SPORTS
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.
Two Vikes to storm state meet at Jordan
Olivia Weyenberg and Nick Melvin are heading to the state tournament in boys and girls golf after qualifying earlier this week. Weyenberg, a senior, shot an 88 and 85 at Pebble Creek Golf Course in Becker to finish in fifth place and earn her second consecutive trip to the Class …
NB and CL baseball bow out of sections in tough fashion
The North Branch baseball team had a roller coaster ride through sections, and the first major bump proved to be too big to overcome.
WILDCAT SOFTBALL HEADING TO STATE
Wildcats earn second consecutive trip to State in Softball
Senior Ashley Mandell, backed by a solid defense and enough offense, pitched the Chisago Lakes Wildcat softball team to their second straight state tournament appearance.
Wildcats hold on late, finish season undefeated
Fellow Lakes Area team Forest Lake nearly ruined the Chisago Lakes girls lacrosse team’s perfect season, but the Wildcats pulled ahead late and held on for an 8-7 win last week before crushing conference foe Big Lake in the season finale to finish the campaign 14-0 and be crowned Great …
CL socks North Branch in upper bracket, will rematch for section softball championship
Courtesy runner Jess Dittel scored on a wild pitch with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the top-seeded Wildcats a 4-3 win over the fifth-seeded Cloquet Lumberjacks in the championship bracket of the Section 7AAA softball tournament Saturday, May 27 at Braun Park in Cloquet. …
Offensive explosion powers North Branch; headed to section semis
The North Branch baseball team put up a score last week that’s extremely rare, even in the high school ranks.
First round loss huge blow to Wildcat chances
River Bemlott and Logan Thorstad pitched a combined four-hitter and allowed just one run against the Forest Lake Rangers. But the Wildcats did not score against the Rangers and lost 1-0 in the final game of the 2023 regular season. The game was played at Chisago Lakes High School Thursday, …
CL third at M8C Championships, NB fifth
The Wildcats girls’ track team finished third in the Mississippi 8 Conference championship held Wednesday, May 24 at Big Lake while the North Branch girls came in fifth. On the boys’ side, the Wildcats came in last out of eight teams and NB seventh. Seventh-grader Annika Hall won the 3200-meter …
‘Cats upended by STMA Knights
The dream undefeated season for the Chisago Lakes boys lacrosse team came to a crashing halt Tuesday, May 23 against St. Michael Albertville.
Chisago Lakes makes a deep run before bowing out at home
Chisago Lakes got to show off their beautiful tennis facilities the past week and a half during the Section 7AA Individual and Team tournaments, and they made a nice little run to the semifinals to boot.
Thorsen powers Vikings to 10-2 blowout over Wildcats
The middle of the North Branch Vikings’ batting lineup – Andrew Orf, Sam Robillard, and Noah Thorsen – combined for six hits and drove in seven runs as the Vikings crushed the Chisago Lakes Wildcats 10-2 Tuesday, May 16 at Chisago Lakes. Thorsen started on the mound and went five …
Wildcats get revenge on NB, win 3-2 in potential section final preview
Ashley Mandell’s two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning put the Chisago Lakes Wildcats up 3-0 over the North Branch Vikings. The Vikings rallied in the sixth and again in the seventh but fell short and lost 3-2 to the Wildcats, resulting in a split in the season …
