OSCEOLA — Colfax boys’ basketball coach Andy Meade may want to put in a request to the WIAA to set the sectional tournament brackets up a little different in the future. Two of the past three years, a team from the West Lakeland Conference ended the Vikings’ season including Grantsburg in a sectional final in…
Read MoreMENOMONIE — A team of Colfax youth took second place at the recent Lego Robot Sumo Competition held in Menomonie on February 16th. Devin Lamm and Tate Russell, both sixth graders from Colfax Elementary, competed in the junior division making it to finals after three rounds of competition.
Read MoreMADISON — Although he lost both of his matches on the Kohl Center mat, Colfax freshman Brady Simonson ended his season with a conference, regional and sectional championship as a member of the Bloomer-Colfax co-op team.
Read MoreIf the junior varsity game was any indication of how the varsity game was going to go, fans of both Colfax and Elk Mound were going to be in for a rather exciting night in the Mounders’ gym Feb. 21. With the JV game going into double overtime resulting in a 31-27 win for Elk…
Read MoreBy Marlys Kruger During new business activity at the February 18 meeting, the Colfax school board approved the hiring and/or re-hiring of several staff positions for the remainder of this year and for next fall.
Read MoreCOLFAX — With hopes of making a return trip to the Kohl Center, the Colfax boys had to come from behind on their home court and outscored the Cadott Hornets 44-29 in the second half to earn a 65-53 win in the regional semi-final game Feb. 22.
Read MoreThere are a lot of sports cliches that come to mind when two very good basketball teams meet up in a regional final. In this case, “it’s hard to beat a team three times in one season” is the one that entered everyone’s mind when the Colfax boys invaded the Elk Mound gym last Saturday…
Read MoreELK MOUND — Fans, players and coaches all knew the conference title was already in the hands of the Elk Mound team when the Colfax boys entered the Mounders’ completely full gym last Friday night.
Read MoreFor the first time since 1993, Colfax will have a representative in the WIAA state wrestling tournament. Freshman Brady Simonson, wrestling at 113 pounds for Bloomer-Colfax, is not only a conference and regional champion, but as of Feb. 16, he is a sectional champion after winning three straight matches at the Division II Somerset sectional.
Read MoreCAMERON — Twenty four members of the Colfax FBLA chapter participated in various business-related competitive events at the Regional Leadership Conference on February 4. The state is divided into 7 regions, and there were 27 schools registered in our region. The students compete in a variety of events involving written tests, computer skills, and presentations.
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