Boys Tennis: Tigers out in Section 1AA

Jeff Folz (left) and Topher Kirchmann lost 4-6, 0-6

Farmington lost all four of its matches at the Section 1AAA individual sub-section tournament played Thursday, May 26, in Rochester.
Both of the Tiger singles entrants, Jeff Zakoski and Tyler Olsen, lost by 0-6, 0-6 scores to players from Rochester Mayo and Rochester John Marshall.
The No. 1 doubles tandem of Topher Kirchmann and Peter Folz played the most competitive match of other day for the Tigers, losing 4-6, 0-6 to the No.1 duo from Hastings.
The Farmington No. 2 team of Ben Cline and Blake Olmscheid, both singles players during the regular season, went down by a 1-6, 0-6 count.
"The players advancing to the section finals from our sub-section were either ranked in the state or played in the state tournament last year," Tiger coach Jack Olwell said. "I am not sure how far we would have gotten even if we had played out of our minds."

Tiger Scoreboard: May 29, 2011

Baseball
Section 1AAA Tournament
Rochester John Marshall 12 Farmington 2 (6 innings)

Baseball: JM takes Tigers out of section

Jake Baskerville
2-2, BB. RBI
(photo by Jim Lindquist)

Second-seeded Rochester John Marshall made Farmington's stay in the Section 1AAA tournament a short one, handing the 11th seeded Tigers a 12-2 opening round defeat Saturday, May 28, in Rochester.
"The kids appeared to be ready before we left for Rochester," coach Mike Winters said, "but I could tell they were a little nervous because our pre-game was a little shaky...We didn't pitch well. Nine walks to three strikeouts isn't going to get it done this late in the year."
John Marshall (16-5) put the contest away early, roughing up Tiger starter Jonathan Ellis (one-third of an inning) and reliever Zach Wallace for six runs in the home half of the first inning.
The visitors got on the board with a run in the third on Quinn Eden's double and a single by Jake Baskerville. Zak Payne accounted for the other run with a solo homer in the top of the fourth.
The Rockets outhit their guests 12-6 in the game shortened to six innings by the 10-run rule with Baskerville leading the Tiger attack with a pair of hits, a walk and a run batted in.
The loss dropped the Tigers' final record to 4-17 but Winters said the season was better than the final numbers showed.
"Statistically, it was a rough year," he said, "but the kids did a good job of showing up every day with a positive attitude."

Track: First Missota meet at FHS a success

In its two stints in the Missota Conference (1960-1983 and 1998-present) Farmington High School had never hosted the league track and field championships. After Thursday's 2011 conference competition at Tiger Stadium, that task can be crossed off the school's to-do list.
Farmington athletic director Jon Summer noted that when Prior Lake dropped out of the conference last spring, a new host school for the meet was needed. With Farmington's state-of-the-art facility at his disposal and his coaching staff supporting the idea, Summer stepped up to take on the challenge.
"This year was the first time the meet was run as one-day event," Summer explained. "Preparing for a conference championship meet requires much planning and most importantly, an excellent event-day staff.
"I was very fortunate to have this type of staff who helped make the day an excellent one for athletes and coaches."
As for results from the first-ever undertaking, Summer said the early returns are positive.
"I am very happy how the day went," he said. "We had excellent weather and saw some great competition, both on the track and in the field events."

Boys Track: Tigers take 5th in Missota

Sam Hanson
Missota Conference high jump champion
(photos by Jim Lindquist)

The Tigers edged by New Prague by one-half point on the final event of the day to finish fifth in the 2011 Missota Conference Track and Field Championships held Thursday, May 26, at Tiger Stadium.
Shakopee won the team title with 182.5 points. League newcomer Chanhassen finished a distant second at 150, followed by Red Wing 147, Northfield 104, Farmington 96.5, New Prague 96, Holy Angels 76 and Chaska 44.
"The meet went about as expected for us with some personal records and great performances," coach Brian Helmstetter said. "We had set our goal as fourth place and as you can see it was within our range.
"We had some nice performances from our seniors and our underclassmen competed well for their first championship style meet."
Sam Hanson scored the lone Tiger first place finish. Hanson, who earlier this spring set a new school high jump record at 6-7, was coming off an injury but still managed to lead the pack with a 6-1 effort.

Tyler Grubb
2nd 200-meter dash; 4th 100-meter dash and 7th 400-meter dash


Another senior, sprinter Tyler Grubb, had a good all-around day after missing several recent meets with a leg injury. Grubb placed second in the 200-meter dash, fourth on the 100-meter dash and seventh in the 400-meter run.
Senior thrower John Schimmel had a personal best 51-7 toss in the shot put to finish second and also ranked sixth in the discus.
Yet another senior, Zach Wyatt, put together a solid performance, taking third in triple jump, ninth in the long jump and running a leg on the third place 4x400 relay team.
The 4x400 quartet of Wyatt, Charlie Wicks, Tyler Lerbakken and Tanner Grubb supplied the points that vaulted the Tigers into fifth place, defeating New Prague by a fraction of a second.
McKinley Bassett eclipsed his personal best by almost a foot and placed fourth in the long jump and Reid Taubenheim ranked fifth in the pole vault. Carl Elmer cut 20 seconds off his career-best time to take fifth in the 3200-meter run and Tyler Beckett had a personal best in the 300-meter hurdles to take sixth. Jake Rudeen placed seventh in the 3200-meter run and Lerbakken finished eighth in the 800-meter run.
In the relays the 4x800 meter team of Eric Stoeckman, Jared Wolt, Hunter Meyers and Lerbakken took fifth. The 4x100 foursome of Jake Erickson, Wicks, Alex Chadwick and Mason Auge finished sixth and the 4x200 quartet of Tommy Weigel, Blake Ross, Erickson and Auge came in seventh.
The Tigers next hit the track this Saturday at the Section 1AA Championships at Lakeville South.