Football

Tiger gridders win section quarterfinal

Oct 31, 2018

For the second time in three seasons, Lake City saved its best game of the year for the playoffs as the underdog Tigers throttled Minneapolis Roosevelt 49-20 in the Section 4AAA quarterfinals last Tuesday night in south Minneapolis. Lake City, which led 35-7 at halftime, forced seven turnovers and...

Football Tigers end regular season with loss to K-M

Oct 24, 2018

Kasson-Mantorville scored two touchdowns in the final 7:53 to pull away from Lake City for a 55-28 victory in the regular season finale last Wednesday night. The KoMets took advantage of four Tigers turnovers and rushed for 385 yards en route to victory.The KoMets led 14-0 after one quarter of...

Byron pulls away from Lake City in 2nd half

Oct 10, 2018

Austin Freerksen rushed for 328 yards and two touchdowns as Byron used a few key second half plays to pull away from Lake City for a 27-7 victory Friday night.The game opened with an offensive explosion as the teams combined for 21 points and 200 yards of offense in the first five minutes of the...

PEM spoils Tiger homecoming

Oct 3, 2018

Plainview-Elgin-Millville (PEM) pulled away in the second half to spoil homecoming for Lake City on Friday night as the visitors emerged victorious 56-20 on a chilly late September evening. The Bulldogs used the big play to build a 14-0 lead after one quarter of play. Riley Wingert opened the...

Donation, volunteers help upgrade Tiger ‘crow’s nest’

Oct 3, 2018

On Sept. 21, minutes before the Lake City Tiger football team took on the Lourdes Eagles, Lake City High School Activities Director Doug Vaith conducted a brief ceremony honoring the people who contributed money, labor, or materials to a major upgrade of the crow’s nest at the athletic field. The...

Ranked Eagles overpower Tigers in 42-6 loss

Sep 27, 2018

Second-ranked Rochester Lourdes lived up to the billing Friday night as they defeated Lake City 42-6. The Eagles had 419 yards of total offense and led 35-0 at halftime.Lourdes had a 14-0 lead after one quarter of play, scoring on a 47-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Hayford to Pat Leary and a 19...

Tigers gridders suffer loss to Pine Island

Sep 19, 2018

Josh Navratil accounted for 321 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns as Pine Island defeated Lake City 37-14 on Friday night.On the opening drive of the game, Lake City appeared to take an early lead on a 53-yard touchdown pass from Nathan Heise to Ethan Bany, but the play was erased by a block...

Stewartville rolls past Lake City in conference match-up

Sep 12, 2018

Josh Buri accounted for 250 all-purpose yards and five touchdowns as Stewartville rolled past Lake City 56-7 last Friday night in Southeast District action. Buri scored on rushing touchdowns of three and 55 yards as Stewartville opened up an early 14-0 lead. He then scored on a 52-yard touchdown...

Football Tigers drop season opener to Lewiston-Altura

Sep 5, 2018

Lewiston-Altura (L-A) used a strong second half to pull away from Lake City for a 37-14 victory in the 2018 football season opener Friday night. The Tigers trailed 18-14 at halftime, but were limited to 59 yards in the second half.Lake City rebounded from fumbling the opening kickoff to come up...

Team of rivals packs meals for starving children

Aug 29, 2018

High School football teams from Lake City, Plainview-Elgin-Millville and Wabasha-Kellogg and the Lake City High School volleyball team assemble Manna Pack meals during the Hiawatha Valley MobilePack event Friday at Lincoln High School. The two-day event yielded over 200,000 meals for Feed My...