Colfax Sports
Colfax boys clinch outright D-SC conference basketball title
By Amber Hayden COLFAX — Championship teams know how to win games. And that is exactly what the Colfax boys’ basketball team has done since an early season loss to Spring Valley. After falling 53-46 on the road to the Cardinals in a December 6 league contest, the Vikings have reeled off 18 consecutive wins,…
Read More2019 INDIVIDUAL STATE WRESTLING UPDATES
Check back often throughout the WIAA Individual State Wrestling Championship for regular updates on area wrestlers from Boyceville and Colfax! ******QUARTERFINALS AND CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS******* *************Friday Afternoon, February 22 Update**************** All three of Boyceville wrestlers won their Division 3 quarterfinals matches to advance to this evening’s state semifinals in the Kohl Center. Unfortuantely, Bloomer/Colfax’s lone remaining…
Read MoreThompson, Scharlau lead Colfax boys to sweep of Elk Mound
By Amber Hayden ELK MOUND — It’s called senior leadership for a reason. Colfax senior Ben Thompson scored a game high 29 points including 20 in the first half alone to help the Vikings build a slim four-point advantage over the rival Mounders in the first 18 minutes of play last Monday’s Dunn-St. Croix boys’…
Read MoreColfax duo qualifies for state wrestling championships
NEILLSVILLE — A pair of Bloomer/Colfax wrestlers have qualified for this week’s state wrestling championships. Colfax juniors Mitchel Harmon and Sawyer Best placed second and third respectively at 138 and 132 pounds in last Saturday’s WIAA Division 2 Neillsville Individual Sectional tournament and earned berths in the 2019 WIAA State Individual Wrestling Championships that begin…
Read MoreColfax girls beat Bulldogs and Buffs to earn share of D-SC championship
By Amber Hayden The Lady Vikings have had a superb regular season going 16-4 overall and finished 13-1 in conference to give them a share of the Dunn-St. Croix girls’ basketball title with the Durand Panthers and a top seed in their half of the WIAA Division 4 Eau Claire Memorial sectional. After non-conference games…
Read MoreColfax boys closing in on Dunn-St. Croix conference title
By Amber Hayden Winding down another busy week with three more conference wins, the Colfax boys ran their win streak to 15 straight games and have shown why they were seeded third in their half of the upcoming WIAA Division 4 Hudson sectional tournament which gets underway next Tuesday, February 26. But that unbeaten streak…
Read MoreSlow start dooms Colfax girls in rematch loss to Durand
By Amber Hayden DURAND – With weather still playing a factor, the Colfax ladies sat idle for much of last week after their twice-postponed game against Mondovi had to be rescheduled to this Saturday, February 16, at 2:30 p.m. In Mondovi. That meant more than a week between games with few practices as the eighth-ranked…
Read MoreColfax boys win non-conference nail biter against Bloomer
By Amber Hayden COLFAX — The cardiac kids were at it again. The Colfax boys pulled off its second straight, three-point win in the waning seconds in an out-of-conference contest at home against Bloomer last Saturday evening. A little more than a week after the Colfax needed a last-second, three-pointer to stave off upset minded…
Read MoreThree Colfax wrestlers advance to sectional competition this Saturday
BALDWIN — The Bloomer/Colfax wrestling team had four wrestlers qualify for the individual sectional tournament including three from Colfax following the regional competition in Baldwin last Saturday. Colfax’s Luke Blanchard and Mitchel Harmon captured regional championships at the WIAA Division 2 Regional Wrestling tournament held February 9 at Baldwin-Woodville High School while a third Colfax…
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