The North Branch boys basketball award ceremony started with ninth grade coach Larry Schlagel presenting the participation awards to the ninth grade and talking about their season.
Although they only suited up 12 players for the season opener, it didn't seem to matter for the Chisago Lakes baseball team as the Iron 12 crushed the Osceola Chieftains 10-0 on Tuesday April 6 at Chisago Lakes.
Last year, I wrote a column blasting the Star Tribune for leaving Chisago Lakes senior forward Josh Figini off of the All-State teams. This year, CL sophomore forward Whitney Tinjum was served a similar injustice.
When junior Cory Lushanko, one of the leading scorers in the state, suffered a season-ending wrist injury just eight games into the season, Wildcat fans may have worried that this season would turn out to be as bad as last year's troubled campaign.
When you look through all of the 2009-2010 season team awards, conference awards and category leaders for the Wildcat wrestling team (13-13 in dual meets), it looks like the keyboard got stuck on a few keys.
On Thursday, March 18, North Branch Area High School senior Brian Grand was surrounded by coaches and family as he signed a letter of intent to attend Drake University, where he will play Division I soccer.
With the passing of the four-day school week for the 2010-11 school year in the North Branch School District, there is going to be plenty of changes to not just the academic side of the school, but also the athletic side.