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The emergence of another offensive option for the Carrington volleyball team could make them more dangerous down the road. Sophomore Calleigh Hewitt made a believer out of the Thompson Tommies, swinging for 14 kills in the Cardinals' 3-0 sweep at Thompson Thursday evening, September 5. As has become usual in their victories, the Cards had offensive distribution throughout the rotation. Isabel Wendel was among seven different CHS players to record a kill, finishing with eight, and she and second...
Violet Bohl's 1,000th career assist was the individual highlight for the Medina/Pingree-Buchanan Thunder in a three-set sweep over NR-S, 25-15, 25-13 and 25-23, Tuesday night, September 10, in the PBHS Gym. The Rockets were playing just their second match of the season, and fell to 0-2 with the loss. Both defeats came to Region 3 teams, as they fell to Oakes in their September 5 season opener. Ava Peterson led NR-S with 12 kills, and also was the top blocker with four. Other statistical leaders...
Griggs/Midkota pushed unbeaten Benson County to the brink of defeat on Thursday, September 5, but couldn't quite close out the Wildcats in Binford in a five-set loss, 15-25, 25-19, 14-25, 25-15 and 11-15. Two Titan players had double figures in kills, led by 12 from Kelsey Johnson and 10 more courtesy of Vanessa Vollmer. Alette Adrian additionally had a stout supporting effort with eight kills, and had three blocks along with Johnson. Emma McCullough had 39 assists in the marathon match, and...
The eighth edition of the Grahams Island Invitational cross country meet was held at the state park west of Devils Lake Saturday, September 7, and hosted by the DLHS Firebirds. Carrington and NR-S were the local teams in attendance at the event, which featured 11 schools and some of the top runners in the central portion of the state. Kenadie Pazdernik took home fourth place in the 5,000-meter varsity girls' division in 21:04.13, behind race winner Hannah Senechal of Rugby (20:07.42) and Devils...
Got some moldy oldie taking up space in the attic? Are you one who loves to let your creativity and quirkiness shine? Don't worry, the organizers of Carrington's annual JunkFest won't judge you. In fact, indulgence in the art of vintage recycling and repurposing those otherwise-forgotten items is right up their alley. Twenty years since the first JunkFest was held in Cassie Smith's garage and yard, the celebration of all things funky, different and salvageable has expanded to one of the...
Long bus rides can occasionally make a team too comfortable. And when the Beulah Miners proceeded to give Carrington a few haymakers, it was time for the Cardinals to respond in kind. Even with those early bouts of adversity, the Cards made enough big plays and sustained drives to hold off Beulah, 32-18, and become Class A Region 2's last remaining undefeated team after two weeks going into the league schedule. It was CHS's first win over the Miners in a span of 14 seasons, following a...
Even while giving up some big plays and sustained drives in the first half, the Griggs/Midkota Titan coaching staff infused their charges with confidence in the halftime huddle. The Titans found themselves behind by just four points at the gun to the Sargent County Bulldogs, but did the job in the second half to get a gutty 28-26 win. "I was really proud of these guys, as they fought hard for this one," G-M Coach Ryan Dockter said. "At the end of the day, I know we wanted it more than they...
The Carrington volleyball team opened their 2024 slate in fine fashion, taking a 25-10, 25-21 and 25-17 sweep over the HWC Hornets Tuesday, September 3, in the East Gym. CHS had depth up and down their rotation on offense, finishing with 32 total kills. Senior Mercedes Lura led that balance with seven kills, while sophomores Calleigh Hewitt and Harper Kollman both accounted for six each. The setting combo of Isabel Wendel and Brynn Smith finished with 21 assists for the Cards, and the two were...
Medina/Pingree-Buchanan got a challenge from the Griggs/Midkota Titans in set one in a two-point win, but took the next two games by 25-18 scores to open best-of-5 regulation match play in Glenfield Tuesday, September 3. Both the Thunder and Titans were in action at the Northern Cass Tournament on August 31 (see related article on this page). The Tuesday results improved M-P-B's record to 4-2, while G-M fell to 2-3 with the defeat. Senior Maddie Gefroh put her left swinging arm to good use for...
The M-P-B Thunder and Griggs/Midkota Titans started their respective seasons in Hunter Saturday, August 31, at the always-tough Northern Cass Tournament. M-P-B won two of their three pool play matches in Pool A, defeating Wyndmere/Lidgerwood in three sets (25-18, 20-25, 15-12) and District 6 rival Kidder County in two (25-18, 25-16). They also played host and defending Class B champion Northern Cass to a stalemate, dropping set one, 19-25, before taking a 25-22 win in set two and falling,...
Carrington hosted their home cross country meet Tuesday afternoon, September 3, at CrossRoads Golf Club. The hot temperatures, which got into the low 90's at times, were a draining factor for the runners, but there were still some strong performances. Kenadie Pazdernik finished in second place in the varsity girls' race for CHS and Griggs/Midkota's Kadence Spickler was third, while in the junior varsity/junior high division, Kahri Kollman took the victory for the Cards. JV/JH boys high placers...
Sitting in a Fargo hospital room, young Sandy Holden delivered a baby boy on October 14, 1971. Her only secure option at that time was to relinquish that brown-eyed babe to a loving family, and give both mother and child the opportunity for a better life apart from each other. Nearly 53 years later, a red Kia Optima with Ohio plates rolled up to Sandy Trader's front curb on 5th St. North in Carrington Tuesday evening, August 27, and out stepped that boy. Steve Goetz, a Hettinger native who has...
