SPORTS
Providence Academy spoils Chisago Lakes’ perfect record
The Wildcats suffered their first loss of the season last Friday night, falling to the Providence Academy Lions 28-18 at Providence Academy in Plymouth. The Lions scored early, and the Wildcats never led in this one.
A Nightmare on Grand Avenue
Friday the 13th turned into a horror fest for the Hermantown Hawks when the North Branch football team made a dramatic last second comeback to win 48-44 in a battle of two of the best Class AAAA teams.
AREA SOCCER ROUND UP
The Viking girls’ soccer team improved their record to 2-3-3 on the season with a win and a tie over the last week. On Saturday, September 14 they shut out the Sauk Rapids-Rice Storm 3-0 at home. And on Monday, September 16, they tied the Becker Bulldogs 2-2.
Girls run unbeaten streak to six
Determined to extend their four-game winning streak, the Wildcats faced off against a much-improved Cambridge-Isanti Bluejackets team at Cambridge last Thursday. The Wildcats won 3-2 to keep the streak going.
‘Cats struggle in Burnsville tournament
Chisago Lakes was placed in arguably the toughest pool in the Midwest Volleyball Warehouse Showcase over the weekend, and it resulted in an 0-5 run that threw cold water on what was a nice little winning streak.
North Branch runs their record to 12-2 after Warehouse Classic
The North Branch volleyball team is on a hot streak after playing a ton of games as part of the Midwest Volleyball Warehouse Showcase in Burnsville over two days Friday, September 13 and Saturday, September 14.
Turnovers and run game propel CL to 2-0 start
After allowing the Cambridge-Isanti Bluejackets to score 13 straight points in the second quarter to cut the Wildcats lead to 21-20 at halftime, the Wildcats came out on fire in the third quarter. They forced several turnovers and scored on their first four possessions to take a 48-20 lead and …
Vikings grind out first win over Rock Ridge
North Branch didn’t hang 50 points on Rock Ridge last week like they have done the past two years, but they did exactly what they needed to do to bounce back from their season opening loss at Pequot Lakes.
North Branch falls just short of tough Patriot squad
For the second straight year, the North Branch football team dropped their season opener to a very talented and disciplined Pequot Lakes squad Thursday, August 29 in Pequot Lakes.
‘Cats clip Falcons to open 2024 season
Fullback Braxton Bender-Ehlke rushed 19 times for 162 yards and a touchdown to lead the Wildcat football team to a 28-8 win over the Foley Falcons in the season opener last Friday, August 29 at Foley High School. Quarterback Kellen Meissner added 68 yards on 18 carries and scored twice …
‘Cats already heating up
After a slow start to the season, dropping a sweep to the South St. Paul Packers Thursday, August 22 and losing their first two games in the Rush City tournament to Litchfield and Pine River-Backus, the Chisago Lakes volleyball team has turned it around a bit as of late.
AREA SOCCER ROUND UP
The start of the high school soccer season tells us that summer is just about over and winter gets closer every day. And it’s not likely we’re going to get a mild winter like we had last year. All four local high school soccer teams began play last week, and …
CL’s dynamic duo starts where they left off, dominate at Apollo
Annika Hall and Kaia Osmundson have formed quite the dynamic duo for Chisago Lakes athletics.
