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HWC may have a 2-10 record, but sometimes progress isn't noticed in records. The Hornet girls played four games this past and showed steady improvement during that time. A highly-touted TGU team ran away from the Hornets, but HWC responded with a better game against Bishop Ryan, falling by 12. The Hornets had a 14- point lead against a North Star team with six wins and fell by four, and had a 10 point lead against Our Redeemers, another six win team, before falling in the final seconds by three...
TEN PINS LEAGUE - Week 16 Headlocks Bar 38.0 10.0 Randy’s Pro Shop 28.0 20.0 Albatross 25.5 22.5 Schulz Plb, Htg & A/C 25.0 23.0 Cornhuskers 21.5 26.5 Shamrock Bar 21.0 27.0 Chain Gang 18.0 30.0 5 Spot 15.0 33.0 High Team Game: Cornhuskers, 897; Headlocks, 856; Randy’s Pro Shop, 802 High Team Series: Headlocks, 2450; Cornhuskers, 2333; Randy’s Pro Shop, 2261 High Individual Game: Patrick Kinzler, 268; Randy Peterson, 247; Jon Friezen, 236 High Individual Series: Randy Peterson, 693; Dave Roberts, 657; Jon Friezen, 655 ALLEY DUSTERS - Week...
Brothers Callen and Nic Garber were the podium finishers for the Carrington boys wrestlers, taking second and sixth place at 189 and 139 pounds, respectively, in the junior varsity division of the Rumble on the Red Thursday and Friday, December 28-29. The Rumble, held annually at the Fargodome between the Christmas and New Year's holidays, is billed as the largest high school tournament in the United States. The placings, along with good weekends from the rest of the lineup, allowed the Cards to...
CHS had a golden opportunity for their first win of the season go by the wayside in the opener of the Carrington Shootout, as they dropped a 66-63 overtime heartbreaker to the Nedrose Cardinals. The next day, Stanley took control from the outset and sent the hometown Cards to their sixth straight defeat to begin the season, 62-28. Junior guard Josh Bickett gave Carrington a chance with 27 points, including six in the extra session. Ten points each were scored by Ryder Bickett and Grady Shipman,...
Harvey-Wells County cut the Rocket lead from 10 down to a single point in the final six minutes, but could not get the basket to put them on top as they fell 51-50 to New Rockford-Sheyenne in Harvey on Thursday, December 28. A quick four- point start for the Rockets was answered by six straight from HWC's Avery Williams for a Hornet 6-4 lead. Easton Simon scored five in the first quarter for the Rockets, but Tallen Thorson scored the final four points for a 12-10 HWC lead after one. The Rockets...
Carrington had one of their most impressive three-game stretches shooting from the perimeter in a sweep over Hazen (71-38) and Stanley (64-28) at their home Shootout, and taking a 72-60 win over Valley City last Tuesday night at the Hi-Liner Activity Center. In both of their Shootout wins, the Cards dialed long distance for eight threes, but that was small potatoes compared to what was in store for the Hi-Liners. Coach Andy Braaten's squad finished with 12 trifectas as they took down a...
It wasn't pretty or efficient at times, but the Griggs/Midkota Titans found their stride in the second half to take a 57-50 win over the Nelson County Chargers Tuesday night, January 2, in Glenfield. The game was the first District 4 contest for both the 5-4 Titans and 2-8 Chargers, and G-M had issues shooting and defending in the first half as they trailed at the break, 27-23. It took a big fourth quarter for G-M, keyed by nine free throws in crunch time and six field goals, to overtake a...
The M-P-B Thunder teams earned a split at Bismarck State's Shootout December 28-29, with the boys winning two games and the girls losing two. Scores from the two days were as follows: BSC Shootout, Bismarck Girls Richardton-Taylor 51, M-P-B 41 M-P-B 9 12 10 10 41 R-T 14 8 16 12 51 M-P-B: Kalen Kinzell 14, Maddie Gefroh 11, Abby Ryun 6, Alaina Bosche 4, Violet Bohl 2, Cale Redlin 2, Brynn Sorenson 2. Totals: 15 FG, 7-13 FT, 18 fouls. Three-pointers: Kinzell 2. Fouled out: Gefroh, Redlin. R-T:...
The Carrington girls wrestling team turned some heads at the Rumble on the Red December 28-29, taking home sixth place among a herd of large school North Dakota and several Minnesota programs. CHS scored 86 points on the strength of three individual placers, and finished behind tourney winners Bismarck, Minot, Bismarck Legacy, Bemidji, Minn., and Mandan. Fourth-place finisher Madalina Ciubotareanu, a freshman at 136 pounds, won her first three matches by pin, and ended with four wins in six...