Jane Munson is a citizen of the world, and her travels have taken her from growing up in China, to California, and most recently to North Dakota. Munson has been hired as the new preschool teacher at Milestones Early Learning, LLC, in Carrington, and brings a wealth of teaching experience to the daycare provider located on 530 Joal Drive. She looks forward to getting to know the children of the Central City, and is anxious to steer her students towards a lifetime of learning. "The activities we...
In just one half of football, Ryder Bickett put Carrington fans in an ecstatic mood for what the 6'2" tight end is capable of providing the Cardinal offense if he has a full season. Bickett had three touchdown receptions of 38, 70 and 25 yards, with those plays representing his 133 yards of offense in the Cards' 34-0 season-opening win over the Southern McLean Roughriders Friday, August 23, at Cardinal Stadium. His cousin, quarterback Josh Bickett, was also on fire in the passing game,...
Cross country teams from throughout the state descended on the venue that will host both the first and last meets for many programs. Carrington and Griggs/Midkota were two of the Independent-area teams in action at the 'Orr'iginals Invitational at Parkhurst Recreation Area Saturday, August 24. The course will also be the site of the state Class A and B meets in late October. At the 'Orr'iginals, CHS senior Kenadie Pazdernik hit the finish line for a top-10 run in a fraction of a second past 21...
The Griggs/Midkota Titans got off to a slow start against the LaMoure/Litchville-Marion Loboes at LaMoure's Townsend Field, and went home with a 40-8 loss. Cole Vincent scored the only touchdown for the Titans in the fourth quarter on a 3-yard run. Brady Dewald added the two-point conversion. L-L-M quarterback Mason Warcken tossed four touchdown passes, two each going to Gunner Thielges and Owen Lesko. Thielges also added a 90-yard touchdown run. G-M is coached again this year by Ryan Dockter,...
With the move to three-division volleyball starting next year, the time is now for Carrington to make a lasting impression on District 5 and Region 3. The Cardinals finished at 25-10 last season, fourth in the region, and are aiming to end an 11-year state Class B tournament drought. Coach Megan Trautman may have the squad to do that this season, as she has seven seniors who have plenty of court and big match experience. "We have been working on settling into a groove so far with new assistant...
New signage from JK Designs adorns the entrance to the East Gym as Caitlin Good greets students at the start of the 2024-25 school year Tuesday morning, August 20, at Carrington Public School....
A play here and a play there in three games separated the Carrington football team from the "good enough" tier to positioning themselves into Class A's upper echelon. Even with those setbacks, the Cardinals still managed to accomplish their goal of a home playoff game with a 6-3 regular season record, the second Region 2 seed and the chance to knock off visiting Oakes in round one last October. That didn't quite come to pass, as they fell in 27-21 fashion to the Tornadoes and finished with six...
An even 25 athletes for Carrington High School, 16 girls and nine boys, will put their toes to the starting line for the sound of the pistol and another fall cross country season. Coach Josh Kerbaugh's team returns a solid base for the girls' squad to have meet success, while the boys' team will largely be untested and out to prove themselves. CHS brings back one of the state's top runners on the girls' side in senior Kenadie Pazdernik. The three-time All-Stater and last year's East Region champ...
If the Carrington girls' golf team needed a statement for a recruitment push, Molly Hansen may have just provided it. The Cardinal junior shot an 18-hole score of 84 at the first Region 2 individual qualifier at CrossRoads Monday, August 19, to achieve an automatic berth to the State 'B' Tournament at Fargo Country Club September 30 and October 1. Hansen had identical scores of 42 on both the front and back nine holes to finish in a tie for eighth overall. Sister Cally Hansen played a nine-hole...
BY ERIK GJOVIK For two new Carrington Public School District teachers, it's become second nature to know what the other is doing, and to coordinate their actions toward a shared beneficial outcome. In the fourth grade at Carrington Elementary, new teachers McKenzie Johnson and Kadyn Mehring have lived the bonds of growing up together in the Central City, childhood-long friendship, and a goal of teamwork as educators, forged through their successes on the same court in Cardinal athletics. "I was...
Carrington, Griggs/Midkota, HWC and Medina/Pingree-Buchanan are busy in preparation for another successful year on the field, course, floor, and the track in 2024-25. First out of the gates are the athletes giving their all for the upcoming fall sports season, which includes football, volleyball, cross country and girls' golf. Carrington The Cardinals officially started the season way back on Friday, August 9, when the golf squad started play at a meet in Casselton following just four days of...
This season, the Carrington girls golf program will be represented in full by a “sister act.” Molly Hansen, along with younger sister, Cally, are the Cards’ golfers for fall 2024. The elder Hansen got her season going at the Casselton tournament on Friday, August 9, shooting scores of 48 on the front nine and 44 on the back for 92 strokes and a tie for seventh place. Oak Grove’s Josie Brantner won the meet, shooting 79. Today (August 19), both sisters are expected to be in action at CrossRo...
+++ "Nothing you wear is more important than your smile." - Connie Stevens +++ Brianna Eli's current school, Michigan State University, had something to say on the subject of smiling back in November, 2015. "It really does take more muscles to frown, about 47 of them. And for smiling, we only use about 13," wrote Jodi Schulz of the MSU Extension that year. But what if health circumstances suddenly dictated that you might not be able to smile in a normal manner for the rest of your life? Or to...
