Chisago Lakes senior Luke Angrimson capped off his high school golf career by playing two days of outstanding golf to finish in a fifth place tie in the State AA Golf Tournament at Bunker Hills June 5-6.
As was the case last year, the 2007 fishing season has been outstanding all over the state, and I just received the official word that fishing continues to be nothing short of fantastic on our area lakes.
Erik Helgerson (Sr., Chisago City, Minn./Chisago Lakes HS) was named as one of Augsburg College's Honor Athletes for 2007, the highest honor the school gives its senior student-athletes.
The North Branch softball season came to end Saturday, May 26 with a 9-3 loss to Cloquet. The Section 7AAA game was played at Wheeler Fields in Duluth.
The boys' 4x800 relay team led the way for the North Branch track and field team at the Section 7AA Meet at Grand Rapids Wednesday, May 30 and Saturday June 2.
Dan Kaiser pitched a complete game, allowing just five hits and one unearned run, as the Wildcats beat section rival Forest Lake 6-1 at Forest Lake Tuesday, May 22.
Rachel Nelson allowed just one earned run and Jenny Reed homered as the ninth-seeded Wildcats gave fourth-ranked and top-seeded North St. Paul all they could handle.
In a steady rain, the Chisago Lakes and North Branch boys played in the Section 7AA Golf Tournament Thursday, May 24 at Grand National Golf Course in Hinckley.
I quietly paddled the old canoe along the shoreline, the fine tip of my nine-foot fly rod lazily bouncing with each paddle stroke as it rested atop the boat's gunnels.