The Official Newspaper for Foster County
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Medina/Pingree-Buchanan got their stride kicking in full gear on opposite ends of the Carrington tournament, taking a sweep against BCN in Leal (25-11, 25-6 and 25-12) on Thursday, October 5, and concluding a perfect District 6 league record of 5-0 with another three-set victory (25-14, 25-20, 25-13) over Strasburg/Zeeland last Tuesday. The Thunder bolstered their season record to 22-7 with the wins, and finish up the regular season with road games against Oakes Tuesday night. In the S-Z match,...
Harvey-Wells County continued their solid play as they defeated the Nelson County Chargers 3-1 on Thursday, October 5, in Fessenden. The Hornets and Chargers started game one in close contention but that changed quickly as the Hornets' Taylor Nelson served nine straight points, helping HWC open up a 12-3 lead. Jessie Monsebroten's two kills kept Nelson County within range until a mini run with two kills from Rachel Neumiller and an ace from Nelson lifted the Hornets to a 20-11 lead. The Hornets...
Griggs/Midkota took a three-set loss at the hands of the Park River/Fordville-Lankin Aggies in Park River, by scores of 17-25, 18-25 and 22-25 in nonregion volleyball played Thursday, October 5, in Park River. Kelsey Johnson, a sophomore, hit double figures with 10 kills for the Titans, and also led the team with two aces while collecting 19 digs. Senior middle hitter Kadance Klubben had six kills. From the setter spot, Emma McCullough had 25 assists, and libero Ryan Johnson kept back row action...
TEN PINS LEAGUE - Week 4 Cornhuskers 76.0 20.0 Schulz Plb, Htg & A/C 55.0 41.0 Albatross 51.0 45.0 Randy’s Pro Shop 49.5 46.5 Chain Gang 41.0 55.0 Headlocks Bar 38.5 57.5 Shamrock Bar 37.0 59.0 5 Spot 36.0 60.0 High Team Game: Cornhuskers, 848; Randy’s Pro Shop, 792; Headlocks Bar, 771 High Team Series: Cornhuskers, 2407; Randy’s Pro Shop, 2211; Headlocks Bar, 2175 High Individual Game: Rick Christianson, 279; Tom Carr, 245; Jon Friezen, 244 High Individual Series: Rick Christianson, 699; Terry Otto, 645; Dave Roberts, 637...
The Carrington Cardinals donned their special pink jerseys Tuesday night, October 10, when they played the Oakes Tornadoes in District 5 play. The color pink is the official color of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is held annually in October. Members of the volleyball program collected donations from spectators throughout the match, with all proceeds going to area women fighting their battles individually. As far as action on the court went, the Cards and Tornadoes went to five sets, as...
Carrington, along with Griggs/Midkota, were at the 29th annual Rugby Booster Club Invitational Saturday, October 7. Varsity results from the meet are as follows: Varsity - Boys 14. Luka Berg (G-M), 17:50.30; 54. Joe Lindberg (CHS), 19:39.96; 60. Isaac Johnson (G-M), 19:48.07; 63. Jack Coombs (G-M), 19:49.24; 83. Ziggidy Berg (G-M), 20:19.20; 113. Gabe Inglish (CHS), 21:16.48; 133. Tobias Forsburgh (G-M), 21:42.58; 138. Tucker Fredrickson (G-M), 21:50.60; 154. Samuel Garr (CHS), 22:20.14; 197. Mason Dramstad (G-M), 24:24.32; 210. Howie Simonson...
Bridger Anderson, son of Glenn and Robin Anderson, once again qualified for the National Finals Rodeo, to be held December 7-16, 2023, at its traditional home of the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nev. Anderson, who specializes in steer wrestling, has a good hold of this animal's horns as he prepares to use his whole body to haul him to the ground. He busts out of the chute on horseback, and dismounts from the horse on the fly to grab the steer in the timed event....
Carrington scored 15 fourth quarter points and came from 10 points down to squeeze by HWC, 31-26, for a huge Class A Region 2 victory in Harvey on Friday, September 29. With the win, Carrington secured a playoff spot, and would be in line to lock up the second seed and home field advantage in the first round of the playoffs which start on Saturday, October 21. The Cards have two Region games left, and would need to win just one of those for the number two spot. The Hornets received the ball to...
