Missota honors 31 Tigers

Nineteen Tigers earned all-Missota Conference awards and a dozen more received honorable mention for their performance during the 2012 fall season.

The Farmington co-champion football team led the way with six selections while the co-champion girls soccer team landed four players on the elite team.

Honorees in football, volleyball, girls soccer and boys soccer are selected by league coaches while all-conference distinction in boys cross country, girls cross country and girls tennis is determined by performance in conference meets or competitions.

Farmington all-Missota Conference athletes for Fall 2012
Football: Darren Beenken, Athen Ashton, John LeBlond, Mason Auge, Alex Chadwick and Josh Boatwright

Girls Soccer: Izzie Ferm, Ashley Becker, Kayla Kucala and Leah Zak

Girls Swimming and Diving: Kaitlyn O'Reilly, Kirsten Kracke, Cora Ruzicka and Chelsea Gehrke

Boys Soccer: Sam Peterson, Urive Omana and Tyler Petter-McCauley

Boys Cross Country: Justin Hyytinen

Volleyball: Mia Johnston

All-Missota Conference honorable mention
Football: Reid Taubenheim, Mac Bassett and Johnny Dittman
Girls Soccer: Hannah Miller and Alex Frost
Girls Swimming and Diving: Ellie Sundet and Robin Ellis
Boys Soccer: Blake Smith and Jared Wolt
Volleyball: Kaylene Seurer
Girls Cross Country: Maricia Pacheco
Girls Tennis: Megan Stivers

25 Tigers receive Missota honors

A dozen Farmington High School athletes received all-Missota Conference honors this spring; 13 more earned all-league honorable mention.

The Tiger honorees represented six of the nine spring sports. Because only three conference schools sponsor boys and girls lacrosse programs, all-conference teams were not selected.

Farmington all-conference selections:
Girls track: Nadia Lorencz, Alyssa Parco, Izzie Ferm, Megan Graham and Alicia Hett
Boys track: Reid Taubenheim
Softball: Ashley Betzold, Allie Rice, Brooke Searles,Toni Hunsinger
Baseball: Spencer Merle
Boys Golf: Tommy May

Honorable Mention:
Boys track, Chad Retterath,Tyler Lerbakken, Tommy Weigel, Justin Hyytinen, Eric Stoeckman and Tanner Grubb; Baseball, Jake Baskerville and Ty Vincent; Softball, Taylor Haakana and Amber Doyle; Boys tennis, Blake Olmscheid and Ben Cline; Girls track, Jessica Arey

Missota Conference honors 29 Tigers

The names of 29 Farmington High School athletes appeared on the list of winter season honorees announced last week by Missota Conference officials. Sixteen Tigers earned all-conference distinction and 13 more received all-league honorable mention.

The boys swimming and diving team led the way with four all-league selections. The resurgent wrestling squad had three while girls hockey, gymnastics and dance teams picked up two apiece.

All-Missota Conference Selections:

Boys Swimming and Diving.
Zach Holton, sr.
Aaron Lane, sr.
Evan Carufel, jr.
Christopher Kirchmann, jr.

Wrestling
Jacob Gabbard, so.
Joe Hoeve, so.
Taylor Venz, 8

Dance Team
Kelsey Erickson, sr.
Courtney Wahl, sr.

Girls Hockey
Jessica Erchul, sr.
Betsy Anderson, sr.

Gymnastics
Kiana Lord, jr.
Nadia Lorencz, jr.

Girls Basketball
Taylor Meyer, sr.

Boys Basketball
Nick Varner, so.

Boys Hockey
Victor Simones, sr.

All-Missota Conference Honorable Mention
Dance Team: Kaylie Rudeen, sr. and Julie Tang, sr; Boys Swimming and Diving: Conner Kealy, sr. and Aaron Cochnauer, jr; Boys Hockey: Blake Weinand, sr. and Kevin Olund, jr; Wrestling: Bret Hoffman, sr. and John Walz, fr; Girls Hockey: Haley Doll, so. and Chloe Batta, fr; Gymnastics: Kylie Wharton, fr; Boys Basketball: Darren Beenken, jr; Girls Basketball: Isis Alexander, sr.

21 Tigers earn Missota spring honors

Thirteen FHS athletes, nine of them from the boys and girls track teams, received all-Missota Conference honors this spring; eight more earned all-league honorable mention.
The Tiger honorees represented six of the nine spring sports. Because only three league schools sponsor boys and girls lacrosse programs, all-conference teams were not selected.

Farmington all-conference winners:
Girls track: Erin Hickey, Nadia Lorencz, Alyssa Parco, Maria Kiminski, Izzie Ferm and Kelli Elmer
Boys Track: Sam Hanson, Tyler Grubb and John Schimmel
Softball: Ashley Betzold and Dani Muelken
Baseball: Jake Baskerville
Boys tennis: Ben Cline

Honorable Mention:
Baseball, Zak Payne and Nathan Graham; Softball, Aleah Williamson and Alyssa Hagen; Boys golf, Tommy May; Boys tennis, Blake Olmscheid; Girls track, Erin Hickey and Boys track, Zach Wyatt.

Missota Conference: 32 Tigers honored

Krystal Baumann (below), Jordan Bridges (center) and Tyler Magalis
Three of 21 Tiger winter season all-Missota Conference athletes




In a winter sports season that produced three Farmington Missota Conference team championships, individual Tiger athletes fared equally as well.
The names of 32 Farmington athletes appeared on the list of winter season honorees announced last week by league officials. Twenty-one Tigers earned all-Missota Conference distinction and 11 more received all-league honorable mention.
The conference champion Farmington boys swimming and diving team led the way with five all-league selections. The unbeaten Tiger girls hockey champions had four while the co-champion girls basketball team and the girls gymnastics squad garnered three apiece.

All-Missota Conference Selections:

Boys Swimming and Diving
Tyler Magalis, sr.
Eric Huls. sr.
Allen Berg, sr.
Zach Holton, jr.
Christopher Kirchmann, so.

Girls Hockey
Krystal Baumann, sr.
Hannah Alexander, sr.
Jessica Erchul, jr.
Betsy Anderson, jr.

Girls Basketball
Jordan Bridges, sr.
Elena Koch, sr.
Taylor Meyer, jr.

Gymnastics
Terra Klima, sr.
Kiana Lord, so.
Nadia Lorencz, so.

Boys Hockey
Tyler Grubb, sr.
Andrew Peterson, jr.

Dance Team
Ashley Mattei, sr.
Madi Cook, sr.

Boys Basketball
Alex Michels, sr.

Wrestling
Carl Elmer, sr.

All-Missota Conference Honorable Mention
Boys Hockey: Zak Payne, sr. and Dan Handberg, sr.; Boys Swimming and Diving: Evan Carufel, so. and Aaron Lane, so.; Girls Hockey: Emily Severson, sr. and Rachel Peroutky, so.; Girls Basketball: Jamie Kenealy, sr.; Wrestling: Kyle Benjamin, 8th; Dance Team: Alysha Stoeffel, jr.; Gymnastics: Erin Hickey, sr. and Boys Basketball: Sebren Baer, sr.