COLFAX — The Elk Mound girls traveled the short distance to Colfax last Friday night riding a seven game win streak while playing some pretty good ball in the process. But the Colfax girls have been playing some pretty decent ball themselves, and despite having their two top scorers held to just one basket each,…
Read MoreJoining the list of just three other girls in the Elk Mound 1,000 point club, senior Josie Hayes accomplished the feat in a 22 point performance as the Mounders made it seven wins in a row with a 54-43 win at Chippewa Falls McDonell Central Jan. 7.
Read MoreCOLFAX — After a slow start against a team that may have had some vertically challenged (but very athletic) players, the Colfax girls faced their toughest conference competition of the season when they hosted the Mondovi Buffaloes Jan. 8. After falling behind as much as seven points late in the third quarter, the Vikings needed…
Read MoreWith just four wrestlers winning their individual matches, the Bloomer-Colfax team lost 50-27 at Hayward Jan. 3 in a Heart O’ North dual.
Read MoreMONDOVI — After not playing a game since Dec. 20, fans and coaches may have been a little concerned as to how the Colfax boys’ basketball team would respond when they faced an always tough Mondovi team on the Buffaloes’ home court Jan. 4. But the Vikings showed they were more than ready to play…
Read MoreCOLFAX — Apparently losing their first game of the season last week to one of the best teams in Minnesota didn’t sit well for the Colfax girls as they returned to conference play and completely dominated the Glenwood City Hilltoppers in their only game of the week by a score of 57-23.
Read MoreFour individuals scored points for the Bloomer-Colfax wrestling team at the Northern Badger tournament held Dec. 28-29 in River Falls. B-C placed 11th of 12 teams in Division I with 36 points.
Read MoreLocal hoopsters contributing at college level Marlys Kruger, Messenger Sports I believe it’s time for my mid-season update on college basketball players from our area.
Read MoreUW-STOUT — It was a tale of two completely different games when the Colfax girls played in the 19th Annual Chris Griffin Memorial AAU Holiday Classic held at UW-Stout Dec. 27-28. In the first game against Minneapolis North, the Vikings pummeled the young, undermanned Polars 72-14, then up against a highly ranked DeLaSalle team, (also…
Read MoreHAMMOND — They may not have shut them out in any of the four quarters of play but they came mighty close when the Colfax girls held the St. Croix Central Panthers to under five points in each of those quarters while taking a 55-14 win Dec. 21 on Central’s home court.
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