SPORTS
Both tennis squads swept in first round of Section 7
Elk River 7, Chisago Lakes 0 Both County tennis teams suffered sweeping losses in the first round of their South Sub-Section in 7AA.
Baumann being inducted into MSHSCA Hall of Fame
Growing up in the small town of Waseca, Minnesota, Bill Baumann was a star on the basketball court. He wasn’t bad at baseball, football and track and field, either, but his real passion was on the hardwood courts. Through his talent, Baumann earned a spot on St. John’s basketball team …
The Chouinard Show takes over NB's homecoming
There hasn’t been a day in the last five years that there wasn’t a Chouinard on the North Branch football roster. Starting with Erik, a linebacker, and then Cade, another defensive standout, and now Eli Chouinard, who is the speedster of the bunch.
'Cats defend turf on homecoming, beat Tigers 28-12
Last Friday night, over 2,000 fans saw a homecoming game at Chisago Lakes High School filled with turnovers, penalties and injuries. But there were also fireworks during and after the game. The fireworks display after the game was sponsored by local businesses. The fireworks during the game were sponsored by …
Vikes secure first win of the year, a 26-14 triumph over Denfeld
After enduring a brutal stretch of games in the opening third of their schedule, the North Branch football team earned their first win of the year by beating the Duluth Denfeld Hunters 26-14.
Boys finish third at Milaca Mega Meet
The Milaca Mega Meet always provides teams with a measuring stick as to how they are doing on the year. This year, the Chisago Lakes Wildcats are right on track to their end of the year goals on the boys side.
'Cats drop M8C meet to C-I
The Wildcats are continuing to find out what a grind the Mississippi 8 Conference can be. They took to the pool last week against Cambridge-Isanti, and didn’t make it out with a tally in the team win column.
Berg throws for school record in rout
Wildcat quarterback Mitch Berg passed for a Chisago Lakes High School record 292 yards and four touchdowns, wide receiver Kellen Reed caught six passes for 127 yards and a touchdown and halfback Josh Parks rushed 17 times for 98 tough yards and two touchdowns as the Wildcats blasted the Duluth …
Wildcats remain unbeaten with three more victories
The Wildcats improved their record to 5-0 on the season, with a series of big wins over the last week.
Wildcats tumble with tough match ups early on
Chisago Lakes’ early season schedule has been brutal with tilts against New Life Academy, Anoka, St. Michael Albertville and Benilde-St. Margaret’s.
Chisago Lakes learning Mississippi 8 is tough group
Although the Chisago Lakes girls swimming and diving team routinely swims at the Princeton Relays, this year was a bit different in that some of the competitors this year are conference opponents.
Chisago Lakes stings Big Lake, crushes Hornets 40-7
Junior Joe Virga returned two interceptions for more than 80 yards each for touchdowns to spark the Wildcats to a 40-7 thrashing of Big Lake in the season opener last Friday, August 30 at Chisago Lakes High School.
Mother Nature brings a halt to North Branch's misery
When the first schedule came out for the Mississippi 8 Conference football season, North Branch Head Coach Nick Nitti figured he’d be seeing a lot of black and blue. The Vikings opened the season against the Rogers Royals, who are not only clad in the bruising colors, but have been at the …
NB team wins summer season
Congratulations to the North Branch Tropics Baseball majors team. Although the team was young, with half the players being seventh graders, the team won the regular season and the tournament playoffs.
