SPORTS
Wildcat boys finish third in NSC
The boys had their best performance in years at the North Suburban Conference Championships in Crystal at Bassett Creek Park.
'Cats head into sections on massive skid
The Wildcats continued their second-half swoon with a loss to Irondale to close out the regular season last week.
North Branch girls take home North Suburban Conference title
After taking a hiatus from winning the conference championship last year, the North Branch girls cross country team was right back at it in 2010.
Regular season wrap up: CL loses NSC title, NB trounced by Totino
Not many things in the North Suburban Conference are worse than sporting a three-game win streak and having the market cornered on confidence and momentum
Regular season wrap up: CL loses NSC title, NB trounced by Totino
The turning point in the Wildcats' 33-22 loss to Benilde St. Margaret's came late in the first half.
Chisago Lakes state-bound with dominating section performance
The lethal scoring combination of seniors Rachel Diers and Cassie Trandahl accounted for all three goals as the top-seeded Wildcat girls' soccer team beat second-seeded Esko/Carlton 3-1 in the section championship game
Both Chisago and North Branch's tennis seasons end at sub-sections
North Branch Individual Sub-SectionNone of the girls from North Branch could advance to the second round in the tough sub-section in St. Francis.
CL and NB split x-country meet
In the most recent battles, North Branch had been coming out on top of the cross country meets on both the boys and girls sides when the two county rivals take each other on.
Vikings win three to run streak to four games, raise $1k at Dig Pink
The Vikings traveled down to New Hope to take on the 8-12 Hawks of Robbinsdale Cooper.
Chisago Lakes finishes third in true team meet, younger Lee shines
In one of their final tuneups before the section meet, and one of the more important meets of the year for Chisago Lakes, the girls swimming and diving team finished in third place among seven quality teams at the True Team meet last week.
Down by two scores early, an NB comeback stuns Irondale at home
Over the last four years, there may have not been a more lopsided series in the North Suburban Conference than the annual North Branch versus Irondale tilt.
Wildcats KO Vikes
Marissa Alliegro scored the game's first goal early in the second half, and it proved to be all the top-seeded Wildcats would need.
Vikes upset third-seeded Marshall
celebrated wildly after David Cunningham's shot from the penalty spot sailed past the Duluth Marshall goalkeeper and into the net to give the sixth-seeded Vikings a 4-3 upset win in a shootout over the third-seeded Hilltoppers in a Section 7A quarterfinal game last Saturday, October 16 at Duluth.
Chisago Lakes tops St. Francis in overtime shootout
The Wildcats stuffed a two-point conversion attempt in overtime, winning 42-41 to spoil homecoming for the St. Francis Fighting Saints last Friday, October 15 at St. Francis.
