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For Trish (Omoth) Kutz of New Rockford, now living in Williston, running for her health, and later for competition, has served as a type of mental therapy. The 2004 NRHS graduate has withstood personal tragedy on her way to becoming a marathoner, and this past September 28, staked her claim to compete in one of the biggest races in the world. Via e-mail message, Kutz learned that she qualified for the Boston Marathon, to be held on Monday, April 15, known as Patriots' Day to the locals on the...
Every time the Devils Lake Firebirds took the ball down the floor, it seemed like they'd convert on their possessions in 10 seconds or less. And the Carrington Cardinals were largely powerless to stop it, meaning their season came to a painful conclusion at the Region 2 Tournament at the Lewy Lee Fieldhouse at Mayville State University Monday night, March 4. The Firebirds shot a blistering 25-for-35 in the first half for 71 percent, and kept the pressure on into the third quarter to hit the...
The final statistics for the Carrington girls basketball team for the 2023-24 season have been revealed. This year's iteration of the Cardinals finished with a 17-8 record in their first season in the new Division A, finishing third place in both the Region 2 regular season and tournament, and advancing to the state qualifying game. There, they fell to Region 1 runner-up Valley City, 62-56. Senior Madison Johnson was the top scorer at 11.2 points per game, followed by junior Edyn Hoornaert...
From his home kitchen, Alfred Eggermont has developed a special talent for culinary excellence that is uncommon for a boy of eleven years old. And the world will get the chance to see the Griggs County Central Elementary student's abilities under the pressure of time constraints, teamwork, and the withering criticism and commentary of four judges. Oh, and there's that $100,000 top prize, too. Eggermont is one of a dozen finalists competing for the nation's top young chef on "MasterChef Junior",...
One year ago, the Valley City Hi-Liners were languishing in the second division of the former Class A's Eastern Dakota Conference (EDC), finishing as the ninth seed with a 6-16 record and losing in the play-in round. What a difference a new classification, and a talented freshman in the mix, makes. The Hi-Liners maximized their size advantage and physicality inside and on the wings to quash Carrington's bid for a state tournament with a 62-56 win Saturday, February 24, in the newly-created...
By virtue of a second-quarter surge, the Carrington girls ensured themselves of one shot to snag a state Division A Tournament spot Thursday night, February 22. Like the previous two matchups with Four Winds-Minnewaukan, their Region 2 third place game transpired with no team gaining a clear advantage, at least until the second eight minutes rolled around. Two three-pointers by Isabel Wendel and one more from Madison Johnson provided CHS with the breathing room sorely needed, and they largely...
The Griggs/Midkota Titans had grand designs for a Region 2 tournament berth, but an upstart semifinal opponent sprang the upset for a Cinderella run to the finals in District 4 Boys Basketball Tournament action from Larimore February 23, 26 and 28. G-M took a 62-53 win over the Hatton/Northwood Thunder as part of first round play, with senior Latrell Rainey's 19 points sparking the Titan offense. Kyle Johnson (13 points) and Isaac Stadler (11) contributed good supporting efforts, and Will...
M-P-B's aim of getting back to the state tournament came to a premature end at the District 2 Tournament in Jamestown. The Thunder boys took losses of 55-46 to LaMoure/Litchville-Marion on Friday, February 23, and Linton-HMB, 60-44 last Tuesday, to finish their 2023-24 season with a 12-10 record. In between, Coach Bob Young's boys stayed afloat with a 61-37 win over Kidder County in loser-out play Monday, February 26. Terek Kinzell was the only double-figure scorer in the opening loss to the...
At long last, the journey of the regular season for the Carrington Cardinals has come to a conclusion. Two more Region 2 games were on the docket before the start of tournaments beginning today (March 4) in Mayville, as the Cards were in action for two road tilts in Grafton and Devils Lake. The first night, February 23, witnessed the second-ranked Spoilers rev up the gas for 67 points in the first three quarters, before putting it in neutral and cruising to a 79-44 win over visiting CHS. One...
When Jamestown Blue Jay 152-pound senior Grady Anderson stepped into the circle at the Fargodome for the Class A individual boys wrestling championship match Friday night, February 16, he was continuing a family tradition. The grandson of Gary and Bernardine Anderson of Carrington represented the final scion of a familial run of success that may never be duplicated, at least around this area. With his 5-4 victory over Sawyer Carr of West Fargo Sheyenne, Grady completed a dominant 39-1 season,...
The Carrington Cardinals performed about as well as they could have done in the State Class B Individual Boys Wrestling Tournament. Behind a state championship performance from 152-pound junior Corbin Clifton, and six total wrestlers earning placement, the Cards scored 85.5 points to earn fifth place behind a very-loaded top four in the team standings. South Border scored 185 points to win their first individual Class B title in a 10-year span, and their fifth in the Ashley/Wishek co-op...
Khendra Garcia and Ashley Lindberg got on the doorstep of greatness in their second year of varsity wrestling for the Carrington Cardinal girls. Garcia, at 130 pounds, and Lindberg, at 250, reached the state championship match in their weight classes at the one-class State Individual Girls Wrestling Tournament Thursday-Friday, February 16-17, at the Fargodome. As a team, the Cards tied for 11th place with Valley City, scoring 58 points. Bismarck won their second championship in girls...
