SPORTS
Vikes get wins late in season
North Branch finally got off the schneid and picked up three wins over the last two weeks of the season, using timely hitting and steady pitching to finish the year 3-15.
Vikings knocked out by Mustangs, individual sections up next for NB
North Branch’s great tennis season came ot an end last week in the Section 6A semifinals.
Wildcat girls win true team section, head to state
The Wildcat girls’ track team won the Section 7AA True Team meet and will head to the state tournament for the second year in a row. The Wildcats piled up 500.5 points, finishing 75 points ahead of second-place North Branch. The Wildcat boys finished fifth with 382.5 points, 24 points …
Chisago Lakes remains undefeated, gathers big name wins
The Chisago Lakes High School girls lacrosse team continued its remarkable season with another dominant stretch of games, improving to a perfect 9-0 on the year after piling up four more victories, including a signature win over one of the top teams they could potentially see again in sections.
Tennis team still playing well
The North Branch Vikings continued a strong stretch of play last week, edging the Monticello Magic 4-3 before rolling to a dominant 7-0 sweep over Fridley Tigers.
Wildcat baseball secures two M8C blowouts before dropping one
Zander Bleymeyer threw a three-hitter and Lucas Weinzetl and Quinn LeVasseur homered to lead the Wildcat baseball team to a 10-0 shutout of the North Branch Vikings Tuesday, May 5 at Chisago Lakes High School in a game shortened to five innings because of the ten-run rule. Dustin Goggin started …
Bulldogs hammer East Bethel Bandits 12-1
Beau Fandel homered, drove in five runs and pitched six innings of three-hit baseball to lead the Bulldog baseball team to a 12-1 win over the East Bethel Bandits on Tuesday, May 12 at Chisago Lakes High School. Brayden Anderson, playing his first game as a Bulldog, went four-for-four, with …
‘Cats lose to Big Lake/Princeton for the first time, but beat constant thorn Duluth
Chisago Lakes split a pair of games last week, overpowering Duluth 12-8 before falling in a tight 6-5 battle against Big Lake/Princeton.
Wildcats explode on offense
The Wildcat softball team piled up 27 hits, one of the greatest outputs in team history, as they crushed the Princeton Tigers 20-7 Tuesday, May 5 at Princeton High School in a game shortened to six innings because of the ten-run rule. Every hitter in the Wildcat lineup had at …
Wisconsin meet features cheeseheads’ best vs Wildcats
Travelling to Cheeseland for the 7-team Osceola Invitational on Tuesday, April 28, the Wildcat track team had to contend with a powerful Osceola team and Rice Lake’s Addison Schmidt, one of the top girl throwers in Wisconsin. But the Wildcats fared well. The girls finished second to Osceola, and the …
CL recovers for section win after two conference losses
The Big Lake Hornets broke open a close game with three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and went on to beat the Wildcat baseball team 5-1 on Tuesday, April 28 at Big Lake High School. Zander Bleymeyer went the distance for the Wildcats. He allowed just four …
Seven meets in seven days test Vikings' tennis
The North Branch boys tennis team put together a strong stretch of play this past week, showcasing depth in singles while battling through mixed results in doubles on the way to a 4-3 record across seven meets.
Bulldogs start season with cold, close contests
In their 2026 opener, the Bulldog town baseball team led 2-0 over the Crystal Cowboys going into the top of the ninth. But a misjudged popup and four errors led to three runs by the Cowboys, and they held off the Bulldogs in the bottom of the ninth inning to …
