Baseball Game Preview: Chisago Lakes Area Wildcats vs. Zumbrota-Mazeppa Cougars

The Chisago Lakes Area Wildcats will square off against the Zumbrota-Mazeppa Cougars at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Chisago Lakes Area will be strutting in after a victory while Zumbrota-Mazeppa will be coming in after a defeat.

Chisago Lakes Area is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 12-11 win over Hermantown on Friday. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last seven times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.

Cole Stilp

Runs

04/25/25 @ Cloquet	3
05/16/25 vs Hermantown	2
05/06/25 vs North Branch	2
05/02/25 vs Rock Ridge co-op [Eveleth-Gilbert/Virginia]	2
05/12/25 @ Becker	1
+ 3 more games

The team relied heavily on Cole Stilp, who got on base in five of his six plate appearances with four RBI, two runs, and one stolen base. He is becoming a predictor of Chisago Lakes Area's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 3-1 (and 3-9 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Brayden Anderson, who got on base in four of his six plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base.

Meanwhile, Zumbrota-Mazeppa was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They came up short against La Crescent, falling 13-3.

Zumbrota-Mazeppa's defeat dropped their record down to 7-11. As for Chisago Lakes Area, their victory bumped their record up to 6-10.