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Vikings get the best of Wildcats again
The fourth-seeded Wildcat softball team won their opening round game in the double elimination Section 7AAA playoffs over the fifth-seeded Cloquet Lumberjacks Tuesday, May 19 at Chisago Lakes High School. This morning at 10 a.m. they will face the top-seeded and fifth-ranked Rock Ridge Wolverines at Braun Park in Cloquet in a second-round game. If the Wildcats win, they will play a semifinal game at Braun Park at 3 p.m. on May 26, and if they win that game they will play for the section championship at Hermantown High School on Thursday, May 28. At that point, if they will two more games on May 26 at Braun Park, the Wildcats would play on May 28 at Hermantown High School for the section championship.
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CL falls flat in section gauntlet
The Cloquet Lumberjacks baseball team scored four runs in the first inning and went on to beat the Wildcats 7-1 Monday, May 11 at Chisago Lakes High School. Cloquet loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the first inning. Wildcat pitcher Zander Bleymeyer hit the next batter to force in a run. A run scored on a wild pitch. After the batter struck out, the following batter grounded a two-run single to left to make it 4-0. The Lumberjacks added another run in the top of the second to make it 5-0. Quinn LeVasseur drove in a run with a bases-loaded, two out single in the bottom of the third to cut the lead to 5-1. The Wildcats put at least one runner on base in each of the last three innings but came up empty. Cloquet added single runs in the sixth and seventh to make the final 7-1.
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Bulldogs rally late but give it right back to Highland Park
The Bulldog baseball team scored six runs in the top of the sixth inning to take a 6-3 lead, but the Highland Park Beavers came back with five runs in the bottom of the inning and beat the Wildcats 8-6 Sunday, May 17 at McMurray Athletic Fields in St. Paul.
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Wildcat girls win true team section, head to state
The Wildcat girls’ track team won the Section 7AA True Team meet and will head to the state tournament for the second year in a row. The Wildcats piled up 500.5 points, finishing 75 points ahead of second-place North Branch. The Wildcat boys finished fifth with 382.5 points, 24 points ahead of sixth-place North Branch.
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Wildcat baseball secures two M8C blowouts before dropping one
Zander Bleymeyer threw a three-hitter and Lucas Weinzetl and Quinn LeVasseur homered to lead the Wildcat baseball team to a 10-0 shutout of the North Branch Vikings Tuesday, May 5 at Chisago Lakes High School in a game shortened to five innings because of the ten-run rule. Dustin Goggin started and took the loss for the Vikings. Weinzetl, LeVasseur, and Carter Anderson drove in three runs apiece in rivalry game.
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Bulldogs hammer East Bethel Bandits 12-1
Beau Fandel homered, drove in five runs and pitched six innings of three-hit baseball to lead the Bulldog baseball team to a 12-1 win over the East Bethel Bandits on Tuesday, May 12 at Chisago Lakes High School. Brayden Anderson, playing his first game as a Bulldog, went four-for-four, with four runs scored and an RBI. Fandel allowed one earned run, walked two and struck out ten. Jacob Mickelson pitched a scoreless seventh inning, striking out two.
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Wisconsin meet features cheeseheads’ best vs Wildcats
Travelling to Cheeseland for the 7-team Osceola Invitational on Tuesday, April 28, the Wildcat track team had to contend with a powerful Osceola team and Rice Lake’s Addison Schmidt, one of the top girl throwers in Wisconsin. But the Wildcats fared well. The girls finished second to Osceola, and the boys came in third behind Osceola and Hudson.
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Bulldogs start season with cold, close contests
In their 2026 opener, the Bulldog town baseball team led 2-0 over the Crystal Cowboys going into the top of the ninth. But a misjudged popup and four errors led to three runs by the Cowboys, and they held off the Bulldogs in the bottom of the ninth inning to come away with a 3-2 win. The game was played on Sunday, April 26 at Chisago Lakes High School.
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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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