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Top photo: HWC quarterback Isaac Friese lines up in shotgun formation for the snap as part of the 11-Man East Team in the North Dakota Shrine Bowl, held Saturday, June 18, at Mayville State University. Bottom: Receiver Alex Erickson runs a route for the East squad. Each of the eastern teams took a win, 14-10 (11-Man) and 14-0 (9-man)....
It isn't a district game when Carrington's and New Rockford's Babe Ruth baseball programs meet up with each other, but the competitive juices don't flow any less. The home-standing Black Sox overcame an early 4-2 hole with three runs in the bottom of the fourth, and held the Redbirds off the scoreboard for the final four innings in a 5-4 victory early Tuesday afternoon, June 21. New Rockford's mid-game rally made a winner out of Skye Kramlich. The Sox righty allowed five Redbird hits in a...
Riders with the Fuller Center for Housing's Bike Adventure, a cross-country tour from Oregon to Maine, finished their 53-mile stage from Harvey to Carrington Thursday afternoon, June 16, and stopped to rest at Trinity Lutheran Church. The tour aims to raise awareness for the plight of people who currently live in housing at near-or-below poverty levels, and to raise money for new home construction for such persons....
Summer baseball for the Carrington American Legion Post 25 Redbirds kicked off at City Park Wednesday, June 8, and continued with three more varsity contests for a four-game string in six days. The Redbirds, coached once again by Tim Ranum, started off with a pair of wins by the count of 9-5 over the Nelson County Post 162 Owls, and a 12-9 win against rival Post 30 of New Rockford on June 8-9. However, their early run of success was neutralized to an overall split of the quartet of District 4...
The Carrington Pitcrew youth wrestling program was visited by two of the sport's premier coaches for a three-day Folk Style Extreme summer camp, held Monday through Wednesday, June 13-15, at the Pitcrew Wrestling Center. Troy and Terry Steiner, who are Bismarck Century High School alumni, national champion wrestlers for the Iowa Hawkeyes and most recently head coaches at Fresno State University (Troy) and the U.S. Women's National Wrestling Team (Terry), held an intensive three-day camp where yo...
Carrington's Babe Ruth baseball club took their first win of the season on Thursday, June 9, with a 12-8 road win in Wishek over the Ashley/Linton/Wishek Rattlers in District 6 play. Six runs in the top of the first inning and four more in the third gave the 13-to-15 year old Redbirds a big lead they would not relinquish, though A-L-W would make a game of it with six tallies in the middle innings to get to 11-8. Carrington tacked on an insurance run in the seventh for the final tally. Josh...
Harvey-Wells County senior Haleigh Lematta was chosen as one of the top 18 Class B softball players recognized for the All-State team. The right-handed pitcher and shortstop for the Hornets posted some very impressive statistics. Lematta batted .614 for HWC, with six home runs and 24 RBIs. She scored 33 runs and had 14 stolen bases this past season, and posted a .646 on-base percentage. In the pitcher's circle, she was equally dominant, posting a 13-6 record and a 1.77 earned-run average (ERA),...
NDSU senior Kari Wolfe concluded a great career in the javelin sector at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. Wolfe threw a season-best toss of 175'8" (53.55 meters) to take 10th place overall and earn Second-Team All-American honors Thursday evening, June 9. It is the second All-American honor for Wolfe, as she placed on the First Team last season by taking fifth in the 2021 championships with a career-best of 180'6" (55.02 m). Kari is the...
Carrington City Pool opened for the summer Monday, June 6, and swimmers of all ages converged on the pool to take advantage of the balmy early season temperatures before the heat of July takes over....
If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. - 1 John 3:17-18 The need for providing healthy, affordable housing for those suffering from poverty and disability is the mission of a non-profit, non-denominational Christian ministry riding across the country to showcase awareness to this need. The Fuller Center for Housing, based in...
North Dakota U.S. House Representative Kelly Armstrong (R) spoke to city, county and state governmental leaders, along with local business owners and other members of the general public, at a roundtable discussion Thursday, June 2, at Carrington City Hall. Armstrong updated the attendees on the state of local, national and worldwide business topics of interest as they pertained to North Dakota and Armstrong's work in Washington. In addition, he detailed some of the hurdles that, in Armstrong's...
With just three practice sessions under their belts, the Carrington Redbirds Babe Ruth team headed into the 2022 summer with the defending District 6 champion LaMoure A's as their opening day opponent. That first-game rust and jitters were evident, as the A's put together a solid effort to defeat the Redbirds by 10-run-rule, 13-3, on June 6 at City Park. Starting pitcher Corbin Clifton threw the first four innings, and had an up-and-down outing with five strikeouts while dealing with five...
CHS senior Jacob Rexin was the only Cardinal to take the course for the State Class B Boys Golf Tournament at Oxbow Country Club May 31-June 1. Rexin placed 51st overall out of 127 golfers with scores of 92 on the front nine and 98 on the back nine for an 18-hole scorecard of 190. In the team title race, Kindred was never truly challenged, as they carded a combined score of 645 to roll to a 43-shot win over second and third-place finishers Oak Grove and Central Cass, all of whom are in Region 2...
