Although the North Branch volleyball team had already secured their first conference win of the season in a 3-1 upset of Irondale, they were looking for more last week when they took on the Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights and the St. Francis Saints.
After coming off their biggest win in years, the North Branch Vikings came out a little too flat against a rejuvenated Fridley team on Friday, Sept. 11.
Trailing 2-0 at halftime, the Wildcats managed just one goal with five minutes left in the second half and fell to Roseville 2-1 last Tuesday, September 1 at Roseville.
When the smoke had cleared and the dust had settled and Elvis had left the building, the result of the game was still the same: North Branch 3, Chisago Lakes 2.
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.