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Chisago Lakes pockets two M8C wins on the week
The Wildcats scored four runs in the top of the first inning and went on to beat the Cambridge-Isanti Bluejackets 6-3 on Monday, April 20 at Cambridge-Isanti High School. Starting pitcher Kellen Meissner went five innings. He allowed three runs – two earned – on four hits, walked two and struck out eight to get the win. Luke Leadholm pitched two innings of scoreless relief to get the save, walking one and striking out three.
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Wildcats snap losing streak with two wins over Thunder
The Wildcat softball team trailed 8-2 to the Cambridge-Isanti Bluejackets after the fourth inning on Monday, April 20 at Cambridge-Isanti High School. The Wildcat offense came alive late in the game, but their sixth-inning rally fell short and the Bluejackets hung on for an 8-6 win.
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CL prepping for True Team
The Hamline Elite Meet brings together the best high school track and field athletes in the state for a premiere midseason event. Two Wildcat track athletes were invited to last Friday’s Hamline Elite Meet – Annika Hall in the 1600 meter run and Mariana Cooksley in the shot put and the discus. Cooksley finished ninth out of the 12 participants in the shot put with a throw of 36’6.75”, and she finished eleventh out of 12 participants in the discus with a throw of 97’1”. Hall, still on her way back from an injury, finished 14th out of 16 participants with a time of 5:11.61.
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Wildcats run rule North Branch 10-0 in early season showdown
Leading 4-0 over the Vikings, the Wildcat baseball team erupted for six runs in the top of the fifth to go up 10-0. The Vikings came up empty in the bottom of the fifth, giving the Wildcats a 10-0 win by the ten-run rule. The game was played on Tuesday, April 14 at North Branch High School.
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Chisago Lakes rounding into form with early season triangular
The Wildcat track team participated in the Cambridge-Isanti Triangular at Cambridge-Isanti High School on Tuesday, April 14, with Monticello joining in on the fun. The girls’ meet was highly competitive, with the Wildcats finishing in second just 2 ½ points behind Monticello and 4 ½ points ahead of third place Cambridge-Isanti. The boys’ meet was not very competitive, with the Wildcats finishing a distant third behind the other two schools.
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CL starts hot behind lofty ranking
The second-ranked Wildcats got off to a 3-0 start this season. They opened with a 9-8 comeback win over the Big Lake Hornets in front of the home crowd on Wednesday April 8. They followed that up the next day with an 8-0 road victory over the Monticello Magic. And they headed to Rocori on Monday, April 13 and came away with a 5-1 win over the Spartans.
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Wildcats struggling to come out of winter hibernation
The Wildcat baseball team opened the season at home on Tuesday, April 7 with what will likely be their toughest game of the year and got crushed by the Hudson Raiders 15-1. Trenton Travis drove in Kellen Meissner with the only Wildcat run of the game in the fourth inning, which was shortened to five innings due to the ten-run rule.
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Area grapplers win some section matches
At St. Paul Harding High School last Saturday, the fourth-seeded Wildcat wrestling team made it to the semifinals of the Section 4AA Team Tournament before losing to top-seeded South St. Paul 54-21. South St. Paul went on to beat Mahtomedi 43-22 in the section championship and will represent and will represent Section 4AA at the state tournament.
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Chisago Lakes reeling a bit before section play
The Pine City Dragons hockey team took a 5-2 lead midway through the third period, and a Wildcat comeback fell just short as the Dragons hung on for a 5-4 win Monday, February 9 at Chisago Lakes Arena.
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