Sports

Kieffer inducted into University of New Orleans Athletics Hall of Fame

Dec 31, 2025

Terry Kieffer, son of Donna and the late Bill Kieffer of Lake City and a 1971 Lincoln High School graduate, was inducted into the University of New Orleans (UNO) Athletics Hall of Fame on Nov. 7. Terry pitched for the UNO Privateers baseball team in l974 and had a historic season, helping lead the...

Hardy holes in one

Oct 23, 2024

Jeff Hardy recently hit a hole in one at Mt. Frontenac Golf Course. Hardy was using a 2 hybrid on the 147-yard seventeenth hole.

Ohl: Golf, a unique sport

Apr 17, 2024

There are no basketballs or baseballs on the moon. Golf is the only sport ever played there. Alan Shepard used a 6 iron to take a few swings and left two golf balls on its surface. His shots may be the most famous swings ever taken. If we aren’t careful the game could spread throughout the galaxy....

Ohl: The Ruling Class

Feb 28, 2024

No, I am not referring to kings, queens, presidents, etc. But, rather to real decision makers who must make critical choices by the barrelful one after another. They do not rule with a scepter or with political might, but with a mere whistle. Of course, I am speaking of sports officials. Being a...

Ohl: Sports Fans

Jan 24, 2024

Most of us have been or are sports fans. I go back to high school times as a player, then as a coach and later as a spectator to give you my impressions of the different types of fans. I feel there are seven different categories in which you, I, and people we know could be identified. The first...

New fan wishes to know more about homegrown hockey star

Oct 20, 2022

Greetings, Lake Citians, present and past! We have a very bright new “star,” one likely to become more and more widely known, I am certain. This refers to the emerging international hockey star, who originated in Lake City and graduated from Red Wing High School, which offered a high schoool...

Volleyball Tigers find strength at home versus Kenyon-Wanamingo

Nov 11, 2020

As odd as things are in this COVID-19 era, the volleyball Tigers are taking it all in stride and continuing to do best on their home court, winning and breaking records. On Nov. 2, the Tigers were up against the Kenyon-Wanamingo (K-W) Knights who opened the night with a serve out of bounds, then...

Pass It On gives athletic booster club a boost

Nov 11, 2020

The top row of the high school bleachers was an ideal place for a photo last Saturday morning when the temperature was close to 70 degrees. The Rev. David S. Badgley, representing the Pass It On Thrift Shop in Lake City, presented a donation of $1,000 to Samantha Kubista, secretary for the Lake...

COVID-19 shift moves football, volleyball to spring

Aug 5, 2020

Long anticipated COVID-19 guidance for high school athletics from the Minnesota State High School League arrived Tuesday, and there will be some changes for athletes at Lincoln High School. The league moved football and volleyball to an abbreviated spring season lasting from March 15 to May 15....

Pre-participation sports screenings offered at MCHS

Jul 17, 2019

In Minnesota, student athletes are required by state law to have a sports screening every three years and in Wisconsin, every two. Screenings are available in Lake City and Red Wing at the following times:Lake City: 500 W. Grant Street, Tuesday, July 30, from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. People can call...