SPORTS
HOOPS ROUND UP: Weather cancellations limit games
NORTH BRANCH BOYSThe Vikings took advantage of their one contest last week, clobbering Simley 66-46 on Saturday, December 17 at Simley High School.
'Cats split with two private powers
Gentry Academy 9, Chisago Lakes 2Grace Delmonico scored a hat trick to lead the Gentry Academy Stars, ranked second in Class AA, to a 9-2 win over the Class A Wildcats Saturday, December 17 at Aldrich Arena in Maplewood. The Wildcats scored both of their goals on power plays, which …
Wildcats grab two important wins over Princeton and Vis
Chisago Lakes 5, Princeton 0The Wildcat girls’ hockey team poured it on against the Princeton Tigers, outshooting them 65-18 for the game and shutting out the Tigers 5-0 at Princeton First Bank & Trust Ice Arena on Thursday December 8.
CL HOOPS ROUND UP
CHISAGO LAKES BOYSChisago Lakes 76, St. Agnes 70It took two overtimes, but the Wildcats escaped with a 76-70 win over St. Agnes on Tuesday, December 6 at St. Agnes.
'Cats go 0-1-1 in match ups against 2021-22 state tournament teams
Chisago Lakes 2, Monticello 2 (O.T.)The Wildcats opened their season on Tuesday, December 6 at Chisago Lakes Arena, facing last year’s state tourney entrant from Section 5A, the Monticello Moose. In what turned out to be a clean game – just four penalties were called – the teams skated to …
Thao wins title in Fridley, second at Maple Grove for Viking grapplers
Don Meyers Fridley InviteThe Vikings finished eighth out of 13 teams at the Don Meyers Fridley Invite on Saturday, December 3. Senior Michael Thao won the tournament championship at 138, decisioning Darion Snyder of St. Paul Highland Park 11-9 in a tight championship match. Jack Baker (113) was 3-1 for …
Northern Edge growing and improving
After an 0-4 start to the season that included three blowout losses, the Northern Edge boys’ hockey team – a co-op of North Branch and St. Francis – has played more competitively, including getting their first win of the season.
CL struggles at Cambridge-Isanti Tri
Cambridge-Isanti TriangularThe Wildcat wrestling team’s only action over the past week was at the Cambridge-Isanti Triangular on Friday, September 9. The Wildcats lost both duals that night. Rush City/Braham beat the Wildcats 63-18, and hosts Cambridge-Isanti won by the nearly identical score of 62-15.
AREA HOOPS ROUND UP
NORTH BRANCH GIRLS BASKETBALLHermantown 60, North Branch 51The Vikings opened against section foe Hermantown and dropped their first game of the year 60-51 to the Hawks.
Baker shines for Vikings at tri
North Branch TriangularThe Vikings hosted a triangular to open the season Thursday, December 1. They lost both duals: Brainerd 66, North Branch 6; Cambridge-Isanti 73, North Branch 3. Jack Baker (113) won both of his matches. He was the only Viking to score in each dual. Against Brainerd, Baker pinned …
Both volleyball teams bow out in the section semifinals to top seeds
Both the Chisago Lakes and North Branch volleyball teams had drawn the fourth seed in their respective sections, and both took care of business easily in the first round over their fifth-seeded counterparts.
Chisago Lakes escapes with a thrilling 43-42 victory over Fridley for their second state berth in four years
Chisago Lakes 43, Fridley 42After Fridley Tiger quarterback MJ Newton had scored on a 75-yard touchdown run with 35 seconds left in the Section 4AAAA championship game to pull the Tigers within one point of the Wildcats at 43-42, the Tigers decided to go for two rather than kick the …
North Branch football crushes Cloquet and advances to the first state tourney in school history
North Branch 34, Cloquet 6A trick play executed perfectly and at the perfect time by North Branch put one of the final nails in the coffin of the Cloquet football season and helped propel the Vikings to their first ever state tournament berth in football on Friday, November 4.
