SPORTS
Chisago Bulldogs beat Redbirds for first time
Aaron Keeney’s infield single drove in Nate Zingerman from third base to give the Bulldogs a 2-1 walkoff win over the Isanti Redbirds Friday, June 30. It’s the first time the Bulldogs have beaten the Redbirds since the Redbirds joined the Eastern Minny League in 2019. The game was a …
Chisago Lakes’ path to state football now goes through St. Paul schools with section realignment
Every two years, the Minnesota State High School League takes a look at section placement and typically makes just some small tweaks. A team here or a team there gets shuffled, but programs largely find a home and stick to it.
Bulldogs scoring runs in bunches during 2-1 week
In a non-league game, the Bulldogs lost to the Andover Huskies 6-5 in 11 innings. The game was played Monday, June 19 at Oakey Park in Osceola.
Area golfers compete at state meets
For North Branch’s Olivia Weyenberg, it was her last time donning the red and white of North Branch in competitive golf, but for Chisago Lakes’ Andrew Swanson and Kali Hanson, and NB’s Nick Melvin, the 2023 state golf meets were hopefully the start of some great futures.
Chisago Bulldogs off to a fine start, split with Nighthawks
The Chisago Lakes Bulldogs town team is 5-3 in the Eastern Minny League Central Division and 5-7 overall this season. The Bulldogs, historically a competitive team with decent pitching and low run production that didn’t win a lot of games, added players that have improved both their pitching and hitting. …
BOYS LAX TEAM FALLS JUST SHORT OF CONSOLATION TITLE
The Chisago Lakes boys lacrosse team entered the state tournament as a decided underdog last week.
‘Cats make memorable run to state title game
The Wildcat girls’ softball team made it one step closer to a state championship this year. After finishing third in 2022, the Wildcats came in second this year, losing 11-0 to Mankato East in the championship game. The Wildcats beat Holy Angels 3-2 in the quarterfinals and shut out Delano …
Wildcats stick it to Centennial in section title game, headed to consolation championship at state
The top-seeded Wildcats boys’ lacrosse team avenged last year’s loss to the Centennial Cougars in the Section 7 championship game by beating the second-seeded Cougars 8-6 in this season’s section championship game Thursday, June 8 at Chisago Lakes High School. This marks the Wildcats’ second trip to the state tournament, …
State track results
The Class AA state track meet was held at St. Michael Albertville High School Friday, June 10 and Saturday, June 11. Both Chisago Lakes and North Branch girls were well represented at the meet, while the boys just had a few participants. There were four individual girl medalists for Chisago …
SECTION SUCCESS: NB and CL send multiple athletes to state meet
In our sports preview issue earlier this spring, Wildcat girls’ track head coach Nathan Appleby said he thought the Wildcat girls would get 15 spots at the state meet this year. Appleby was right on the mark, as six athletes will take 15 spots at state, including eight spots in …
CL cruises past Rangers, but dream season ends against Rebels
Despite sporting an undefeated record going into sections, the Chisago Lakes girls lacrosse team got the fourth seed and knew that top-seeded Champlin Park would eventually be on their path to sections.
Chisago Lakes takes care of business as top seed, playing for title
It’s not always easy having the biggest target on your back, as the Chisago Lakes boys lacrosse team found out getting every teams’ best effort in the early rounds of sections.
Swanson and Hanson ride great second rounds to Class AAA meet
Andrew Swanson has been Chisago Lakes’ top golfer all year, and he saved some of his best for last in the Section 7AAA meet the past week.
