SPORTS
'Cats battle weather at Swain Invitational
Centennial Invite Andy Magnuson was the only thing between a Centennial clean sweep at the top of the standings in the Centennial Invite last week. Centennial’s Jon Keller won the meet with a time of 16:32 while Wildcat Andy Magnuson came in second with a time of 16:46.
Double dose of Sundly and Ashley dooms Fridley
Having one elite runner in high school football can be the difference between a winning team and a losing team. One guy can change a whole team’s mind set. One guy can make the other team completely alter their normal game plan. One guy can alter outcomes. But, what if …
CL surges for 27 second half points in win over BSM
Last Friday night’s game against Benilde-St. Margaret’s in St. Louis Park had so many twists and turns and big plays that it’s hard to know where to start. But what matters most is that, in the end, the Wildcats overcame a 13 point deficit and came away with a 27-20 …
Viking girls crush Wisconsin schools
In their travels to find different and unique courses, the North Branch cross country team found itself out-of-state last week in St. Croix Falls, WI.
Wildcats take down titles at home invite
The Chisago Lakes cross country team hosted their first meet of the year last week, and they came out on top in both the boys and girls races. There were familiar faces atop the leaderboard for both the boys and the girls. Abbi Forsman won the girls portion of the meet …
Chisago Lakes takes fifth at Blaine Invite
St. Francis 3, Chisago Lakes 1 The Wildcats dropped their first North Suburban Conference game of the year when St. Francis bested them early last week. Chisago Lakes got off to an absolutely miserable start, losing the first set 25-8.
'Cats drop conference title to Benilde 5-2
Last week was a twister of emotion for the Chisago Lakes girls tennis team. They went from beating a good, strong team in Champlin Park on Wednesday to losing the their conference championship showdown with Benilde-St. Margaret’s on the next day.
Wildcats rout St. Francis at homecoming
Mitch Berg threw four touchdown passes in the first half and Eric Brown scored two touchdowns and had over 100 combined rushing and receiving yards as the Wildcats crushed the St. Francis Fighting Saints 41-14 last Friday, September 28 at Chisago Lakes.
Defense comes up big in NB's second win
They say defense wins championships when it comes to football. Well, defense hasn’t been the strongest point for North Branch this year, but the ‘D’ came up big in the spots it needed to and the offense had a flair for the dramatic again as North Branch earned their second …
Bartz is captain for a day
Zach Bartz, a young man from the Chisago Lakes area who has been battling neurofibromatosis (commonly known as NF) for most of his life, was an honorary captain for last Thursday’s football game against St. Louis Park.
Rinke finishes fourth
Milaca Mega Meet The North Branch girls cross country team finished an impressive fifth place at the Class AAA varsity race during the gigantic Milaca Mega Meet last week. The Lady Vikes were just beat out by Big Lake, who scored 14 points better than them. As has been the …
'Cats sweep Heights
Maple Grove 3, Chisago Lakes 1 The Wildcats stepped up their level of competition in the out-of-conference schedule with a home match against the Maple Grove Crimson. The Northwest Suburban Conference foe is 9-3 on the season, and they proved that they are a very good team by besting Chisago …
North Branch falls apart after halftime
North Branch had preached all week about the need to wear out the Simley Spartans during their football game. Not only does Simley have a small team, they use more than half of their starters both way.
