by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent Playing a doubleheader in April is not unusual with the weather situation, but playing against two different teams is a little different. When the Colfax softball field was unplayable due to a weekend rain, the Lady Vikings hosted Boyceville in an earlier than usual game April 9, then after taking…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent ELK MOUND -— The Colfax softball team improved their overall record to 7-1 and 4-0 in Dunn-St. Croix Conference play, and after a 5-2 win over Elk Mound they sit all alone at the top of the conference. In a well played game between two solid teams, the Vikings beat…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent DURAND — Playing their first Dunn-St. Croix Conference game of the season, the Colfax softball team traveled to Durand April 4 and came away with a 14-0 win over the Panthers. The Vikings jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the top of the first inning and continued to tack…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent The Lady Vikings traveled to the Woodside Sports Complex in Mauston for a pair of Saturday games April 6 and defeated both teams by a combined 50-0. Colfax started the day with a 30-0 bombing of Cameron and took the second contest by blasting Cumberland 20-0. Both games ended in…
Read MoreMONDOVI — The Colax-Elk Mound boys’ golf team, which enters its final year as a cooperative before the two schools split apart as Elk Mound prepares to join the Cloverbelt Conference in the 2025-26 season, finished in a second place tie in its season and Dunn-St. Croix conference opener in Mondovi April 4. Despite limited…
Read MoreRIVER FALLS — Their second meet of the season took the Colfax Track and Field teams to River Falls last Thursday, March 28 to compete in the UW-River Falls High School Invitational which was held at Smith Stadium and featured 18 teams from Wisconsin and Minnesota. Junior Kaysen Goodell ran to a pair of third-place…
Read MoreROSEMOUNT, MN — Despite snow-covered fields and cold temperatures, the Colfax softball team was able to open its 2024 campaign last Thursday. The Vikings had to go indoors to accomplish it. Playing inside the Irish Sports Dome in Rosemount, MN, Colfax participated in a triangular against host Grantsburg and Pepin/Alma. The Vikings earned a split…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — With just two senior ball players out on the ball diamond this year, Colfax varsity baseball coach Kirk Secraw will look for his younger players to reach their goals this season. The Vikings have to replace their starting catcher and solid hitter Dylyn Hiitola, ace pitcher and all-around…
Read MoreMENOMONIE — With snow covering the ground and temperatures hovering around the freezing point, the Colfax and Elk Mound track and field teams opened their respective 2024 campaigns last week inside the climate-control confines of the Sports and Fitness Center at UW-Stout. The Mounders actually participated in a pair of indoor meets at UW-Stout, taking…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — First-year head coach Chuck Brown greeted 26 track and field athletes when spring practice began the week of March 4. With the increase in numbers from a year ago, including a few who have experience competing at the state level, coach Brown has high hopes by the end…
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