The Lake City Skiers’ competition team will seek its second national championship in as many years next weekend when the team performs at Nationals in Wisconsin. (Photo provided)

WARSAW – The Lake City Skiers competition ski team are after its fourth national title next weekend. Lake City will perform at the USA Water Ski Division II National Ski Show Competition to be held July 31 through August 2 in Tomahawk, Wisconsin.

Individual’s competition will be on Friday July 31. The categories for Individuals will be Swivel ski, Adagio doubles, Team jump and Freestyle jump. Individuals will be judged on difficulty, execution and overall appeal of their performance.

Team competition will follow on Saturday and resume Sunday morning. Each team will have 20 minutes to setup for the show, one hour to perform 13 acts and 10 minutes to remove all equipment and props from the show site. In addition to flow, difficulty and execution the teams will be judged on towboat driving, sound and announcing, dock and equipment, safety boat performance and showmanship. There will also be awards for highest scoring act in the tournament as well as highest scoring ballet line and best male and female skier.

The Lake City Skiers Water Ski Show Team has won Division II National titles in 2006, 2007 and 2014.

Lake City performs each Tuesday and Sunday at Hidden Lake, located at the intersection of US 30 and State Road 15 on Hidden Lake Drive in Warsaw. Shows in the summer begin at 6:30 p.m. and are free to the public. For a full show schedule logon to www.lakecityskiers.org and follow the team on Facebook for more information.