Colfax Sports
Viking cross country runners compete at Somerset meet
SOMERSET — On a warm, sunny day, Thursday, September 7th, the Colfax cross country runners traveled to Somerset to race against some strong competition. In a field of 65 individuals, Charlie Charbonneau led the Colfax boys with a seventh place in a time of 19:28 while teammate Logan Swartz was 20th in 22:02. Ian Findley…
Read MoreVikings’ volleyball falls to Somerset
SOMERSET — In its only match last week, the Colfax volleyball team fell three sets to one during a non-conference visit to Somerset Tuesday, September 5. The Vikings (6-5) found themselves down two sets to none after losing a pair of tightly played sets, 20-25 and 19-25. Colfax flipped the script in the third set…
Read MoreColfax crushed by Spring Valley Cardinals, final score 45-6
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — The Colfax football team hosted the defending Dunn-St. Croix Conference champion Spring Valley Cardinals September 8, and for the first quarter and part of the second quarter the Vikings kept the Cardinals off the scoreboard. But it was just a matter of time before the potent Cardinal offense…
Read MoreCEM girl golfers continue hot streak, win fifth straight CloverCroix match
The Colfax/Elk Mound girls’ golfers continued to sizzle on the area fairways and greens. Playing in three meets this past week, two of which were combined, the CEM girls’ placed fifth at the 2023 Northwest Wisconsin Golf Classic they hosted at the Whitetail on Tuesday, September 5. In that same tournament, the CloverCroix schools used…
Read MoreColfax volleyball competes in Bloomer
BLOOMER — The Colfax volleyball squad’s only competition last week was at a triangular meet in Bloomer Tuesday, August 29. The Vikings split their two matches in Bloomer. In a pair of close sets, Colfax defeated Menomonie 25-22 and 25-20. The Vikings’ match against host Bloomer, however, turned out to be a lopsided contest as…
Read MoreBoyceville Bulldogs bruise Colfax Vikings in D-SC gridiron opener
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent BOYCEVILLE — The Colfax Viking football team traveled to Boyceville with just 17 players dressed to open the Dunn-St. Croix Conference season September 1. The Bulldogs overpowered the Vikings in pretty much every aspect of the game, claiming a 46-12 win. It’s no secret the Bulldogs have been building an…
Read MoreC/EM lady golfers sweep CloverCroix meets
The Colfax/Elk Mound girls’ golf team teed off on its 2023 conference season last week with fantastic results. The local ladies swept all three CloverCroix Conference girls’ golf meets winning in Mondovi on Monday, August 28, on their home course at Whitetail the following day, Tuesday, August 29, and again on Thursday, August 31 at…
Read MoreViking harriers begin season at Bruce Invite
All five runners for the Colfax cross country team competed in the first meet of the season at the Bruce Invite August 29. In a field of 79 individual girls, Kaysen Goodell took home a medal with a fourth place finish, clocking in at 21:48 for the 5K course. Hannah Peterson placed 23rd for the…
Read MoreViking volleyball finishes 2-1 in home quad
COLFAX — The Colfax “Vikings” volleyball team opened its 2023 campaign on its home court last Tuesday, August 22 when it hosted a quadrangular meet. The Lady Viking spikers finished 2-1 in the meet having bested both Stanley-Boyd and Clayton three sets to none before falling to Ellsworth two sets to one. In its first…
Read MoreSmall group competing for Colfax Cross Country in 2023 season
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — Colfax cross country coach Joe Doucette, the first and only coach to lead the Viking harriers, begins his 31st year with something he hasn’t experienced before. Just three boys and three girls showed up for the first week of practice, leaving the team short of the five runners…
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