SPORTS
DAWN OF THE VIKING AGE
The Vikings beat Benilde-St. Margaret's 38-27 on Thursday, November 9 to punch their ticket to U.S. Bank Stadium and the state semifinals next week.
Osmundson finishes seventh at state for girls; boys take 15th
Although the Chisago Lakes boys cross country team made it to the state meet on Saturday, November 4, the two Chisago Lakes girls who also qualified stole the show.
Special teams haunt CL in section finals loss to Pioneers
Hill-Murray 42, Chisago Lakes 36 In the Section 3AAAA championship game, two first half special teams touchdowns by the Hill-Murray Pioneers put the Wildcats in a 14-point halftime deficit and, despite some offensive brilliance, they were not quite able to make up the gap, losing to the Pioneers 42-36. The …
Wildcat boys claim section crown, headed to state meet
Youngsters were at the forefront for the Chisago Lakes boys cross country team as they punched their ticket to the state tournament for the first time in a decade with a Section 7A win at Hibbing Golf Course on Thursday, October 26.
Defense pitches a shutout as NB looks for second straight state bid
North Branch and Grand Rapids played a pretty close game in the regular season, and the Vikings wanted to make sure there was no doubt when it came time to play the Thunderhawks in sections Saturday, October 28.
Chisago Lakes blows out Simley to advance to finals
Last season, the Simley Spartans crushed the Wildcats 46-14 in the opening round of the state tournament. With both teams in Section 3AAAA this season, the Wildcats turned it around on the Spartans, beating them 31-7 in the section semifinal game. The win sends the Wildcats to tomorrow night’s section …
Top-seeded Wildcats stunned by Como Park, season ends
Chisago Lakes seemed to be a shoo-in for the Section 4AAA finals when they drew the top seed. They had played — and swept — all of their potential opponents on that side of the bracket in the regular season.
Vikings knocked out by Lumberjacks in section semifinals
The North Branch volleyball team knew they were going to have their work cut out for them taking on the top-seeded and highly ranked Cloquet Lumberjacks in the section semifinals on Monday, October 30.
Vikes chop down Lumberjacks, two wins from state
From the opening kick off until they sat the starters to rest them, the North Branch football squad absolutely squashed Cloquet on Wednesday, October 18 at Cloquet’s brand new field and wrapped up the top seed in Section 7AAAA and a first round bye that goes with it.
‘Cats smoke Polars twice, on to section semis vs Simley
Yes, you saw that right. The Wildcat football team play the North St. Paul Polars at Chisago Lakes High School twice in a row – once to end the regular season and once to open the Section 3AAAA playoffs. The playoff win by the second-seeded Wildcats over the seventh-seeded Polars …
Vikings smash Greyhounds, lock up first round bye in sections
Although football games aren’t played on paper, it was pretty evident heading into North Branch’s home game against Duluth East on Friday, October 13 what the end result was going to be.
Hall and Osmundson pace Wildcats to Mississippi 8 Conference title
Junior Kaia Osmundson and eighth grader Annika Hall continued their back-and-forth friendly duel on the cross country courses this week at the Mississippi 8 Conference championships at Ki-Chi-Saga County Park in Lindstrom. Hall, an eighth grader, came in second place with a time of 18:19.20 to earn All Conference. Osmundson …
‘Cats put it all together and demolish Willmar 42-14
For the last two weeks – both losses – the Wildcats got down by two scores early, partly because of turnovers, and ended up losing both games. Facing steady rain and heavy winds against the Willmar Cardinals, the Wildcats flipped the script and took an early two-score lead. They put …
Vikings come up short in section championship game
Ava Gerten scored with two minutes left in the first half, and it held up as the third-seeded Vikings beat the second-seeded Duluth Denfeld Hunters 1-0 in the semifinals of the Section 7AA playoffs Thursday, October 12 at Duluth Denfeld High School, sending the Viking on to the section final.
