SPORTS
Wildcats claw their way to state tournament in five sets
There were a few times in Chisago Lakes’ thrilling five set section championship win that it looked like they were in trouble, but they always found a way out and eventually found a way to win the title and punch their first ever ticket to the state tournament with a …
Three 'Cats continuing to state x-country meet
With an expansion of classes and some reshuffling, the Chisago Lakes cross country teams knew they would have a good shot to send some of their runners to state out of the Section 4AA meet last week, and sure enough, three Wildcat runners punched their ticket to Northfield.
Viking victory polishes off North Branch's perfect regular season
The North Branch football team needed one more win to finish off their unblemished regular season at 8-0, and not only did they get the victory, they did it with a literal exclamation point.
Bluhm's huge night helps CL upset St. Anthony
Chisago Lakes weathered a furious fourth quarter comeback from St. Anthony Village and an injury to their starting quarterback Nick Wasko to upset the Huskies 26-19 in the first round of the Section 4AAAA playoffs on Tuesday, October 26.
Gillach and Erickson heading to state
Keeping their momentum going from last week’s buzzsaw performance through the first couple rounds of the section tournament, Greta Gillach and Emily Erickson started off scorching-hot on Tuesday, October 19 in the semifinals.
Homecoming Heroics
Chisago Lakes 24, Cambridge-Isanti 21In front of a standing-room-only Wildcat homecoming crowd, Bryce Morley kicked a 22-yard field goal with 38 seconds left to give the Wildcats a 24-21 lead over the Cambridge-Isanti Bluejackets. But the game wasn’t over until Nick Wasko intercepted a pass at the Wildcat 12-yard line …
Both Chisago Lakes soccer teams upset North Branch squads
GIRLSChisago Lakes 2, North Branch 1Wildcat Katherine Saueressig picked a great time to score her first goal of the season, breaking a 1-1 tie to give the Wildcats a 2-1 win over the Vikings. The Vikings got on the board 15 minutes into the game. A throw in ended up …
Wildcats looking good heading towards section play in tennis
Chisago Lakes 7, Big Lake 0The Wildcats’s girls tennis team ran through the Big Lake Hornets last week as they look sharp with section play coming up.
CL falls short in upset bid vs second-ranked Becker
Becker 21, Chisago Lakes 14When the Wildcats fell behind to the second-ranked Becker Bulldogs 14-0 in the first quarter of last Friday’s game in front of the home crowd, the possibility of a blowout loss reared its ugly head. But the Wildcats got back in the game, scoring twice in …
Budde makes it big in Buffalo in women's hockey
Most 24 year olds are lucky if they’ve taken a spring break trip here or a semester abroad there, but Chisago Lakes’ Amy Budde not only has traveled around the world already, but she has traveled around the world doing what she loves: playing hockey.
Vikings beat up on Greyhounds, move to 2-0
North Branch and Duluth East came into their game on Friday night after both dominated in their season opener, but North Branch proved to be the stronger of the two, beating East 34-19 and moving to 2-0 on the year.
LaBelle and Vikings steamroll Pine City 32-6
North Branch 32, Pine City 6After what felt like an eternity of no football—without sections and state last year— the North Branch football team kicked off the 2021 season Friday, September 3 in front of the home crowd against Pine City.
The couple that runs together, wins together
In only his second triathlon ever, Karl Nygren crossed the finish line in front 305 other competitors to take top honors at the 2021 Chisago Lakes Triathlon on Sunday, July 25.
Wildcats give Prior Lake a scare in first round of state
If Chisago Lakes’ section run against Anoka, Centennial and Blaine felt like David versus Goliath every game, the first round playing Prior Lake at state might as well have been billed as the mouse versus the elephant.
