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As the saying goes, "All good things must come to an end." But that doesn't mean that the fine fruit wines from Dakota Sun Winery are gone for good. Business-owners Bruce and Merleen Gussiaas sold the winery to Devin Quick of Williston in February, meaning the production of the award-winning wines will no longer be done from the family's rural Carrington farm in Nordmore Township. From their entry into the wine-making business back in 2010, the Gussiaases have built the winery, and associated...
The Region V Speech Meet was held Saturday, April 13, at Carrington High School. Speakers from regional schools competed in different categories in order to snag one of two available state meet spots per event. The state competition will be held on Saturday, April 27, at Mandan High School....
The Carrington Cardinal baseball team's run towards what they hope is a state Class B tournament berth started Thursday, April 11, at Corbett Field in Minot. There, the Minot North Sentinels, a newly-created Class A school playing a junior varsity schedule, used twin three-run frames to get past the Cards, 6-3. Corbin Clifton's two-hit, three-RBI effort, including a triple, led the way for CHS. Grady Shipman hit a double, stole a base and scored twice, and the Cards' other hits came from Owen...
With four blistering laps around the track at the Grafton Spoiler Outdoor meet on April 12, Carrington senior Madison Johnson put her name among others displayed on the red shields in the West Gym. Johnson's time of 5:13.68 set a new school record in the 1,600-meter run at the meet, besting the time of 5:16.48 set by Amanda Jarrett back in 2017. In the same event, junior Kenadie Pazdernik added a second event to her state meet schedule, running 5:25.35. Johnson also ran the anchor leg on...
Even with a momentary bout of freezing rain that hit the City Park complex on Thursday, April 11, the Carrington softball team managed to get in a game with the Thompson Tommies. The visitors are a returning Class B tournament qualifier from last spring, and served notice that they should be in the conversation once again with a 20-3 win over the Cards. Thompson rapped out 19 hits in the victory. Sydney Schwabe had three hits from the leadoff spot, and Kya Hurst and Cindy Eliason each scored thr...
BY ERIK GJOVIK One of the most visible symbols and fund-raising arms for the CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington Medical Center Auxiliary will be shuttered at the end of this month. The Happy Heart Hutch gift shop has long provided patients and hospital patrons with a wonderful selection of items, as part of its loving service to area communities and the region. With the news that the Hutch is planning to close for good, some in the Carrington area might be openly wondering what that portends for...
Students from Carrington and other schools had a blast dancing the night away at the 2024 CHS Prom, held Saturday night, April 6, in the West Gym. Here, participants Madison Johnson, Sydney Friedt and others do a bit of dress-up in construction gear to the delight of the crowd. The theme of the Prom was "The Last Disco"....
The sun came out Tuesday, April 9, and the Carrington and HWC girls' softball teams met at the field at the Fessenden City Park for the teams' first action of the spring. The Hornets kept the pressure on all game long against the Cards, making them deal with their aggressive baserunning, pin-point pitching and timely hitting for a 16-5 win. HWC scored in every inning, plating three runs in the first, four in the second, five in the third, and four in the fourth to take the victory by 10-run...
Madison Johnson, a CHS senior and daughter of David and Nichole Johnson of Carrington, was selected to the Class A/B Lions All-Star Girls Basketball squad. The 5'7" senior guard helped lead the Cardinals to a 17-8 season this past season, their first in the new Division A. Johnson led the team at 11.2 points per game, and also finished as the Cards' best rebounder at 6.0 per game, along with 2.8 steals. She was second on the squad in assists, averaging 2.8. She was the first player in CHS...
Pleasant temperatures awaited central North Dakota athletes at the first outdoor track meet of the season, the Bison Stampede in Hazen Tuesday, April 9. For Carrington, it yielded three state qualifying slots for the Cardinal girls, and one for the boys' team. Senior middle distance runner Madison Johnson won both the 800 and 1,600-meter runs in standard-achieving fashion, running 2:25.69 for the former and 5:24.89 for the latter race. In the 3,200, junior Kenadie Pazdernik was the other girls'...
The Easter Bunny came out of his burrow Saturday, March 30, to provide a bounty of over 12,000 eggs filled with an array of tasty sweetness at Carrington's annual Easter Egg Hunt. The event was held at the Carrington Public School East Gym, and helpful parents, the young and the very young got their opportunity to grab some loot for themselves....
The Carrington track teams had their second indoor event of the young season, and the Cardinal girls are in prime early spring form. At the Thundering Herd Classic from the Shelly Ellig Track Complex at NDSU in Fargo last Monday, April 1, the Cards won the girls' portion of the meet with 72 points, edging out the Fergus Falls Otters for the title. Senior Madison Johnson won the 800-meter run in a time of 2:26.43, and she was also third in the 1,600 with a 5:19.84 clocking. Kenadie Pazdernik...
