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Wildcat boys hockey splits two
Jason Cook scored at 3:03 of overtime to give the Gentry Academy Stars a 3-2 in over the Wildcat boys’ hockey team Thursday, December 11 at Aldrich Ice Arena. The Wildcats outshot the Stars 39-26 for the game, but Stars’ goalie Gavin Grose stopped 37 of the 39 shots he faced to pick up the win.
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CL girls hockey heating up
Cam Hinsch scored twice and the three Wildcat goalies – Julia Wakefield, Kendall Wakefield, and Ava Aarnio – combined to stop all 15 shots they faced as the Wildcats shut out the Visitation Blazers 5-0 on Thursday, December 11 at Chisago Lakes Arena. The Wildcats dominated the game from start to finish, outshooting the Blazers 45-15.
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Boys stage furious comeback vs Orono
The Wildcat boys’ hockey team broke open a tie game with four straight goals in the first half of the third period and went on to pummel the Northern Edge 7-3 on Tuesday, November 25 at East Bethel Arena. The game was not as close as the score indicated, as the Wildcats outshot the Edge 53-18 for the game. Playmaker Astin Slettom had four assists, and Jacob Kletti and Max Koch tallied four points each. Goalie Ethan Carlson saw his first action of the season and stopped 15 of the 18 shots he faced to get the win. The game featured four shorthanded goals between the two teams, with the Wildcats getting three of them.
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‘Cats bounce back from first losses
A hat trick from Mia Simones led the Mounds View/Irondale Mustangs, ranked 17th in Class AA, to a 5-3 win over the Wildcat girls’ hockey team, ranked 11th in Class A, on Tuesday, November 25 at Chisago Lakes Arena. It was just the second loss of the season for the Wildcats (6-2-0).
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Strong third period helps CL bury Princeton
The Wildcats exploded for five goals in the third period – including three in a row by Jacob Kletti – to shut out the Princeton Tigers 6-0 Thursday, November 20 at Princeton First Bank & Trust Ice Arena. The Wildcats dominated from start to finish, outshooting the Tigers 45-16 for the game. Sophomore goalie Jacob Schaeppi, making his first career start, stopped all 16 shots he faced to pick up the shutout. Kletti scored the game’s first four goals and added an assist, while Max Koch had a goal and assisted on three of Kletti’s goals.
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Wildcats get off to blistering hot start
The Wildcat girls’ hockey team has kicked off the 2025-2026 season with four straight wins, the first time they have had four or more straight wins to start off a season since the 2019-2020 campaign.
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Koch shines in Elite League
Wildcat senior defenseman Max Koch is the first player from Chisago Lakes High School to be selected to play in the Upper Midwest High School Elite League, a fall league for Minnesota’s top high school hockey players. Koch played for the Minneapolis-St. Paul Magazine team in 2024 and skated for APX this season. Koch was selected to the Elite League all-star team this season, and his Elite White squad played in the International Invitational Tournament two weekends ago at New Hope Ice Arena.
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South St. Paul ends ‘Cats season
The second-seeded South St. Paul Packers scored 30 points in the first half and went on to beat the sixth-seeded Wildcat football team 30-10 in the semifinals of the Section 3AAAA tournament Saturday, October 25 at South St. Paul High School. The loss ended the 2025 season for the Wildcats.
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Wildcats play SSP tough, but fall to 1-6 on the year
Trailing 14-7 at halftime against South St. Paul, the Wildcats appeared poised to tie the game after a nice kickoff return by Carter Anderson and a 15-yard penalty for a late hit out of bounds gave the Wildcats the ball at the South St. Paul 40. But the Wildcats managed only four yards on four plays. The Packers’ Jake “Mini-Me” Baldus ran 64 yards for a touchdown on the next play, and the Packers never looked back as they went on to beat the Wildcats 36-20 last Friday, October 10 at Ettinger Field in South St. Paul.
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