Football

Football Tigers fall to Cougars in opening round of section playoffs

Nov 4, 2026

The opening round playoff football game between the Lake City (LC) Tigers and Zumbrota-Mazeppa (Z-M) Cougars had a similar outcome to when the two teams met in the regular season just under a month earlier. The home team Cougars used a balanced attack and scored on the ground, through the air, on...

Rockets shut out football Tigers in season finale

Oct 28, 2026

The home team Randolph Rockets scored four first quarter touchdowns and ran up a 29-0 lead over Lake City en route to a 48-0 win last Tuesday in the final regular season football game for the Tigers. The Rockets scored on 70-yard and 45-yard passing plays, a 54-yard interception return, a 1-yard...

Panthers stymie Tiger ground game as Lake City falls 46-13

Oct 21, 2026

The Lake City Tigers football team was held to only 2 net yards rushing in a 46-13 loss to the Pine Island Panthers last Wednesday night in Lake City. Pine Island ran for 234 yards, passed for 97 and gained 331 total yards on offense compared to just 150 yards from scrimmage for the Tigers. The...

Football Tigers victorious over Red Wing

Oct 14, 2026

The Lake City Tigers football team earned their first win of the season, 36-29, over the Red Wing Wingers in Red Wing on Friday, Oct. 9. In a back-and-forth battle, the Tigers found themselves trailing 29-28 in the fourth quarter when Greyson McElmury connected with Luke Fleming on a 24-yard...

Football Tigers fall 46-0 to Cougars

Oct 7, 2026

The Zumbrota-Mazeppa (Z-M) Cougars racked up 499 yards on offense in a 46-0 thumping of the Lake City (LC) Tigers football team on Friday, Oct. 2 in Zumbrota. The Tigers held the edge in time of possession 28:32 to 19:28 and ran 51 offensive plays compared to only 36 for the Cougars, but were...

Wildcats hand Tigers a homecoming loss

Sep 30, 2026

The Lake City Tigers fell to 0-4 on the season with a 53-14 homecoming loss to the Goodhue Wildcats on Friday, Sept. 25. The Tigers kept it close early. The only first quarter scoring came on a 7-yard touchdown run by Goodhue’s Owen Roschen midway through the period. The extra point kick failed...

Peters Memorial Fund donates Guardian Caps to Tiger football program

Sep 23, 2026

Peters Memorial Fund recently donated $6,500 to the Lake City High School football program for the purchase of Guardian Caps. Guardian Caps are a protective layer that is worn over the top of football helmets and have been used at all levels of football as a preventative measure to concussions,...

Tiger football falls to 0-3 with shutout loss to Cotter

Sep 23, 2026

For the third straight week the Lake City Tigers football team held the advantage in time of possession (27:54 - 20:06), but came up on the short end on the scoreboard, falling to Winona Cotter 41-0. With rain in the forecast for Friday, the game was played Thursday night in Lake City. The...

Big plays again cost Tiger football a close game

Sep 16, 2026

For the second consecutive week, the Lake City Tigers football team controlled the clock but they were unable to shut down big scoring plays by their opposition. The Tigers held a 35:25 to 15:10 advantage in time of possession, but the La Crescent-Hokah (LC-H) Lancers scored twice on plays of 80-...

Tiger football loses season opener 27-20

Sep 9, 2026

Lake City quarterback Greyson McElmury racked up 265 yards of total offense but it wasn’t enough as the Lake City Tigers fell at home to Plainview-Elgin-Millville (PEM) in their season opening football game Friday night. The Bulldogs used scoring plays of 80, 56, 57 and 65 yards to record a 27-20...