The Wildcats scored on a penalty kick with ten minutes left in the game to break a 0-0 tie, then added a second goal a few minutes later to make the final score Chisago Lakes 2, North Branch 0.
It's been a long road back to renewing the rivalry, but junior Zack Smith and the rest of the 2009 North Branch Vikings finally busted out of their three-year long slump and defeated the Chisago Lakes Wildcats 28-14 in the high school football season opener on Friday, Sept. 4.
Things looked bleak early in the season opener for the Viking boys' soccer team. Cambridge-Isanti scored two minutes into the game, and the Vikings were missing top scorer Brian Grand.
Just like last year, the Chisago Lakes Wildcats opened their volleyball season with a tough match-up against a large Northwest Suburban Conference school.
Freshman Gwen Vitalis scored with one second left in the first half to give the Wildcats a 1-0 lead, and added another goal in the second half to lead the Wildcats to a 3-0 win in their season-opener against Cambridge-Isanti last Thursday
Center midfielder David Rau, a transfer student from Germany, assisted on both of Cameron Bouwens' first half goals as the Wildcat boys soccer team beat Grand Rapids 3-1 in the season opener last Friday, August 28
Not only did anglers have to battle bass all weekend during the Frankie's Pro Team Fishing Tournament in Chisago City, they had to really battle Mother Nature.
Under sunny skies and with cool breezes, more than 150 golfers turned out on Monday, August 17 for the 21st annual Tee Up for Hospice Golf Tournament hosted by Fairview Lakes HomeCaring & Hospice.