Alumni Tracker: Ex-Tiger tracksters still shining at next level

Trey Davis
5th place in shot put at Big Ten Championships

2007 FHS male Athlete of the Year and former state champion Trey Davis placed fifth in the shot put at the Big Ten Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships held last weekend at the University of Illinois. Davis tossed the 16-pound ball 59-5.5 to help the University of Minnesota to its third straight Big Ten indoor title.
Ex-Tiger Michael Bendix cleared the high jump bar at 6-4 3/4 to finish second at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Indoor Championships held last weekend at Bemidji State University. The Minnesota State, Moorhead junior's eight-team points helped the Dragons to the NSIC championship.
At the same meet, former Tiger Michael Amofah hit 22-2 1/4 in the long jump. Amofah is a sophomore at St. Cloud State University.
Jackie Beckett, who ran in two state meets during her Tiger career, competed in the 800-meter run for Minnesota State, Mankato at the NSIC meet.
Former Tiger Isaiah Rockett had a busy day at the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Indoor Championships held at St. Scolastica College in Duluth last weekend. Rockett, a sophomore at North Central University in Minneapolis, ran a leg on the winning distance medley and fourth place 4x400 meter relay teams and also took seventh in the 400-meter dash and 11th in the 800-meter run.
Matt Shutey, a member of the FHS Class of 2010, ran the 55-meter hurdles for the University of Wisconsin-River Falls at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference indoor meet held last weekend at the Univesrity of Wisconsin-Stout.

Boys Swimming and Diving: Tigers take 2nd in section; qualify for state in 6 events

(photo submitted by Joanie Holton)

Tyler Magalis 1st place: one-meter dive

Brian Huls 1st place: 50 and 100 freestyle


An already outstanding season got even better for the Tiger swimmers and divers at the Section 1AA Championships held last Saturday in Rochester.
Farmington not only placed placed second in the eight-team meet but also qualified for this week's Class AA state meet in six of the 12 events.
To add an exclamation point to the day's happenings, Ryan Hamen was selected as the Section 1AA Coach of the Year; Gregg Rappe was named Diving Coach of the Year and senior Tyler Magalis was selected Diver of the Year.
"The boys went into this meet optimistic," Hamen said, "but they knew they had to put in the work. It was their goal to win and with the effort they put in, it feels like they won. I am very proud of them."
Rochester Century took home the section team title with 397 points. The Tigers finished with 322, followed by Rochester Mayo 248, Northfield 235, Hastings 234, Rochester John Marshall 230, Owatonna 214 and Winona 174.
Leading the way for the Tigers was the senior duo of Brian Huls and Magalis who combined to earn seven state qualifications.
Huls won both the 50 and 100 freestyle races and in the process broke his brother Erik's school record in both. He also swam a leg on the state-qualifying 200 medley and 200 freestyle relay teams.
For his part, Magalis won the one-meter diving competition by almost 100 points and his 496.75 point total eclipsed the old school mark owned by 2005 state champion RJ Rappe. Magalis also qualified in the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relays.
Loren Hatten and Zach Holton teamed up with Huls and Magalis in the 200 medley relay while Allen Berg and Christopher Kirchmann filled out the 200 freestyle lineup headed to state.
Berg provided the other Tiger state-qualifying performance when he broke his own school record in the 500 freestyle. In the preliminaries, Berg also surpassed Devon Meeks old school mark in the 200 freestyle.
Hamen was pleased with his state qualifiers but was quick to point out many other highlights from the section meet.
"Conner Kealy (500 freestyle), Aaron Lane (200 medley), Matt Stephan (200 medley and 100 breaststroke), Tyler Lerbakken (500 freestyle), Cameron Cain (100 backstroke), Loren Hatten (100 breaststroke) and Nick Stephan (100 breaststroke) all dropped times," he said, "and assistant coach Amy Stoks was instrumental in helping our breaststrokers drop their times."
The Class AA state meet begins this Friday, March 3, at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center.

Gymnastics: Lord 6th on beam; Lorencz 10th in vault at state gymnastics meet

(l to r) Nadia Lorencz, Kiana Lord and Terra Klima
Class AA State Meet Gymnasts

Kiana Lord didn't seem to mind the pressure of her first state gymnastics meet.
The talented Tiger sophomore scored 9.40 for her balance beam routine and earned all-state honors with a sixth place finish at the Class AA State Gymnastics Championships held Saturday night, Feb. 26, at the University of Minnesota Sports Pavilion.
Lord, who also qualified for the state finals in all-around, accumulated a personal best score of 36.675 to finish 19th in that category.
Nadia Lorencz, another Tiger sophomore, scored a top 10 finish at state, placing tenth in the vault competition with a 9.60 mark that broke her own school record.
Senior Terra Klima, who ranked sixth among uneven bars performers at state last season, registered a score of 8.55 in the event this year to finish 26th in the final rankings.
"Terra was struggling due to injuries," coach Lynn Bauman said, "but the positive was that she was able to return to state and have the amazing opportunity to compete with Minnesota's best high school gymnasts."
The state meet performances capped a stellar season for the Tigers who won the Austin and Farmington Invitational meets, placed second at the Section 1AA Championships, set a new team scoring mark and erased several school records in individual events.
"It was a long and very late meet for the girls and we are very proud of them," Bauman said of the state meet experience. "It was very rewarding to see three talented girls representing Farmington at the state tournament."

Boys Basketball: Cold first half costs Tigers in 53-45 loss at New Prague

Austin Bassett 10 points

The line score tells the story of the Tigers 53-45 loss at New Prague Friday night. Each team scored 31 points in a competitive second half but the visitors managed just 14 in the opening 18 minutes on the way to an eight-point halftime deficit.
The loss was the third straight in Missota Conference play for Farmington and dropped its league record to 3-9 with two games remaining on the schedule. The Tigers stand 9-15 for the season.
Alex Michels and Austin Bassett each scored 10 points for Farmington. Sebren Baer added eight and Darren Beenken chipped in with six.
The Tigers resume Missota Conference play Tuesday, Mar. 1, with a home game with Chanhassen before closing out regular season play Friday night at Red Wing. Section 1AA play begins next week.

Boys Hockey: South snaps Tiger win streak; advances to section finals

Farmington's five-game winning streak came to an abrupt halt Saturday afternoon, Feb. 26, when Lakeville South blanked the Tigers 7-0 in the Section 1AA semifinals at the Rochester Recreation Center.
The victory vaulted the Cougars into Friday's championship game with crosstown rival Lakeville North back in Rochester. Farmington's loss closed the books on its season with the locals finishing at 14-13.
South took the game to the locals in the opening period, outshooting them by a one-sided 25-2 count on the way to a 3-0 lead.
The Cougars added three more scores in the second period and one more in the third to boost their record to 16-8-2.
"We played hard," Tiger coach Keith Revels said. "But we were not very composed with the puck and we got into penalty trouble early and paid dearly (3 power play goals).
"The positive thing is that we we stayed together as a team even with the dire circumstances. We played to the end against a very good team. They just took it too us."
Revels noted that despite the final score, goalies Victor Simones (2 periods) and Aaron Dahl didn't play that badly.
"We gave them (South) some pretty good looks," he said.
The final shots on goal told the story succinctly: South 58 Farmington 11.