Sports
Varsity cross country teams win home meet
Sep 27, 2023
The team shirts that the captains designed say, “Run now, Pie later”. What does it mean? Your work will be rewarded, or if you win the Lake City Invite at a varsity level as a team, you are rewarded with a local apple pie. The shirts were prophetic in this case because both Lake City varsities...
Three sets of brothers play for Tiger boys soccer team
Sep 27, 2023
This year’s Lake City boys varsity soccer team has a unique story to tell. On the team there are three sets of brothers playing.
Senior Thomas Brand and his brother Simon, a freshman, senior Alex Oliver and his brother Cade, a sophomore, and finally Benny Lopez, a sophomore, and his brother...
Tennis: Tiger girls enter home stretch
Sep 27, 2023
On Tuesday, Sept. 19, we rematched against Stewartville at home and faced a difficult loss of 1-6.
Rylee Theiren played number one singles and lost 0-6, 0-6. Thérèse Bauer lost 6-7, 4-7 at number two singles. Mary Kate Bauer lost at number three singles, 1-6, 1-6. Emily Mehrkens won her match at...
Pierson playing volleyball at Central College
Sep 27, 2023
Lake City native Gracie Pierson is a member of the Central College volleyball team.
Pierson is junior outside hitter with two varsity letters. Last season she had 24 matches played; 153 kills (1.99/set); .116 attack percentage; 100 digs; 5 assists; 32 service aces; and 23 blocks.
For her eighth...
Football: Tigers rally to beat Pine Island
Sep 27, 2023
Keegan Ryan scored two rushing touchdowns in the fourth quarter as Lake City rallied past Pine Island for a 21-10 road victory Friday night to even its record at 2-2.
Weather impacted the game for the first time this season as a light steady drizzle fell from the sky for much of the night. A...
Coed bowlers go 1-1 at home
Sep 27, 2023
The Lake City High School Tiger bowlers were in front of the hometown crowd on Saturday, Sept. 23 when the took on Preston and Rushford at Port 104.
The Tigers started the day strong winning all five games against Preston. They had a high game of 199 and averaged 169.4 for the match. Isaac...
Boys soccer team optimistic about rest of season
Sep 27, 2023
The Lake City Boys Soccer program is setting their sights on some victories in the second half of their regular season.
The varsity team had a rough start losing their matches against challenging opponents like St. Charles, Lourdes, Cotter, and Pine Island-Zumbrota-Mazeppa.
They managed to tie...
Former Vikings QB makes Lake City stop
Sep 20, 2023
Longtime Minnesota Vikings quarterback Tommy Kramer greeted fans, signed autographs, and posed for photos during an appearance at the Lake City VFW Post on Thursday, Sept. 14. Kramer played for the Vikings from 1977 to 1989. He was a Pro-Bowl selection and NFL passing rating leader in 1986. In 2012...
Tiger teams finish second at ‘Crazy Buffalo Invite’
Sep 20, 2023
Where the heck is the “Crazy Buffalo Invite”? It’s in La Crescent, Minn. The Tigers ventured down to La Crescent and competed in the seven team meet on an almost perfect day. Lake City came away with two second place finishes on the team side being topped in both cases by Cotter.
The Jr. High boys...
Tigers run season’s first 5K race in Dover-Eyota
Sep 20, 2023
The Lake City harriers competed in their first 5000 meter race of the year in Eyota on Tuesday.
Nine of the ten teams that were there are schools that the Tigers will see at the end of the year at Sections. Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau crossed the river to join the meet. The Jr. High boys were...
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