By Nathaniel Underwood The 2024 Colby golf team has plenty of newcomers to the squad, doubling the size of the 2023 team despite half the prior year’s team having graduated. The Hornets will also be under new management this season, with head coach Logan Rosemeyer and coach Matt Cihlar taking over the reigns from longtime coach Brandon Butkus. After Butkus stepped down, the fact that the

By Nathaniel Underwood The Colby track and field team had one of their best team performances of the season last Thursday in Medford. The girls team took second overall with 117 points, trailing only the hosting Red Raider squad while the boys squad placed third behind Medford and Newman Catholic with 93 team points. The Hornets had 17 total top three performances on Thursday, including four

By Nathaniel Underwood The Abbotsford track and field team had three meets over the past week, bouncing around to Gilman, Marathon and Edgar as the outdoor season hit full stride. Doc Schultz Invite Due to inclement weather expected on Tuesday evening, the Falcons had their meet in Edgar moved up to Monday night, where they faced off against nine other schools in the Doc Schultz Invitational.

By Nathaniel Underwood The Abbotsford/Colby baseball team picked up three more conference wins over the past week. A stumble against Auburndale broke up victories over Chequamegon and Athens as the co-op improved their record to 7-3. Athens, 14-2 A trio of three-run innings and a fourrun seventh helped propel Abby/Colby to a dominant win over Athens in the first game of a double-header between

By Nathaniel Underwood The Colby/Abbotsford softball team fell in both of their contests over the past week, suffering a road loss to Edgar before Gilman defeated them at home in their first conference game of the season. Gilman, 13-3 The Colby/Abby softball team opened their Cloverbelt-East conference schedule by hosting the Gilman Pirates last Friday. While the co-op matched Gilman in hits,

By Nathaniel Underwood The Abbotsford/Colby baseball team got off to a hot start to their 2024 regular season, winning all three of their games over the last week. The co-op squad outscored their opponents 24-3 in those contests while only giving up eight hits to opposing lineups over the stretch. Chequamegon, 5-1 The Abby/Colby squad’s first Marawood- North conference game against Chequamegon

By Nathaniel Underwood The Colby/Abbotsford softball team began play this past week, going 0-3 in their first three games of the season. After two tough losses at Rhinelander’s Hodag Dome, the co-op could not come back against Regis in a close game at home. Regis, 7-4 A late game rally by the Colby/Abby offense was not enough to overcome a big second inning for the Regis Ramblers as the two

By Nathaniel Underwood The Colby Hornets participated in a pair of meets over the past week, with both squads opening their outdoor season in Altoona on Monday evening while the girls team wrapped up their indoor campaign with a meet at Wausau West last Thursday. Altoona Invitational Facing off against athletes from 11 different schools in Altoona, the Colby girls took eighth place with 54 points

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By Nathaniel Underwood The Abbotsford track and field team opened their outdoor season with a trip to Altoona on Monday. Facing up against athletes from 11 different schools, the boys team placed sixth overall with 46.50 team points while the girls squad took 10th with 40 points. Prescott took first place in both the boys and girls competitions, with the boys team finishing with 167.50 points and