STEVENS POINT – The membership of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association defeated amendments intended to address competitive equity concerns, and passed resolutions for coaches’ certification requirements and adding basketball, hockey and volleyball to the list of sports with unlimited non-school contact in the summer at the 2015 Annual Meeting today in Stevens Point.
Read MoreSTEVENS POINT – The Board of Control voted to grant final approval of an Executive Staff recommendation to suspend membership dues and fees for two years and gave final acceptance to a conference realignment plan in the Northwest area of the state at its April meeting today.
Read MoreSTEVENS POINT — The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, in cooperation with Rural Mutual Insurance, has chosen the recipients of the team Sportsmanship Awards for the 2015 winter State Tournaments. The winners of the prestigeous sportsmanship honor are Spring Valley/Elmwood in wrestling, Mount Horeb in gymnastics, Superior in boys ice hockey, the D.C. Everest Co-op in…
Read MoreAfter some cool and nasty weather earlier in the week, the Colfax track team hosted a meet that was held under pretty decent conditions April 23. With four individuals and one relay team taking firsts, the girls won the meet against five other teams, while the boys had three individuals and two relay teams place…
Read MoreAfter splitting a pair of five inning games at Plum City April 20, dropping the first one 12-11 then winning the second one 10-9, the Colfax softball team walloped Mondovi 18-11 a day later, then lost to conference leading Elk Mound 6-0 April 23. (Colfax-Elk Mound story is elsewhere in The Messenger).
Read MoreOn a cold and windy day, the Colfax golf team competed in Glenwood City for a conference match April 20, finishing fifth, then went to Mondovi on a sunny and much more warmer day for a makeup match April 23 and also claimed a fifth place.
Read MoreAfter playing ball in near perfect weather two weeks ago, the Colfax baseball team had to play a game at Spring Valley April 20 with temperatures in the 40 degree range and ended up winning a close one over the Cardinals 5-4. With weather conditions a whole lot better three days later including sunny skies…
Read MoreWINONA, MN — A year ago the Colfax track and field teams battled wind, rain and cold when they traveled to St. Mary’s University in Winona to compete in the West Salem Invitational. But what a difference a year makes as this time around, the conditions were near perfect with the temperature in the high…
Read MoreGiving up eight runs in the first inning made it awfully tough for the Colfax baseball team to come back as they dropped a 14-5 contest at St. Croix Central April 13. However, by using the long ball, they came back a few days later and took an 8-3 win at Boyceville.
Read MoreThe Colfax softball team played a pair of road games last week and ended up winning both of them by slim margins, 6-5 over Boyceville April 13 and 6-3 against St. Croix Central two days later.
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