After blazing through the Northwest Suburban Conference this year, both the Chisago Lakes boys and girls alpine ski teams felt prepared for the challenge that is the state ski tournament at Giants Ridge in Biwabik.
A controversial goal by the Eagles with 16.7 seconds remaining broke a 4-4 tie, and the Eagles added an empty-net goal with 6.7 seconds remaining to beat the Wildcat boys' hockey team 6-4 lat Thursday, February 5 at Chisago Lakes Arena.
"We felt this was going to be an interesting week and it was," Viking head coach Bill Baumann said about his team's three games the first week in February.
In the much-anticipated wrestling showdown between the Vikings and the Wildcats, Viking Justin Bergerson's 7-0 win over Wildcat Jake Nase at 215 pounds clinched the match for the Vikings.
Coming into the game, the Wildcats and Orioles were a very similar team. Both squads have one big scorer, a strong second-option, and a bevy of players with talent and potential.
After gutting through some nasty weather earlier this season, the Chisago Lakes alpine ski teams had finally had enough with the stinging cold at one point and cancelled a conference meet.