Sports
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...
Triton ends Tiger girls’ season in first round of section tournament
Feb 25, 2026
The No. 11-seed Lake City Tigers saw their 2025-26 season come to a close Thursday night, falling to No. 6-seed Triton Cobras 67-42 in the opening round of the Section 1AA Tournament.
Lake City battled early, competing on the defensive end and working to control the tempo, but Triton used a...
Tiger trap team gets new head coach
Feb 25, 2026
When the Lake City Tiger Trap Team meets for its first shoot of the spring season, they’ll be greeted by a new head coach -- but one with a familiar face.
Kyle Muenkel, who has served as an assistant coach for the last four years, is assuming the head coach role held for the past five years by...
Tiger boys seeded 8th in Section 1AA tourney
Feb 25, 2026
The Lake City Tiger boys basketball team received the eighth seed in the 2026 Section 1AA playoffs, which begins tonight (Thursday). The Tigers (13-12) host ninth-seed Chatfield (17-9) at Lincoln High School.
A victory would advance Lake City to the quarterfinal round on Monday, March 2 at 6 p....
Five qualify for Junior Gold, so far
Feb 18, 2026
“The Lake City Junior Bowling Association is proud to announce that we have 5 kids so far qualify for Junior Gold, more are still trying to qualify,” Megan Sumerfelt said. Junior Gold is a National “scratch” (no handicap) bowling tournament for the top U12-U18 for boys and girls in the US. This...
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