SPORTS
VIKING VICTORY BRINGS NB STATE TITLE
Ever since last year’s second place finish in the state championship game, North Branch volleyball has had a singular focus: a state title.
North Branch punches second straight ticket to state
Coming into the season, most figured it was a foregone conclusion that the North Branch volleyball team would make it back to the state tournament.
Stuber and Nihart finish their North Branch cross country careers on a high note
With both Matt Stuber and Joe Nihart qualifying for the state tournament last week, they knew no matter the results, they’d be ending their season and careers on a high.
Cambridge-Isanti offense too much for CL in section semis
The Wildcat football season ended at the section semifinal game against the Cambridge-Isanti Bluejackets last Saturday. Three Wildcat fumbles for the sixth-seeded Wildcats allowed the Bluejackets to build a 35-14 lead early in the third quarter. The teams traded touchdowns for the rest of the game. The Wildcats never got …
Viking offense falls flat in season-ending loss to Hermantown
With their offense rolling the past month and their defense playing lights-out, the North Branch football team thought the second match up of the year against Hermantown would go drastically different than their first.
NB's Nihart and Stuber going to state
It’s been quite some time since North Branch had an qualifier in the boys state cross country meet, but a pair of seniors pushed through that drought and qualified for the prestigious meet at St. Olag College in Northfield on Saturday, November 3.
CL loses finale before upsetting Coon Rapids
Monticello 28, Chisago Lakes 21Playing at home against the Monticello Magic in their final regular season game, the Wildcat football team found themselves trailing 28-7 entering the fourth quarter. The Wildcat offense came alive late and closed the score to 28-21 with 1:28 left in the game. But the Wildcat …
CL girls fall short in section finals
Duluth Marshall 4, Chisago Lakes 0With the second-seeded Wildcat girls soccer team trailing 1-0 to the Duluth Marshall Hilltoppers late in last Thursday night’s Section 7A championship matchup, it was still anybody’s game. But the Hilltoppers scored on a penalty kick in the 32nd minute and added another goal three …
SOCCER SECTION REPORT: CL Girls fall short in section championship game
Chisago Lakes 6, Proctor 0Sophomore Avery Constant and freshman Madison Kubalek scored two goal each as the second-seeded Wildcats derailed the fifteenth-seeded Proctor Rails 6-0 in the opening round of the Section 7A playoffs last Thursday, October 11 at Chisago Lakes. The win allowed the Wildcats to advance to the …
Vikings change QBs again, but overpower Grand Rapids 30-7
Going off of records, North Branch’s Friday night date with Grand Rapids last week figured to be an easy one.
Tennis seasons end for 'Cats and Vikings
Chisago Lakes and North Branch’s tennis seasons came to an end last week after the Gillach sisters were the last remaining competitors to be eliminated.
NB's upset bid comes up short vs CL
Chisago Lakes 2, North Branch 1The Wildcats girls’ soccer team, after having one of the best regular seasons in school history, needed a late goal on a penalty kick from Selina Lee to beat the improving Vikings 2-1 last Thursday, October 4. The game was played on Senior Night for …
CL stops North Branch in rivalry
Chisago Lakes 2, North Branch 0In last Thursday’s boys’ soccer rivalry game at Chisago Lakes High School, the Wildcats shadowed Viking senior forward Jose Flor for the entire game, with Wildcat junior Alex Bachmeier seemingly asked to do most of the dirty work. Flor, the scoring leader for the Vikings …
St. Francis spoils Chisago Lakes' homecoming with 28-7 drubbing
Despite their 2-3 record going into last Friday’s homecoming game with the St. Francis Fighting Saints, the Wildcats had played well overall and given themselves a chance to win in each of the season’s first five games. But the Wildcats struggled from the outset against the ball-control offense and aggressive …
