SPORTS
CL pins and wins records now Zupko's
Senior wrestler Quade Zupko set two records with one win against Totino Grace. He pinned John Lewis of Totino Grace at 1:19 of the first period for the 171st win of his career, passing Travis Kammerer for first place on the all-time career wins list at Chisago Lakes High School.
'Cats 2-0 coming out of holiday break
Chisago Lakes 4, Irondale 1 Jacob Breyfogle scored his first career hat trick and also picked up an assist as the Wildcats beat Irondale 4-1 Thursday, January 3 at the Schwan Super Rink in Blaine. Wildcat head coach Paul Gibson said “The line of Jacob Breyfogle, Trevor Lushanko, and Brandon …
'This is one meet the guys will remember'
It’s not often that a swim meet ends in a tie, but the Chisago Lakes boys swimming and diving team had a dramatic North Suburban Conference match with St. Louis Park come down to the last event in their first meet of the new year.
North Branch falls flat in first loss to CL
For a while, it didn’t look like North Branch Head Coach Dan Schindler was ever going to have to wash his cherry red sweatshirt again. In his yearly tradition, as long as the girls are winning, he doesn’t wash the lucky sweatshirt. But, a familiar foe sent him to the …
Hot shooting leads Vikings over Wildcats
Jon Blomquist smiled from ear to ear as he watched the clock tick down to zero against the Chisago Lakes boys basketball team on Friday, Jan. 4. The North Branch senior had scored seven points and played tough defense throughout the game as the Vikings topped county rival Chisago Lakes …
North Branch struggles against co-op from Mora
Mora/Hinckley-Finlayson 8, North Branch 2 The Vikings dropped to 2-7 overall on the season with an 8-2 loss to Mora/Hinckley-Finlayson last Thursday,
CL smashes Fridley and SLP
Chisago Lakes 59, Fridley 18 Chisago Lakes 57, Spring Lake Park 15 The Wildcat wrestling team won two conference matches last week to improve their overall dual meet record to 8-4 (2-1 in the conference).
Wildcats host packed Wild Mountain Invite
Wild Mountain Invitational Boys For the last three years, Jake Sandgren has been a familiar face for the Chisago Lakes boys alpine ski team. This year, that face nearly ascended to the top spot at his home invitational. Sandgren led the boys team with a third place finish at the event …
Wildcats mow down Heights and Princeton
Chisago Lakes 94, Columbia Heights 76 Chisago Lakes 100, Princeton 76 The Wildcat swimming and diving team put two easy wins in their back pocket early in the season.
A DREAM SEASON, 30 YEARS LATER
Pulitzer Prize winning writer Saul Bellow once said, “Everybody needs their memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.” For a group of 15 kids and two adults from Chisago Lakes, they need never fear that wolf. The year 2013 marks the 30th anniversary of the Chisago Lakes …
'Cats top Vikings in gymnastics showdown
Chisago Lakes 131.725, North Branch 129.225 When North Branch’s Casey Hovland began her floor exercise, the last performance in the last event on the night, the dual meet between North Branch and Chisago Lakes was still up for grabs.
'Cats give Rapids a run, dominate Hibbing
Just another sign that this year is a bit different, Chisago Lakes took on two section opponents that they played last year, and the results couldn’t have been more different. In CL’s first game of the weekend, they took on the 10th-ranked Grand Rapids
Schindler gets 400th win as Vikes go to 5-0
When Dan Schindler began his head coaching career, Ronald Reagan was our president, gas was 93 cents a gallon, ‘Walk Like An Egyptian’ by the Bangles was the number one single and the number 400 was as insignificant as could be. Now, 26 years later, Schindler tallied his 400th victory …
