High School Football: Farmington downs White Bear Lake

White Bear Lake was inside the red zone trailing by six in the fourth quarter when star quarterback Oluwatomi Animasaun sustained an injury that forced him to exit the contest on fourth down That left the Bears with their backup signal caller in a must-convert situation But it was a Farmington star making the game-altering play in the clutch moment Minnesota-Duluth commit Dylan Sather intercepted a desperation pass at the goal-line and returned it yards for a figure shedding multiple prospective tacklers along the way to put the Tigers up - in the final frame Farmington then forced a stop and proceeded to march its ensuing drive down for a chip-shot field goal with minutes to go to secure a - triumph and move to - on the season for the first time since The Tigers led for much of the night utilizing an intriguing offense in which it has four players in the backfield out of a shotgun formation Multiple different players could take the ball on any single snap with various foreseen handoffs and pulling linemen Farmington is running the ball -plus times per challenge and Friday was no different The Tigers scored on their first drive of the night as Christopher Rehak ran in a -yard amount But White Bear Lake s defensive front held up relatively well for much of the night from there keeping the Bears in the tournament White Bear Lake s dynamic offense seemed to be inches away from a big play for much of the night with deep passing glancing off the fingertips of receivers at various points Farmington s defense has now held each of its last two opponents to single-digit scoring outputs