SPORTS
Wildcats make a spirited run at sections but fall short
In the opening game of the Section 7AAA softball tournament, Rylan Sheppeck singled with one out in the bottom of the tenth inning to drive in Jesa Leritz to give the fourth-seeded Wildcats a 7-6 win over the fifth-seeded Cloquet Lumberjacks on Tuesday, May 19 at Chisago Lakes High School. …
Wrong time, wrong place for NB to go cold
The North Brach softball team had a nightmare start to their Section 7AAA tourney last week. The third-seeded Vikings were upset 6-1 by the sixth-seeded Denfeld Hunters in the opening round, making their trek through the bracket infinitely harder. The Vikings rebounded nicely with a 10-0 win over Grand Rapids …
Pearson smashes shot put record during M8C championships
The Wildcats hosted the Mississippi 8 Conference Track and Field Championships at Chisago Lakes High School on Wednesday, May 20. The girls came in second, just three points behind second place Monticello. The boys finished fifth. The Wildcats’ only first place individual finish at the meet was senior Mariana Cooksley, …
Helberg heading to state
Wyatt Helberg breezed through the Section 6A individual tournament over Memorial weekend without dropping more than two points in any game.
CL draws fifth seed in sections, heading to Hibbing for opener
Trent Travis hit a three-run homer and Kellen Meissner threw a three-hitter to lead the Wildcat baseball team to a 10-0 win over the St. Francis Fighting Saints Tuesday, May 19 at Chisago Lakes High School, in the Wildcats’ final regular season home game of 2026. The game was shortened …
Bulldogs unleash havoc on Ham Lake in between close games
Alex Boxwell hit a solo homer with two outs in the bottom of the tenth inning to give the Coon Rapids Redbirds a 3-2 win over the Bulldogs baseball team on Tuesday, May 19 at Wintercrest Park in Coon Rapids.
Season over for Wildcat pair
The Chisago Lakes tandem of Caleb Brink and Nolan Levasseur (at right) ran out of steam in the Section 7AA semifinals last week.
Vikings get the best of Wildcats again
The fourth-seeded Wildcat softball team won their opening round game in the double elimination Section 7AAA playoffs over the fifth-seeded Cloquet Lumberjacks Tuesday, May 19 at Chisago Lakes High School. This morning at 10 a.m. they will face the top-seeded and fifth-ranked Rock Ridge Wolverines at Braun Park in Cloquet …
CL falls flat in section gauntlet
The Cloquet Lumberjacks baseball team scored four runs in the first inning and went on to beat the Wildcats 7-1 Monday, May 11 at Chisago Lakes High School. Cloquet loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the first inning. Wildcat pitcher Zander Bleymeyer hit the next batter …
Unbeaten ‘Cats cruise
A dominant spring kept rolling along last week, as the Chisago Lakes girls lacrosse team blasted Monticello 18-3 on Tuesday, May 12 before taking down a tough Hill-Murray squad 13-7 on Thursday, May 14 at Chisago Lakes High School.
Chisago Lakes finishes 11th at Class AA True Team state
The Wildcat girls track team participated in the state Class AA True Team meet last Saturday, May 16 and finished eleventh out of 12 teams at the meet. The top scorer for the Wildcats was sophomore Madison Eagle, who finished second in the shot put and sixth in the discus …
Bulldogs rally late but give it right back to Highland Park
The Bulldog baseball team scored six runs in the top of the sixth inning to take a 6-3 lead, but the Highland Park Beavers came back with five runs in the bottom of the inning and beat the Wildcats 8-6 Sunday, May 17 at McMurray Athletic Fields in St. Paul.
