SPORTS
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 …
Vikings collect awards after 4-6 campaign
The North Branch football squad had one of their most successful years in recent memory and they owe a lot of that to a few of their senior leaders. The Vikes’ award banquet had plenty of praise to go around for some of those leaders. Chief among them was senior …
Gargaro wins first two games as CL's coach
Chisago Lakes 61, Princeton 54 After months of anticipation Chris Gargaro finally made his debut as coach of the Chisago Lakes boys basketball team. And it couldn’t have gone more swimmingly for the former Tartan assistant coach. The Wildcats’ first test of the year was against a Princeton Tigers team that …
Sargeant named to the AP All-State team for CL
Senior Dan Sargeant of the Chisago Lakes Wildcats was named a First Team All State offensive lineman by the Associated Press for the 2012 high school football season. Wildcat head coach Bill Weiss put Sargeant’s selection to the first team in perspective.
Despite fast start, 'Cats sunk by Liljander's 27
Last week’s opening match up between Cambridge-Isanti and Chisago Lakes was the battle of two Whitney-less programs for the first time in almost four years. The Wildcats recently graduated all-time leading scorer and Washington State recruit Whitney Tinjum. The Bluejackets also just lost Whitney Olson to graduation, their programs all-time …
Wildcats rip off 20 goals in three games
Chisago Lakes 13, Pine City/Rush City 1 Everyone got in on the fun as the Wildcats (3-2) crushed Pine/City Rush City 13-1 last Friday, November 30 at Pine City Arena. Nine different Wildcats scored goals in the game. Four players had two goals each – Jake Breyfogle, William Knaak, Bradee …
