Sports

Girls basketball team honors six seniors

Feb 21, 2024
The seniors on the Lake City High School girls basketball team gather together to be honored on Senior Night. From left: Clara Loda, Grace Morrisey, Ella Matzke, Emily Gates, Natalie Gates, Bailee Kohrs.
-Photo by Michelle Bremer

Pierson on track team

Feb 21, 2024
Lake City native Gracie Pierson is a member of the Central College (Iowa) Dutch women’s track and field team competing in the high jump. The Dutch return 24 letterwinners from last year’s squad that finished third both indoors and outdoors at the American Rivers Conference Championships. Central...

Knights of Columbus free throw contest attracts 99 participants

Feb 21, 2024
Knights of Columbus Council 1865 conducted their annual Free Throw Shooting contest on Thursday, Jan. 25. There were 99 participants across all age groups. Participants age 10 and 11 shot from 12 feet and used a girls’ size ball. Participants, ages 12-14 shot from 15 feet and used a regulation...

Girls win two, host playoff game tonight

Feb 21, 2024
The Lake City High School Tiger girls basketball team had a very successful two-game week. On Feb. 12, Lake City defeated Chatfield 56-44. Individual stats: Peyton Meincke - 16 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks; Ella Matzke - 14 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals; Emily...

Wrestling team season ends with first round tournament loss

Feb 21, 2024
The team portion of Lake City High School varsity wrestling season concluded Thursday, Feb. 15, when the No. 9 seed Tigers fell to No. 8 seed Byron 34-37. Winning matches for Lake City were Lyncoln Watters (pin), Adrian Lopez Ramirez (pin), Danny Keller (forfeit), Benny Lopez Ramirez (forfeit),...

Tigers surprise former team member Natalie Bremer at Minnesota State game

Feb 21, 2024
Lake City Tiger girls basketball players and coaches and bus driver Pete Holmstadt attended a Minnesota State University (MSU) Mavericks women’s basketball game at the Taylor Center in Mankato on Saturday Feb. 10. The Tigers were able to pull off surprising Natalie Bremer, a 2022 Lake City...

Keegan Ryan scores 1,000th point in blowout win over La Crescent-Hokah

Feb 21, 2024
Keegan Ryan scored 26 points becoming the 12th boys basketball player in school history to reach the 1000-point plateau as Lake City blew out La Crescent-Hokah 92-52 last Monday night at Lincoln High School. Ryan had two early three-pointers as Lake City jumped to a 15-9 lead after six minutes as...

Boys basketball: Tigers come up short in back-and-forth game with section rival

Feb 21, 2024
In a game that featured nine lead changes and eight ties, it was a decisive 11-3 run by Cannon Falls over the final four minutes that lifted the Bombers past Lake City 69-61 Friday night in an intense battle between the top two teams in section 1AA. The first five minutes saw the lead change...

Teammates roll 300s in same game

Feb 14, 2024
It’s fairly rare for a league bowler in Lake City to roll a perfect 300 game. When teammates do it during the same game, it’s even more unusual. That’s what happened Wednesday, Feb. 7, at Port 104 during Classic League. Jerry Allers and Andrew Bremer, bowling for The Body Shop, both had a 300 game...

Hansen headed for state wrestling tournament

Feb 14, 2024
Lake City High School junior Ericka Hansen won her weight class at the combined Section 1 and 3 tournament to qualify for the state meet on March 2 in St. Paul. This will be her second state appearance. More details about the section meet can be found inside this issue.

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