The Official Newspaper for Foster County
The Official Newspaper for Foster County
Sorted by date Results 26 - 36 of 36
M-P-B moved their way up the District 2 standings ever-so-slightly with a 59-51 triumph over Ellendale on the road Thursday, January 11, earning their second straight win in league contests. Their run of luck came crashing down five nights later in Medina, with the eighth-ranked E-K-M Rebels running away with the win, 60-35, last Tuesday night. The Thunder took a 10-6 lead after one quarter against the Cardinals, and built their cushion incrementally from each period onward to take the...
After a week off, the New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets were back in action on Tuesday, Jan. 16 on their home court against the Harvey/Wells County Hornets. After the recent three-class system change, the Hornets are no longer in Region 4 with the Rockets. They are now included in Region 4 alongside Bishop Ryan, Drake-Anamoose and Our Redeemer's, to name a few. This season, the Hornets have quite the underclassmen team, with only one senior on the roster. Besides senior Breanna Heilman, the...
Breanna Heilman connected on a field goal and Braylee Keller drained two free throws with 10 seconds remaining, helping lift the Harvey-Wells County Hornets to a 44-40 victory over Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood Friday, January 12, in Fessenden. The Hornets and Mavericks played a tight first quarter, with MLS getting the fast 4-0 start. Four different HWC players scored in the first but it was Rilynn Beck's four points that gave the Mavericks the 10-8 edge after eight minutes. HWC took their first lea...
Carrington's appeal to drop down to Division B for boys' basketball in 2024-25 was shot down by the NDHSAA Basketball Classification Committee Tuesday, January 16. CHS was one of four schools to petition to be reclassified, along with the FW-M, Hillsboro/Central Valley and Grand Forks Central girls basketball programs. All requests were denied....
If anything, Carrington knows their perimeter shooting duties going forward will be capably handled for the next 3 1/2 seasons. Freshman Taylen Mehring's 13 points, including four three-point shots, served as a highlight in an otherwise-humbling 87-41 loss to Four Winds-Minnewaukan in Region 2 action from Thursday, January 11 in Minnewaukan. The Cards, like many teams before them, were unable to handle the Indians' hounding pressure defense, lightning-quick transition game, height and depth....
Medina/Pingree-Buchanan secured their fifth consecutive win in their District 2 debut for 2023-24, defeating Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter by a final count of 63-51 in Medina Friday, January 12. Four days later, the Thunder played the Warwick Warriors in a rematch of last year's seventh place game at the 2023 State "B" Tournament in Bismarck. Like the previous result, this one also went to M-P-B, 64-44. Senior forward Rylen Wick got off to a slow start with four first quarter points against N-G-S, bu...
Griggs/Midkota got out to an eight-point lead after one quarter, and mostly maintained that margin in a 47-38 nondistrict victory over the Kidder County Wolves in boys basketball from last Monday night, January 15. James Woodstead's 14 tallies played a big part in leading the Titans back to the .500 mark at 4-4 for the season. In the win, Kyle Johnson and Will Spickler each accounted for seven-point showings. For the Wolves (1-8 following the loss), Collin Zimmerman had an impressive showing...
Harvey-Wells County ran into more stiff competition this week, taking on Our Redeemer's and Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood. The Hornets continued their improved play, taking down previously unbeaten and eighth- ranked MLS in a close game, and fell to the Knights, which used 11 three-pointers in the 13-point victory over HWC. HWC 62, MLS 60 Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood (MLS) came from 13 down to take the lead, but Harvey-Wells County regained their composure and captured a 62-60 win over the previously...
The Carrington boys wrestling team remained perfect in Region 2 dual meets with wins of 48-21 and 43-30 over the host May-Port-CG Patriots and Hillsboro/Central Valley Burros at a quadrangular meet Thursday, January 11. Coach Josh Kerbaugh's lineup also faced a rare out-of-state opponent at the quad in the persons of Crookston, Minnesota, and defeated the Pirates, 48-27. With the three wins, CHS improved to 10-4 in duals and 7-0 against regional opponents. All rolling through their evening...
The Griggs/Midkota Titans suffered their third and fourth losses this season by four points or less, taking a 40-36 road defeat to Larimore and 45-42 setback against Richland at Cooperstown in back-to-back games played January 11-12. Last Tuesday, Griggs/Midkota got a hard dose of adversity from the number one team in Class B and District 4 leaders, as the May-Port-CG Patriots dominated the Titans in a 73-19 defeat. Statistics and quarter-by-quarter scores from the three games were not...
PDF
