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"Though our record doesn't show it, this past season has been a successful one for our team, especially the seniors," said first year head coach Liz Mundahl. "Jess (Peterson), Courtney (Skoog), Jaime (Tschida), Kristen (Tengwall), and Kayla (Schultz) have all done a tremendous job leading the team on and off the court. 

"They have worked very hard and have committed a lot of time in the last four years to Chisago Lakes girls' basketball.  They are excellent role models for our youth teams in the community.  Words that describe the five players are - mentally tough, consistent, determined, disciplined, leaders and, most importantly, unselfish. They always put their team before themselves.  It was a privilege to get to work with the girls and I wish I could have worked with them all four years.  They will be missed next year," Mundahl added.  

The Wildcats completed the 2006-07 season by announcing the following team award winners:

North Suburban Conference Awards

All conference Jess Peterson

All conference honorable mention

Courtney Skoog, Megan Corradi

Academic All-Conference-

Jess Peterson

Courtney Skoog

Kayla Schultz

Kristen Tengwall

Academic All-State

Courtney Skoog

Kristen Tengwall

Team Awards

MVP

Jess Peterson

Best Defense

Courtney Skoog

Hustle Award

Kayla Schultz

Rookie of the Year

Rachel Lukasik

Most Improved

Mackenzie Maher

2007-2008 captains

Kori Sells,

Megan Corradi

Mackenzie Maher

Coaches Award

Kayla Schultz

Wildcat Award

Kristen Tengwall

Practice Player of the Year-

Kayla Schultz

Already thinking about next season, coach Mundahl said, "The 2007-2008 season outlook is a positive one.  We have a mix of experienced players coming back, along with young players who will need to contribute early on in the season. We will return 13 letterwinners and five of those players, Megan Corradi, Kori Sells, Brenna Coyle, Alyssa Lundberg and Amanda Farrell, will be seniors.  Having a decent size senior class, they will be expected to take over the leadership role and play consistent basketball. 

"Mackenzie Maher and Rachel Lukasik, who saw significant time at the varsity level, will also be expected to make bigger contributions next year. Overall, we have an excellent group of kids returning and our 10th and 9th grade teams did well this past season. So, I'm looking forward to see who works hard over the summer and can make an impact right away.  All of the players worked extremely hard this season and really came together as a team, which was our number one goal.  I enjoyed working with this group and I'm very optimistic about next year," Mundahl concluded.

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