high school baseball
Brian Sprout coaches East Ridge to second straight state baseball title
Jul 3, 2024
Lake City native Brian Sprout coached the East Ridge Raptors to a 3-2 win over Mounds View to capture the Raptors’ second straight Class AAAA title.
Sprout, who graduated from Lincoln High School in 1998, was an assistant coach at Mounds View from 2007-2009. He’s been the varsity coach at East...
Tiger baseball falls 5-3 in season opener
Apr 5, 2023
The Lake City Tiger baseball team lost their season opener to the Pine Island Panthers on Monday night at Bill Kieffer Field by a final score of 5-3.
The Tigers got things moving in the first inning with an RBI double by senior catcher, Riley Forbes, following a David Oeltjen walk to lead off the...
Kieffers donate dugout benches
Aug 24, 2022
The Kieffer family has made another donation to the Lake City baseball program. Pictured sitting on new dugout benches donated by the family are Donna Kieffer (left) and her son Todd Kieffer. “The Kieffer family has routinely made generous donations to the Lake City baseball program,” varsity...
Tiger baseball end-of-season awards
Jun 1, 2022
The Lake City High School baseball team has announced its award-winners from the 2022 season. At right is Jon Harvey, who was named first team All Conference in the Hiawatha Valley League. Below, from left, are Karch Hegge (Mr. Hustle award), Jon Harvey (Most Valuable Player and Top Defensive...
Legion donates baseball pitch count scoreboard
May 11, 2022
The Lake City American Legion Post 110 made a donation to the Lake City baseball program this past year. Thanks to the donation, a pitch count wireless scoreboard was added to the current scoreboard. Mel Blattner who has been involved with the American Legion baseball program since 1988 led the...
Baseball Tigers drop two to Byron in Saturday double-header
Apr 13, 2022
The Lake City Tigers varsity baseball team (0-5) is still in search of its first win of the year after dropping both games Saturday, April 9 to the Byron Bears (2-0) at Bill Kiefer Field in Lake City.
The Bears took the lead, 1-0, in the top of the first and never looked back, scoring three more...
Tiger baseball 2021 awards
Jun 9, 2021
The Lake City High School baseball team has announced its 2021 award winners. Individual award winners were (at right, from left) Justin Wohlers - Most Valuable Player, Jon Harvey - Top Defensive Player and Mr. Hustle, and Dylan Rumley - Most Improved Player. 2021 baseball letter winners are (below...
Tiger baseball loses 8-4 to Goodhue
Jun 3, 2021
Goodhue defeated Lake City 8-4 in varsity baseball on May 24.
Lake City got things started in the first inning. Johan Zorn scored on an error in the first inning after he singled to lead off the inning and stole second and third base.
Goodhue put up 6 runs in the third inning. In the third...
Caledonia ends Tiger baseball season
Jun 3, 2021
Caledonia defeated Lake City 8-0 in sub section play May 31 to end Lake City’s baseball season.
Strong pitching and defense helped Caledonia shut down the Tigers. Derek Vanderhoe scattered three hits in a complete game shutout.
Justin Wohlers started the game for Lake City. Wohlers went five...
Lake City tops Stewartville 4-2
Jun 3, 2021
The Lake City Tigers varsity baseball team defeated Stewartville 4-2 on May 28 after taking the lead late in the game.
The game was tied at two with Lake City taking the lead in the top of the seventh on Max Balow’s suicide bunt to score Jon Harvey. Lake City added another run on a double by Ben...
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