With a novel three-tiered divisional alignment system comes a whole new way of approaching the postseason. A loss in the regional tournament, provided it's after the quarterfinal round, does not necessarily mean the end of the road if state competition is in the cards. The Carrington girls basketball team got past the opening round of play with a 59-39 victory last Monday night, February 19, over the Hillsboro/Central Valley Burros at the Region 2 Tournament from Mayville State University's Lewy...
The long slog of Division A competition, featuring a top three in Region 2 taking turns running roughshod over the bottom three, meant that victories have been hard to come by for the Carrington boys this season. So, they met up with an old Class B, Region 3 rival from just down Highway 281, and renewed pleasantries with the M-P-B Thunder. The Cards owned the odd-numbered quarters, but the Thunder "evened" things up with their performances in the second and final periods. And, despite not...
A game of runs ended up in the win column for the Griggs/Midkota Titan boys basketball team, as they left Midway High School with a hard-fought 63-62 win over the Midway/Minto Mustangs in action featuring teams who could possibly meet in the Region 2 tournament. Four players hit for double figures for the Titans, now 10-9, in the regular season finale. G-M's three senior leaders, James Woodstead (18 points), Latrell Rainey (15) and Kyle Johnson (13) led the way, while junior Isaac Stadler had...
The collective memory of how the Four Winds-Minnewaukan Lady Indians' four-point loss to Carrington happened earlier this season served them well this time around. This time, the Indians matched the Cards free throw for free throw, and made use of early offensive fireworks to hold on for their own win by a four-point margin, 60-56, in Fort Totten Monday night, February 12. FW-M led by as much as 13 points late in the first half, 26-13, before the Cards made a game of it in the second half and...
A season of improvement for the Griggs/Midkota Titans came to an end at the District 4 Tournament in New Rockford, as they went 1-2 in their outings to finish the year at 8-15. The Titans got out to a slow start in their opening round matchup with third seed NR-S on Friday, February 9, and fell to the Rockets, 44-32. For the entire first half and part of the third quarter, just one player, Jessa Spickler, had points for G-M in the contest. She would lead the Titans with 19 points, including...
The M-P-B Thunder's season ended with a loss to Linton-HMB, 48-33, in the regional qualifying round at the District 2 Girls Basketball Tournament in Jamestown. Earlier, the Thunder fell in first round action, 60-30, to LaMoure/Litchville-Marion, and staved off elimination with a 44-19 win over Strasburg-Zeeland. Statistics, along with the All-District 2 Team members, will be published next week....
It doesn't come often when an opponent comes to a road gym and his name is on all spectators' lips, down to the youngsters. But that's the kind of presence 6'5" senior All-State forward Deng Deng brings to the floor every night for the Four Winds-Minnewaukan Indians. The UND football commit scored about every way possible for the running-and-gunning Indians, including elevating an eye-popping two-handed slam dunk. His talented FW-M teammates fed off that energy, riding their trademark pressing...
The Medina/Pingree-Buchanan Thunder righted themselves a bit after a four-loss stretch in five games, taking wins of 56-44 and 45-42 over Strasburg-Zeeland and Oakes in weekly action from February 8 and 13. M-P-B's victory over the Clippers in Strasburg came in District 2 play, and concluded their league schedule with a record of 4-4. They currently occupy the fourth spot in the district seeding race, per the standings from ndhsaanow.com. Statistics from the win over S-Z were not available at...
Senior Kyle Johnson had a big game with 20 points, and the Griggs/Midkota Titans got another District 4 win over Benson County, 65-42, in action from Glenfield last Tuesday night, February 13. The Titans got back to even in the win-loss column at 9-9 overall and 2-3 in the district, while the Wildcats fell to 6-11 and 3-4. In getting the victory, Johnson had plenty of support from teammates Latrell Rainey (13 points) and James Woodstead (11). Benson County's Macyn Olson had 14 points, while...
The two gyms at Carrington Public Schools were rocking from all the excitement, as the Cardinals hosted both of the East Region individual wrestling tournaments Friday and Saturday, February 9-10. The one-class girls tournament was up first on the agenda, and the Cards emerged with a sixth-place finish (121 points) and seven state qualifiers. Topping the list was 130-pound champion and sophomore Khendra Garcia, who earned the number two overall seed for the state individuals in Fargo with a 39-5...
Even without the use of language, Alex VanRay can "say" more with a smile, hug and an exuberant yell than one could possibly imagine. The son of Matt and Jane VanRay of rural Pingree can't help being the gifted dispenser of joy that he is. "Whether it's at a ball game, at church or at the grocery store, Alex seems to seek people out and give them a wave, laugh or big hug," says Jane, his mom. "It seems like so many people know Alex and help look out for him." Alex lives with a condition called...
The second year of varsity girls wrestling at CHS is progressing very similarly to the first one. While the novelty of the opening campaign delivering a state dual tournament berth was exciting, many anticipated what the Cardinals would do for an encore in 2024. And the team did their fans and coaches proud with another second-place finish at the East Region Dual Tournament, held at Central Cass High School Friday, February 2. The Cards entered the competition as the number three seed, and took...
