The Vikings began the weather-delayed 2008 tennis season with losses to Cooper, Irondale and Cambridge before picking up their first win, a 5-2 win over Park Center.
Rachel Nelson did it all for the Wildcats in the season opener, striking out 12 and going two for three with two RBIs to lead the Wildcats to a 5-0 shutout over the Robbinsdale Cooper Hawks at New Hope Elementary Tuesday, April 15.
North Branch School Superintendent Deb Henton recently announced a plan to deal with a projected $2.9 million budget deficit for the 2008-2009 school year.
The Kamloops strain of rainbow trout, popularly referred to around the Great Lakes region as loopers, are running up and down the North Shore and staging at river mouths, awaiting the spring spawning run.