SPORTS
Black Friday claims another shopper
At that ungodly time of the morning, I should've been sitting in a tree waiting for the sun to rise and a deer to appear, or at the very least, shivering uncontrollably in a duck blind somewhere.
Viking soccer girls complete 'Cool & Clean' season
160 players, parents, relatives and friends attended the recent season-ending banquet and awards ceremony at the Sunrise River School cafeteria for the Viking girls' high school soccer program.
NB grad sets kicking marks at UMD
Britt Baumann, a 2004 North Branch High School Graduate, recently completed his career as the University of Minnesota Duluth place kicker.
Vikings put 2007 season behind them, start thinking about next year
As head football coach Dave Eyre put it, "The North Branch Vikings went through a tough season as far as wins and losses go."
Girl pucksters fall to Cloquet-Esko-Carlton
The Lumberjacks from Cloquet-Esko-Carlton scored three goals in the first period, then held off a hard-charging Wildcat team on their way to a 5-2 win over the Wildcats Tuesday, November 20 at Cloquet.
Young Wildcats drop two but gain experience at Red Wing tourney
The Wildcat girls' basketball team opened its season under first-year head coach Craig Walker at the Red Wing Tip Off Tournament Friday and Saturday, November 23-24.
Two hundredth column is within plain sight
It hardly seems possible that another year is quickly drawing to a close.
Turkeys - too fast, too many, too small?
Turkey DayIsrael leads the world in per capita turkey consumption.
North Branch grads contribute to CLC football success
Central Lakes College Raiders (Brainerd) was defeated 39-18 by the undefeated (11-0) Rochester Community College Yellowjackets in the Minnesota Community College championship game Sunday, November 11 at St. Cloud State University.
Sisters prove hockey is 'All in the Family'
The three Dobosenski girls - senior Kristen, sophomore Jenna and eighth grader Jamie - are beginning their second year of playing together as part of the Chisago Lakes Wildcat hockey program.
Wildcat hockey girls get winter sports season off to a fast start
In the season opener against the Eveleth-Gilbert Golden Bears, Ariel Novak's breakaway goal at the beginning of the third period broke a 2-2 tie.
Deer management hunt a success at William O'Brien
William O'Brien State Park had 61 hunters participate in a Deer Management Hunt on opening weekend.
Redemption and karma can cut both ways
If Karma is universally described as "the total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the person's existence, regarded as determining the person's destiny," well,
Viking soccer girls pledge to remain 'Cool and Clean'
During halftime of their home game against St. Francis this fall, the North Branch Vikings girls soccer team committed to fight for strong values in sport.