Carrington Elementary School held its yearly Awards Day Thursday, May 26, in the West Gym. Students from grades fourth through sixth grade were honored for various achievements, whether they be for mathematics, spelling, physical fitness, band, reading, or consistent academic excellence. Two staff members received special awards, as Connie Hafner was recognized with a plaque for 20 years of service to the district, and para Darielle Harrington received the Mary Scheck Service to Children Award....
More pictures from the Elementary Awards...
The Lake Hiawatha Fishing Derby was held at Sykeston City Park Sunday afternoon, June 5, from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. Children ages 4-to-12 participated in the event, which is held as part of the state of North Dakota's Free Fishing Weekend June 4-5, which is sponsored by the state Game and Fish Department. The Derby, organized by Jon and Tina Oatis, brought 99 registrants to the Lake Hiawatha shores to get their chances to land a lunker. Prizes were awarded to the top boys and girls in three...
The Memorial Day holiday, normally a time of reverence and reflection on those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for us, provided a rude awakening for Carrington homeowners when a thunderstorm hit the city hard Monday, May 30. As much as 4 1/2 inches of rain dumped down on the city in a 24-hour period, flooding basements and lawns and overpowering Carrington's municipal storm sewer sytem. The severe weather put the city's Public Works Department hard at work to alleviate the stress of the...
Thanks to their strengths in pole vault, middle to long distance and long relays, the Carrington girls' track team had themselves a very successful weekend. The Cardinals scored 37 points to take home joint sixth place with Lisbon at the State Track and Field Meet at the MDU Resources Community Bowl in Bismarck, held Thursday-Saturday, May 26-28. For the first time, the meet was extended to three days from the traditional two days just before the Memorial Day weekend, and the expanded schedule...
New Rockford-Sheyenne sophomore Kelsie Belquist had Class B track legendary status in her sights Thursday-Saturday, May 26-28. Belquist won four individual state championships in the 100-meter hurdles, 300-meter hurdles, 200 and 400-meter dashes at the State Track Meet from the MDU Resources Community Bowl in Bismarck. In the process, she shattered two Class B records belonging to 19-time state champion Whitney (Carlson) Bruins, who ran for Carrington from 2001-06. In the 300-meter hurdle...
The Griggs/Midkota Titan girls track team delivered the triumph of quality over quantity over three days at the state meet from the MDU Resources Community Bowl May 26-28. With just three state-qualified athletes, the Titans still managed to score 21 points and finish in 10th place in the Class B team standings. Senior Jenna Larson tied for second in the girls' high jump with Janikka Miller of Rugby, with each clearing the bar at 5'1" and finishing behind Ellendale's Kaylin Slivoskey's 5'2" winn...
Medina/Pingree-Buchanan senior Ryleigh Martin had to structure her entire state track weekend around two things: the Parade of Athletes, and just under 18 seconds of work. Martin ran a time of 17.75 in the girls' 100-meter hurdle preliminary heat, finishing in 18th place overall. Ryleigh is the daughter of Tim and Michelle Martin of Medina....
Carrington got themselves a shot to shock the Region 3 world, but they needed to defeat the LaMoure/Litchville-Marion Loboes twice Wednesday, May 25, to accomplish that monumental feat. Though they held the Loboes to just one hit over seven innings, the Cards' defense let them down for six errors and enabled L-L-M to return to the State Class B Tournament with a 4-1 win in the Region 3 Championship at City Park. The hometown team got one run in the first inning against LaMoure pitcher Anthony...
Public parks are meant for everyone to be enjoyed, and the importance of respecting the space that is provided should be observed without question. Over the past few years, however, a growing problem has reared its ugly head, and has caused no end of frustration and unnecessary heartache for the Carrington Park Board. A recent spate of vandalism in the park’s bathroom facilities near the picnic area and adjacent to the pool spurred the need for the Board to speak out. An individual or i...
The season started with snow, the melt and a few more rainstorms, but the Carrington track teams are hitting their stride at the right time. At the South Central Region Meet in Hazen May 21, the Cardinal girls took home another regional championship with 163 points, and the boys finished fourth, scoring 83. The meet represented the last chance for athletes to earn their way to the state track meet, held this past weekend at the MDU Resources Community Bowl in Bismarck May 26-28. Region...
One year in the books for Carrington softball came to an end at the Region 2 Tournament in Mayville Saturday, May 21. The fifth-seeded Cardinals and first-year Head Coach Sara Laib fell to the Langdon/Edmore/Munich Cardinals at Jerome Berg Field at MSU, 16-3, to conclude with a 2-8 mark for the 2022 spring. The teams were playing in the first round game, which was a single-elimination contest. Had Carrington won, they would have reached the double elimination portion of the tournament. Calleigh...
