Can race incites Colfax students

Bleachers of children are screaming and cheering, fists pumping, feet stomping the rails. A collective, roaring chant for each competitor fills the room and shakes the floor.

Children scream and cheer for their champions of the can race Dec. 17.

The ruckus in the Colfax Jennings Elementary gym is almost deafening as can after can rolls down the ramp in the annual children’s Can Race.

More than 400 children from the kindergarten through eighth grade school Friday watched each classroom compete against other classrooms until a final winner rolled the fastest can.

Fifth graders Ben Ahmann, left,...