Tiger Scoreboard: January 19, 2013

Boys Basketball
Farmington 84  Holy Angels 76

Boys Hockey
Farmington 2 Shakopee 0

Gymnastics
Farmington 136.9 Chaska/Chanhassen 133.7

Girls Basketball
Holy Angels 60 Farmington 45

Girls Hockey: Sabers blank Tigers 6-0

Molly Singewald 35 saves vs. Shakopee (photo by Jim Lindquist)

All-Missota Conference forward Amy Menke scored four goals and assisted on two more as Shakopee rolled to a 6-0 Missota Conference win over the Tigers Thursday night at Shakopee.

The shutout by the Sabers was the second of the season over Farmington (2-16-1) who came out on the short end of a 2-0 score when the two teams played at Schmitz-Maki Arena in December.

"Not much for us tonight," Tiger coach Jon Holmes said. "We just came out flat and didn’t capitalize on the opportunities that we had."

Menke scored one of Shakopee's two first period goals and then netted the only one of the second to give her team a three-goal edge with a period to play.

The winners scored three more goals in the final 17 minutes, two by Menke, to improve their record to 9-10-2 overall

Shakopee kept Tiger goalie Molly Singewald on her toes, firing 41 shots on net in the contest. Farmington finished with 18 shots on Sabers' goalie Amber Flood who recorded her third shutout of the season.

The Tigers travel to Inver Grove Heights Saturday for a non-conference matinee with Simley before returning to Schmitz-Maki Arena next Tuesday to entertain Holy Angels. Farmington defeated the Stars 2-0 earlier in the season.

Wrestling: Shorthanded Tigers fall at Northfield

Taylor Venz (23-1) is ranked No. 2 in Class 3A (photo by Jim Lindquist)

Plagued by injury and illness, the Tigers fell twice at Thursday night's Missota Conference triangular at Northfield, 45-28 to the host Raiders and 60-17 to New Prague.

"It has been a rough week," Tiger coach Chad Olson said. "We have had only half of our lineup on the mat practicing this week, mostly due to illness."

Three Tigers won both of their matches at Northfield, including Jamin LeDuuc (106-pounds), Taylor Venz (109), Matt Rustad (126) and Joe Hoeve (160).

Freshman Venz, currently ranked second among Class 3A 106-pounders in Minnesota, scored a fall and an 18-0 technical fall to run his season record to 23-1 while LeDuc had a pin and a 6-0 decision to move to 19-1. Venz's victory aginst New Prague was the 60th of his young career.

Rustad continued his winning ways with a pin and a hard-fought 7-6 win over New Prague's James Berg who was has posted 20 wins this season. Rustad owns a 14-9 season mark.

Hoeve registered two six-point falls in the 160-pound weight class to improve his season record to 16-9.

The other Tiger win came from Brayden Chapman who recorded an 11-0 major decision over Northfield's Tommy Matheson in the 132-pound bout.

The Tigers don't have much time to get back to full strength. They're back on the mat Saturday at the Eastview Invitational in Apple Valley.

Tiger Scoreboard: January 18, 2013

Wrestling
Northfield Triangular
Northfield 45 Farmington 28
New Prague 60 Farmington 17

Girls Hockey
Shakopee 6 Farmington 0

Gymnastics: Tigers score well in loss to New Prague

Kiana Lord placed in three events

2012 Class A state-runner-up New Prague defeated Farmington 144.7-134.55 in a Missota Conference dual meet Tuesday night at the District Service Center.

Although the Trojans won the meet by a comfortable margin, the Tigers had some strong individual performances and their team point total was their second highest of the 2012-13 season. 

"The girls had a great meet," coach Lynn Bauman said. "If I had to point out struggles it would be bars.

"I see our team and scores continue to improve and they will only keep getting better. The girls are beginning to get more confident in their routines and with themselves." 

Kiana Lord placed in three individual events and finished third in the all-around standings with 35.25 points.

Lord ranked second on the balance beam (9.225); third in the vault (9.25) and fourth in floor exercise (9.225).

Rachel Kiminski was the only other Tiger to earn a top five finish, taking fifth on the beam with a mark of 8.45.

New Prague also won the junior varsity meet 131.65-116.85.

Taylor Schmaltz won JV all-around

Taylor Schmaltz paced Farmington with a win in all-around, a second place finish in floor exercise and  a tie for third with teammates Mackenzie McCuddin and Gina Mercurio in vault.  

Farmington will try to keep that point total moving upward this Friday when they entertain Chaska/Chanhassen at the District Service Center.