Football

Bulldogs spoil Tiger football team’s homecoming hopes

Oct 5, 2022

Eighth-ranked Plainview-Elgin-Millville scored 19 points in the final 5:31 as the Bulldogs emerged victorious 37-18 over Lake City to spoil homecoming last Friday night. An electric 57-yard touchdown run by Jaden Shones forged a tie at 18 with 10:46 remaining but the Bulldogs would score three...

Top-ranked Bombers blow out football Tigers

Sep 28, 2022

Cannon Falls lived up to its top-ranked billing in class AAA Friday night as the Bombers rolled to a 58-19 victory over Lake City at John Burch Park. The Bombers led 30-12 at halftime and then pulled away for the victory, rushing for 406 yards in the game. Logan-Anderson Rosebear scored on a 50-...

Football: Turnovers doom Tigers against Lancers

Sep 21, 2022

La Crescent-Hokah scored 28 unanswered points fueled by four second half Lake City turnovers as the Lancers defeated the Tigers 28-7 Friday night. Despite a steady moderate rain falling for the first one and a half quarters of play, Lake City got off to a great start. The Tigers marched 80...

Football: Lake City beats Pine Island 14-12

Sep 14, 2022

Lake City notched its first win of the season Friday night with a 14-12 victory over Pine Island. The Tigers scored all 14 points in the first quarter and then relied on some timely defensive stops down the stretch to seal the victory. Lake City opened the game by marching on an 11-play, 65-...

Tiger football falls to Saints in season opener

Sep 7, 2022

Saint Charles rushed for 331 yards and rolled to a 42-14 victory over Lake City in the season opener last Friday night. Severe weather brought a premature end to the contest as lightning strikes in the vicinity stopped the game with 9:19 remaining in the fourth quarter. After a 60-minute delay, a...

Football camps give way to football practice

Aug 10, 2022

Lake City football held three different camps over the summer. In June, first through sixth graders did the “Fastbreak Football” Camp with Travis Walch, a former collegiate coach. Incoming seventh and eighth graders camped with the high school coaching staff during the week of July 18. 9th-12th...

Cheer article calls to mind local John “Will” Adams

Aug 3, 2022

I read with interest an interesting story by Graphic editor Andrew Eggenberger in his trivial pursuit research on historical Lake City facts of interest. Entitle “Familiar U Cheer’s Lake Pepin Origin”. When I read his research findings and uncovered a name of a young Lake Citian named John W. Adams...

Matzke named to Academic All-State team

Dec 15, 2021

Lincoln High School senior Carson Matzke was named to the Minnesota State Football Coaches Association Academic All-State team. Matzke hauled in a school record 48 catches for the Tigers this fall racking up 723 reception yards and 8 receiving touchdowns. Matzke also led the team in interceptions...

Wohlers named district player of the year

Dec 15, 2021

Lincoln High School senior Justin Wohlers was named the Southeast Red District Player of the Year. Wohlers completed 62% of his passes for 1,908 yards and 22 touchdowns this season. Wohlers was also the Tigers’ leading rusher with 140 carries for 687 yards and 10 touchdowns.

Tiger football awards

Nov 17, 2021

The Lake City High School football team presented awards at its end-of-season banquet on Dec. 14 at St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church.