SPORTS
Four Vikings invited to Hamline Elite showcase
Mother Nature put the North Branch track and field team in a very unique position on Friday, April 25. They had to split their team three ways for three different meets because of weather delays and make ups. The most prestigious of the meets, though, only featured four of the best …
Buffalo scores six late, stuns Vikes after being no-hit through four
No lead is ever safe in baseball. There isn’t a time limit, and that can sometimes become a nightmare for a team that is leading. It was North Branch’s nightmare on Monday, April 22 when they jumped out to an early 3-0 lead and looked to be cruising until the …
Lady Vikes fall to H'Town
Weather couldn’t prevent the game between the Hawks and Vikings from happening. After one delay already, the teams squared off on Monday, April 22 when the sun was shining and the wind was swirling. North Branch opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning when they did some …
Used baseball equipment goes a long way to Leon
Extraordinary things happen all the time. Sometimes, they go unnoticed, but sometimes the deed benefits so many people that it is better to be shared. A simple phone call in 2013 started a chain reaction from Taylors Falls to Nicaragua that ended with a large group of impoverished children being …
Parenteau playing on the big stage this weekend
Jake Parenteau, a 2007 graduate of Chisago Lakes High School, and four other seniors will lead the University of Minnesota Golden Gopher men’s hockey team against archrival North Dakota tonight in the semifinals of the Frozen Four. The game takes place at 7:30 p.m. at the Wells Fargo Center in …
Wildcats one-and-done at state tourney
Although Chisago Lakes didn’t get seeded again this year, they were hoping this was their best chance to shine in their three straight trips to the state tournament. They drew the third-seeded team after getting the top-seeded and second-seeded squads the past two years, they had experience at the tournament, …
Wildcats earn state tourney berth, fall to Marshall in first round
It’s not like the Chisago Lakes Wildcats needed any more motivation in playing for their third straight section championship. Sure, they’ve become accustomed to winning Section 7AAA, but they have plenty of unfinished business in Minneapolis at the state tournament, so their motivation derives from that. But, Grand Rapids decided to …
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 …
