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Chisago Lakes 3, Cambridge 2

Determined to extend their four-game winning streak, the Wildcats faced off against a much-improved Cambridge-Isanti Bluejackets team at Cambridge last Thursday.  The Wildcats won 3-2 to keep the streak going.

At the 13-minute mark, Isabella Heinsch scored from 15 yards out to put the Wildcats up 1-0.  In the 32nd minute, the Blue Jackets were awarded a penalty kick.  Wildcat goalkeeper Ruby Anderson, an eighth grader, made the initial save, but the Bluejackets knocked it in off the deflection to even the score at 1-1.  In the 55th minute, Emily Carroll drove a 30-yard assist to Civeah McDonald, who put it in the back of the net to give the Wildcats at 2-1 lead.  In the 61st minute, Paige Peterson connected on a pass with Lexy Bartz, who drove it down the sideline and rifled a shot that directly off the post to a waiting Kaitlyn Barnick, who smashed the ball into the back of the net to put the Wildcats up 3-1.  The Bluejackets scored in the 70th minute on a corner kick to cut the Wildcat lead to 3-2, but the Wildcats held on to the lead to win the match.

Chisago Lakes 1, St. Francis 1

On Monday, the Wildcats faced off against the St. Francis Fighting Saints, one of the top teams in the Mississippi 8 Conference.  The conditions were hot and both teams played at a much lower than usual intensity.  It was a match of willpower on both sides.  The Saints put the first score on the board at the 6-minute mark with a corner kick that ended up being an own goal by the Wildcats.  In the 28th minute, the Cats tied it back up with a Taylor Kubalek corner to Isabella Heinsch, who scored with a commanding header into the net to tie the score at 1-1.  The match remained tied throughout the second half, and the game ended 1-1.  The Wildcats, Fighting Saints, Monticello Magic, and Zimmerman Thunder all still undefeated in conference play.

Soccer Stuff

The Wildcats (7-1-2)  will host the Magic tonight at 5 p.m. at Chisago Lakes High School.  And they will welcome the North Branch Vikings to Lindstrom on Monday, September 23 for a 5 p.m. game.  On Wednesday, September 25, they will travel to St. Croix Preparatory Academy in Stillwater to take on the Lions at 7 p.m.

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