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Published January 22, 2011, 09:30 AM

Thursday/Friday Update

Farmington teams continued to challenge for Missota Conference titles and individuals reached milestones over the last two days.

By: Matt Steichen, The Farmington Independent

Boys basketball

Farmington 50,

Northfield 49 (OT)

Farmington evened its record at 7-7 with its second straight one-point Missota Conference victory Friday night at Tiger Gym. The Tigers led 31-18 at halftime, but scored just 14 second-half points as Northfield rallied to force overtime. Darren Beeknen hit a big three at the end of regulation, then coach Shane Wyandt's team made five free throws in overtime to seal the win.

Girls basketball

Farmington 67,

Northfield 44

Taylor Meyer poured in a season-high 27 points to lead Farmington past Northfield Friday night in a league road game. The Tigers are now 13-1 overall and second in the conference at 4-1.

Girls hockey

Farmington 5,

No. 11 Red Wing 0

The Tigers, behind four more goals from senior standout Krystal Baumann, moved to 9-0 atop the Missota Conference standings with a 5-0 shutout Friday night in Red Wing.

Baumann now has 37 goals in 20 games for the 14-6 Tigers. Jessica Erchul turned in her fifth shutout of the season.

Boys hockey

Red Wing 4,

Farmington 2

Red Wing took a 2-0 advantage in the first period and held on for a 4-2 win at Schmitz-Maki Arena Thursday night.

The Tigers have lost three in a row, dropping their record to 8-9 overall.

Wrestling

Shakopee 60,

Farmington 14

Farmington senior Carl Elmer became the 11th wrestler in school history to reach 100 career wins with a pin in the 140-pound match Thursday night at Tiger Gym.

Elmer is now 18-5 this season and ranked sixth in the state.

Swimming and diving

Farmington 98,

Northfield 86

Tyler Magalis and Brian Huls each had a hand in four victories in a conference win over Northfield Thursday night at Dodge Middle School.

Gymnastics

Farmington 126.775,

Red Wing 121.75

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