SPORTS
Turnovers and run game propel CL to 2-0 start
After allowing the Cambridge-Isanti Bluejackets to score 13 straight points in the second quarter to cut the Wildcats lead to 21-20 at halftime, the Wildcats came out on fire in the third quarter. They forced several turnovers and scored on their first four possessions to take a 48-20 lead and …
Vikings grind out first win over Rock Ridge
North Branch didn’t hang 50 points on Rock Ridge last week like they have done the past two years, but they did exactly what they needed to do to bounce back from their season opening loss at Pequot Lakes.
North Branch falls just short of tough Patriot squad
For the second straight year, the North Branch football team dropped their season opener to a very talented and disciplined Pequot Lakes squad Thursday, August 29 in Pequot Lakes.
‘Cats clip Falcons to open 2024 season
Fullback Braxton Bender-Ehlke rushed 19 times for 162 yards and a touchdown to lead the Wildcat football team to a 28-8 win over the Foley Falcons in the season opener last Friday, August 29 at Foley High School. Quarterback Kellen Meissner added 68 yards on 18 carries and scored twice …
‘Cats already heating up
After a slow start to the season, dropping a sweep to the South St. Paul Packers Thursday, August 22 and losing their first two games in the Rush City tournament to Litchfield and Pine River-Backus, the Chisago Lakes volleyball team has turned it around a bit as of late.
AREA SOCCER ROUND UP
The start of the high school soccer season tells us that summer is just about over and winter gets closer every day. And it’s not likely we’re going to get a mild winter like we had last year. All four local high school soccer teams began play last week, and …
CL’s dynamic duo starts where they left off, dominate at Apollo
Annika Hall and Kaia Osmundson have formed quite the dynamic duo for Chisago Lakes athletics.
Chisago Lakes fishing duo nets quite an experience at national tournament
Nick Kavanagh and Jacob Metz proudly represented the Chisago Lakes Area on the national stage on August 1-3 in Dayton, TN.
Bulldogs fall just short of state, but season still a success
Last Saturday at Brennan Field in Hinckley, the Bulldogs had a thrilling 6-2 comeback win in their Region1C elimination bracket game against the Ramsey Renegades. But in their semifinal game against the Rum River Bandits later that afternoon, they allowed six runs in the first inning and never quite got …
Bulldogs wading through playoffs still after tough loss to Panthers
Beau Fandel of the fourth-seeded Bulldogs and Damon Rademacher of the top-seeded Princeton Panthers engaged in an epic pitcher’s duel in the second game of the Region 1C South playoffs last Friday night at Solheim Field at Mark Park in Princeton. The difference in the game was two early errors …
Bulldogs survive six errors to knock out Lumberjacks
Tyler Stilp drove in pinch runner Jack Boeck to break a 5-5 tie in the bottom of the eighth inning, and the Bulldogs went on to beat the Elk River Lumberjacks 7-5 in the opening game of the 2024 Region 1C Playoffs. Hunter Lindstrom pitched 2 2/3 innings of scoreless …
