The Raptors’ wrestling team hosted a Cloverbelt Conference triangular at Bloomer High School Thursday, January 23 where it split its two duals. Bloomer/Colfax shut out Thorp/Owen-Withee 71-0, but fell to Cloverbelt co-leader Cadott by a 67-6 score. With those outcomes, Bloomer/Colfax is now 4-2 in Cloverbelt duals which currrently puts it in third place. Two…
Read MoreCOLFAX — The Bloomer-Colfax wrestling team opened the new year by placing first at its own dual meet invitational hosted at Colfax High School. Bloomer-Colfax finished 3-1 in the five-team, dual-meet format invitational held Friday, January 3. It was Colfax’s only home wrestling event of the season. The Raptor wrestling squad defeated Bruce 66 to…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent The Viking boys’ basketball team went on the road to Augusta December 30 and used a strong second half to pick up a 72-60 win over the Beavers. They could not follow up with another win however, as they lost 68-48 to the Turtle Lake Lakers January 3 in Turtle…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent BLOOMER — After a 21 day layoff due to a game cancellation and the school holiday, the Colfax girls’ basketball team had to shake the rust off when they traveled to Bloomer for a non-conference game Thursday, January 2. After giving up an early lead, the Vikings used a couple…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent ELK MOUND — It wasn’t exactly a pretty game for either team but the Elk Mound boys’ basketball team played well enough to finish with a 55-49 win over the Colfax Vikings on the Mounders home court Friday, December 20. For first-year Colfax head coach Nick Heit it was a…
Read MoreThe Bloomer-Colfax gymnastics squad opened its 2024-25 season with a pair of meets last week. Bloomer-Colfax opened its season Tuesday, December 10 in La Crosse at the Performance Elite Gymnastics (PEG) Center where it placed second as a team with a score of 111.075. Four days later, on Saturday, December 14, Bloomer-Colfax finished ninth with…
Read MoreBy Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent SPRING VALLEY — The Colfax boys’ basketball team traveled to Spring Valley Dec. 17 to take on the Cardinals, one of the favorites to finish near the top of the Dunn-St. Croix Conference this season. All five starters for the Cardinals are seniors and all of them have plenty of…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent BOYCEVILLE — In a hard-fought battle from start to finish, the Colfax boys’ basketball team overcame an early deficit to pull out a 70-61 win over Boyceville Thursday, December 12 in Boyceville. The win was the first of the season for the Vikings and was the first career win for…
Read MoreEAU CLAIRE — The Bloomer-Colfax wrestling team traveled to Eau Claire North High School Saturday, December 14 for the annual Husky Invitational. The Raptors scored 95 points to finish 17th in the 28-team tournament. St. Michael-Albertville, MN won the meet with a score of 558 points, Kaukana took second with a 523.5, Simley, MN scored…
Read MoreIt was a close game the first half with the Vikings leading 43-42, but things fell apart for Colfax as they were outscored by 20 points the second stanza and lost to Amery 89-70 in a December 10 non-conference game in Amery. Aiden Fischer scored a career high 33 points for the Vikings and pulled…
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