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North Branch held their own quite well at the 45th annual Clemensen Invitiational in Princeton Saturday, January 6. The Vikings finished in third place behind strong showings from Dakota Esget, Libby Nielson and Ella Dick. They were behind only Class AA #4 Hopkins and Class A #3 Perham with a score of 138.25. Hopkins scored 140.65 and Perham registered a score of 139.9. With this performance, North Branch is knocking on the door of the top five rankings in Class A.

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