SPORTS
Chisago Lakes edged by state-power SLP
In high school football, there’s really no such thing as a moral victory. But sometimes a team can show everyone that it belongs in the conversation about the best teams in the state, and the Wildcats did just that last in their 20-13 loss at Spring Lake Park last Friday …
Wild Mountain 1st in Nation
Wild Mountain is proud to announce that they opened for skiing and snowboarding on Oct. 7th, 2012, making them the first area in North America to be open.
Vikings beat Heights, KO'd by Elk River
Irondale 5, North Branch 2 Despite a loss for the North Branch girls tennis team, they got strong play and two points from their top two singles players against the Irondale Knights. Gabby Ruddy won her match at first singles 6-4, 6-1. “She just played stronger and stronger as the …
'Cats falter without diving
When competitors can basically take away the Wildcat swimming and diving teams’ most dangerous weapons, things get tough for Chisago Lakes. The Wildcats lost two meets last week because they were at opposing schools that didn’t have diving boards. The ‘Cats feature two state-tournament quality divers and another that is …
'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 …
