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The Harvey-Wells County varsity and junior high track teams traveled to Rugby recently to participate in the Central North Dakota Conference (CNDC) Track and Field Meet. The meet was held on Tuesday, May 9, and was moved from Fessenden to Rugby due to wet field event conditions. Along with many great results for HWC, leading the top of the list was the new qualifying of the varsity girls 4x200 relay team. The foursome of Christalea Wagner, Breanna Heilman, Rachel Neumiller and Kamryn Sanders...
The Harvey-Wells County junior high tracksters competed at Nedrose on Tuesday, May 2, and came away with some nice results. In the girls division, the Hornets finished in fifth place. Addisyn Faul led the way with a first place effort in the 100-meter hurdles, and a second place finish in the 200 hurdles. Emersyn Wolfe finished second in the 400 dash, and the 4x200 relay team of Rebekah Schimke, Aubrie Schindler, Wolfe and Faul also placed second. For the boys, HWC finished in fourth place with...
The Harvey-Wells County track and field teams ended last week with back-to-back meets, running at the Charlie Hanneman Memorial Meet in Rugby on Thursday, May 4 and at Bismarck Shiloh Christian Hunter Seifert/Twilight Meet on Friday, May 5. The weather has played a major role in where the team participated this year, and after this past weekend's rain in the area, will continue to change venues for at least the upcoming week. The highlights this week included a two-event qualification from...
The Harvey-Wells County boys and girls track and field team participated in two meets on the same day this past week, as Bismarck hosted the Elite 90 meet for those athletes which had surpassed a certain distance or time, and Rugby hosted the Mariya Tate Memorial, both on Saturday, April 29. The Bismarck meet was an excellent opportunity, for those that chose to participate, to get valuable track and field experience at the Bismarck Community Bowl, which will host the state event at the end of...
Stanley Varsity Track Meet Boys' Team Scores HWC 113, New Town 79, Velva/Drake-Anamoose 62, Des Lacs-Burlington/Lewis & Clark, Powers Lake-Burke Central and Stanley 49, Benson Co. 46, Bishop Ryan 39, Bottineau 38, Garrison 37, Kenmare-Bowbells 29, North Star 27, Central McLean 26.5, NR-S 24.5, Nedrose 17, Divide Co. 14, Max/South Prairie 11, Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood 8, Surrey 5, Trinity Christian 4, Williams Co. 3. HWC Boys Results 110-Meter Hurdles: Tallen Thorson (3rd), 15.93 (state qualifier)...
The HWC junior high track and field teams traveled to Hazen on Monday, April 24, for the Hazen Junior High Meet. The day was a huge success, as the seventh grade girls finished third, the eighth grade boys fourth and the seventh grade boys fourth. Earning first place finishes for HWC were Addyson Faul in the seventh grade 100 and 200-meter hurdles, as well as the triple jump. Faul was also runner-up in the 200 dash. Dylan Heitman was the winner in the seventh grade 100-meter dash, as was...
The annual parent-member banquet of the Fessenden-Bowdon FFA Chapter was held on Thursday, March 23, in the new gym of the Fessenden-Bowdon School. The annual banquet was a way for the chapter to recognize the accomplishments of its members and the students enrolled in agriculture education. This year the chapter celebrated their 74th year of FFA in Fessenden. State Treasurer Regan Jones of the Fessenden-Bowdon FFA Chapter, brought greetings on behalf of the State FFA Association and also...
The Harvey-Wells County junior high track and field team traveled to Stanley on Monday, April 17, to participate in their first outdoor meet of the season. The HWC girls' team finished with 42 points, placing fifth out of 16 scoring teams. Addyson Faul claimed two first place awards, winning the triple jump and the 100-meter hurdles. Faul also finished second in the 200 hurdles. On the boys' side, Christian Mertz finished second in the shot put and discus and seventh in the 100 dash, while Dylan...
The Harvey-Wells County varsity track and field team recently attended the Bison Stampede Indoor Meet on the campus of North Dakota State University. The Hornets found some very good competition, with many Class A teams as well as an abundance of Minnesota teams competing. The meet took place on Thursday, April 13. HWC highlights for the day included a photo finish in the 60-meter hurdles where the top three finishers all ran an 8.58. After review of the photo, it was determined that there was...
A split squad of Harvey-Wells County Hornets made the long trek to Bowman to compete in the Bowman County Invite on Tuesday, April 11. Many of the teams competing came from the eastern part of North Dakota, where the snow was still two-plus feet deep on their practice and competition facilities. Tallen Thorson led HWC on the day, as the sophomore qualified in both the 110 and the 300-meter hurdles, winning both of the events in the process. Gabe Allmaras had a great first meet, as the senior...
(NOTE: This article was received after pages 7 and 8 of the Independent had already been approved to go to press. It is reprinted here.) The Harvey-Wells County Hornet track and field team found their way to the Minot State University Dome in Minot where they competed in the CNDC Indoor Invitational Track and Field Meet on Friday, March 31. The Hornet Boys finished in seventh place and the girls in eighth place, as 18 boys and 14 girls teams scored on the day. Tallen Thorson was the only event...
The Fessenden-Bowdon FFA traveled to Minot recently to participate in the State FFA Agriculture Sales, Agronomy and Livestock Judging Career Development Events and came back with some great results. The events were held on Monday, March 20 at the State Fair Center in Minot. The Agronomy team had a great day finishing in second place overall. The members of the team had to identify crop and weed seeds and plants, insects, disorders, machinery, as well as do a soil survey practicum and grain...
