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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.
Spartans outlast Wildcats to send them to 0-3 start
The tough start continued for the Wildcat football team as they lost 24-16 to the Simley Spartans Friday, September 12 at Chisago Lakes High School. The Wildcats have now dropped to 0-3 for the season.
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AREA SOCCER ROUND UP: NB boys having great rebound year
The Wildcat girls’ soccer team won three of four games over the past week to improve their season record to 6-3-2.
Turnovers doom Wildcats as they start 0-2
The Cambridge-Isanti Bluejackets (2-0) jumped out to a 14-0 lead and went on to beat the Wildcat football team 42-13 on Friday September 5 at Cambridge-Isanti High School. The loss dropped the Wildcats to 0-2 on the season.
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AREA SOCCER ROUND UP: NB girls stay unbeaten
The Viking girls’ soccer team (2-0-4) stayed undefeated this season, tying the Monticello Magic 2-2 on Thursday, September 4 at Monticello.
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