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The music departments for both Carrington Elementary and Junior High/High Schools let their holiday cheer shine through at their respective Christmas Concerts, held Thursday, December 1 and Tuesday, December 6. Student musicians from Kindergarten through ninth-12th grade provided wondrous melodies, ranging from the humorous to the introspective to the sacred. More photos from the concert are available for viewing or purchase on the Independent's photo web site at transcript.smugmug.com, under...
The initial measuring stick for the nascent Carrington girls' wrestling program came at the Knights of Columbus Tournament at Jamestown High School's Jerry Meyer Arena Saturday, December 3. And if finishing third place to a combined squad of the three West Fargo high schools and the Jamestown Blue Jays (both Class A programs) by just nine total points was any indicator, it was a smashing success. The Cards scored 97 points at the K of C to outstride Des Lacs-Burlington in fourth and end the day...
Thirteen total Carrington wrestlers made their way onto the mats for the Velva Invitational, and the team came away with a seventh-place showing over the two-day meet held Friday-Saturday, December 2-3 in Velva. Carrington scored 223 points at the meet, won by Northern Lights with 294. Bishop Ryan finished second, host Velva third, and HWC came in fourth. The Cardinal boys had one champion, Trace Hoggarth at 126 pounds. Hoggarth got pins in his first four matches all the way to the finals, where...
The Carrington junior high wrestling team competed at the Velva Invitational over the weekend of Friday-Saturday, December 2-3. Winners in their brackets included Gabe Inglish (first at sixth grade 71-77 pounds) and Billy Jorgensen (sixth grade 149-165), while runner-up finishes went to Isaiah Oatis (sixth, 103-113) and Kirby Freeman (junior high, 194-211). Full results from Cardinal wrestlers at the tournament are as follows: Velva Invitational Junior High Results 6th 71-77 - Gabe Inglish -...
The M-P-B Thunder put the opening brushstrokes on the canvas of what they hope is a great girls' basketball season with a pair of victories. In Glenfield Thursday, December 1, the Thunder doubled up on the Griggs/Midkota Titans, 60-30, and boarded the bus for the Linton Shootout the next day to take a 48-33 win over the Warriors of Standing Rock Community High School. In both games, junior guard Allison Thomas was the top scorer. Thomas had 18 points in the win at Linton, and finished with 11...
A potential seismic shift in the landscape of North Dakota high school basketball, as many have known it for more than half a century, has cleared a crucial hurdle. At the regular meeting of the North Dakota High School Activities Association (NDHSAA) board on Thursday, December 1, the governing body unanimously voted to formally accept a plan for a proposed three-class system that could be implemented by the 2024-25 school year, and possibly as early as 2023-24 if all preparations are in...
Carrington organizations and businesses were on parade down Main Street Monday for Christmas Around the Town. Here are the highlights, including the entries that earned prizes from the judges....
Following just over 40 years of dedication to the educational side of the agricultural industry, Agronomy Research Specialist Steve Zwinger has formally announced his retirement. The Sykeston native's final day on the job at North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center was this past Thursday, December 1, as a reception was held in his honor at NDSU CREC. "Over many years, there have been so many opportunities to work with a wide variety of great people," said Zwinger. "It...
Voters in the Pingree-Buchanan school district rejected a $4.5 million bond referendum that would have approved an addition to the elementary school complex in Buchanan. After the votes were tabulated Monday night, November 21, just 48 percent (75 votes) were in favor of the addition, compared to 52 percent (81 votes) against. Those are unofficial numbers, and the official tally will be confirmed once the P-B school board completes the canvassing process. The referendum fell short of the 60...
Young carolers from Milestones Early Learning Center in Carrington showed their Christmas spirit by singing for customers at Bremer Bank Monday afternoon, November 28. Some performers were more enthusiastic about spreading holiday cheer than others, if one is to infer anything from the right side of this photo....
Carrington's boys wrestling team started off the dual portion of their 2022-23 schedule at Tornado Alley in Oakes Tuesday evening, November 22. When the last matches were in the books, the Tornadoes came out on top, 46-25, thanks to the home squad taking the last five matches with three pins, a forfeit and a decision. The Cards kept the dual close in the lower to middle weights, and earned pins from Dru Carr (120 pounds), defending state champion Trace Hoggarth (126) and Kael Kovar (160) for 18...
The Al Larson Carrington Invitational boys and girls wrestling tournament will be held Friday, December 9 (duals) and Saturday, December 10 (individual brackets), at Carrington High School. Action will start on Friday at 4 p.m. with Carrington taking on Pembina County North on the south mat at the East Gym, and New Salem-Almont facing Napoleon on the north mat. In the West Gym, Minot faces Bishop Ryan on the south mat, and the north mat features Bismarck Legacy taking on South Border in a...
The Carrington wrestling dual versus Hillsboro/Central Valley last Tuesday night, November 29, marked the first time that a Cardinal girls' wrestler took the mat in front of the home crowd against another girl in sanctioned varsity competition. Before the start of the boys' dual with the Burros, Mercedes Lura faced off with HCV's Crystal Magnuson, and would eventually emerge victorious with a pin. After the conclusion of the meet, Kylie Skadberg (not pictured) also got to wrestle against...