The Harvey-Wells County Hornets started their indoor season off with a bang on Saturday, March 25, at the unofficial NDSU Class B Indoor Meet, held at the Shelly Ellig Track and Field Complex on the campus of NDSU in Fargo. The Hornets started practice on Tuesday, February 28, and currently have 48 students participating in grades 7-12. Five seniors return for their final season, and include Larissa Arnold, Jenna Green, Kamryn Sanders, Gabe Allmaras and Harrison Lies. Leading the Hornets on the...
The Warwick Warriors pulled off the first of a few upsets in the Region 4 Boys Basketball Tournament by defeating the Harvey-Wells County Hornets, 65-56, on Monday, March 6, at the Devils Lake Sports Center in Devils Lake. The Warriors outscored the Hornets by eight in the first quarter, saw that lead evaporate late in the third, and then exploded for 22 fourth quarter points en route to their 17th win of the season. Jason Lenoir collected three offensive boards in the first quarter and turned t...
Many thought that the Four Winds-Minnewaukan Indians, after dropping their first game after winning 46 straight, would plow their way through the Harvey-Wells County Hornets for an easy victory, but HWC came to Fort Totten with an upset on their mind and to play well in their last regular season game of the season. After a close first half, the Indians outscored HWC, 21-11, in the third quarter, and held off the Hornets in the fourth for a 60-47 victory on Friday, February 24. Brock Fike got the...
Harvey-Wells County did what they had to do to earn a trip to the Region 4 Girls Basketball Tournament. A win in the play-in game against Dunseith gave the Hornets a chance to pull an upset in the regional tournament, but that was not to be, as they dropped the quarterfinal game to North Prairie 63-38, which ended their season. The Hornets will lose seniors Larissa Arnold, Emma Dockter and Aubree Wolfe from a team that finished the year at 8-15 overall, but improved throughout the year. HWC 55,...
Six FFA members of the Fessenden-Bowdon FFA Chapter recently competed in the State FFA Quiz and Demonstration Event. The State FFA LDE (Leadership Development Event) Day was held on Thursday January 19, at the Bismarck Event Center. The teams qualified for this event by placing second in the quiz and demonstration event at the District 3 FFA Leadership Conference held in Rugby on Monday December 5. In the quiz event, the Fessenden-Bowdon FFA team competed against fifteen other teams. The top...
Harvey-Wells County has three seniors, and they continue to help the Hornets dominate the final games of the season. Tate Grossman scored 48, Gabe Allmaras 41 and Brock Fike 18 in HWC's two wins this past week, helping the Hornets solidify a #3 seed in the upcoming Region 4 basketball tournament. The three seniors have not only dominated the scoring column, they have dominated the boards and especially the offensive boards helping HWC to many second chance scoring opportunities. HWC has won six...
Wells County Youth recently exhibited 62 grain samples in the 18th Annual FFA Alumni Crops Show. The show was held at the Festival Hall during the Wells County Winter Show on January 26. Once again, the awards for the event were sponsored by the Wells County Better Seed and Grain along with the Fessenden-Bowdon FFA Alumni and the Fessenden-Bowdon FFA Chapter. The following are the complete results of the show. Premier Senior Show-person: Ryan Snively Premier Junior Show-person: Sterling Opdahl...
A 10-0 run late in the third quarter propelled the HWC Hornets to a 64-51 win over the New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets in New Rockford on Friday, February 10. The Rockets and Hornets played an even first quarter, with NR-S taking a quick 4-0 lead, but saw it evaporate quickly. Gabe Allmaras scored eight points in the first quarter for HWC, but a three from Easton Benz tied the score at 13 all, and the Hornets led by two points after eight minutes. The Hornets, behind a 9-2 run to start the second...
Harvey-Wells County got one of their most important wins this year, defeating the Dunseith Dragons by three and earning the Hornets a play-in game which was to be played in Harvey on Thursday, February 16. The Hornets also played what one would consider their best game of the season, falling to St. John by 10 in the final regular season game of the year. HWC 59, Dunseith 56 The Hornets scored 24 first quarter points and held off a valiant Dunseith comeback attempt in the fourth quarter to seal...
The HWC boys basketball team played another stellar schedule this week, with three games against quality opponents. The Hornets opened the week up with a comeback effort that fell two points short against Dunseith, while the remainder of the week proved to be much better as the Hornets continued to improve on their balanced play, defeating Carrington and St. John, both on the road. Upcoming action has the Hornets paired against NR-S and Warwick in more super regional action, determining postseas...
The HWC girls' basketball team continues to improve on the season, although their season record may not reflect that improved play. The Hornets picked up their third regional win this past week with an outstanding offensive and defensive effort against North Star on the road. The win moves them to 3-5 with just two games remaining in regional play. HWC ran into a very hot Carrington team this past Monday, as the Cardinals hit 10 three-pointers in the game, including eight in the all-important...
The Harvey-Wells County girls hit a tough part of their schedule as they matched up against the Langdon/Edmore/Munich Cardinals and the Kidder County Wolves in this past week's girls' basketball action. The opponents had a combined record of 21-8, and both the Cardinals and the Wolves are considered as top contenders in their respective regions. The Hornets dropped both games by considerable margins, but hopefully gained some valuable experience during their play. L/E/M 70, HWC 25 A 14-0 start...
Tate Grossman scored 86 points in three Hornet victories this past week, as HWC moved to 9-4 on the season. Two of the wins were regional wins, including a huge win over a very good North Star Bearcat team in Fessenden. HWC also picked up a regional victory over Lakota and a non-regional victory over Kidder County. HWC 71, North Star 65 HWC scored the first 13 points of the fourth quarter, and turned a two-point deficit after three quarters into a 71-65 regional victory in Fessenden on Friday,...
