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Logan Weninger’s gritty performances, along with his flair for the dramatic, will be the lasting memory of the 2023 North Dakota State Track Meet for the Carrington boys’ team. Fortunately, he wasn’t alone in his time in the Missouri River sun. Big weekends from Weninger, the pole vaulting corps and 4x400-meter relay all meant a big weekend for the Cardinal boys track team at the state meet Thursday-Saturday, May 25-27. The Cards scored 36 points to lead the “best of the rest” in a team race...
To achieve a team title in 2023 for the Class B girls' track race at the MDU Resources Community Bowl in Bismarck, contending schools didn't necessarily have to worry about depth. This year, it was all about the elite individuals (and a good relay or two) carrying their state contingents to the promised land. Carrington's tallies in the distance races, middle-to-long relays, and pole vault enabled them to secure a fourth-place tie with Bowman County by scoring 38 points in the overall...
All of Griggs/Midkota's points at the 2023 State Track Meet, from both the Titan boys and girls, came from one event. The shot put provided six points for the Titan girls' team, led by a third-place 37 feet, 4 inch heave by senior Asia Becherl. The G-M boys got four points with a fifth-place effort, those courtesy of sophomore Levi Kautzman's big toss of 51 feet. Boys' relay seniors Eli Larson, Wyatt Spickler and Gavin Nelson, and freshman Wayland Sabinash, took 13th in the 4x400 in 3:40.17 and...
The Medina/Pingree-Buchanan Thunder were represented by a pair of boys at the State Track Meet. Junior Mark Thomas participated in a heat of the 110-meter hurdles, running 17.77 to get the 19th-fastest time. In the high jump, senior Sawyer Wanzek was in the lineup, but did not clear his opening height....
The Harvey-Wells County Hornets' track and field team had some great finishes at the recently-held state Track and Field meet at the MDU Resources Community Bowl in Bismarck. Many of the performances from HWC were season-bests, and some were even personal bests as the Hornet boys scored in four events and finished in a tie for 10th overall in the boys' division. Earning state placing awards were Tallen Thorson, who finished second in the 110-meter high hurdles in a personal best time of 15.22....
All-Region 3 Team, (L to R) – back row: Berkley Frantz (South Border), Marshall Lindgren (South Border), Jacob Nitschke (LaMoure/Litchville-Marion), Anthony Hanson (LaMoure/L-M), Hudson Schmitz (Carrington), Jack Erickson (Carrington), Jace Larson (Kidder County), Brody Weisenburger (SNR); front row: Connor Kosiak (South Border), Tate Mart (LaMoure/L-M), Connor Johnson (LaMoure/L-M), Grady Shipman (Carrington), Kael Kovar (Carrington), Collin Zimmerman (Kidder County), Isaiah Oster (Kidder C...
The Carrington boys’ golf team traveled southeast to the Red River Valley to get their hacks in at a meet in Casselton Wednesday, May 24. The Cards shot a team total of 400, 76 strokes behind meet winner and host Central Cass. The Squirrels’ Jake Thompson shot a 78 on his home course to earn medalist honors. Leading the way for CHS was senior Carter Larson with a 91, followed by McCoy Beckley (93), Luke Page (104), Gabe Ricter (112) and Ean Hovdenes (113). In a schedule change, the Region 2 Tou...
Twenty-eight years ago, her mother put her Midkota Mustang teammates on her back as Most Valuable Player to win the 1995 Class B girls' basketball championship. Now, Megan (Fiechtner) Sparrow's daughter, Daisy, accomplished something similar for the Central McLean (Underwood/Turtle Lake-Mercer/McClusky) Cougars at the 2023 state track meet in Bismarck. Sparrow was the state champion in javelin, throwing an even 124 feet to provide 10 crucial points for the Cougars. Combined with the 4x400...
Carrington had a very successful and lucrative day on the track in west-central North Dakota, taking the girls' championship and finishing third in the boys' race at the South Central Region Track Meet in Hazen Friday, May 19. The Cardinal girls easily outdistanced runner-up Central McLean, 161 points to the Cougars' 104.5. Shiloh Christian was just behind in third with 104. Carrington was also firmly in contention for the boys' crown as well, scoring 98 points. Shiloh was the meet winner with...
The Medina/Pingree-Buchanan Thunder got two state qualifiers at the South Central Regional Track Meet in Hazen Friday, May 19. Both of those slots came from the boys team. Representing the Thunder at the state meet this past Thursday-Saturday were high jumper Sawyer Wanzek (second overall at South Central with a 5'10" effort), and Mark Thomas, who took third in the 110-meter hurdles in 17.88 seconds. M-P-B's girls team had one competitor miss qualification by one place, as Sophia Bohl took...
The HWC boys finished third and the girls fifth in the North Central Regional Track and Field meet, held Friday, May 19, at Rugby. Both the boys and girls team added events to their state meet schedule by either meeting the state standard or by finishing in the top three in their respective events. In the boys division, the Hornets received first place efforts from Tallen Thorson in the 110 and 300 hurdles, and the 4x100 relay team of Carson Heilman, Thorson, Keaton Keller and Kayl Sieg....
Two-time defending Region 3 champion LaMoure/Litchville-Marion was the prime target for the other five ballclubs at the postseason tournament from Jim Johnson Field in New Rockford May 22-24. Second-seeded Carrington felt primed to dethrone the Loboes after seeing some pitching success against them this year, holding them to three runs in two games and giving them their one loss in 2023. Unfortunately, everything came to a sudden, heartbreaking halt in Tuesday, May 23's games, as they fell to...
