wrestling
An eventful youth wrestling season ends
Apr 29, 2026
The Lake City youth wrestling season concluded with 13 athletes qualifying for the Northland Youth Wrestling Association (NYWA) Region Tournament held in Byron on March 20-21.
To qualify, wrestlers placed in the top two spots at various District qualifying events throughout Minnesota.
At regions...
Girls wrestling team wraps fourth season with a banquet
Mar 4, 2026
The Girls Wrestling program celebrated their fourth season with a potluck banquet on Tuesday, Feb. 24 in the high school cafeteria.
This season the girls schedule expanded to 6 tournaments and a variety of multi-team events. The competitions were highlighted with Lake City hosting its second...
Benny Lopez headed to state wrestling tourney
Feb 25, 2026
Benny Lopez (center) stands on the podium at the Section 1AA boys wrestling tournament. His second place finish at 145 earned him a trip to the state wrestling tournament. More coverage of the wrestling team at sections appears in this issue.
Three boys wrestlers place at Section 1AA meet, one advances to state
Feb 25, 2026
The Lake City Tiger wrestling team headed over to Rochester at the Mayo Civic Center to compete in the Section 1AA individual wrestling tournament.
The Tigers sent 10 wrestlers to compete: 107 Rex Herbers, 114 Lyncoln Watters, 127 Myles Berktold, 133 Parker Atkinson, 139 Adrian Lopez, 145 Benny...
JV wrestlers close season in Stewartville
Feb 11, 2026
The final week of the season for the junior varsity (JV) boys wrestlers included two trips to Stewartville.
On Thursday, Feb. 5, they competed against Stewartville in a dual. There was 7 matches wrestled on the night and Lake City went 4-3 in those matches. Picking up wins for Lake City were...
Five Tiger girls place at section tourney, one qualifies for state
Feb 11, 2026
The Lake City High School girls wrestling team opened the post-season with the Section 1 wrestling tournament this past Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6-7, at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester and returned with 5 medalists and one wrestler qualifying for the state meet.
Seniors Ella Weist and Eva...
Boys wrestlers reach milestones
Feb 11, 2026
On Thursday, Feb. 5, the Lake City Tiger boys wrestling team traveled to Stewartville for their final regular season dual.
These are two teams that have been very closely contested the last 2-3 years. Lake City started with 7th grader Easton Norman at 107 and did he ever bring a spark. Easton...
Junior varsity boys wrestle for a cause
Feb 4, 2026
The Tiger junior varsity (JV) boys wrestlers had an opportunity to participate in an event to raise proceeds for Down Syndrome Awareness on Monday, Jan. 26.
The event was hosted by Plainview-Elgin Millville and also included the JV wrestlers from Dover Eyota, Goodhue, Wabasha-Kellogg and...
Busy week at home for boys wrestlers
Jan 28, 2026
The Lake City Tiger boys wrestling team had a busy week at home this last week.
On Thursday, Jan. 22 the Tigers hosted a Triangular with St. Charles and Byron. First the Tigers took on St. Charles. This dual ended up being extremely competitive, ending in favor of St. Charles by a score of 34-32...
Wrestling girls host Byron, attend Century invite
Jan 28, 2026
This past Thursday the girls wrestling team hosted Byron and then traveled to Rochester Century for an invitational on Friday.
Against the Bears there were 11 matches contested with the Tigers winning 6. Kylin Muenkel, Tahli Meyer, Skylee Mehrkens, Chloe Benedict and Ella Weist all picked up...
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