bowling

Tiger bowlers lose a close one to Pine Island

Sep 29, 2016

On Saturday, Sept. 24, the Lake City High School bowling team hosted their home meet at Port 104. The varsity started their day taking on Rushford/Peterson. They lost that match 3-2. They took on Pine Island in the next match winning all five games to improve their record to 3-1 and 17-3 overall...

Varsity bowlers kick off the season undefeated

Sep 22, 2016

On Saturday, Sept. 17, the Lake City High School bowling teams had their first matches in Winona. This year Lake City has enough participants to field one varsity team and three junior varsity (JV) teams. The varsity team started the day bowling against Zumbrota-Mazeppa. They came out strong and...

Syl Thiel dies at age 93

Jun 2, 2016

A World War II veteran, former city councilman, businessman and bowling pioneer, Syl Thiel, died Tuesday at his home. He was 93. Airman Thiel served in Holland during the Normandy Invasion. He was a member of the Lake City City Council for nine years in the 1990s. He and his wife Phyllis owned and...

Adapted bowlers earn medals at state

May 25, 2016

The Lake City High School adapted bowling team competed at the state tournament May 20. Three bowlers earned state medals in singles competition. Blake Fredrick earned a third place medal for boys singles. He was a mere four pins behind the state champion. Amanda Dohrn earned a fifth place...

Adapted bowling team qualifies for state tournament

May 19, 2016

The Lincoln High School adapted bowling team has qualified for the state tournament Friday May 20. Team members are (from left) Lana Parsons, Amanda Dohrn, Autumn Molle, Brittany Plank, Blake Fredrick, Matthew Bignell and Eric Harvey.

Lake City's Aktion Club will hold bowl-a-thon fund-raiser

May 18, 2016

Aktion Club’s first annual Bowl-A-Thon fundraiser for Project Eliminate will take place on Sunday May 22, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Port 104 in Lake City. Aktion Club members are collecting pledges for their participation in this bowl-a-thon. Funds raised will go to support Project Eliminate, a...

Wabasha tops Lake City in bowling's Theil Cup

Apr 13, 2016

The Wabasha team won Saturday’s Wabasha-Lake City Challenge Cup, now known as the Thiel Cup in honor of longtime Lake City bowling legend and Lake City resident Syl Thiel. The match features 12 of the best bowlers from each community/association squaring off in a 12-game series. Wabasha won this...

Six junior bowlers complete summer challenge

Sep 23, 2015

The Lake City junior bowling league challenged its members to bowl 500 frames (50 games) over the summer. Six did. They are (front row, from left) Gage Knutson, Dalton Houghton, Dan Houghton, (back row, from left) Sam Smith, Evan O’Flaherty and Zach Bremer.