Colfax wins at Oakesdale, 68-61

On a quiet Christmas break evening Jan. 2 at the Oakesdale gym, Colfax held off the previously unbeaten Nighthawks in a 1B/2B county showdown.

John Lustig, sophomore guard for Colfax, led all scorers with 27 points while Cole Baerlocher had 15 and Hunter Claassen 12. Kit Hockett led Oakesdale with 20 points in the loss.

Colfax led almost the entire game, extending leads with buzzer-beater shots to end the second and third quarter, the latter a three-pointer by Claassen to keep Colfax up seven going into the fourth.

Colfax kept at it, a corner three-pointer from Baerlocher keeping the lead at e...