boys basketball

Boys basketball team routs La Crescent for 20th win of the season

Feb 10, 2016

Lake City routed La Crescent on the road Tuesday night 69-36 to improve to 20-3 on the season and finish the regular season schedule 14-0 against Section 1AA opponents. The Tigers secured a 20 win season for the 13th time in school history and for the first time in 20 years have notched back-to-...

Basketball standout Kuchinka to join Waldorf Warriors

Feb 10, 2016

Lincoln High School senior Brady Kuchinka is set to continue his basketball career as a member of the Waldorf College men’s basketball team. Kuchinka, a 5-foot-11 point guard, signed a letter of intent with the Warriors on Jan. 17. “Brady is a great addition to our team,” Waldorf coach Nigel...

Boys fall to 9-2 with tourney-opening loss to Burnsville

Jan 6, 2016

Burnsville used a 15-7 run over the final five minutes to pick up a 55-47 win over Lake City in the opening game of the Rotary US Bank Holiday Classic at the Mayo Civic Auditorium Dec. 30. The Tigers were hindered by a 29 percent shooting performance from the field including making just five of 22...

Blowout ends two-game skid for Tiger boys

Jan 6, 2016

Lake City erased the frustrations of a two game skid in a big way with an 87-64 blowout win over winless Bloomington Kennedy Dec. 31 at the Mayo Civic Center Exhibit Hall. The 87 points represent the highest point total scored this century by a Tigers squad and the second-highest total in school...

Boys basketball team drops second straight

Dec 30, 2015

The Lake City High School boys basketball team dropped its second straight game Dec. 29 in Rochester. Burnsville finished with a 15-7 run in the final minutes to win 55-47. It was the Tigers’ first appearance in the Rotary Holiday Classic basketball tournament. Eli Custer (above) had 16 points and...

Balanced Bears end Tiger boys' unbeaten streak

Dec 24, 2015

A 13-point halftime deficit proved to be too much to overcome as Lake City fell from the ranks of the unbeaten on Tuesday night with a 64-58 loss at Byron. Brady Kuchinka poured in a season-high 32 points, including 24 after intermission but a balanced Bears offensive attack with three players in...

Another big second half leads to Tiger boys' 9th straight win

Dec 24, 2015

Brady Kuchinka scored 18 of his game-high 20 points after halftime as Lake City used a key 13-0 second half run to ease past Rochester Lourdes 49-35 on Dec. 18 at Lincoln High School. Jesse Oliver had his first double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds as the eighth-ranked Tigers...

Tiger boys blow out Stewartville on the road

Dec 17, 2015

Five Lake City High School boys basketball players scored in double figures in a 71-46 blowout road victory at Stewartville on Friday, Dec. 11. Lake City made 16 of 17 field goal attempts to open the second half, including five straight three-pointers at one point as the visiting Tigers coasted to...

Another strong second half lifts Tiger boys over Bombers

Dec 17, 2015

The ninth-ranked Lake City High School boys basketball team won its eighth straight game to open the season on Dec. 15 at Lincoln High School as the Tigers pulled away in the second half for a 51-35 victory over Cannon Falls. Jesse Oliver’s first basket of the contest in the early stages of the...

Ranked Tiger boys win third straight

Dec 3, 2015

Free throws proved to be the difference as the ninth-ranked Lake City High School boys basketball team notched a hard-fought victory at Pine Island on Tuesday night 63-56 to open Hiawatha Valley League conference play. The Tigers made 18 of 26 shots from the charity stripe, including nine of 12 the...