The Carrington Pitcrew youth wrestling club had two teams on the mat at state competition from the Bismarck Event Center Friday, March 22. At the North Dakota USA State Folkstyle Dual Tournament, the Pitcrew wrestled to a 4-1 record to take third place in the Large Team division, or Group 1. Carrington took a narrow 33-32 loss to the Bison Wrestling Club in the first round, but won the final four matches against the Valley City Express (58-12), Grand Forks Gladiators (46-26), and got some...
Carrington High School held their Athletic Awards Night Tuesday, March 26, in the West Gym. Athletes from all Cardinal sports teams were honored at the event, and Madison Johnson and Logan Weninger (center) were named Top Female and Male Senior Athletes for 2024. Peggy Smith (left) and Evie Skytland (right) were presented with the Honorary 'C' Club Awards for their contributions to the CHS athletic programs. For profiles of the major award winners and the list of all sports honorees for this...
Carrington's spring sports season began at the second consecutive weekend meet at UND's Fritz Pollard Athletic Center, the Great North Regional Open, on Saturday, March 23. Griggs/Midkota also was among the competition at the Great North, as was NR-S, making a return trip from the previous week's Fighting Hawk Classic. The Cardinal girls placed third out of 19 teams with 60 points, and got meet championships from Kenadie Pazdernik (800-meter run), and the 4x400-meter relay team of Josie...
Contributors to Carrington Cardinal athletic programs, from the varsity down to junior varsity and C-squad levels, were all honored at the school's Athletic Awards Night for the 2023-24 season Tuesday evening, March 26. Ten activities and their past seasons were granted time for recognition, with each team's coach or advisor speaking on the successes their respective students enjoyed. Five additional sports that played last spring were also honored. Plaques were given to all seniors who...
Award winners present for Athletic Awards Night in sports from the fall 2023 season are pictured here....
Award winners present for Athletic Awards Night in sports from the winter 2023-24 and spring 2023 seasons are pictured here....
Jesse Schroeder has been in the arena when things get hairy, and experienced the excitement and tension that comes with those scenarios. The 2002 CHS graduate and veteran of the United States Navy has been a world traveler as part of the Special Warfare Command, and used those skills to combat wildfires in Montana when his service ended. Now, as an arborist, he owns and operates Schroeder Sawyer Service, LLC, a tree removal and stump grinding business out of his home at 305 Main St. in...
A drier-than-normal winter has largely kept snow melt drainage to the bare minimum, meaning that if the forecasts remain favorable, the spring sports season can get going in a timely manner. The Carrington track and field team will be the first Cardinal program to christen the 2024 spring with an indoor meet at NDSU's Shelly Ellig Track Complex this past Saturday, March 23. This will be CHS Coach Greg Hoeckle's swan song after a legendary 35-year stint as the leader of the program, which has...
Drones: They aren't just for photography anymore. Or military applications. Or weather. Or even delivery purposes. The next wave of airborne crop spraying technology has now hit central North Dakota, and Mason Wede of rural Carrington has jumped in on the burgeoning niche business. Wede opened Nodak Drones in an announcement on a Facebook post Monday, March 11, which will operate from his farm just outside Melville and 10 miles south of Carrington at 645 Highway 281 S.E. "I first heard of...
Mike Koenig of Carrington started his taxidermy career as a hobby, and said of the intervening years since, "[It's] grown into much more than that." Twenty-three years into that first plunge into the art of trophy wildlife presentation, one outstanding entry of Koenig's work has been honored as the top of its kind in the state. At the North Dakota Taxidermists Association's (NDTA) 39th annual competition held March 7-10 in Bismarck, his reproduction perch took home the state championship...
The Carrington Pitcrew youth wrestling program met all their opponents head on in the Sheyenne River Valley Friday, March 8, and emerged from the fray with a tall, shiny trophy for their efforts. The Pitcrew cracked the 40-point mark in all three of their duals to take three victories and win the championship at the Lisbon 'Lil' Bronco Dual Tournament. In the first round, Carrington defeated Kindred, 48-12, and defeated host Lisbon by a 43-18 margin before romping to a 47-12 win over Casselton...
The Carrington junior high and high school Music Department performed in their Spring Concert Friday, March 8, in an event rescheduled from February 27 due to winter weather complications. The groups' theme for this concert was 1970's and 80's pop music standards. (Editor's Note: In the print version of this picture story, Renae Raines' last name was misspelled. The Independent regrets the error.)...
Band and choral ensembles representing Carrington, Griggs County Central, Midkota, Nelson County (Dakota Prairie/Lakota), NR-S and Pingree-Buchanan performed in pursuit of high ratings at the Region V Large Group Music Festival at Carrington Public School Tuesday, March 12....
