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Like store sales, 2-for-1 deals are always popular before the holidays. But the results for the Carrington basketball teams in a scheduled twinbill with the Thompson Tommies put the Cardinals in a mood for gift returns. The Division A top-ranked Tommie girls shot lights out in the first quarter with 26 points and rode that wave to a 70-53 win over CHS, and Thompson's boys kept their counterparts from getting an offensive flow going in a 64-35 defeat in the East Gym Thursday night, December 14....
The sign of maturity for an improving team is the ability to make the plays when the opponent, crowd and enormity of the plays down the stretch all conspire to make for a hard time. Griggs/Midkota made the plays to be made in coming back from a 33-28 deficit headed into the fourth quarter, and quieted the Napoleon faithful with a 51-49 win over the N-G-S Imperials Thursday night, December 14. In that period, the play of Kelsey Johnson and several others made all the difference. Johnson had 20...
Medina/Pingree-Buchanan avenged a loss on the girls' side to Griggs/Midkota three days before by taking their first win of the year in Pingree, 48-42, over the Titans Friday night, December 15. The Thunder hit a trio of trifectas in the first quarter to build some distance between themselves and G-M, going up by a six-point margin at 17-11. For the game, the Thunder connected on six long range shots. M-P-B would slowly solidify that lead, growing the advantage to eight at the half and later 11...
With a strong effort on both sides of the basketball, Carrington made their way back into the top half of the Region 2 girls' basketball table Tuesday night, December 19, in Buxton. The Cards took a 68-31 victory against the Hillsboro/Central Valley Burros at Central Valley School, which featured an 18-3 run for the visitors to begin the proceedings. Kennedy Olsen's three-point play represented the entirety of the HCV offense in the first eight minutes of play, while Carrington got to the line f...
Harvey-Wells County was on the road for a boys and girls doubleheader against the St. John Woodchucks on Monday, December 18. The girls game was played as scheduled, while the boys game was a makeup game from December 8 originally slated to be played in Harvey. St. John 67, HWC 41 Girls The St. John Woodchuck half court press proved to be valuable, as they forced HWC into 26 turnovers in a 67-41 victory on Monday, December 18, in St. John. Six Woodchuck players scored in the first quarter,...
Harvey-Wells County entered the CNDC Tournament as the sixth seed, and came out with a fourth place finish as they defeated TGU and dropped games to New Rockford-Sheyenne and Rugby. HWC was on both ends of comebacks, as they defeated the Titans after being down 11 in the fourth quarter, and lost to the Rockets after being up seven in the fourth. Rugby controlled the Hornets in the third place game for a 30-point victory. HWC 58, TGU 56 The Hornets came from 11 points down early in the fourth qua...
Jan Bakke and Anna Grenz of Carrington's Daily Bread accept a donation of $3,500 from the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) Holiday Train on Saturday, December 16, when they stopped in the city....
The University of Jamestown Shootout at Harold Newman Arena didn't come up roses for either of the M-P-B Thunder basketball teams Saturday afternoon, December 16. Girls' action saw the Thunder fall shot to the Larimore Polar Bears, 45-38, while the Hankinson Pirates cruised in a 54-32 triumph over the M-P-B boys. The Thunder led by one after the first quarter, 15-14, and the Polar Bears flipped that result to 23-21 at the halftime horn. In the decisive third quarter, Larimore held M-P-B to just...
In late Tuesday night action from this past reporting period, the Medina/Pingree-Buchanan Thunder girls basketball team was stymied by the Linton-HMB Lady Lions, 66-18, in the District 2 opener for both clubs. The Lions improved to 6-1 and 1-0 in the district, while M-P-B fell to 1-6 and 0-1 within league play. Nondistrict boys basketball from Tuesday saw the Griggs/Midkota Titans travel to Page to take on the Maple River Raiders. The home squad came away with a win over the Titans, 59-49. G-M is now 1-2 with the loss, while Maple River evened...
