LA CROSSE — The conditions were not ideal but the result was! Despite a steady drizzle of rain and a wet concrete throwing circle, Colfax senior Jeanette Hydukovich made her fourth and final appearance in the Division 3 girls’ state discus competition one to remember. On her second attempt in Saturday morning’s competition, Hydukovich unleashed…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — The quest for a chance to compete at the WIAA state track and field championships began May 20 for Colfax track athletes on their home grounds in the WIAA Division regional meet. Needing to place in the top four of each individual event, several athletes moved on to…
Read Moreby MarlysKruger Sports Correspondent CAMERON — Just as they have all season, Jeanette Hydukovich and Kaysen Goodell have led the Colfax girls on the track and in the field. Hydukovich was the runner-up in both the discus throw and the shot put and Goodell claimed a fourth place in the 1,600m run at the sectional…
Read MoreTREMPEALEAU — The Colfax-Elk Mound golf team is headed to sectional competition. The cooperative grabbed the final sectional berth when it finished fourth in the WIAA Division 2 Arcadia boys’ golf regional held Wednesday, May 22 at the Trempealeau Mountain Golf Course. The tournament, which was slated for the previous day, had to be postponed…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent NEILLSVILLE — As a number 12 seed in the WIAA regional tournament, the Colfax Vikings traveled to Neillsville to take on the number five seed Neillsville-Granton team May 23. Neillsville-Granton was 11-8 overall with a second place finish in the Cloverbelt East Conference. Although the Vikings had a few chances…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent After having to wait an extra day to begin WIAA regional play due to heavy rain in the area, the Colfax softball team began their quest for a second consecutive regional title with a 12-0 blasting at home over Cornell/Lake Holcombe May 22. 24 hours later they traveled to Casper…
Read MoreDesigned for youth in grades 4-7 the Midwest Outdoor Heritage Education Expo, MOHEE, (pronounced MO’-hee) at the DNR’s Mackenzie Center May 15-16 drew in over 4,000 students. Most of the students who attend MOHEE pass through the DNR’s BB Gun range, according to Kimberly Chroninger, DNR Outdoor Skills Trainer. This year the DNR erected two…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent BOYCEVILLE — Led by double winner Jeanette Hydukovich and the 4×800 meter relay team, the Viking girls placed fourth in the Dunn-St. Croix Conference track and field meet held in Boyceville May 14 while the boys finished seventh. Under ideal weather conditions, Mondovi repeated as the conference champions for the…
Read MoreGLENWOOD CITY — Coming into last Monday’s 18-hole Dunn-St. Croix Conference tournament at Glen Hills Golf Course, Colfax-Elk Mound trailed Glenwood City by just a point and half. Although first place had already been sewn up by defending champion Durand-Arkansaw, a top two finish in the May 13 tournament would give the local linksmen a…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent It was an up and down week for the Colfax Vikings but it turned out to be a little more down than up as they were pretty much thumped at Glenwood City by the Hilltoppers 16-6 on Monday, May 13, then played an all around solid game resulting in a…
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