The M-P-B Thunder solidified their hold on the top of the District 6 standings with two wins over league opponents Thursday and Monday, September 28 and October 2. In Steele, the Thunder cruised to a 25-14, 25-11 and 25-14 victory at the expense of Kidder County, and four nights later, followed suit with a 25-9, 25-16 and 25-17 home triumph against Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter in Medina. Junior Maddie Gefroh was the top hitter and net defender in both matches, as the tall left-hander put up stat...
The traditional midseason barometer for Class B volleyball teams with designs on something greater, the Des Lacs-Burlington Laker Invitational, came and went Friday-Saturday, September 29-30. And for the first time in Coach Megan Trautman's tenure, the Carrington Cardinals did well enough in pool play to advance to the top bracket in Saturday's tournament. Competing in Pool A, the Cards took two-set sweeps against Glen Ullin/Hebron (25-10, 25-17) and the host Lakers (25-21, 25-20), but showed...
The respective Homecoming courts for Midkota and Griggs County Central high schools were recognized at halftime of the Griggs/Midkota Titans' game against the Richland Colts on Friday, September 22. Students are, left to right: Anika Aarestad, Latrell Rainey, Clayre Hilbert, James Woodstead, GCC Queen Eryn Turner, GCC King Luka Berg, Midkota Queen Brienna Ehlers, Midkota King Kyle Johnson, Ryan Johnson, Jarin Monson, and Kadance Klubben. Front row: GCC Princess Laken Rondestvedt and GCC Prince...
The Harvey-Wells County volleyball team had a solid day at the Washburn/Wilton Volleyball Tournament held Saturday, September 30 at the Washburn and Wilton Schools. The Hornets played some tight games all day long, and the close scores resulted in a second place finish in Pool D with all of those games being played in Wilton. HWC tied with Flasher, Lewis and Clark North Shore-Plaza and Central McLean, and the scores resulted in a point differential of 0 for the Hornets. Central McLean had a...
The Griggs/Midkota Titan volleyball team was defeated in two three-set losses against the South Border Mustangs in intra-Region 3 play, and with one of their District 5 foes, the Oakes Tornadoes. G-M, now 4-8 and 1-2 in district outings, suffered a 15-25, 21-25 and 13-25 setback to the Mustangs on Thursday, September 28, and lost to the Tornadoes by 10-25, 12-25 and 21-25 scores last Tuesday night. Kennedy Reidman hit nine kills in the South Border match, and was trailed closely by seven from Va...
The fifth and sixth grade Carrington Youth Football team completed a very-successful season by winning the league championship over Harvey, outscoring their opponents, 296-18, to finish 9-0 for the season. Results from the season were as follows: Cooperstown, 36-0; New Rockford, 52-0; Ellendale, 34-0; Rugby, 34-6; Harvey, 22-0; New Rockford, 44-12 (semifinals); Harvey, 12-0 (championship); Jamestown Grey, 42-0; Jamestown Blue, 20-0. The third and fourth grade team also had a terrific season,...
TEN PINS LEAGUE - Week 3 Cornhuskers 57.0 15.0 Schulz Plb, Htg & A/C 37.0 35.0 Albatross 37.0 35.0 Chain Gang 36.0 36.0 Randy’s Pro Shop 32.5 39.5 Shamrock Bar 31.0 41.0 5 Spot 29.0 43.0 Headlocks Bar 28.5 43.5 High Team Game: Headlocks Bar, 751; Randy’s Pro Shop, 748; Cornhuskers, 723 High Team Series: Headlocks Bar, 2134; Cornhuskers, 2078; Randy’s Pro Shop, 2077 High Individual Game: Steve Fangman, 248; Brock Simonson, 248; Randy Peterson, 247 High Individual Series: Randy Peterson, 650; Jon Friezen, 610; Brock Simonson, 572...
Carrington senior Kacie Rexin, right, shares a smile with Kindred's Avery Bartels as they wait to hit from the third tee on the second day of play at the State Class B Girls Golf Tournament in Mapleton Tuesday, September 26. The two would go first and second place overall in the event, with Bartels taking her fourth straight state title. It is the highest-ever finish for Rexin, as well as for any Carrington golfer, male or female, in school history....
