Girls Golf: End of the Missota road

Alexis House shot a personal-best 109

The Tigers closed the books on their 2012 regular season with an eighth place finish at the Missota Conference Championships played Monday at Deer Run Golf Course in Victoria.

Chanhassen surprised perennial league champion  Red Wing 319-332 to win the league final. New Prague ranked third at 325, followed by Northfield 342, Chaska 345, Holy Angels 385, Shakopee 386 and Farmington 457.

Farmington's stroke total was 16 fewer than its showing at the last conference meet.

Brianna Swenson kept her place atop the the Farmington scorecard, shooting rounds of 56 and 51 for a 107 total. Alexis House finished two shots back with a season-best 109. Kaitlyn Jokenin shot 120, Halea Wright 121 and Megan Elliott 123.

The girls have one remaining meet on their schedule, the Section 1AA Championships slated for May 31 and June 4 at Cannon Golf Club in Cannon Falls.

Tiger Scoreboard: May 22, 2012

Girls Lacrosse
Section 3 Tournament (1st round)
Farmington 13 Bloomington Kennedy11
(Farmington earns first-ever post-season win)

Baseball
Farmington 9 Lakeville South 5

Boys Golf
Missota Conference Championships at Northfield Golf Club
Chaska 308, Chanhassen 312, New Prague 314, Red Wing 318, Farmington 328, Shakopee 329, Holy Angels 335, Northfield 335

Girls Golf
Missota Conference Championships at Deer Run Golf Course
Chanhassen 319, Red Wing 332, New Prague 325, Northfield 342, Chaska 345, Holy Angels 385, Shakopee 386, Farmington 457

Baseball: Hinks, Merle lead Tigers past South

Spencer Merle 3-4 (photo by Jim Lindquist)

J.D. Hinks picked up his second win and Spencer Merle rapped a triple and a pair of singles to pace the Tigers to a 9-5 non-conference win over Lakeville South Monday afternoon at Tiger Field.

Hinks allowed two runs in five innings of mound duty, scattering eight hits while striking out two an walking two. Farmington  is a perfect 3-0 in the Hinks' three starts.

The Tigers scored six runs in their first two at-bats and led from the first inning forward.

John Stibal's two-run single in the first keyed a four-run inning that also featured run-scoring walks to Drew Hegseth and Nick Newman.

The Tigers went up 6-2 in the second on a triple by Merle, a double by Ty Vincent, Hegseth's fielder's choice ground ball and a throwing error.

Hegseth's RBI single plated the seventh run in the fourth and Jordan Lugowksi put some icing on the victory cake with a two-run double in the fifth.

J.D. Hinks second win

Hegseth followed Hinks to the mound in the sixth and pitched an inning and two-thirds of relief. Andy Morris came into get the final out and snuff out a three-run rally by South in the seventh

"We did a good job of capitalizing on their pitcher's mistakes," Tiger coach Mike Winters said, "and we made aggressive and smart decisions on the base paths to put pressure on their defense....Situational hitting was also a key factor."

The win in the regular season finale gives the Tigers an overall mark of 7-12 and a little bit of momentum heading into this weekend's opening round of the Section 1AAA post-season tournament.

Softball. No.2 Tigers start section at home

Farmington ranked No. 2 behind Rochester John Marshall in the seeding for the Section 1AAA tournament and will open post-season play at home Wednesday afternoon.

Three teams will gather at Tiger Field for the single-elimination, opening round play with  No. 7  Winona facing off against No. 10 Rochester Century at 3:30 with the winner squaring off against Farmington at 5:30.

Owatonna and Hastings drew the third and fourth seeds and will also host opening round games in the 12-team tournament.

The winners from the four host sites advance to the double-elimination Section 1AAA Final Four on Friday at Todd Park in Austin. The tournament continues May 29 and May 31 in Austin.

Boys Lacrosse: Tigers earn section home game

Farmington (7-5) received the No. 8 seed for the 15-team Section 3 playoffs and will open post-season play against Rochester John Marshall/Lourdes (9-3) at 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, at Tiger Stadium.

Rochester John Marshall/Lourdes edged the Tigers 12-11 when the two teams met in Rochester earlier this month.

The winner of Wednesday's opener moves on to face top-seeded Eastview on Friday, May 25, at Eastview.

Farmington will host the the Section 3 championship game on Friday, June 1.