FOOTBALL

Farmington's Froehling wins coaching award

Farmington football coach Mark Froehling was recently named the Minnesota Football Coaches Association Power of Influence award winner for 2012.

By Matt Steichen , March 06, 2013

Football: Taubenheim, Beenken earn All-State honors

Two Farmington football players were named to all-state teams after helping the Tigers to a 7-3 season and a share of the conference title.

By Matt Steichen , December 05, 2012

Football: Eagles soar past Farmington Tigers in Section 3AAAAA finals

Ninth-ranked Apple Valley scored 28 unanswered points in the first half and pulled away with 21 points in the last five minutes in its 49-21 home victory over Farmington in the Section 3, Class 5A championship game Friday night.

By Matt Steichen , November 07, 2012

Football: Tigers fall to Apple Valley in section final

The Farmington Tiger football team dug itself a hole it couldn't claw out of in Friday's Section 3AAAAA title game at Apple Valley, falling 49-21 to the top-seeded Eagles.

By Nathan Hansen , November 02, 2012

Football: Tigers win a wild one

Saturday night’s Section 3, Class 5A semifinal was anything but your typical grind-it-out, late-October football game. Second-seeded Farmington and third-seeded Minneapolis Southwest opted to stick with their pass-friendly spread offenses and it paid off for both teams.

By Matt Steichen , October 31, 2012

Section 3, Class 5A football: Tigers win wild one

Saturday night’s Section 3, Class 5A semifinal was anything but your typical grind-it-out, late-October football game. Second-seeded Farmington and third-seeded Minneapolis Southwest opted to stick with their pass-friendly spread offenses and it paid off for both teams. The two offenses combined for 84 points despite temperatures that dipped into the upper 20s at Tiger Stadium.

By Matt Steichen , October 27, 2012

Shakopee plays role of spoiler in FHS football finale

Two weeks ago the Farmington girls soccer team had to share the Missota Conference title after losing on the road to Shakopee in its regular season finale. The same thing happened to the Farmington football team last Wednesday night.

By Matt Steichen , October 24, 2012

Week 8: Tigers fall in finale, earn No. 2 seed

The sixth-ranked (Class 5A) Farmington football team settled for a share of its first Missota Conference championship after a 35-7 loss at Shakopee in Wednesday night's regular season finale in Shakopee.

By Matt Steichen , October 18, 2012

Football: Farmington Tigers are stars of the Missota

The Farmington football team got to celebrate a couple of victories Friday night. The first was a 41-28 shootout over Holy Angels that sent the team’s seniors off in winning fashion and capped a perfect 4-0 mark on the Tiger Stadium turf this season.

By Matt Steichen , October 17, 2012

Week 7: Tigers clinch share of first Missota title since '08

The Farmington football team got to celebrate a couple of victories Friday night. The first was a 41-28 shootout over Holy Angels that sent the team’s seniors off in winning fashion and capped off a perfect 4-0 mark on the Tiger Stadium turf this season. The second came about 10 minutes after the final whistle when, with the Tigers gathered at midfield, athletic director Jon Summer delivered the news that Shakopee had defeated Chanhassen, 24-14, giving seventh-ranked (Class 5A) Farmington at least a share of its first Missota Conference title since the 2008 season.

By Matt Steichen , October 12, 2012

Halftime Update: Tigers lead, 24-7

The seventh-ranked Farmington football team has scored on all four of its possessions and leads Holy Angels 24-7 in a battle between two teams tied atop the Missota Conference.

By Matt Steichen , October 12, 2012

The Tigers suffered their first loss Friday at Chanhassen

Six turnovers and a slew of costly penalties dropped fourth-ranked (Class 5A) Farmington from the ranks of the unbeaten at chilly Chanhassen Friday night.

By Matt Steichen , October 10, 2012

Week 6: Tigers dealt first loss

The fourth-ranked Farmington football team was handed its first loss of the season 28-3 Friday night at Chanhassen.

By Matt Steichen , October 05, 2012

Football: Tigers move up to No. 4 in state rankings

The Farmington football team jumped from sixth to fourth in the latest Class 5A poll after defeating Chaska 27-23 last Friday.

By Matt Steichen , October 03, 2012

A Homecoming cliffhanger for the Farmington Tigers

Friday night’s Homecoming football game at Tiger Stadium had all the elements of a climactic scene in a cliché-filled sports movie. There were high stakes — the Tigers entered undefeated and ranked sixth in the state — a couple of lead changes, a few big plays and a drama-filled final drive that brought the entire game down to one final play.

By Matt Steichen , October 03, 2012