Carrington's boys golf team had two chances to gain state tournament qualifiers, but were unable to do so in either their home meet on Friday, May 19, or at Mapleton three days earlier on May 16. At the Tuesday event, Carter Larson shot the top score of 90. He was followed down the list by Gabe Ricter (99), Ean Hovdenes (103), Luke Page (104), Wyatt Weninger (113) and McCoy Beckley (116). The CrossRoads qualifier afforded the Cards a chance to get the automatic qualifying standard of 79 strokes...
At the North East Region Track Meet in Larimore, the Griggs/Midkota Titans got two new state-qualifying slots ahead of this past weekend's state meet in Bismarck. Both of those berths came in the boys' relays, as the 4x400-meter team placed second overall and the 4x200 third. The top three finishers in each regional event earn state meet qualification. Members of the two teams to advance include Eli Larson, Wyatt Spickler, Gavin Nelson and Wayland Sabinash. In the shorter relay, the team...
The second-year Carrington softball program got into the victory column for the first time in a tournament game. The sixth-seeded Cardinals upended the third seed Grafton Spoilers, 15-14, at the Region 2 Tournament in Thompson Saturday, May 20. Kaydence VanRay's two-run home run in the top of the seventh gave CHS at 14-13 lead, and they added one more run that they would need for insurance. The Cards' Cinderella run ended in their following matchups last Monday, with two losses to state...
With their final regular season track meet in Devils Lake, Carrington was able to earn several more state track meet entries at the Rotary Monday afternoon, May 15. The Cardinal girls won another team title with 194 points, and the boys took third with 81 behind the host Firebirds and Benson County, but all that was secondary to the Cards' standard-surpassing aims. New qualifiers at the meet included both the 4x100 and 4x200-meter girls' relays, with Haley Wolsky and Isabel Wendel being common...
Griggs/Midkota and Medina/Pingree-Buchanan laced up their spikes and throwing shoes for the 701 Apparel Invitational, held Saturday, May 13, at Hansen Stadium in Jamestown. The teams both entered into the Bill Jansen Last Chance meet in Valley City on Monday, before their respective regional meets. Results from that meet were unavailable. G-M and M-P-B placers at the 701 Apparel Invite are as follows: 701 Apparel Invite, Jamestown G-M Girls' Individual Placers 100-Meter Dash: Bailey Ehlers...
The Harvey-Wells County varsity and junior high track teams traveled to Rugby recently to participate in the Central North Dakota Conference (CNDC) Track and Field Meet. The meet was held on Tuesday, May 9, and was moved from Fessenden to Rugby due to wet field event conditions. Along with many great results for HWC, leading the top of the list was the new qualifying of the varsity girls 4x200 relay team. The foursome of Christalea Wagner, Breanna Heilman, Rachel Neumiller and Kamryn Sanders...
The result of many hours of volunteer labor and waiting for the grounds to dry sufficiently for the high school team's schedule to line up for an opportunity, finally paid off Monday afternoon, May 15, when the new Carrington fastpitch softball field made its debut at City Park. Fears were that the Cardinal softball team would run out of open dates at the end of their season, and would have to wait a second year to begin play in their new home. Fortunately, the field was in good condition for... Full story
Two of eastern North Dakota's power programs in the baseball realm took on the Carrington Cardinals in games at Thompson Friday, May 12. CHS took an early lead on the Park River Area Aggies, but the opposition chipped away and broke through for the four-run margin in the sixth to send the Cards to defeat, 10-6. In game two, the home Tommies put the pressure on from the get-go with five runs in the first inning, and were never challenged in a 10-2 loss for the visitors. One bright spot in game...
The Cardinal boys golf team took part in competitions at Oxbow and Cooperstown, along with Fargo, over seven days’ worth of play from the course. At Oxbow on Monday, May 8, the Cards were led by Carter Larson’s 18-hole card of 95. McCoy Beckley shot 97, followed by Wyatt Weninger (100), Luke Page (105), Gabe Ricter (112), and Ean Hovdenes (120). Four days later on May 12, Cooperstown Golf Club was the venue, and Larson again paced the team with an 85 score. Others included Ricter (95), Wen...
Midkota High School senior Wyatt Spickler (center), son of Justin and Sara Spickler of Glenfield, has signed a letter of intent to play men's basketball at Dakota College at Bottineau starting in the 2023-24 season. Spickler, a 5'11" guard, was a multi-year starter for the Mustangs and later Griggs/Midkota Titans. He will join a Lumberjack program led by Head Coach Karl Sorby, as the Jacks finished at 20-11 overall and 13-8 in NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) Mon-Dak...
The final two regular season games for the Carrington Cardinals and Nelson County/Midkota Mustangs were sandwiched into one doubleheader. With the snow from earlier in the spring now a memory, the Cards and Mustangs got two varsity contests in the books to complete their Region 3 schedule. And, in both games, Carrington came out on top by final scores of 11-0, playing as the home team in game one and the road team in the nightcap due to their earlier game in Tolna being rained out. In game one,...
The CHS baseball and softball teams have reached postseason time, playing in their respective regions of 2 and 3. At the Region 2 Tournament in Thompson, the sixth-seeded Cards faced #3 Grafton at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 20. Top-seeded Thompson and second seed May-Port-CG faced the winners of two play-in games, and the other first round game pitted #4 L/E/M vs. #5 Pembina Co. North. Carrington’s baseball team is the number two seed in Region 3, and begin play today (May 22) in New Rockford against the #6 Nelson Co./Midkota vs. #3 Kidder C...
With a field that was finally dry enough for baseball, the Carrington Cardinals hosted their first home game of the season on Thursday, May 4. Visitors were the Black Sox of Sheyenne-New Rockford, who were looking to find their feet after a rough 1-6 start to their season. Unfortunately for them, however, the Cards weren't about to slow down for their neighbors to the north. Carrington had lost only one game all season entering Thursday's matchup, and they weren't about to lose a second in...
