Sports Briefs – Dec. 15, 2016

Photos courtesy of TLC Digital Images
Boys basketball finds winning way
The Forest Lakes boys hoops team took tough single-point losses in its first two games against Coon Rapids (53-52) and Centennial (75-74), but the Rangers rebounded with two straight wins against Blaine (72-64) on Dec. 8 and Cambridge-Isanti (61-56) on Dec. 10. The Blaine victory avenges a loss in last year’s Section 7AAAA championship game. Senior guard Jake Larson (pictured) scored in double figures in all three games. The Rangers host Duluth East on Friday, Dec. 16.broadstreet.zone(48036);

Girls basketball tops Mounds Views
Tia Moscatelli looks to bank one in on Friday, Dec. 9. In their first Suburban East Conference game of the season, the Rangers defeated Mounds View 77-58. Moscatelli (10 points) was one of four Rangers to reach double figures (Abigail Groenweg 15, Abby Leach 11, Lexie Hultman 11). Forest Lake (2-1) travels to Cambridge-Isanti on Thursday.
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Ranger Scoreboard – Dec. 15, 2016

Gymnastics 131.75 – 138.825 East Ridge
Sofia Dodge: 34.875
Boys Hockey – East Ridge
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Boys Hockey 5 – 2 Park
Dylan Fink: 2 goals, 2 assists
Girls Hockey 8 – 2 Park
Kayla Kasel: 3 goals
Girls Hockey 1 – 2 Cretin-Derham Hall
Kayla Kasel: goal
Wrestling 4th of 10 at St. Michael-Albertville tournament
Derrick Cardinal: first place, 106 pounds
Wrestling 15 – 55 Anokabroadstreet.zone(50962);

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Huskies tip off

UPDATE: The Toys for Tots doubleheader has been postponed – fans may bring a new, unwrapped toy to the girls-boys doubleheader on Tuesday, Dec. 20 beginning at 6 p.m.
The North Lakes Academy basketball teams have had a rough go of things in the early part of their schedules.broadstreet.zone(48036);
The girls have beaten Liberty Classical (40-39) and taken losses against Community of Peace (31-15), FAIR (70-34), Mounds Park (67-8) and Duluth Marshall (68-10). Junior center Maggie Thiele is the team leader in points (9.2 per game) and rebounds (11 per game); her overall boards total, 55, is currently tied for ninth-best in the state. Senior guard Isabelle Thompson scored a team season-high 18 points in the win over Liberty.
The boys team lost to Liberty (79-27) and Marshall (92-26). Junior guard Alex Stockton (12) and senior center David Christopherson (10) hit double figures against Liberty.
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Ranger middle-schoolers win Metro East Conference wrestling title

The Forest Lake 7th- and 8th- grade wrestling team celebrates with its championship trophy.
Young grapplers outduel Hastings in championship match
On a day that varsity head coach Joe Kunshier called “big for the future of our program,” the Forest Lake seventh- and eighth-grade wrestling team won the Metro East Conference duals championship on Saturday, Dec. 10.broadstreet.zone(48036);
For middle-school purposes, the Metro East Conference includes some familiar Suburban East Conference foes like Stillwater, Roseville, Park, Woodbury and White Bear Lake, as well as a few teams from Wisconsin in addition to the MEC’s usual membership. Fifteen schools entered the four-round tournament, with Hastings entering a second team to fill out the bracket.
The Rangers, seeded second in the tournament, dominated their first two matches, knocking out Roseville 69-3 and Hastings 86-0.
Even in the semifinals, the Rangers easily advanced past South St. Paul, 62-67.
In the final, Forest Lake met No. 1-seed Hastings and defeated them

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