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M/P-B recorded win number 25 for the 2024 season with a 3-1 (26-28, 25-10, 25-19, 25-19) win over Oakes in Pingree Tuesday night, Oct. 22. While monster offensive nights are not necessarily rare in high school volleyball, what Maddie Gefroh and Brynn Sorenson did as a tandem defied description. The two combined for a mind-boggling 60 kills, Gefroh with 32 and Sorenson 28. That led to a very-high assist total for Violet Bohl, who recorded 49 in the win. Nondistrict Volleyball M/P-B 3, Oakes 1 at...
The Harvey-Wells County volleyball team played two games last week, winning a non-region matchup against Rugby in straight sets and falling to perennial state and regional powerhouse Langdon Area/Munich in four games. HWC 3, Rugby 0 In a bit of a surprise, HWC made short work of their match with the Panthers on Tuesday, Oct. 15 in Rugby. Not totally surprising as in the victory, but the way that the victory was obtained – big leads, straight sets, happy faces! Serving was key in this p...
TEN PINS LEAGUE - Week 6 Headlocks Bar 97.0 47.0 Randy’s Pro Shop 90.5 53.5 Schulz Plb, Htg & A/C 88.5 55.5 5 Spot 74.0 70.0 Cornhuskers 72.5 71.5 Albatross 70.0 74.0 Chain Gang 55.5 88.5 Bye 0.0 0.0 High Team Game: 5 Spot, 857; Randy’s Pro Shop, 806; Schulz Plb, Htg & A/C, 789 High Team Series: 5 Spot, 2422; Randy’s Pro Shop, 2287; Cornhuskers, 2142 High Individual Game: Kevin Carr, 247; Jon Friezen, 244; Rick Christianson, 243. Chris Ormiston; 243 High Individual Series: Jon Friezen, 692; Troy Roundy, 648; Rick Christianson, 627...
The postseason picture, in spite of a pair of midseason setbacks, became clearer and clearer with each passing victory for the Carrington Cardinals. In the wake of their biggest win of the season to date, the Cards held their playoff fate in their hands: Win, and they're in. With 327 rushing yards as a team and three touchdowns on the ground from quarterback Josh Bickett, CHS earned themselves a spot at the playoff table with a 35-14 win at Cardinal Stadium Friday, Oct. 11, over Rugby. "It was...
Harvey-Wells County scored early and often racking up 49 first half points en route to a 55-14 victory over Turtle Mountain Community High School (TMCHS) at L.C Loerch Field in Harvey on Friday, October 11. The Hornets' defense set the tone of the game early on, as they stopped the Braves on a 4th down-and-two at their own 46-yard line to end Turtle Mountain's first drive. The Braves got a steady dose of Kayl Sieg, as the senior rushed four times for 38 yards and a score to give HWC the quick...
In her pursuit of a second straight East Region individual title, Carrington's Kenadie Pazdernik couldn't match the blistering pace of two Hillsboro/Central Valley seventh graders Saturday, Oct. 12 in Cooperstown. Pazdernik still placed third for another All-Region honor behind HCV's Claire Grinde and Caroline Anderson, and was joined by teammates Macy Fiebiger (18th) and Kahri Kollman (20th) to help the Cardinal girls take a top five finish with 160 points. Griggs/Midkota eighth grader Kadence...
ALLEY DUSTERS - Week 3 Dolls with Balls 20 4 DJ’s Home Center 16 8 Leevers 16 8 Dakota Central 12 12 VanBedaf Dairy 8 16 Team 4 Bye 0 24 High Team Game: DJ’s Home Center, 629; Dakota Central, 603; Leevers, 587 High Team Series: Dakota Central, 1738; DJ’s Home Center, 1702; Leevers, 1585 High Individual Game: Kari Smith, 193; Carissa Gleave, 188; Gail Roberts, 181 High Individual Series: Ann VandeHoven, 493; Gail Roberts, 484; Kari Smith, 472 ALLEY DUSTERS - Week 4 Leevers 24 8 DJ’s Home Center 22 10 Dolls with Balls 22 10 Dakota Central...
