Playoffs for the fall season has begun! Here’s a look at how our local teams fared and who they’ll play! 9-Player Section 5 (3) Ogilvie 6-2 The Lions earned the third seed in their section. They will host Verndale on Tuesday night. Ogilvie defeated the Pirates 42-14 back on September 19th. (4) Mille Lacs 6-2 Mille Lacs claimed the fourth seed in the section. They will host Sebeka on Tuesday night. Mille Lacs earned a victory over the Trojans on September 19th. Class A Section

Rush City hosted Hinckley-Finlayson on Wednesday night. The Tigers came into the regular season finale having won on homecoming night, while the Jags lost to a tough Aitkin team on their own homecoming. The Tigers received the opening kickoff, and only needed two plays to get a first down. But they were then stopped and forced to punt after the next three plays. On the punt would come the first score, the Jags Jacob Lyons Jr went 57 yards for a punt return touchdown. Th

Head Coach Kristin Unverzagt updates us on how the individual section tournament went! The tennis team battled hard and represented PCHS well today.

Dragons Girls Tennis Head Coach Kristin Unverzagt updates on how the individuals have done at the sections.

Rush City hosted Braham on Monday night. Both teams were coming in having won last week, and had nearly a week off. So both teams were coming in well rested and hungry for another conference win.

East Central hosted Ely for their homecoming game on Friday night. Ely came in 1-5 and East Central was 0-6 and looking for their first victory of the season. The two teams traded blows in the first quarter. There were five touchdowns between the two teams, including back-to-back kickoff returns by both teams. The score at the end of the opening quarter was 24-16.

Rush City hosted Crosby-Ironton on Friday night. The Tigers came in off a two game losing streak in which they had trouble hanging onto the ball. But it was time to turn the page and move forward. While homecoming is a busy week, the Tigers were able to keep their focus on the things they needed to fix and improve on.

Kristin Unverzagt, the Lady Dragons HC gives us the update on the teams playoff journey! The Dragon tennis team is state bound after capturing the section 7A title this afternoon.  We had a tough battle with Pierz to earn this win and it was so much fun to watch! 

Pine City Girls Tennis Head Coach Kristin Unverzagt updates us on the teams playoff run! The Dragons hosted Mora in a great semi-final match.  Mora came to play, and it was a fun match for the team.  Our singles players utilized their strengths to set up the points.  Some of our closest matches were in doubles.

The Wildcats hosted the Hornets on Tuesday night. Chisago Lakes came into this game on a 3 game win streak, while Big Lake had come up just short in their last couple games.

Hinckley-Finlayson hosted Floodwood on Monday night. The Jags started off a busy homecoming week against one of the top teams in Class A volleyball.

Pine City hosted Mora on Friday night. The Mustangs came in with one win on the season, while Pine City was still searching for their first. The Dragons came in with many believing, including themselves, they could and probably should be a least a 4-1 squad. Mora while only one win so far, certainly showed they were taking the right steps in their growth as a team.

Hinckley-Finlayson hosted Mora on Thursday night. Coming into the night, the Jags had not won a game and had only won 3 sets, while the Mustangs were top six in the section and looked to keep pace with the top spot in the conference. In both the first two sets Mora had jumped out to an early lead and took control early.

Dragons HC Kristin Unverzagt with the update. The Dragons wrapped up our conference season with a strong 5-2 win over Crosby-Ironton.  Our doubles showed their strength with their net play to capitalize on the points.  Our singles battled hard and did a great job attacking the net and creating opportunities.  The girls continue to improve each time we play. 

The Vikings hosted the Bluejackets on Tuesday night. North Branch was looking to improve their conference record, and C-I was looking for their first conference win. The 1st set was even across the board, neither team was able to get a lead larger than 2 points. C-I held a lead early on but North Branch quickly tied the game and took the lead themselves. It was back and forth throughout until late in the set, the Vikings were able to take the lead and finish off the set

Pine City's HC Unverzagt tells about their match in Aitkin. Pine City had another strong showing in Aitkin but it was a bigger victory than the scoreboard.  Aitkin hosted a fundraiser match for a teacher and former Aitkin tennis player that is currently paralyzed due to an accident a few weeks ago. 

Dragons coach Unverzagt with an update! Pine City hosted Pequot Lakes tonight and had a great 6-1 win.  The girls continue to improve each time we step on the court and we look forward to a fun week of matches.

North Branch hosted Rock Ridge on Friday night. What started as a beautiful night for football, was soon met with rain. But then again rain on a warm fall night, isn't that perfect football weather? The Vikings came in sporting a 3-0 record and looked to keep that intact against a Wolverines team coming in with some momentum.

Coach Unverzagt updates us on their rained out match. Mora traveled back to Pine City tonight to finish our first doubles and fourth singles matches. 

Head Coach Unverzagt tell us about the teams match vs Mora. We moved our match with Mora to tonight to try and beat the rain, but we were unable to finish our first doubles and fourth singles matches.  We had a 5-0 lead but the rain halted our efforts.