During the regular season, the Forest Lake girls basketball team did not lose to a section opponent.

The Rangers were 5-0 in those matchups and looking to make it six when Blaine stopped by for the opening round of the Section 7AAAA playoffs.

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COMING UP SHORT: The 6’4” Annie Berner had the hot hand toward the end of the game, but Forest Lake was unable to overcome Blaine’s sharpshooting in a 52-47 loss.

The boys basketball team had a rare Monday night game on March 3, and they traveled to Hastings with a bus full of players who were focused on securing another win before they had to face a skilled Mounds View squad on Friday.
 

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ON THE ATTACK: Heading into their final game of the regular season, the Rangers have won seven of their last eight, with the explosive Griffin Lentsch averaging nearly 12 points during that span.

Former Rangers reach NCAAs

Three Forest Lake graduates, representing three different regions, will compete at this week’s NCAA Ski Championships in Bozeman, Mont. Laura Edlund (‘04), who attends Gustavus Adolphus, qualified from the Central Region; University of New Hampshire’s Sarah Wright (‘05) comes out of the Eastern Region; and Ben Fick (‘06), a student/athlete at the University of Utah made it out of the Western Region.

Upcoming coaches and parents meeting for spring sports -

Thursday, March 6 
Baseball: 6 p.m.       FLHS Media Center
Boys Golf: 6 p.m.     FLHS Room 105
Girls Golf: 6 p.m.     FLHS Room 331

Thursday, March 13
Synchro Swim: 6 p.m.    SW Room 123

Monday, March 17
Girls Softball: 6 p.m.      FLHS Room 601

Monday, March 24
Boys Tennis: 2:45 p.m.     FLHS Health Room

Wednesday, March 26
Boys Track: 5 p.m.      FLHS Room 601

(Tuesday, March 4)
Girl’s Track: was held at 5 p.m. 

Besides giving up the opening basket right from the jump, and being down very early in the first half, the Forest Lake boys basketball team (16-7, 8-5) controlled the tempo, mood and score in its 76-64 victory over Cretin-Derham Hall.

The Raiders entered Tuesday's contest ranked No. 3 in the polls, but on their home court, an extremely confident and well-coached Ranger squad looked like the superior team.

Brad Kopp (above) led Forest Lake in scoring with 24 points, and the Rangers were able to secure the victory by going 24-for-32 from the free throw line.

Head coach Dan Cremisino and his crew put their six-game winning streak up against visiting Park (7-16, 3-10) on Friday night.  

Using last Thursday’s 60-49 victory over Stillwater as a vital piece of evidence, Forest Lake can confidently present its case as a legitimate team on Minnesota’s boys basketball landscape.
 

Brett picks up 6th on vault

“We had an exciting trip to state. It was great to have three girls qualify, and that two were seniors was really a great culmination to their season.”