St. Anthony Village 56, Chisago Lakes 42With junior Whitney Tinjum and freshman Bryanna Fernstrom both still out due to injuries, the Wildcats faced their last opponent before a week-long Christmas break.
In their last game before taking a week off for Christmas, the North Branch girls basketball team found plenty of trouble in taking on defending Class AA state champion Minnehaha Academy.
A four-goal outburst in the second period, including two shorthanded goals in the first 1:10 of the period, gave the Vikings a 5-1 lead on their way to a 7-4 win over conference foe Legacy Christian Academy Tuesday, December 14 at Chisago Lakes Arena.
The Wildcat girls' hockey team took a 3-2 lead into the third period, but Irondale scored three unanswered goals to beat the Wildcats 5-3 last Thursday, December 16 at Schwan's Super Rink in Blaine.
After a razor thin victory over North Branch to open up their North Suburban Conference schedule, the Chisago Lakes gymnastics team had an even closer call when they took on the Irondale Knights last week.
In what turned out exciting and pivotal match of the North Branch-Chisago Lakes wrestling match, the Vikings' Justin Bergerson beat the Wildcats' Dylan Hoyt 5-4 at 215 pounds to give the Vikings an insurmountable 32-20 lead.
With so many girls gone because of graduation from last year's team, the North Branch girls basketball team was obviously going to have some nerve-wracking moments in their opening game of the year.