boys wrestling

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.

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...

Boys wrestlers reach milestones

Feb 11, 2026

On Thursday, Feb. 5, the Lake City Tiger boys wrestling team traveled to Stewartville for their final regular season dual. These are two teams that have been very closely contested the last 2-3 years. Lake City started with 7th grader Easton Norman at 107 and did he ever bring a spark. Easton...

Junior varsity boys wrestle for a cause

Feb 4, 2026

The Tiger junior varsity (JV) boys wrestlers had an opportunity to participate in an event to raise proceeds for Down Syndrome Awareness on Monday, Jan. 26. The event was hosted by Plainview-Elgin Millville and also included the JV wrestlers from Dover Eyota, Goodhue, Wabasha-Kellogg and...

Junior varsity wrestlers continue to compete hard

Jan 28, 2026

As the Tigers junior varsity (JV) wrestling season hits its home stretch, the team saw three competitions over the past two weeks. On Jan. 13 they traveled to Harmony for matches against Fillmore Central and LaCrescent. Neither of those two teams have many JV wrestlers so matches were at a...

Busy week at home for boys wrestlers

Jan 28, 2026

The Lake City Tiger boys wrestling team had a busy week at home this last week. On Thursday, Jan. 22 the Tigers hosted a Triangular with St. Charles and Byron. First the Tigers took on St. Charles. This dual ended up being extremely competitive, ending in favor of St. Charles by a score of 34-32...

Tiger wrestlers return to ninth grade duals after multi-year absence

Jan 14, 2026

On Monday, Jan. 5, for the first time in many years, the Tigers were in a position to be able to compete in the Minnesota Ninth Grade Wrestling League duals. This is a dual style tournament for wrestlers in seventh through ninth grade. The Tigers would have to forfeit three weights (94, 100 and...

Boys wrestlers take fourth in Hopkins

Jan 7, 2026

The Lake City Tiger Wrestling Team finally took back to the mat after a long Christmas break and went to the Hopkins Bengtson Invitational. This was an individual tournament that took place at Hopkins high school. Seventh grader Rex Herbers got the team rolling at 107 pounds going 2-1 on the day...

Mixed results for JV wrestlers heading into holiday break

Dec 24, 2025

The Lake City High School junior varsity (JV) squad had a hectic end to their pre-holiday schedule. On Thursday they took on a good Pine Island team and it was a lesson learned in intensity and being physical on the mat. Picking up wins versus Pine Island were: Austin Roberson, Carter Keim and...

Boys wrestlers compete in dual tourney, invitational

Dec 17, 2025

On Dec. 12 the Lake City High School Tiger boys wrestling team hit the road to Lakeville South High School for a dual tournament. Lake City opened against Springfield and the Tigers were ready. Lake City got their first dual win of the season by a score of 60-9. A seventh grader, Rex Herbers...