Carrington finished their District 5 season with authority last Tuesday night, Oct. 15, in Tornado Alley, taking down Oakes in a rare straight-set win in the series, 25-23, 25-14 and 25-18. The win allowed the Cards (15-9, 4-1 District 5) to clinch no worse than the number two seed for the upcoming district tournament in Ellendale. E-K-M has the head-to-head tiebreaker, and has the inside track for the top seed. With the Tornadoes' loss, they effectively will be the number four seed should...
Griggs/Midkota will be entering the 9-man playoffs on a high, defeating the Tri-State Tigers by a score of 61-8 in the season finale Friday night, Oct. 11, in Cooperstown. The win concludes a successful 6-2 regular season for the Titans, who now await their next opponent in the second round of the playoffs Saturday, Oct. 26, whether it be Wyndmere/Lidgerwood or May-Port-CG. Brady Haugen, Kindle Carlson and Levi Kautzman each had a pair of touchdowns, as all of G/M's scoring plays came on the...
The Griggs/Midkota Titans ran into a tough Park River/Fordville-Lankin team Thursday, Oct. 10, and came away with a 12-25, 18-25 and 14-25 defeat. The match was G/M's Pink Night to honor breast cancer survivors and victims. Kelsey Johnson led the Titans with five kills, while Alette Adrian and Jessa Spickler had three apiece. Emma McCullough had 16 assists in the loss, and Kylie Johnson had a team-high eight digs, with Vanessa Vollmer and Jersey Gronneberg going for seven each. Against...
Medina/Pingree-Buchanan kept flying along with quick sweeps over Barnes County North (25-9, 25-10, 25-11) and Strasburg/Zeeland (25-8, 25-8, 25-12). on Oct. 10 and 15. The latter win over the Clippers finished up M/P-B's District 6 season at 4-1, and the 24-5 Thunder will enter district play in Hazelton Nov. 1, 4 and 5 as the number two seed. The victory over the Bison featured double 12-kill outings by Maddie Gefroh and Brynn Sorenson. Violet Bohl had 24 assists, while Cierra Mack finished...
Harvey-Wells County got into the thick of their regional competition this past week and almost pulled off a two game sweep. Benson County made a six point run in the fifth game to down the Hornets in five games. Later in the week, The Hornets took out any frustration they had on Nelson County with the three game sweep of the Chargers in McVille. Benson Co. 3, HWC 2 A classic contest between two evenly matched teams is what fans in Maddock witnessed during this super regional matchup on Tuesday,...
Coach Kyle Smith wasn't shy about saying it. "That was one of the bigger wins Carrington football has had for quite some time," the coach quipped following the team's 27-19 stunner on the road over the Langdon Area/Munich Cardinals Friday night, October 4. One would have to go back to 2015 for the last time CHS defeated the northern Cardinals on the field. So long, in fact, that current assistant coach Walker Carr played for that Carrington squad. The bonkers back-and-forth affair featured a...
The end of two different droughts were celebrated in consecutive weeks for Griggs/Midkota. First of all, the Titans will officially make their return to the North Dakota football playoffs after an 18-year absence. This week, G/M cinched their first outright regional championship since the 2001 season – and first as a co-op – with a 51-0 win over the Richland Colts Friday night, October 4. Even though they would have had the Region 2 crown anyway by virtue of their head-to-head wins over Enderlin...
Harvey-Wells County continues to dominate their opponents on the football field as the regular season comes to an end in just a short two weeks. The latest team to feel the Hornet wrath was the Grafton Spoilers, as the rushing game helped put up 35 second quarter points and the defense shut down all aspects of the Spoiler offense in a 53-14 win on Friday, October 4 at L.C. Loerch Field at Veterans Memorial Park in Harvey. It took a couple of possessions, but the Hornets found the scoring column...
The Carrington Cardinals had sustained success in three-set victories over the Benson County Wildcats on October 3, and the Barnes County North Bison last Tuesday, October 8. Scores from the two matches were 25-20, 25-17 and 25-20 against the 'Cats, and 25-7, 25-5 and 25-11 over the Bison to improve their regulation match winning streak to five. In the BCN match, senior libero Kenadie Pazdernik was recognized for her 1,000th career dig. Statistics from the two victories for the Cards are as...
