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.
Despite a huge game from junior Benji Figini, and the confidence of being able to hang with the number-two seeded Lumberjacks, the Chisago Lakes boys basketball team saw their season end abruptly last week in sections.
Despite a noticeable disparity in the team's records, the 9-17 North Branch Vikings earned a home playoff game as the fourth seed against the fifth-seeded 12-14 Hibbing Bluejackets.
Although the North Branch girls basketball team was coming off of a monumental upset in the first round, their momentum wasn't enough to carry them to the section finals for the second year in a row.
After graduating a bulk of their team last year, Chisago Lakes boys swimming and diving Head Coach Mark Nordby figured it'd be no easy task getting guys to the state tournament this year.
Senior Clay Olson (171 pounds) became the first Wildcat wrestler since 1995 to place at the state tournament, coming in fourth place at last week's Class AA tournament at the Xcel Energy Center.