Football

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...

Summer football camps wrap up

Aug 12, 2026

The Lake City Football program recently wrapped up its set of summer camps. In June, future Tigers in first through sixth grade participated in a week of football camp, with current seventh through 12th grade players running them through drills, competitions and games. During the last two weeks...

Noll was assistant coach on national champion football team

Jan 14, 2026

Michael Noll, a Lake City local and the University of Wisconsin-River Falls assistant defensive line coach, helped the college football team bring home a victory for the ages on Sunday, Jan. 4. The Falcons won 24-14 against North Central (Ill.) in an upset at the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl for the...

Football team holds awards banquet for 2025 season

Nov 12, 2025

The Lake City High School football team presented awards at an end-of-season banquet Nov. 9 at the Lake City Sportsman’s Club. Seniors Alex Ratz, Christian Hernandez Nestor, Patrick Kennedy, Colter Hegge, Landon Wiemann, Ellis Banks, Luke Narum, and Tom Nutt were honored. All-Section 1AA honorees...

Undefeated Panthers end Tiger football season in section semifinals

Oct 29, 2025

Lake City saw its 2025 season end Saturday afternoon as undefeated Pine Island rolled to a 48-6 victory in the section 1AAA Semifinals. Much like the two teams previous encounter 15 days prior, a promising opening drive of the game for Lake City resulted in no points as the Panthers forced a...

Tiger football overcomes slow start to defeat Plainview-Elgin-Millville 34-14 in quarterfinal