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Bulldogs fall flat in district playoffs, season ends
The Bulldog baseball team, which appeared headed for their second state tournament ever this year, had their season abruptly ended when they lost their first two games of the District 1B tournament at beautiful Cold Spring Baseball Field last Saturday, knocking them out of the double-elimination tournament and leaving them with the question – what happened?
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Bulldogs get some fine tuning in before playoffs start
In a baseball game at Mora last Friday, intended as a tuneup for the upcoming playoffs, most of the Bulldog players decided to take the evening off. Eight Bulldog players made the trip to Mora to face the Blue Devils, and the Bulldogs’ elderly manager (who is on the roster) was drafted to be the ninth player, to avoid a forfeit. The Class C Blue Devils, looking to get some pre-playoff work for some of their pitchers, started one of the top pitchers in the Eastern Minny League, Derek Graves. Mora crushed the Bulldogs 20-1. The game was shortened to five innings due to the 15-run rule.
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Bulldogs rolling as they barrel towards playoffs
In their final league game of the season, the Bulldog baseball team took a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the second with the help of some shoddy defense by the Mora Blue Devils, and Bulldog pitchers struck out 17 batters as the Bulldogs beat the Blue Devils 6-4 on Wednesday, July 22 at Mora High School. The game had been moved from Chisago Lakes to Mora due to an American Legion tournament taking place at Chisago Lakes High School, so the game was still a home game for the Bulldogs.
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Bulldogs drink the Mug dry, slosh Nighthawks by 10 runs
The Bulldog town baseball team built a 10-1 lead after four innings and went on to beat White Bear Township 12-6 in seven innings on Tuesday, July 7 at Polar Lakes Park in White Bear Lake. The Bulldogs pounded out 12 hits and took advantage of ten walks and three hit batters. In a complete game win, Cole Hentges allowed six runs (five earned) on ten hits, walked two and struck out three. Brayden Anderson and Calvin Coppersmith drove in two runs apiece to lead the Bulldog offense.
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CL girls claim section crown, many state berths
At the Section 7AA track and field championship meet, six Wildcat girls and two Wildcat boys earned spots at the MSHSL State Track & Field Championships, which will be held June 4 through June 6 at St. Michael-Albertville High School in St. Michael.
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Baseball makes a spirited run in section 7AAA
Lucas Weinzetl allowed one unearned run in six innings to lead the fifth-seeded Wildcat baseball team to a 6-1 win over the fourth-seeded Hibbing Bluejackets in the opening game of the Section 7AA playoffs Wednesday, May 27 at Hibbing High School. Trent Travis doubled in two runs to give the Wildcats a 2-0 lead in the third. The Wildcats added to their lead with runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings. Weinzetl allowed five hits, walked five and struck out four in picking up the win.
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Wildcats make a spirited run at sections but fall short
In the opening game of the Section 7AAA softball tournament, Rylan Sheppeck singled with one out in the bottom of the tenth inning to drive in Jesa Leritz to give the fourth-seeded Wildcats a 7-6 win over the fifth-seeded Cloquet Lumberjacks on Tuesday, May 19 at Chisago Lakes High School. The win sent the Wildcats to a championship bracket game against the Rock Ridge Wolverines.
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Pearson smashes shot put record during M8C championships
The Wildcats hosted the Mississippi 8 Conference Track and Field Championships at Chisago Lakes High School on Wednesday, May 20. The girls came in second, just three points behind second place Monticello. The boys finished fifth. The Wildcats’ only first place individual finish at the meet was senior Mariana Cooksley, who heaved a personal best 40’5.5” in the shot put. The Wildcats swept the top two spots in the shot put, as sophomore Madison Eagle threw a personal best 37’1.5” to finish second. Eagle also finished second in the discus, with a throw of 114’6”. For the boys, Will Pearson’s throw of 55’4” set the school record in the shot put, breaking the mark of 53’1” set by Andrew Koehler in 2021.
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CL draws fifth seed in sections, heading to Hibbing for opener
Trent Travis hit a three-run homer and Kellen Meissner threw a three-hitter to lead the Wildcat baseball team to a 10-0 win over the St. Francis Fighting Saints Tuesday, May 19 at Chisago Lakes High School, in the Wildcats’ final regular season home game of 2026. The game was shortened to five innings because of the ten-run rule. Meissner walked just one and struck out four in his complete game shutout of the Fighting Saints.
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