Griggs/Midkota's attempt to break into the upper division of District 5 teams didn't quite work out for the Titans. G/M took a three-set loss to the LaMoure/Litchville-Marion Loboes (20-25, 24-26, 19-25) on Thursday, October 3 in LaMoure, and gave one of their better efforts this season in taking the Oakes Tornadoes to five sets in Glenfield before ultimately bowing to defeat, 25-16, 21-25, 21-25, 25-22 and 11-15, this past Tuesday night. The two defeats defused some momentum the Titans built...
Harvey-Wells County traveled to Washburn on Saturday, October 5, and came out with the championship in the Bronze division of the Washburn-Wilton Volleyball Tournament. In pool play, the Hornets defeated Garrison, split with Flasher and were beaten by Lewis & Clark-Berthold. In tournament play, HWC defeated Glen Ullin/Hebron in three games, and beat Divide County for the championship in the Bronze division. Flasher earned the Gold division championship, while L&C-Berthold was the Silver division...
Harvey-Wells County came within just a couple of points of a three game sweep, but managed to defeat the visiting North Prairie Cougars in four games to pick up a huge Region 4 victory on Tuesday, October 1, at the Harvey Gymnasium. The Hornets and Cougars had a close match early on in game one, but the serving of Christalea Wagner brought HWC from one down to a lead of 11-6. Rachel Neumiller had three kills in the seven-point run. The Hornets continued to pour it on as the lead grew to 20-9 wit...
High Rollers - Week 3 Creative Impressions 51 21 CK Construction 37 35 Leevers 37 35 Cork and Barrel 19 53 High Team Game: Creative Impressions. 811; Leevers, 806; CK Construction, 738 High Team Series: Creative Impressions, 2366; CK Construction, 2129; Leevers, 2111 High Individual Game: Randy Peterson, 287; David Roberts, 259; Clint Johnson, 258 High Individual Series: Randy Peterson, 682; David Roberts, 667; Robert Schill, 659 High Rollers - Week 4 Creative Impressions 66 30 CK Construction 50 46 Leevers 46 50 Cork & Barrel 30 66 High Team...
Medina/Pingree-Buchanan volleyball had a productive day at the Lisbon-Enderlin Subway Classic Saturday, October 5, winning five out of six matches and finishing the day as the consolation champions of the event. The Thunder went 2-1 in play from the Enderlin "White" pool, defeating Hankinson (25-15, 25-20) and Larimore (25-5, 25-11) before taking a two-set loss to eventual tourney champion Maple River (17-25, 21-25). The defeat by to the Raiders set M/P-B to the consolation bracket in the...
Maddie Gefroh has made her living in the M/P-B jersey as a potent attacking force, as well as the Thunder's top blocker the last few seasons. The left-hander's longevity and persistence were rewarded with her 1,000th career kill in a 3-0 sweep for the Thunder (25-11, 25-9, 25-11) over the Kidder County Wolves in District 6 action Thursday, October 3, in Medina. Gefroh finished second on the team with 12 kills to Brynn Sorenson's 14, and led the Thunder in digs with 14, just one ahead of...
The home stretch beckons for area cross country runners, as they got their last regular season meets in before the East Region and state competitions. Both Carrington and Griggs/Midkota were in action Saturday, October 5, at the 30th Rugby Booster Club Invitational, and the Titans were also among the field at the Patriot Invitational hosted by May-Port-CG High School two days earlier on Thursday, October 3. Individual highlights included the Titans' Kadence Spickler and Tianna McCardle finishing...
Carrington strapped themselves in for two days of volleyball at the Des Lacs-Burlington Laker Invitational Friday and Saturday, October 4-5. The tournament, which traditionally brings the historically-best programs in Class B year after year, was a good test for the Cards to learn a bit about themselves opposite other squads. The Cards would play host DL-B and take a loss on overall points, 45-48 (20-25, 25-23) in the first match of pool play. They followed that up with a two-set win over NR-S...
CHS junior Molly Hansen represented her school as the girls' golf program's only state tournament participant at the two-day State Class B event, held Monday-Tuesday, September 30-October 1 at Fargo Country Club. Molly, the daughter of Jory and Missy Hansen of Carrington, carded totals of 97 and 92 to take home 28th place overall at the meet. Fargo Oak Grove rode the wave of six All-State performances to easily capture the team championship with a 58-stroke victory at 656, led by Josie...