basketball
Class AA state tournament preview
Mar 22, 2017
This week, Lake City will be making its seventh appearance in the Minnesota boys basketball state tournament. The Tigers made previous appearances in 1915, 1918, 1978, 1979, 1983, and 1990. Lake City has won three state championships in school history, including back-to-back titles in 1978 and...
Tiger boys upset Caledonia to earn a state tournament berth
Mar 22, 2017
After nearly three decades, the wait is finally over. The Lake City boys basketball team is heading back to the state tournament for the first time since 1990 as the Tigers stunned heavy favorite Caledonia 55-51 to win the Section 1AA championship. Marc Kjos poured in a career-high 27 points,...
Like fathers, like sons - State basketball bond spans a generation
Mar 22, 2017
If Lake City High School freshmen Nathan Heise and Reid Gastner want to know what they’ll experience when their team plays in the state tournament, they don’t have to look far for answers.
Their fathers, Tony Heise and Cris Gastner, were members of the last Tiger boys basketball team to qualify...
State Basketball FAQ
Mar 21, 2017
The Lake City High School boys basketball team makes its first state tournament appearance in 27 years Wednesday, March 22. The Graphic has put together answers to some to frequently asked questions about the game.
When is the game and where?
Tip-off is at 6 p.m., Wednesday, March 22, at Target...
Tiger boys emerge as sub-section champs
Mar 15, 2017
Under the bright lights of one of Minnesota’s most iconic basketball venues, Lake City avenged two seasons worth of gut wrenching losses to its newfound playoff rival with a 50-38 victory over Saint Charles in the Section 1AA semifinals Saturday afternoon at the Mayo Civic Auditorium. The win has...
Longevity unmatched
Mar 9, 2017
Senior Mitch Marien became Lake City High School’s all-time leader in games played at the boys basketball team’s opening round playoff win over Winona Cotter. Marien’s 98 games surpassed former teammate Brady Kuchinka’s record of 97, set just last season. 1996 graduate Lance Meincke played in 96...
Tiger boys persevere in see-saw quarterfinal battle with Z-M
Mar 8, 2017
Marc Kjos scored 21 points including four clutch free throws in the final 5.5 seconds as Lake City notched a thrilling 64-59 win over Zumbrota-Mazeppa in the Section 1AA quarterfinals Monday night at the Mayo Civic Arena. Lake City went eight of nine at the free throw line the final 1:06 to escape...
Tiger boys open playoffs with resounding win over Cotter
Mar 8, 2017
Reid Gastner and Marc Kjos each scored 17 points as Lake City opened the 2017 Section 1AA playoffs with a resounding 78-36 dismantling of Cotter last Thursday night at Lincoln High School. On the night Mitch Marien became the school’s all-time leader in games played with 98. Marien scored 12...
7th grade boys close out 20-win season
Mar 2, 2017
The Lake City Tigers seventh grade boys’ basketball team completed their season last Thursday with a 38-48 loss to the Hayfield Vikings. That game saw the team finish with a record of 20 wins and 9 losses, including a record of 14-3 in the months of January and February. The leading scorer for the...
Girls hoops season ends in Caledonia
Mar 2, 2017
The Lake City High School girls basketball season ended with an opening-round loss to Caledonia, 55-75.
The No. 11 seed Tigers travelled to Caledonia to take on No. 6 seed Warriors Thursday Feb. 23, for the first round of playoffs of the Section 1AA tournament.
The Tiger were unable to keep the...
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