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Wildcats lose both games in trip to state tourney
New Prague broke open a close game with three goals in the first three-and-a-half minutes of the second period to take a 4-1 lead. They shut down the Wildcats after that, allowing just nine shots on goal for the entire game as they went on to beat the Wildcats in …
Chisago Lakes topples Hibbing
There isn’t an available bye in Section 7AAA for girls basketball, but the Chisago Lakes Wildcats got as close to one as they could in an overwhelming win over Hibbing in the first round of the playoff bracket. The Wildcats were clearly the better team on paper and on the …
Chisago Lakes boys hockey falls twice at state
The Chisago Lakes boys hockey team is going to the state tournament after a 5-4 win over Princeton on Thursday, February 27. The Wildcats fell to New Prague in the first round, 5-2. In the consolation bracket, they faced off against Luverne, a team that was 27-1-1 on the year. …
Vikings crush school record, finish fifth at state
Every coach preaches to their athletes that they need to be performing the best when the season is coming to an end. There’s nothing left to give and there’s nothing more to practice. It’s just the athlete and their speciality, and if they’re lucky, the state tournament.
Eight going to state for Chisago Lakes swimming and diving
The Chisago Lakes boys swimming and diving team picked a good time to have its best meet of the year, sending eight athletes to the state meet in 10 different events, winning the section academic championships and smashing records and opponents en route to those achievements. The Wildcats had one …
Six Wildcats punch ticket to state tournament at Xcel
Just one year removed from a state consolation championship and having seven individuals make it to the state tournament, the Wildcats will send six individual wrestlers to state this year. Three of them are section champions: Dylan Connell (120), Kyle Schoenecker (132) and Joe Virga (170). Three other Wildcats finished …
Vikings qualify for state for the first time in school history
When the season started, Assistant Coach Bri McClaskie was just hoping the North Branch gymnastics team could perform well enough to come close to grabbing a state tournament berth. Little did she realize that not only would the girls win the section tourmanet, that they would blow the rest of …
Brown earns a top 10 finish at state tournament
Anders Brown had felt nothing but heartbreak in his two trips to the state tournament. Last year, he took a fall on both runs and finished in 81st place. In 2012, as a seventh grader, Brown took a spill in his second run after a quality opening run and finished …
Sochi Update: Injury derails Nordgren's fast start
Of all the obstacles Leif Nordgren has had to overcome to get to Sochi, Russia, little did he know the biggest obstacle would be his own nerve in his back. Nordgren, the Marine on St. Croix native who is competing in the biathlon in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, has had a …
For area skier, Sochi is daunting task
When Leif Nordgren was growing up in the snowy landscape of Colorado and hitting the trails around the Northeast Twin Cities as part of the Forest Lake nordic ski team, little did he know it was going to eventually take him to a little coastal Russian town called Sochi.
CL comes away on top in battle of ranked teams
Bryanna Fernstrom started the week off with a record-breaking performance, and then topped it off with two huge double-doubles in wins over one of the top Mississippi 8 Conference teams and one of their top Section 7AAA rivals. The record-breaker came when the senior scored 42 points in an 84-43 …
Lushanko brothers team up for winning goal vs STMA
Goalie Jake DuBose stopped all 29 shots he faced as the Wildcats shut out the St. Francis Fighting Saints 2-0 last Thursday, January 30 at Chisago Lakes Arena. Brandon Gillespie scored the only goal the Wildcats needed six minutes into the second period, assisted by Ryan Chambers and Blake Lizotte. …
CL wraps up regular season
The Wildcat girls’ hockey team skated to a 3-3 overtime tie with Princeton last Thursday, January 30 at Princeton Arena. Princeton scored the only goal of the first period to take a 1-0 lead.
Girls win Centennial Invitational at Giants Ridge
The Centennial Invite is a good indicator for the Chisago Lakes alpine ski teams to where they might be when the state tournament rolls around. The event is held at Giants Ridge, which is the location of the state tournament in a week and a half.
