SPORTS
Wildcat alumni on-ice, in the office, with Wild farm team
Defenseman Jake Parenteau, a 2007 graduate of Chisago Lakes High School, came one step closer to the NHL recently when he was signed by the Iowa Wild – the Minnesota Wild’s top minor league farm club – for the 2014-2015 season.
Collins inducted into HoF
Former Chisago Lakes baseball Head Coach Pat Collins was inducted into the Minnesota State High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame this weekend and received his HoF ring and plaque at the ceremony. For a full story on Collins’ career, check out next week’s Chisago County Press.
Wildcats' season ends in Bemidji, 28-14
An early turnover helped to put the fourth-seeded Wildcat football team in a 14-0 hole and they were never able to catch up against the top-seeded Bemidji Lumberjacks. The Wildcats eventually lost the Section 7AAAAA semifinal game to the Lumberjacks 28-14. The game was played at Bemidji High School Saturday, …
Hensch only bright spot for NB in regular season finale, but Vikes regroup for first round win
With Big Lake as the final game of the regular season, North Branch saw it as their chance to earn a home game in sections and inch closer to .500 on the season. Big Lake saw it differently, and capitalized on a myriad of North Branch errors to send the …
Chisago Lakes continues skid before section win over C-I
The Wildcat defense didn’t have an answer for St. Francis Fighting Saint running back John Santiago – or the rest of the Fighting Saint offense, for that matter – as St. Francis crushed the Wildcats 54-21 in the regular season finale Wednesday, October 15 at Chisago Lakes High School. Santiago …
Monticello plays spoiler, erases CL's perfect season
The Wildcats, who had committed four turnovers at Monticello and trailed by two touchdowns late in the fourth quarter, still found themselves with a chance to win on the last play of the game. On third and goal from the five with five seconds remaining, wide receiver/running back Will Gillach …
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 …