Carrington finished the girls' golf season at the State Class B meet at Maple River Golf Club in Mapleton Monday-Tuesday, September 25-26. Senior Kacie Rexin placed as the state runner-up, shooting rounds of 78 and 78 for a two-day score of 156. She finished only behind state champion Avery Bartels of Kindred, who blistered the course for a 70-69-139 for her fourth career medalist honor. As a team, the Cards were tied for eighth with a 779. Oak Grove and Kindred shot identical 673 scores at the...
Harvey-Wells County ran their road win streak to five games with a sweep over the Cardinals in Washburn, but ran into one of Region 4's top contenders in New Rockford-Sheyenne as they were on the other end of a three-game sweep at the hands of the Rockets. HWC 3, Washburn 0 The Hornets traveled to Washburn on Tuesday, September 19, and came away with a three-game sweep of the Cardinals with wins of 25-18, 25-11 and 25-12. With the win, the Hornets moved to 5-1 during the regular season and 6-4 o...
Harvey-Wells County needed a huge road win, and that's just what was dialed up as the Hornets scored early and often and didn't let the 160-mile trip to Grafton change their plans in a 42-13 win over the Spoilers on Friday afternoon, September 22. The game started with a bang for the Spoilers, as junior Kruiser Burns took the opening kickoff and went 89 yards to paydirt to put Grafton on the board first. The Ethan Adlam PAT kick was good, and the host team led, 7-0, after just 16 seconds. The...
Wet weather is the great equalizer, if you have two teams that struggle to score at times. At least that's what Griggs/Midkota was banking on in search of their first victory of the season, when the Richland Colts stopped in Cooperstown as the Homecoming opponent Friday night, September 22. Two plays represented all of the output in that game, but unfortunately for the Titans, it was the last one that counted against them in an 8-2 loss to the Colts. "We actually played pretty well," Head Coach...
The previous 47 minutes and roughly 57 seconds of football at Sandager Field in Lisbon came down to one potential game-saving goal line stand for Carrington. In search of their fifth straight victory, the Cards took their first lead of the contest at 27-26 just under two minutes to play, on a Grady Shipman 15-yard touchdown catch and extra point kick. However, Bronco senior quarterback Wyatt Olson would have the last salvo, sneaking just past the goal line as the clock struck zero to give...
The M-P-B Thunder and their supporters witnessed a great individual accomplishment Tuesday night, September 26 in Medina. Senior Allison Thomas racked up her 2,000th career dig in the Thunder's five-set win over the Linton-HMB Lady Lions, and is also chasing quadruple digits for kills during her five-year varsity career in the process. Thomas finished with 37 digs in the 25-23, 21-25, 25-19, 16-25 and 15-9 victory to put M-P-B in the top spot in the District 6 race midway through the season. The...
Carrington improved to 2-1 in District 5 matches with a three-set win against the Ellendale Cardinals Tuesday night, September 26, in Ellendale. Scores from the match were 25-11, 25-18 and 25-23, all in CHS' favor. Edyn Hoornaert and Madison Johnson were the big offensive forces for the local Cardinals, hitting for seven kills each in the win. Ellendale (6-8, 1-3 District 5) was paced by nine kills from Ariel Hagen. This past Friday and Saturday, the Cards played in the two-day Des...
Rain threatened to dampen the spirits of competitors and spectators alike at the Bill Jansen Blue & White Invitational at Bjornson Golf Course in Valley City for the second straight year. Unlike last time around, when lightning delays postponed the start of some races for hours, the weather, though wet, didn't really slow down the meet. Carrington, along with Medina/Pingree-Buchanan, were the local teams in action at the Blue & White, and several runners had standout performances. Kenadie...
Weird things can happen to a football team when offensive success almost becomes too easy. Carrington scored at will on their first four possessions in the first half Friday night, September 15, building up a 32-7 lead at one point, but the Grafton Spoilers had too many weapons to just lay down. Two-and-a-half quarters, and 47 combined points on the board later, the Cards sweated out a 53-33 pinball-style score in their 2023 Homecoming game at the newly-christened Cardinal Stadium (see related...
