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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...
Harvey-Wells County went on the road for their final regular season game of the year, and ran into a hot shooting Towner-Granville-Upham (TGU) Titan squad. The home team amassed 24 first quarter points, and Sage Hanson scored 33 points as the Titans won their 11th game of the season, handling HWC, 68-36 on Monday, February 12, in Towner. The first half was owned by TGU, as they scored 24 points in the opening quarter and 40 in the first half. Hanson and Jaxon Nelson combined for 18 first...
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...
The Carrington Gymnastics Club performed very well at the Kim Lupo Memorial Meet, held in Minot Saturday, February 3. Kennedy VanRay took the All-Around Silver division for 10 year olds. The Bronze team came in fourth place, a mere .15 behind Sidney, Mont., Gymnastics. The race for third place was quite tight between three gyms with Acro Stars taking it at 108.9, beating out Sidney at 108.5 and Carrington at 108.4. Bronze division podium placers, ages 6-8: Marrah VanRay, 2nd place on vault,...
TEN PINS LEAGUE - Week 20 Cornhuskers 107.5 60.5 Headlocks Bar 97.5 70.5 Randy’s Pro Shop 89.0 79.0 Chain Gang 87.0 81.0 Albatross 84.5 83.5 Schulz Plb, Htg & A/C 83.0 85.0 Shamrock Bar 64.5 103.5 5 Spot 59.0 109.0 High Individual Series: Randy’s Pro Shop, 858; Cornhuskers, 831; Headlocks, 786 High Team Series: Cornhuskers, 2411; Randy’s Pro Shop, 2409; Headlocks, 2282 High Individual Game: Rick Christianson, 258; Randy Peterson, 258; Dave Roberts, 247 High Individual Series: Randy Peterson, 758; Rick Christianson, 719; Kevin Johnson, 630 H...
With a win over Glenburn earlier in the week, the HWC girls earned a spot in the District 8 Tournament in Minot. The Hornets entered as the 8th seed, and were paired up against #1 seed Our Redeemer's, where they dropped a 60-34 decision. HWC would play Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood (MLS) in one loser-out game and played solid for the first half, but a great third quarter by the Mavericks helped oust HWC 49-30. Following the tournament, Rachel Neumiller was awarded with one of the 15 All-District play...
Ryan Baron, former superintendent and high school principal of the Midkota School District, is facing even more charges for possession of child pornography and for allegedly directing a 12-year-old to send explicit photos. Back in November of last year, Baron was initially arrested and charged with five felony counts of "possession of certain materials prohibited," which came after a cyber tip was received from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. That tip led to the...