high school baseball

Wohlers’ two homers not enough as Tigers fall to Cannon Falls

May 26, 2021

The Lake City High School baseball team fell behind early and couldn’t come back in a 4-3 loss to Cannon Falls on Saturday, May 22. Cannon Falls scored on a fielder’s choice by Beau Zimmerman, a groundout by Loden Bell, and a passed ball during Marcus Banks’s at bat in the first inning. Riley...

Baseball team falls 10-3 to Stewartville

May 26, 2021

The Lake City High School baseball team lost 10-3 Stewartville on Tuesday, May 18. Stewartville took an early one run lead in the second inning and added four more runs in the third inning. Lake City struggled on defense, committing eight errors on the day that contributed to five unearned runs...

Tiger baseball loses high-scoring game to Kenyon-Wanamingo

May 20, 2021

Lake City Tigers varsity baseball lost 11-8 to Kenyon-Wanamingo (KW) on Thursday, May 13. KW put 8 runs on the board in the second inning on 9 hits in the inning including a long home run by Owen Hilke. Lake City notched five runs in the fifth inning. Lake City big bats in the inning were led...

Tiger baseball wins offensive battle with St. Charles 12-8

May 12, 2021

The Lake City Tiger baseball team jumped out to an early lead over St. Charles and took home a 12-8 victory on Tuesday, May 4. Lake City scored on a single by Ben Nutt, a double by Max Balow, a single by Dylan Rumley, a stolen base by Rumley, and a double by Johan Zorn in the first inning. Both...

Baseball - Tigers sweep Triton in Saturday double-header

Apr 28, 2021

The Lake City Tiger varsity baseball team swept Triton in double-header on Saturday, April 24. The final score of the first game was 6-5, Lake City. The game was tied at four heading into the seventh inning. Triton scored one run in the top of the seventh inning to take a 5-4 lead. In the...

Varsity baseball loses to Cotter 5-1

Apr 28, 2021

Lake City High School varsity baseball traveled to Winona Cotter on April 16 and suffered a 5-1 loss to the Ramblers. Lake City opened the scoring in the first inning when Zach Dather singled on an 0-2 count, scoring Justin Wohlers. Cotter pulled away for good with five runs in the third inning....

Baseball Tigers win one, lose one to Dover-Eyota

Apr 14, 2021

Lake City Tigers varsity baseball team split a double-header with Dover-Eyota Saturday to open the 2021 season. The Tigers took the lead late and defeated Dover-Eyota 13-4 in the first game of a double header. Lake City Scored two runs in both the second and third innings to take a 4-0 lead....

Another Eastridge-Lake City connection

Jul 3, 2019

Coach Brian Sprout wasn’t Lake City’s only connection to the 2019 AAAA baseball state champion Eastridge High School team. Roman Newinski, senior, pictured above, was a member of the team. He is the grandson of Barbara (Willers) Buck formerly of Lake City and great grandson of Ruben and Bernice...

Lake City native coaches team to state title

Jun 26, 2019

Brian Sprout, a member of the Lincoln High School Class of 1998, has coached East Ridge High School’s baseball team to its first-ever state title. East Ridge was the No. 5 seed entering the AAAA tournament. They beat No. 4 seed Mounds View in the quarterfinals on June 14, No. 1 seed Stillwater in...

Remembering ‘Scoop’

Aug 22, 2018

Lake City High School sports, and baseball and wrestling in particular, lost a big supporter when Gary Smith passed away Thursday, Aug. 16, at the age of 67. Smith had long been a fixture in the stands, mat-side, or in the dugout, recording stats, gathering information for the game summaries he...