SPORTS
Princeton ruins NB's homecoming, rolls 41-14
Homecoming is a time to celebrate and a time for the student body to get excited about their school and football team. North Branch has had some success in recent homecomings with the schedule falling their way, but this year, the Princeton Tigers came prowling to town on North Branch’s …
Top-seeded Wildcats come up short in sections
With the game tied 1-1 and 90 seconds remaining in the first overtime in Tuesday night’s Section 7A semifinal game, a Wildcat defender tripped a Cloquet player in the Wildcat 18 yard box. Fifth-seeded Cloquet was awarded a penalty kick. Senior Dalton Johnson was chosen to take the kick. Johnson …
Vikes' title hope dashed by C-I
When the North Branch Lady Vikings hosted the Cambridge-Isanti Bluejackjets last week in a big Mississippi 8 Conference match up, there was a lot more at stake than the Highway 95 rivalry. There was a possible conference championship involved for both teams. Cambridge-Isanti entered unbeaten in the M8C while North Branch …
A RIVALRY RENEWED
There were plenty of fireworks – before, during and after the game – with a some sleet and wind mixed in during last Friday’s homecoming matchup between the North Branch Vikings and the Chisago Lakes Wildcats at Chisago Lakes High School. Before the game, there were fireworks during the national …
Bluejackets turn tables on Vikes
The Lady Vikes were hoping their sweep over Cambridge-Isanti from the Duluth East tournament earlier this month would carry over into their showdown with the Bluejackets earlier this week.
HIGHLIGHT REEL WIN
If you weren’t at Chisago Lakes High School last Friday night, you may have missed the most entertaining high school football game you are ever going to see. And it even had a happy ending. Well, at least if you were a Wildcat fan.
North Branch's stable of running backs come through
When Sam Ferraro took over the head coaching position at North Branch this year, he probably didn’t think he’d be on his fourth and fifth option at running back three and a half games into the season, but that’s the exact situation he found himself in last Friday.The Vikings hosted …
Wildcats stay unbeaten in toughest test of 2014
In its toughest test of the season so far, the Wildcat football team was tied with Princeton 7-7 at halftime. But Joe Kimlinger scored a touchdown on the Wildcats’ first drive after halftime for a 14-7 lead the Wildcats would never relinquish, beating the Tigers 21-14. The game was played …
NB and CL participate in biggest HS XC meet in the nation
The Milaca Mega Meet really lived up to its name this year.The huge meet in the little town of 2,500 people drew 148 teams and 4,458 runners, making it the largest high school cross country meet in the world. And Chisago Lakes was right in the thick of things when …
Vikes and Monti trade blows, but Magic come out on top
A flurry of touchdowns near the middle of the game gave North Branch a chance to beat Monticello for the first time in the Mississippi 8 Conference.
Wildcats roll to a 2-0 start behind Kimlinger's arm
In the Wildcat football team’s home opener, quarterback Joe Kimlinger and receiver Will Gillach hooked up for three touchdown passes as the Wildcats rolled over the Duluth Denfeld Hunters 35-8. After a three touchdown second quarter, the Wildcats led 28-0 at halftime. They scored on their first drive of the …
Chisago Lakes on a fast pace at C-I Invitational
The Chisago Lakes cross country teams got some good competition in, Friday, September 5 at the Isanti Middle School.The Cambridge Invitational included large schools such as Centennial, Forest Lake, Andover, Roseville, Mounds View, Blaine and Duluth East.
Wildcats showing well early, but Monti too much
The Wildcat girls swim team ushered in a new era under Head Coach Ellen Heath and without mainstay Thomi Lee by performing very well in the Princeton Relays.The relays are a fun, early season meet that doesn’t feature races that the girls will see throughout the year but allows them …
Royals win big again, but Vikings making strides
Sam Ferraro was welcomed to his new job as North Branch football head coach by the black and blue bruising machine that is the Rogers Royals last week. But he took every proverbial punch Rogers had and kept toughing through.