Carrington got their 2022-23 girls' basketball season going on the right foot with a good first quarter defensively, and kept up the pressure to take an 18-point win in Velva Tuesday night, November 29. In the 49-31 victory, the Cards hounded the Aggies into 31 turnovers though they committed 27 themselves, and maintained a healthy rebounding advantage to give themselves second-chance opportunities. "We had good effort on the boards, and hit some shots from the arc to build and maintain the...
For the Carrington girls' basketball program, campaigns like they had this past season haven't been standard operating procedure. 2021-22 was a rare "off" year by the team's standards, as they finished just two games over the .500 mark at 12-10 and took a 47-35 first-round loss to eventual Region 3 champion Linton-HMB to end their season. Andy Braaten, with a career record of 416-137, begins his 24th year behind the Cardinal bench, and hopes that the experiences of last season can spur the...
From the start of its current ownership in 1997, Summit Physical Therapy and Sports Performance has grown from one provider, owner Kyle Smith, to four full-time physical therapists (PTs) and three other part-time employees. Now, his son, Brady, has followed in his father's footsteps and joined the Summit team as a full-time provider. The younger Smith is a 2015 graduate of CHS, and attended Valley City State to earn his undergraduate degrees in biology and health science in 2019. He then...
Harvey/Wells County senior wide receiver/linebacker Gabe Allmaras has been honored with selection to the Second Team of the North Dakota High School Coaches Association (NDHSCA) Class 11B All-State Football Team. Gabe, the son of Donny and Kristen Allmaras of rural Bremen, finished with statistics of 41 receptions for 558 yards and three touchdowns on offense in 2022. Defensively, he had 45 solo tackles and 49 assist tackles for the Hornets, three sacks and four tackles for loss. Notable selecti...
Carrington finished their 3-5 regular season in 2022 by getting four players named to the Class 11B All-Region 2 Football team, and three more were designated as Honorable Mentions. Making the top team for the Cards were junior Brock Jungels, senior Kael Kovar, senior Hudson Topp and junior Logan Weninger. In addition, Honorable Mention players for CHS included sophomore Josh Bickett, junior Carson Ova and junior Grady Shipman. A full list of All-Region 2 players are as follows: First Team/Hon....
The Carrington wrestling programs began their season with the two-day Minot Early Bird Tournament Friday and Saturday, November 18-19. It marked the debut of the Cardinal girls' program, and the newly-baptized by fire contingent did quite well with three first-place finishes. All winning their brackets for the girls were Paige Studdard (125), Khendra Garcia (140) and Trisa Schroeder (145). Runner-up performances went to Kennedy Wendel, with just a loss to Schroeder at 145, and Ashley Lindberg in...
A groundswell of support for adding girls wrestling at Carrington High School, to bookend the longstanding Class B power boys program, started with one girl in particular speaking up. When junior Taya Lura, the younger sister of two past CHS state champions, Riley and Brecken, approached her fellow classmates about starting a varsity team, they listened. Eighteen interested participants later, the Cardinal mat girls are ready to step under the center light and into the circle this winter for the...
The enormity of the potential accomplishment for the Carrington Cardinal volleyball team was close at hand. Down two sets to the back-to-back reigning state champions in Linton-HMB, the Cards pulled off a comeback for the ages in the third and fourth sets, and were up 5-1 in the decisive fifth set, 10 points shy of the biggest, or at least the most emotional, victory in program history. However, the big game experience of the Lions shone through on the next critical seven point-run, capped by...
It isn't very often that the Carrington boys wrestlers have had to start mostly from the drawing board coming into a season. That is what awaits longtime Head Coach Josh Kerbaugh and his team as they hit the mats for the 2022-23 campaign. "On paper, this will be a rebuilding year, but we look forward to dealing with the hand we've been dealt," Kerbaugh said. "We graduated two state champions [Brecken Lura and Michael Clifton] and a runner-up [Matthew Duchscherer], so our young guys will have to...
It all came together at the end of the year for the Carrington volleyball team. Two straight wins over Strasburg-Zeeland and LaMoure/Litchville-Marion at the Region 3 Tournament at Napoleon have the Cardinals on the cusp of their first state tournament appearance since 2013. "The girls are playing strong and fearless," said Head Coach Megan Trautman. "They're working so well together, enjoying each and every moment, and just really buckling down on defense. We've had a good flow defensively, and...
It can be downright difficult to make a name for yourself in the ultra-competitive Region 3, but the M-P-B Thunder certainly tried. Coming into play for the penultimate tournament before the State B event in Bismarck, a grand total of six different teams had at least 22 victories before they stepped on the court at Napoleon High School last Monday. The Thunder were matched up with District 5 runner-up Oakes in the nightcap November 7, and every last ounce of fight that M-P-B squeezed out...
Carrington's Pitcrew youth wrestling program made the long trip down to Denver, Colo., to participate in the Monster Match Nationals tournament, held at the National Western Events Center Saturday, November 5. The Pitcrew had one individual champion, Landin Clifton, at the event. Clifton won the nine-and-under (9U) 77-lb. weight class in Denver. Other placers at the event were as follows: • Nic Garber: third place, 12U 130 lbs. • Gabe Clifton: fourth place, 13U 116 lbs. • Charles Jorge...
