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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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Wildcats lose to previously winless Princeton Tigers
The Princeton Tigers used two touchdown runs of 80 yards or more – one in the first quarter and one in the third quarter – and ate up a lot of clock with a couple of long drives long drives to beat the Wildcats 27-16 last Friday, October 3 at Chisago Lakes High School. It was the first win of the year for the Tigers (1-5), and the Wildcats dropped to a 1-5 record for the season.
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AREA SOCCER ROUND UP: Sections begin for teams
Here are results of Tuesday night’s opening round quarterfinal games for section soccer playoffs, along with a look ahead for the two winners, the North Branch Viking boys, and the Chisago Lakes Wildcat girls, who both play tonight.
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CL can’t keep momentum going, loses to NSP 33-27
After Wildcat quarterback Kelen Meissner scored with just seconds left in the fourth quarter to cut the North St. Paul Polar lead to 33-28, Polar quarterback Eijah Adzmahe - the star of the game for North St. Paul – recovered the Wildcats’ last ditch onside kick attempt to seal the win for the Polars. The game was played at Polar Field in North St. Paul on Saturday, September 27.
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AREA SOCCER ROUND UP: Seasons winding down
The Viking and Wildcat boys’ soccer teams battled to a 0-0 tie last Thursday, September 25 at North Branch. The Vikings lost two away games, 4-1 to Princeton and 5-0 to Cloquet-Esko-Carlton. They will finish up the regular season tonight against Mesabi East Area at Mesabi Range Community and Technical College at 5 p.m. The Wildcats lost 2-1 at home to Zimmerman, and will play their final regular season game at home tonight against Grand Rapids at 6:30 p.m.
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