TEN PINS LEAGUE - Week 15 Albatross 22.5 1.5 Headlocks Bar 20.0 4.0 Shamrock Bar 17.0 7.0 Schulz Plb, Htg & A/C 12.0 12.0 Chain Gang 12.0 12.0 Randy’s Pro Shop 7.0 17.0 5 Spot 4.0 20.0 Cornhuskers 1.5 22.5 High Team Game: Headlocks, 793; Schulz Plumbing, Htg & A/C, 752; Shamrock Bar, 717 High Team Series: Headlocks, 2358; Cornhuskers, 2067; Schulz Plumbing, Htg & A/C, 2008 High Individual Game: Jon Friezen, 268; Kevin Johnson, 233; Richie Geringer, 225 High Individual Series: Jon Friezen, 630; Rick Christianson, 614; Kevin Johnson, 6...
Gabe Inglish and Ridge Kramlich brought home state hardware for the Carrington middle school wrestling program at that level's tournament in Minot Saturday, December 16. Inglish had four wins in the 7th-8th grade 80-pound weight class and Kramlich three in the 6th grade 90-pound class at the event, which was won by Wachter Middle School from Bismarck with 179.5 team points. Carrington finished 19th with 55 points, and their team score included third place showings by Mason Cook (6th 95) and...
Out in Rugby, the Carrington Cardinal girls basketball team brought out their hard hats and lunch pails, and did some work on defense. The Cards held the Panthers to a paltry 20 points in a 30-point victory in Division A basketball, 50-20, in the final game before the Christmas break Thursday night, December 21. Junior Edyn Hoornaert carried the offensive load all night long for CHS (4-3), scoring 10 first half points and 11 more in the second to finish with 21. Kenadie Pazdernik had six points...
A team with a lot of length, shooting ability and postseason success from their legendary tenure in Class B came to the East Gym in search of a win in the tough Region 2 gauntlet. And, at the end of the night, the Hillsboro/Central Valley Burros came away with their first Division A win in three tries, doubling up the Carrington Cardinals by a final count of 64-32 Thursday night, December 21. The Burros (1-2, 1-0 region) and two time state championship-winning coach Elliot Rotvold brought their...
The Harvey-Wells County girls dropped their final two games of the pre-Christmas season, falling to District 8 foes Surrey and Glenburn. The Hornets put on over 630 miles of travel in a four-day, three-game stretch, as they finished the pre-break at 2-6 overall. HWC played at St. John on Monday, December 18, taking a 67-41 loss. Glenburn 62, HWC 54 The two main themes for the District 8 matchup would come down to Hornet turnovers and the Panthers' Emma Jones. The Hornets, despite 34 turnovers, w...
Boys’ Basketball Thursday, December 21 Griggs/Midkota 56, D-V-E 39 In the clash of the Titans, G-M rode balance in their offensive gameplan to take a 17-point win over Drayton/Valley-Edinburg in Cooperstown. Latrell Rainey’s 16 points helped even G-M’s overall record at 2-2. James Woodstead hit for 11 and Isaac Stadler 10 in the victory, and Will Spickler had nine points. D-V-E (1-4) was led by Everett Fedje’s 10 points. Non-district Boys’ Basketball Griggs/Midkota 56, Drayton/Valley-Edinburg 39 at Cooperstown D-V-E 11 6 10 12 39 G-M 15 15 13...
TEN PINS LEAGUE - Week 13 Schulz Plb, Htg & A/C 94.0 50.0 Headlocks Bar 86.0 58.0 Randy’s Pro Shop 76.0 68.0 Cornhuskers 75.0 69.0 Shamrock Bar 69.0 75.0 5 Spot 63.0 81.0 Chain Gang 58.0 86.0 Albatross 55.0 89.0 High Team Game: 5 Spot, 863; Headlocks, 807; Randy’s Pro Shop, 795 High Team Series: Headlocks, 2395; Cornhuskers, 2369; Cornhuskers, 2242 High Individual Game: Kevin Carr, 289; Randy Peterson, 280; Richie Geringer, 239 High Individual Series: Randy Peterson, 744; Kevin Carr, 674; Richie Geringer, 668 TEN PINS LEAGUE - Week 14 Sch...
The East Gym was the site for a double triangular dual, featuring both the Carrington boys and girls wrestling teams. The Lisbon Broncos took on both squads, with the Cardinal boys falling in a 54-21 decision and the girls coming out on top, 48-30. Velva took on the CHS boys in the nightcap and sent the Cards to defeat, 49-12. With an upset win over Lisbon in the previous round, the Aggies put themselves on the short list for state championship contenders in the dual tournament in February. In t...
Carrington’s wrestlers made a run for the southerly portion of the state for two separate tournaments the weekend of December 15-16. The Cardinal boys made their traditional stop at the Linton Holiday Tournament for a two-day event, while the girls attended what could be a budding tradition itself, at the second annual Border Brawl in Ashley on Saturday. CHS’ girls were the top-scoring Class B school at the Brawl, finishing fifth with 70.5 points. The shorthanded boys came in 13th at Linton wit...
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...
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...