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By Steve Morris
On Feb. 26, the boy’s ship was sunk by a Chisago Lakes team with a full
arsenal of shooting and defense. The final damage, North Branch 41,
Chisago Lakes 57.
What got under the skin of North Branch head coach Bill Baumann’s was his team’s lack of rebounding.
“We aren’t going to win many games when the opponent gets more
offensive rebounds than we get total rebounds. They were more
aggressive and got to the free throw line a lot more than we did and
when they got there they converted,” Baumann said.
For North Branch, senior John Lindstrom was on target from three-point
land, and made four of seven and finished with 12 points while Jake
Chambers finished with 11 points.
“I was surprised the game was as close as it was for that long being
dominated at the free throw line and on the boards. Then, coming
out in the second half, we just couldn’t buy a shot. We couldn’t do the
little things,” he said.
Chisago Lakes 28 29 57
North ßranch 27 14 41
John Lindstrom 4-7 0-0 12; Jake Chambers 4-11 2-5 11; Kirk Dahle 1-4
1-2 4; Ryan Norman 1-6 0-0 3; Kyle Grote 1-3 0-0 3; Dan Ginal 1-6 0-0
3; Mike Dahl 1-4 0-0 3; Bryce Hunter 0-2 2-2 2; Deon Farr 0-0 0-0 0;
Eric Sampson 0-2 0-0 0; Aaron Good 0-0 0-0 0; Totals 13-45 5-9 41.
3-point goals-Chisago Lakes 5-18 (Wildcats 5-18) , North ßranch 10-28
(John Lindstrom 4-6; Ryan Norman 1-4; Kyle Grote 1-2; Dan Ginal 1-6;
Kirk Dahle 1-4; Jake Chambers 1-3; Mike Dahl 1-3) . Fouled out--Chisago
Lakes-None, North ßranch-John Lindstrom. Rebounds-Chisago Lakes 46
(Wildcats 38) , North ßranch 17 (Bryce Hunter 5) . Assists-Chisago
Lakes 1 () , North ßranch 9 (Kyle Grote 3; Jake Chambers 3). Total
Fouls-Chisago Lakes 13, North ßranch.
Spring Lake Park
Against the North Suburban Conference Panthers, the Vikings lost 62-42.
Chambers and Lindstrom provided a powerful one, two punch for the
Vikings (Chambers ended with 13 points and Lindstrom finished with 8)
yet it wasn’t enough to lift the boys past the Panthers.
“We are a team that needs to take care of the basketball, play defense,
execute on both ends of the court and make free throws. When we get
away from these things it is tough for us. Every possession on
each end of the court is critical for us and right now we are having
little breakdowns,” Baumann said.
North ßranch 19 23 42
Spring Lake Park 28 34 62
3-point goals-North ßranch 6-21 (Ryan Norman 2-3; Jake Chambers 2-5;
Kyle Grote 1-2; Dan Ginal 1-2; Deon Farr 0-1; John Lindstrom 0-6; Mike
Dahl 0-2) Spring Lake Park 5-20 (SLP 5-20) . Fouled out--North
ßranch-None, Spring Lake Park-None. Rebounds-North ßranch 28 (John
Lindstrom 5) , Spring Lake Park 37 (SLP 33) . Assists-North ßranch 12
(Deon Farr 3; Kirk Dahle 3) Total Fouls-North ßranch 13
Jake Chambers 5-13 1-10 13; John Lindstrom 4-11 0-0 8; Ryan Norman 2-4
0-0 6; Bryce Hunter 2-5 0-0 4; Kyle Grote 1-4 0-0 3; Dan Ginal 1-4 0-0
3; Mike Dahl 1-5 1-2 3; Aaron Good 1-1 0-0 2; Victor Oeyesile 0-0 0-0
0; Deon Farr 0-1 0-0 0; Kirk Dahle 0-1 0-0 0; Alex Sundly 0-0 0-0 0;
Eric Sampson 0-0 0-0 0; Totals 17-49 2-12 42.
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