SPORTS
'Cats continue to limp through grueling schedule
Grand Rapids/Greenway 8, Chisago Lakes 1The Class A Wildcat girls' hockey team ran into a buzz saw on Friday, December 19, losing to fifth-ranked Class AA Grand Rapids/Greenway 8-1 in a game played at Grand Rapids.
Chisago Lakes gymnastics rolls and flips to first victory of the season
Despite a dazzling array of personal records and their highest score of the season, the Chisago Lakes gymnastics squad still tumbled against North Suburban Conference stalwart Irondale/Spring Lake Park.
Green-and-gold grapplers finish busy week before break with a 3-3 mark
The Wildcat wrestling team went 3-3 in a busy week.
CL follows up Lourdes loss with two key victories
In what head coach Corey McKinnon referred to as "an eye-opening experience" for his young team, the fifth-ranked Rochester Lourdes Eagles pounded the Wildcats 9-1 last Tuesday, December 16 at Chisago Lakes Arena.
Fantastic walleye and crappie bite on area lakes
I talked a bit with Brad Dusenka at Frankie's Live Bait and Marine, and he reported that the walleye and crappie bite has been outstanding.
CL Wildcat boys hockey squad nipped by Dragons and St. Paul Academy
As head coach Corey McKinnon put it, the Wildcats "did everything but score" against Pine City last Tuesday, December 9 at Pine City.
Vikings tangle with two NSC enemies
The deck was stacked against the North Branch boys basketball team from the beginning of their game against the Robbinsdale Cooper Hawks.
Wildcats split a pair of North Suburban Conference games on the week
After a pulse-pounding, double overtime win against the Princeton Tigers to open the 2008 campaign, the Chisago Lakes boys basketball team came out flat against their first North Suburban Conference foe of the year.
Tough schedule does Chisago Lakes no favors
With a 2-0 start in hand, the Chisago Lakes girls basketball team had a boatload of confidence traveling down to Columbia Heights last week.
CL wrestlers win three non-conference matches in grueling week
The Wildcat wrestlers (6-2) continued their winning ways early in the season,
A small cabin in the woods
This past weekend I stayed at my friend's new lake place located on the shore of Leech Lake near Walker, MN.
Tinjum sinks St. Louis Park with amazing performance, 'Cats start 2-0 in NSC
As Head Coach Craig Walker put it, when a basketball team loses five seniors to graduation, including the top two scorers and rebounders, the first game of the season can be a mystery.
North Branch earns two huge wins early, but tumbles against Benilde-SM
In the opening game of the year, the North Branch girls basketball team got a mild warm-up in thrashing the Patrick Henry girls team for a full half before letting up on the throttle.
Norman gets first and last word for Viking hoops
With a revamped lineup featuring only one prominent cog from the past few years, the North Branch boys basketball team was eager to get on the court and test their mettle against someone other than their junior varsity teammates.
