SPORTS
'Cats finally break through for a state tournament bid in Section 7
The Wildcat boys’ soccer team is headed to the state tournament. After going zero for four in section championship games over the past 12 years, Nils Gulbranson and Ryan Mower led the #1-seeded Wildcats to a 3-1 win over the #4-seeded Duluth Marshall Hilltoppers in the Section 7A championship game …
Chisago Lakes rips into Monticello, earns redemption in win over 'Jackets
Chisago Lakes 48, Cambridge-Isanti 26The Chisago Lakes Wildcats earned a measure of redemption with a section victory over Cambridge-Isanti on Tuesday, October 24.
Chisago Lakes girls soccer team hits speed bumps in otherwise great season
Tuesday, October 3, the Wildcats went on the road to face the St. Michael Albertville Knights. The Knights scored two goals in the first half under wet and muddy conditions.
North Branch football team scores 44 straight points to smother Denfeld
The Vikings got down 12-0 early at home against the Duluth Denfeld Hunters. But, like true Vikings, they rose to the occasion and battled back. They scored 44 straight points on their way to a 52-20 win over Denfeld Friday, October 6 at North Branch High School. The Viking machine …
Vikings got right back on track with a 49-14 demolition of Hibbing
After coming off their first loss of the year against Cloquet two weeks ago, many were curious how North Branch would respond traveling up to Hibbing for their next game.The answer was emphatic and absolute.
Furious Barrett-led comeback falls short against Rogers
You don’t win many games when you turn the ball over four times, like the Wildcat football team did in their game against the Rogers Royals last Friday night.
North Branch topples Chisago Lakes, wins Century Invite
The annual county volleyball rivalry between North Branch and Chisago Lakes hasn’t been very competitive in the past few years.
North Branch's high flying act stalled by stingy Cloquet
When North Branch received the opening kickoff and returned it to midfield against Cloquet last week during their homecoming game, there was an electricity in the air that hasn’t been felt in North Branch for 15 years.
Fireworks abound in North Branch's 66-45 victory over Duluth East
In a season full of surprises, the North Branch football team keeps impressing each time they take the field, especially on offense.
Vikings switch gears in second rout of the season
Only a week after airing it out nearly 30 times and pounding Princeton through the air, the North Branch football squad moved their assault to the ground, and it was just as potent.
19 unanswered points from Bluejackets doom Wildcats as they move to 0-2
Shootouts aren’t what the Chisago Lakes football team are accustomed to, but after two games this year, it looks like they’ll have to get used to them.
Despite massive effort from Trost, CL falls to Becker in shootout
Any way you look at it, 100 points is a lot of points. And 1,000 yards is a lot of yards. So, if you are a fan of a lot of offense in a football game, you were in luck last Friday night when the Wildcats hosted the Becker Bulldogs …
Air raid offense leads NB to 50-30 rout over Princeton
It’s been at least 15 years since North Branch football has scored 50 points in a game, and it’s been about the same amount of time since there’s been this much excitement around the program.
North Branch's Brady Meyer represents USA Hockey in Europe
Brady Meyer knew from an early age that the sport of hockey would take him so much further than the Fawn Lake confines where he skated as a youngster.
