cross country

Yotter All-State, several Tiger runners All-Conference

Nov 26, 2025

The Lake City High School cross country program has announced the recipients of several post-season honors. Olivia Yotter earned All State honors for finishing in the top 25 at the state Class A cross country meeting. She also qualified for Academic All State by placing in the top 15 at the...

Coaches Cook, Anderson honored by Section 1A Cross Country

Nov 26, 2025

The Lake City School District has announced that Howie Cook, head cross-country coach, has been named the Section 1A Cross-Country Coach of the Year, and that Jim Anderson, assistant cross-country coach, was named the Section 1A Assistant Cross-Country Coach of the Year. Cook has been selected as...

Girls’ season ends with smiles, sixth place finish at state meet

Nov 5, 2025

The University of Minnesota cross country course is a series of continually rolling hills the entire race. There is no portion of it that you can relax and catch your breath if you go into oxygen debt. The young Tigers handled it like veterans and were attacking beginning to finish at the State...

Tiger girls win section cross country title

Oct 29, 2025

The Section 1A Champion Lake City girls cross country team and coaches pose for a photo after the section meet on Thursday, Oct. 23, at Northern Hills golf Course. The win advanced the team to the state meet. See related coverage inside this issue. Pictured, from left, are Coach Howie Cook, Teagan...

At section meet, Tigers run well with perfect weather on a difficult course

Oct 29, 2025

A perfect day weatherwise and two perfect races for the Lake City High School cross country teams at the Section 1A Cross Country Championships run on the Northern Hills Golf Course on Thursday. The boys started the day with a goal of running in the top half of the Section. Northern Hills is a...

Four runners named All-Conference at HVL meet

Oct 22, 2025

The Tiger runners ended their regular season at the Hiawatha Valley League (HVL) meet that was held at Kasson-Mantorville High School. The Tigers came away with nice performances as they competed on a day that it rained from beginning to end. The non-varsity junior highers ran their first 5000...

Tiger cross country runners face tough competition in first Jordan appearance

Oct 15, 2025

The Tiger harriers ventured to Jordan to race where they had never been before. They attended a seventeen team race made up of AAA, AA and a few A teams. This was a three day turnaround for them after their trip to Duluth over the weekend, plus, the order of racing was flipped with the varsity...

Yotter victorious as Tiger runners return to Duluth for Swain Invite

Oct 8, 2025

The Tiger cross country team returned for the first time since pre-Covid to Duluth for the Swain Invite on Enger Golf Course. The city and course was much to their liking. Enger has been described many ways on the t-shirts they peddle. One way is that, “It’s a hill of a race”, and that it is...

Track and field Howie Cook designed now bears his name

Oct 8, 2025

When a voter-approved referendum funded upgrades to the Lake City High School track and field complex at the corner of Iowa Street and Garden Street, Coach Howie Cook took inspiration from the best college facilities for the new design. “So at one time we had the premier track, and it’s as good as...

Switch from Durand to St. Charles proves beneficial for Tiger runners

Oct 1, 2025

The Tiger harriers left practice thinking they were competing in Durand and by the time they arrived at school the next day, they were bound for St. Charles due to a Wisconsin restriction that doesn’t apply to junior high on the Minnesota side of the river. This turned out to be a good thing as...