serving as varsity coaches in 2011-12
When Lisa (Dingman) Lippold accepted the boys cross country coaching position this summer she became the fifth ex-Tiger on the list of FHS varsity coaches for the 2011-12 school year.
Lippold, a 1999 Tiger grad who ran in both the state cross country and track meets as a prep, joins former Tigers Jon Holmes (girls hockey and boys golf); Keith Revels (boys hockey); Lynn (Gramentz) Bauman (gymnastics) and Chad Olson (wrestling) on the coaching staff.
Olson and Holmes were FHS male Athletes of the Year in 1995 and 1999 respectively. Revels received the Oscar Lubke Award in 1987 and Bauman won the Leslie Lindell Award in 1993.
Olson isn't the only former Tiger wrestler who will beading up a varsity high school mat program in the metro area this winter. Eric Herrmann will be head coach at Richfield and Josh Burhans will take over the program at Edina.
Ex-Tiger Doug Dingman coached his Prior Lake team to a third place finish in both the the varsity and junior varsity divisions of the Minnesota High School State Clay Target Championships held at the Minneapolis Gun Club in June. 550 shooters from 29 schools competed in the event.
Zach Warweg of New Prague, the son of former Tiger Dave Warweg, finished first in the male competition and Anna Nicolai of St. Paul Academy, the daughter of FHS grad Dan Nicolai, jr. ranked second among female shooters.
1999 Tiger grad Sammy Schmitz, a state tournament golfer for the Tigers who went on to a stellar collegiate career at St. John's University, is now one of the leading amateur players in Minnesota. Last month Schmitz finished fifth at the 108th Minnesota Golf Association Championships at the White Bear Yacht Club and runner-up at the Minnesota State Open Championship played at Rush Creek.
Ex-Tiger boys hockey and softball coach Jim Hoey is wrapping up his second sports-related book, this one on the history of the Minnesota state boys hockey tournament. Last year Hoey, an avid sports fan, published a book of Minnesota Twins trivia.
Former Tiger boys basketball manager Steven Dow has stayed busy in the sports arena since enrolling at Gustavus Adolphus College. Dow has worked at the St. Peter school's sports information office and also served as a student assistant with the men's basketball team. This summer he is doing an internship in media relations with the Mankato Moondogs of the Northwoods Baseball League.
The roster for the 2011 Randolph Railcats of the Cannon Valley Classic Amateur Baseball League looked like a list for a Tiger baseball reunion with player-manager Andy Pierskalla, Bryan Hegseth, Shane Hawkins, Brent Mahlstedt, Caleb Schmitt, Matt O'Leary and Danny Tutewohl all included. Former Tiger hockey players P.J. McIntee and David Ripley also play for Randolph.
Ex-Tigers Carson Jones and Tyler Jones, who helped the Tigers to back-to-back Missota Conference baseball titles in 2005 and 2006, each hit over .300 for the Dundas Dukes of the Cannon Valley League this summer.
