-conference game, both the Colfax and Elk Mound boys’ basketball teams returned to Dunn-St. Croix Conference play when they faced each other in the Colfax gym January 5. It was a tight battle throughout the first half and most of the second half, but in…
Read MoreColfax boys toppled by Turtle Lake
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — It’s not very often you see a boys high school basketball game where one of the teams attempts just two free throws in the whole contest. Such was the case when Colfax hosted the Turtle Lake Lakers January 2 when the Vikings were the ones who were on…
Read MoreBloomer/Colfax wrestlers open Cloverbelt action, compete in New Richmond Invite
With the calendar turning to January 2024, the Bloomer/Colfax wrestling team opened Cloverbelt action last Thursday with a quadrangular dual meet at Stanley-Boyd High School where the squad grappled with the host Orioles along with Neillsville/Greenwood/Loyal and newly minted cooperative Chippewa Falls McDonell/Elk Mound. The Raptors lost their duals with Stanley-Boyd and Neillsville/Greenwood/Loyal but no…
Read MoreColfax girls’ basketball earns clean sweep, opens 2024 with trio of wins
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent It was a very productive week for the Colfax girls’ basketball team as they won all three of their games. All of the games were on the road, starting with a non-conference game January 2 at St. Croix Central as the Lady Vikings won 60-32. Two days later they returned…
Read MoreB/C wrestlers finish third in home dual tourney, compete at Northern Badger
The Raptor wrestling team completed its pre-holiday schedule by hosting a five-team, dual tournament at Bloomer High School Friday, December 22. Host Bloomer/Colfax finished third in the tournament with a 2-2 record. Following the Christmas break, the Raptors were back in action at the annual Northern Badger Wrestling Classic which was held Thursday and Friday,…
Read MoreColfax boys bruise Beavers to end 2023 with a bang
By Marlys Kruger Sports Corespondent COLFAX — The Viking boy’s basketball team won three of their final four games of the year, ending 2023 with an 85 -56 win at home over the Augusta Beavers, December 22. Colfax began 2024 with a 4-6 overall record (1-2 in Dunn-St. Croix Conference play) as they hosted Turtle…
Read MoreViking boys win barn burner over Cochrane-Fountain City
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — In a game where the score was close throughout, the Colfax boys used a solid defense and clutch shooting to earn a 75-71 win at home over Cochrane-Fountain City December 19. Elijah Entzminger and Mason Yarrington both had a hot hand in the first half as they scored…
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