Sports
Girls wrestling team wraps fourth season with a banquet
Mar 4, 2026
The Girls Wrestling program celebrated their fourth season with a potluck banquet on Tuesday, Feb. 24 in the high school cafeteria.
This season the girls schedule expanded to 6 tournaments and a variety of multi-team events. The competitions were highlighted with Lake City hosting its second...
Girls bowlers go 1-1
Mar 4, 2026
Lake City girls high school bowling is underway.
They are sitting in fifth place out of 6 teams.
This week their first match was against Rochester and they won.
Their second match was against Wabasha and they lost.
This week our top bowlers were Zoie Prebe with a 85% fill percentage and Savea...
Tiger boys defeat Chatfield at home to open playoffs
Mar 4, 2026
Lake City defeated Chatfield 85-57 in the opening round of the Section 1AA playoffs on Feb. 26 in front of a home crowd.
“Gavyn Lorenson poured in 36 points, while Luke Narum had 20 points, including six three-point field goals as the Tigers (14-12) advance to the quarterfinals,” the boys...
Dairy quiz bowl teams compete in Byron
Mar 4, 2026
Wabasha County 4-H Dairy had three teams competing at the Byron invitational quiz bowl contest.
The junior team placed second, the intermediate team placed first, and the senior team (Ashley Mellgren, Sidney Brown, and Jonathan Raths) competed in three close matches, winning one of three.
The...
Yotter strikes out 9 in Hamline season opener
Feb 25, 2026
On Feb. 19, Hamline University sophomore Teagan Yotter has been named to Team of the Week, D3baseball.com’s weekly honor roll, in its fifteenth season of recognizing the top performers at each of nine positions from the previous week. Yotter was the starting pitcher in Hamline’s season opener “and...
Benny Lopez headed to state wrestling tourney
Feb 25, 2026
Benny Lopez (center) stands on the podium at the Section 1AA boys wrestling tournament. His second place finish at 145 earned him a trip to the state wrestling tournament. More coverage of the wrestling team at sections appears in this issue.
12U Junior Olympic volleyball team takes first in Rochester tournament
Feb 25, 2026
On Sunday, Feb. 15, the 12 and under Lake City Black Junior Olympic (JO) volleyball team went undefeated in pool play at the National Volleyball Center in Rochester, putting us in the gold bracket for tournament play in the afternoon.
Ultimately Black team came out on top with a first place finish...
A career night for Brand in boys’ victory over PEM
Feb 25, 2026
Simon Brand scored a career-high 17 points as the Lake City High School boys basketball team survived a frantic final minute to beat Plainview-Elgin-Millville 67-63 in the regular season finale on Thursday, Feb. 19. The Tigers saw a 20-point lead be trimmed all the way down to two points before...
Three boys wrestlers place at Section 1AA meet, one advances to state
Feb 25, 2026
The Lake City Tiger wrestling team headed over to Rochester at the Mayo Civic Center to compete in the Section 1AA individual wrestling tournament.
The Tigers sent 10 wrestlers to compete: 107 Rex Herbers, 114 Lyncoln Watters, 127 Myles Berktold, 133 Parker Atkinson, 139 Adrian Lopez, 145 Benny...
Heise brings home gold
Feb 25, 2026
By now you might have heard that Lake City native and Red Wing High School graduate Taylor Heise is an Olympic gold medalist.
Maybe you watched Thursday, Feb. 19, as Team USA, after trailing 1-0 for much of the game, pulled their goalie with just over two minutes remaining in the game and scored...
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