Former Tiger athlete Kyle Malin who lost part of both legs while serving in the United States Army in Afghanistan has been selected to raise the flag during the singing of the national anthem at the Minnesota Twins game vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers, Monday, June 27, at Tiger Field.
Ex-Tiger Paul Harrington coached his Totino Grace girls softball team to sixth place at last weekend's Class 3A state softball tournament in Mankato. Totino won the North Suburban Conference championship and finished the regular season with a perfect 20-0 record before going 1-2 in the state tourney.
Two other former FHS athletes coached Minnesota high school teams this spring. 1994 female Athlete of the Year Amber Hegland's Wayzata nine finished 14-6 and lost in the section finals to Hopkins. Randy Schmitz's Lakeville North team went 7-11-1 and ranked eighth in the South Suburban Conference.
Jamie Steffen, a state tournament wrestler in his high school days at FHS, was the pole vault coach for the Apple Valley boys and girls track teams this spring. One of his girl vaulters finished among the top eight at last weekend's state meet.
Jason Berg, who has had separate stints as coach of the Tiger boys and girls basketball teams, is leaving the district to take an elementary school principal job in the Owatonna Public Schools. Berg, who led the Tiger girls to two Section 1 championships games the past three years, plans to remain living in Farmington.
2007 FHS male Athlete of the Year Trey Davis finished sixth in the discus and seventh in the shot put for the University of Minnesota at the Big Ten Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Iowa City...Younger brother Trevor Davis took fourth in the javelin throw at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Championships for Hamline University.
Ex-Tiger track standout Michael Bendix placed eighth in the high jump for Minnesota State-Moorhead to help the Dragons to the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference title...At the same meet, former Tigers Mallory Skoff and Jackie Beckett competed for Minnesota State, Mankato and Minnesota-Duluth respectively. Skoff ranked 16th in the discus throw and Beckett placed 17th in the 800-meter run.
Former Tiger Mallory Betzold made the all-MIAC women's softball team for the second time in three seasons. The St. Mary's University senior hit .368 and complied an 11-6 pitching record for the Cardinals this spring. Earlier Betzold had been named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association all-Midwest Region third team.
Former Tiger assistant baseball, softball and boys hockey coach Terry Salo passed away last week following a long illness.
