Brett Lizotte's goal 30 seconds into overtime gave him a hat trick and gave the Wildcat boys' hockey team a 5-4 win over eleventh-ranked Class AA Spring Lake Park last Tuesday, January 26 at Chisago Lakes Arena.
After two straight heart-pounding meets -- a 93-93 tie with Fridley and a 92-91 loss to Spring Lake Park -- the Wildcats were able to breath a sigh of relief with an easy win over North Suburban Conference rival Robbinsdale Cooper.
Senior John Morrison pinned his opponent for the one-hundredth win of his career as the Viking wrestling team crushed conference foe Irondale 49-21 last Friday, January 22 at Irondale.
Taking a break from their tough Northwest Suburban Conference schedule, the Chisago Lakes boys and girls alpine ski teams converged on Giant's Ridge in Biwabik on Martin Luther King Jr. Day last week.
In a prelude to their North Suburban showdown against St. Francis, the Chisago Lakes Wildcats were beaten soundly by the stacked co-op of Northern schools, Rush City, Pine City and Hinckley Finlayson.
Despite being outshot by the Wildcat boys' hockey team 35-27 for the game, the Totino Grace Eagles continued their historical domination of the Wildcats with a 7-2 win last Tuesday, January 12 at Chisago Lakes.
After years of dominating the Northwest Suburban Conference, the Chisago Lakes boys alpine ski team failed to win a the conference championship last year.
At the annual Winter Wonderland tournament in River Falls, WI, the Chisago Lakes gymnastics team continued their impressive season with a second place finish in the meet.