Freshman Emily Trunk wanted to put her name in the North Branch history books as the youngest girl to throw a no-hitter, but she had to settle for a mere one-hitter in the Vikings 13-0 win over Columbia Heights.
The Wildcat girls track team pulled off their initial first place finish of the season, thrashing their opponents in last Thursday's triangular at Robbinsdale Cooper.
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.