Jeff Norton
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‘Cats split two with section teams
Chisago Lakes closed out a busy week on the hardwood with a split, overwhelming Hermantown at home before running into a hot-shooting Grand Rapids squad on the road.
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Thorsen and Dick heading to state for NB; CL seventh grader joins
Chisago Lakes seventh grader Lila Leadholm had herself a meet on Saturday, turning in a pair of steady, confident routines to earn her first trip to the MSHSL State gymnastics meet at the Section 7A meet in Princeton.
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CL comes in eighth at state
Chisago Lakes closed out its season with a strong eighth-place finish at the 2026 Minnesota State Alpine Ski Meet on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at Giants Ridge in Biwabik, scoring 72 points in a deep and competitive field of some of the biggest and most prestigious schools in the state. Hill-Murray claimed the team championship with 169 points.
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Roatan was a blast, except for the bad chicken!
Aly and I took our current exchange student, Maceo, our first exchange student Guglielmo and joined up with her parents and took a trip to Roatan, Honduras last week for our spring break trip.
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Wildcats stretch state run to half a decade
The Chisago Lakes dance team is going to state again in both Jazz and High Kick competitions after earning matching third place finishes in the Section 2AA meet on Saturday, January 31 at Totino-Grace High School.
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Vikings down Wildcats in spirited gymnastics affair
North Branch posted a 136.925–130.75 win over Chisago Lakes in a dual gymnastics meet Thursday, January 29, using steady scoring across all four events to secure the victory over the Wildcats.
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CL squashes Rock Ridge before dropping two tough M8C games
The Chisago Lakes boys basketball team put up a fight in some Mississippi 8 Conference contests after rolling past Rock Ridge at home. Unfortunately, the ‘Cats came up short against a streaking Monticello team on the road and then suffering a heart-breaking two-point loss to Big Lake at home.
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Super Bowl snacks for a group
It’s Super Bowl week, and one of the top times of the year to have people over and really go wild on appetizers! They are among some of the best, and sometimes easiest, things to make, and man they are all soooo good. Here’s a couple of my favorite appetizers for this year’s Super Bowl matchup between the Seahawks and Patriots.
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Going crazy for cauliflower
I get that cauliflower is a polarizing vegetable. Some people love it, a lot of people hate it, and there isn’t much in between. I’m here to be your liaison and connect the cauliflower haters with some recipes that I think even they’ll like. Give them a try!
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