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Down on their luck Wildcats lose to winless Willmar

The Wildcat offense ran just twelve plays against the Willmar Cardinals in the first half last Friday night, and, obviously, it’s hard to score much when you don’t have the ball. Willmar scored twice in the last four minutes of the first half and beat the Wildcats 21-14 in the final home game of the year for the Wildcats. The Wildcats will almost certainly start the upcoming section playoffs on the road.
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SOCCER POSTSEASON ROUND UP

All four of the local high school soccer teams opened their section playoffs on Tuesday, October 8. The only one of the four teams to win and stay alive in the playoffs were the Chisago Lakes girls.
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Providence Academy spoils Chisago Lakes’ perfect record

The Wildcats suffered their first loss of the season last Friday night, falling to the Providence Academy Lions 28-18 at Providence Academy in Plymouth. The Lions scored early, and the Wildcats never led in this one.
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AREA SOCCER ROUND UP

The Viking girls’ soccer team improved their record to 2-3-3 on the season with a win and a tie over the last week. On Saturday, September 14 they shut out the Sauk Rapids-Rice Storm 3-0 at home. And on Monday, September 16, they tied the Becker Bulldogs 2-2.
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Girls run unbeaten streak to six

Determined to extend their four-game winning streak, the Wildcats faced off against a much-improved Cambridge-Isanti Bluejackets team at Cambridge last Thursday. The Wildcats won 3-2 to keep the streak going.
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Turnovers and run game propel CL to 2-0 start

After allowing the Cambridge-Isanti Bluejackets to score 13 straight points in the second quarter to cut the Wildcats lead to 21-20 at halftime, the Wildcats came out on fire in the third quarter. They forced several turnovers and scored on their first four possessions to take a 48-20 lead and went on to win 48-33 in front of the home crowd on Friday, September 6.
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‘Cats clip Falcons to open 2024 season

Fullback Braxton Bender-Ehlke rushed 19 times for 162 yards and a touchdown to lead the Wildcat football team to a 28-8 win over the Foley Falcons in the season opener last Friday, August 29 at Foley High School. Quarterback Kellen Meissner added 68 yards on 18 carries and scored twice as the Wildcats piled up 312 yards rushing, controlling the ball for most of the game.
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Bulldogs fall just short of state, but season still a success

Last Saturday at Brennan Field in Hinckley, the Bulldogs had a thrilling 6-2 comeback win in their Region1C elimination bracket game against the Ramsey Renegades. But in their semifinal game against the Rum River Bandits later that afternoon, they allowed six runs in the first inning and never quite got caught up, losing 11-6 and ending their season.
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Bulldogs survive six errors to knock out Lumberjacks

Tyler Stilp drove in pinch runner Jack Boeck to break a 5-5 tie in the bottom of the eighth inning, and the Bulldogs went on to beat the Elk River Lumberjacks 7-5 in the opening game of the 2024 Region 1C Playoffs. Hunter Lindstrom pitched 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief to pick up the win. The game was played Saturday, July 27 at Mark Park in Princeton.
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Bulldogs fall to fourth seed

The Bulldogs, with the number two seed in the Eastern Minny South playoffs seemingly wrapped up, had a strange week and, when it was all over, dropped to the number four seed in the South. Last Wednesday, they committed ten errors and lost 7-4 to a weak Ogilvie team. On Friday, they beat the Princeton Panthers 9-6. The Panthers had clinched the top seed Eastern Minny League North the night before. And on Sunday, with the number two seed still in their grasp, they lost 7-5 to the St. Francis Silverbacks, largely as the result of three stellar plays by Silverback outfielders early in the game, errors, and some bad calls by a seemingly biased umpire.

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