basketball

Basketball players feted at year-end awards banquet

Apr 10, 2019
The Lake City boys basketball team held its annual season banquet Sunday night at Lincoln High School auditorium.  Coaches, players and families recapped the 2018-19 season and recognized the many achievements in a historical year for the program.Junior Nathan Heise was voted the most valuable...

Berge named Section 1AA Coach of the Year

Apr 10, 2019
Lake City head coach Greg Berge was named the 2018-19 Section 1AA Coach of the Year by the Minnesota Boys Basketball Coaches Association after guiding the Tigers to a school-record 28 wins this season and a second state tournament berth in the last three years.  Dave Cresap of Perham was named the...

Tiger home victories determine education foundation donation

Apr 10, 2019
The Lake City Education Foundation expressed gratitude to Lakeshore Agency in Lake City for its recent donation of $2,000 to the Foundation. Lakeshore Agency committed to donating $100 for each boys and girls basketball home game victory during the 2018-19 season. The Lake City Education Foundation...

Tigers: Thank you Lake City

Mar 28, 2019
To the editor: To the Lake City parents, students, pep band, and fans who supported our boys basketball team up at the State Tournament last weekend - thank you! On behalf of our boys basketball players and team, I want to thank the Lake City community for their tremendous support last week with...

Sweeney: Players, coaches, and fans made this a Tiger basketball season to remember

Mar 28, 2019
Lake City Tigers fans: I hope you have enjoyed following along this season as much as I have. It hasn’t quite sunk in yet that an incredible year has reached its conclusion. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our four seniors: Riley Borgschatz, Ethan Heitman, Chris Lewis and Josh...
—Photo by Quinn Sweeney

Tigers at state

Mar 27, 2019
A few special moments from the boys Class AA state tournament run against Melrose in the quarterfinals, Minnehaha Academy in the semifinals and Perham for the third place trophy.  For a large selection of regular season, post season and state tournament photos from Quinn Sweeney visit https://...
—Photo by Steve Brown

Late game surge lifts Tigers over Perham

Mar 27, 2019
There was little debating who had the best homegrown talent in Minnesota Class AA this season after an intense third place game between Lake City and Perham Saturday afternoon on the campus of Concordia University in Saint Paul.  In a dramatic second half that featured six lead changes, it was the...
—Photo by Steve Brown

Tigers fall to strong Minnehaha team

Mar 27, 2019
For the second time in three years, Minnehaha Academy dashed Lake City’s quest for a fourth state championship in school history as the Redhawks raced into the state championship game with an 82-52 victory at Target Center on Friday night.The Redhawks showed why they were the two-time defending...
—Photo by Steve Brown

Boys cruise past Melrose in quarterfinal action

Mar 27, 2019
On the state’s biggest stage a total team effort lifted fifth-seeded Lake City to a 60-44 victory over fourth-seeded Melrose at Target Center on Wednesday night.  Key contributions off the bench played a big role as Lake City overcame foul trouble for the first time all season.  The Tigers have now...

AA state tournament bracket information

Mar 20, 2019
The Minnesota Class AA State Tournament began Wednesday, March 20 in Minneapolis.  Lake City received the fifth seed in the eight team tournament and faced fourth-seed Melrose (26-4) at 8 p.m. at Target Center.  The Dutchmen have won eight consecutive West Central Conference championships and enter...

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