Colfax Sports
Lady Vikings take trio of Dunn-St. Croix games, putting them in second place
by Marlys Krueger Sports Correspondent The Colfax girls had to battle back from a four-point halftime deficit before pulling out a 52-45 road win over Mondovi January 22. It was a makeup game from the week before and it gave the Vikings a heavy schedule for the week as they hosted Boyceville 24 hours later.…
Read MoreRaptors wrestle in Cloverbelt duals and Shell Lake Invite
The Bloomer/Colfax wrestling team got plenty of mat time last week when it participated in a Cloverbelt Conference triangular in Cadott Thursday, January 18 and the Shell Lake Challenge on Saturday, January 20. In Cadott, the Raptors defeated Thorp/Owen-Withee 42-6. The outcome of the Bloomer/Colfax versus Cadott dual was not available at press time. Two…
Read MoreColfax girls rally to defeat Somerset, pound Durand Panthers for D-SC win
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent Playing a non-conference game as part of a doubleheader with the boys, the Lady Vikings were behind as much as 11 points in the first half but put things together to pull out a 60-50 win over Somerset January 16 in Colfax. Two days later they went on the road…
Read MoreColfax boys trip up Glenwood City Hilltoppers, maul Mondovi Buffaloes
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent After dropping a Dunn-St. Croix Conference game to Elmwood-Plum City a week earlier, the Colfax boys got back on track with a 64-51 conference win at home over the Glenwood City Hilltoppers January 16. They went on the road three days later for another conference game against the Mondovi Buffaloes…
Read MoreRaptor 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 More