The Cambridge-Isanti Boys hosted St. Francis on Friday night. Mike McDonald's crew was looking for the first conference win of the season, but it wasn't going to be easy against a rival. The Bluejackets applied the pressure early against the Saints, on offense they scored early and often, on defense they played full court and it forced a plethora of turnovers.

The Milaca Boys traveled to Pine City on Monday night. Both teams came in searching for the first section win of the season. The Wolves came out and set the pace early on, offensively they moved the ball around and shot quick, defensively it was full court press trying to force Pine City to break it. The Wolves were out to an early 9-0 lead. But the Dragons were able to correct things on the fly.

North Branch hosted Chisago Lakes on Thursday night for a double header. The boys teams would take the court first. The Vikings came in having yet to win a game, but an offense that was high flying. The Wildcats had already won a game on the year, and while their offense didn't average as monat point, their defense was allowing less than the Vikings.

Mora and Milaca faced off in the newest edition of the highway 23 rivalry between the Mustangs and Wolves. Old foes who faced off in the Rum River and Granite Ridge Conferences over the years. Starting last season this battle became a non-conference and non-section matchup. This game started out slowly. Both teams were struggling to get anything going offensively. The score was tied at ten with 10:00 left to go in the first half. That is when Mora found some success. A 20-0

Foley traveled to Pine City on Tuesday night. These two teams played last year in Foley and what a game that was. This time the game happens alittle earlier in the season in Pine City. Foley came in as the #1 team in the section, and Pine City was also in the top 5.

Ogilvie hosted LILA and Walker Hackensack Akeley on Saturday. The boys basketball team played first against LILA(Lakes International Language Academy). Both teams were searching for their first win of the season.

The Bombers hosted Holdingford on Monday night. The Huskers were able to get out to an early lead, and it felt they had swung all momentum their way. But it wasn't long before Braham was able to get on the board. After scoring, they turned up the pressure defensively going with the full court press.

Braham traveled to East Central on Friday night. These two teams split their regular season series last year, but Braham had the final say in the playoffs. East Central has a the conference title the last few years and look to defend it, but Braham has aspirations of a title themselves.

Ogilvie traveled to Pine City on Tuesday night. Pine City came into the night after a loss the previous night vs Zimmerman, the Lions came in fresh, as this was their first game of the season.

Braham hosted East Central on Thursday night! The Bombers were looking to win their 3rd straight conference game of the season, while the Eagles were looking for their 2nd conference win.

The Mora Mustangs and Rush City Tigers faced off on Tuesday night in both of their season openers. Coming off of a 26-2 season last year, the Mustangs are hoping to build off of the success and improve in this 2025-2026 campaign. Really good guard play by Mora fueled their 79-29 victory over the Tigers. Caleb Evenson scored a game-high 23 points with senior Dawson Smart adding 18 of his own. Rush City had some success as well. The Tigers are hoping to improve from their 6-20

The Lions hosted Braham on Tuesday night. On a night where most other games were postponed these two teams endured the snow. Each side came in on a different note, Ogilvie came in off a lopsided victory on Friday, and Braham lost on Saturday.

The Baldwin/Woodville Hawks took a trip across the St. Croix River to face the Mora Mustangs for the boys hockey team’s opener on Friday night. The Mustangs are hoping to revitalize the hockey program that finished the 2024-2025 season 10-16 and lost their last five games including a 6-3 loss to Becker/Big Lake in the first round of the playoffs. The Hawks struck first and often with their disciplined play and speed. Baldwin/Woodville benefitted from two short-handed goals an

Foley played Annandale in the Section 5AAA Championship game on Friday night. The Falcons played on St Cloud Tech in a battle to go to state. They faced one of the top team in all of class AAA and a team who's defense was allowing an average of 4 points per game. But Foley's physicality was going to be a strong point in the game.

Princeton played Grand Rapids on Thursday night. The Tigers made their way up to Hermantown for the section championship. They played a team they played in the first game of the season and beat. But both teams came in a full season under their belt.

The Falcons played in Albany on Tuesday night. The Falcons came in as the 6th seed in section playoffs, but if you seen them at all you know they were much better than that. They had a chance to prove it on the road. Albany was gonna be a tough team to beat, coming in as the reigning section champs.

A new section for the Braham Bombers volleyball squad means new opponents as well. Braham met one of those opponents in the semi-final on Tuesday night. The six-seed Bombers earned the right to travel to White Bear Lake to face to two-seed Liberty Classical Academy Lions after defeating the third-seed, Heritage Christian Academy. It took a little bit of time for the Bombers to get acclimated to the small and loud confines of the Lions gym. LCA was able to run a length of six-

North Branch hosted Grand Rapids on Monday night. These two teams had played twice during the regular season, something that doesn't happen to often. The first meeting was in late August, when the Thunderhawks won the match in 5 sets. The next meeting was at a big tournament down in Burnsville, where Grand Rapids won 2-0. This time the Vikings got to host the match in a win or go home situation.

Chisago Lakes hosted Hill-Murray on Friday night. These two teams met earlier in the season with Chisago getting the 3-0 sweep. The Wildcats would look for another sweep at home.

A beautiful Saturday afternoon was the backdrop for the Section 7A semifinal between Mountain Iron-Buhl and Braham. This was a rematch of these two teams. The first meeting went Braham’s way as the Bombers defeated the Rangers 50-20. Braham was quick to put points on the board. Senior quarterback Garrett Lidke threw a 70-yard touchdown pass to freshman Eli Benzen to put the Bombers up 6-0 in the early going. After that, however, it was all Rangers. Braham was able to defend a