FOOTBALL

Football: No-huddle takes Chan by Storm

The Tigers overcame an 11-point deficit to end their nine-game losing skid, 17-14

By Matt Steichen , September 21, 2011

Tigers rally for first victory, 17-14

A switch to the no-huddle offense sparked two second-half touchdown drives and the Farmington defense held Chanhassen scoreless over the final 24 minutes of a 17-14 victory Friday night at Tiger Stadium.

By Matt Steichen , September 16, 2011

Football: Tigers start slow, can't rally against Red Wing

In last week's season opener, Farmington played well in the first half before a poor second half resulted in a seven-point road loss to Rochester Mayo. The Tigers continued their inconsistent play Friday night, falling behind 19-0 at Red Wing in an eventual 27-19 Missota Conference road setback. It was Farmington's first loss to Red Wing since October of 2004.

By Matt Steichen , September 14, 2011

Football, Week 2: Slow start dooms Tigers, 27-19

In last week's season opener, Farmington played well in the first half before a poor second half resulted in a seven-point road loss to Rochester Mayo. The Tigers continued their inconsistent play Friday night, falling behind 19-0 at Red Wing in an eventual 27-19 Missota Conference road setback. It was Farmington's first loss to Red Wing since October of 2004.

By Matt Steichen , September 09, 2011

Football: Three-touchdown lead disappears as Tigers fall to Mayo

A fast start and a career night from junior quarterback Darren Beenken weren’t enough to get Farmington a victory in its season opener Friday night in Rochester. Beenken threw for four touchdowns and helped the Tigers build a 21-0 lead by the middle of the second quarter, but Rochester Mayo responded with five straight touchdown drives and came from behind for a 35-28 victory over its Section 1AAAAA rivals.

By Matt Steichen , September 08, 2011

Football: Tigers prepare for Mayo with scrimmage at Lakeville North

The Farmington football team prepared for tomorrow night’s season opener at Rochester Mayo by taking on three teams in a scrimmage Saturday at Lakeville North. The Tigers faced Lakeville North first, then took on North St. Paul before finishing with a matchup against Armstrong.

By Matt Steichen , August 31, 2011

Football: Speed shows in football team's Ironman competition

Farmington strength and conditioning coach Scott Meier had good news and bad news to report from the Tiger football team’s annual season-opening Ironman competition. The bad news: The top performers didn’t score as well as in years past. The good news: The scores from the bottom half of the 67 athletes who completed the seven-event skills competition were higher than ever.

By Matt Steichen , August 17, 2011

Practices get under way for FHS fall sports

The weather is cooler, the days are shorter and the Dakota County Fair has come and gone. Fall is on the way, and that means the start of a new sports season. At Farmington High School, fall sports teams kicked off practices this week. Check out our gallery of photos from early action.

August 17, 2011

Deadline is Aug. 15 to register for Farmington Youth Football

The deadline for registering for Farmington Youth Football is Monday, Aug. 15. The program provides youth in grades 1-6 an opportunity to experience the game of tackle football, learn skills, build teamwork and develop good sportsmanship. Practice begins Aug. 29 and registrations must be received by Aug. 15 in order to coordinate teams and schedules. Registration and information is also available online at www.farmingtonCE.com or at the Farmington Community Education office at 6100 195th Street W., Farmington, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. or at 651-460-3200.

August 10, 2011

Farmington Youth Football looking for coaches, refs

Farmington Youth Football is looking for volunteers to assist with coaching and persons interested in refereeing.

July 20, 2011

Football: Tiger offense lets it fly at Dakota Dome

Farmington head football coach Mark Froehling was pleased with the progress his spread offense made over the course of last season. Playing the pass-friendly style for the first time in Froehling’s 11th season, the traditionally run-heavy Tigers bounced back from back-to-back shutout losses in Weeks 3 and 4 by scoring 77 points over their final five games.

By Matt Steichen , July 20, 2011

Registration for community ed youth football opens July 1

Farmington Community Education will open registration online for the fall youth football program beginning July 1. The program provides youth in grades 1-6 an opportunity to experience the game of tackle football, learn skills, build teamwork and develop good sportsmanship. Practice begins Aug. 29 and deadline for registration is Aug. 15.

June 29, 2011

Farmington's Eich, Rosemount's Vogler heroes in Minnesota-Duluth's D-II championship

Two area players had a big impact on Saturday's Division II national championship football game in Florence, Ala. Rosemount graduate Chase Vogler was an offensive hero at quarterback and Farmington alum Cody Eich made the defensive play of the game as the University of Minnesota-Duluth rallied to complete an undefeated 15-0 season with a 20-17 victory over Delta State.

By Matt Steichen , December 18, 2010

Football: Froehling liked Tigers’ effort and improvement during 2010 season

Mark Froehling was far from discouraged by his football team’s first one-win season since 1982. In fact, the veteran Farmington head coach was more than pleased with the effort and improvement his team showed — as well as the lessons it learned — while playing to a record of 1-8.

By Matt Steichen , November 09, 2010

Column: When Farmington goes viral

We as a society have become increasingly accustomed to a daily onslaught of videos of people we will never actually meet. We can hardly check our e-mail or scan our Facebook pages anymore without seeing a video of a sneezing kitten, a dog running into a wall or some unfortunate guy getting whacked in his privates, a home-video favorite since well before Bob Saget was televising crotch-related tragedies for all the country to see.

By Nathan Hansen , November 06, 2010