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New rules this year regarding foul shots
The move from two classes of basketball to three in the state of North Dakota is a momentous step towards what is hoped to be competitive balance. It's not the only new thing hoop fanatics will...
A whole new world: CHS girls begin existence in Division A with challenges, promise
It wasn't the future that Carrington's basketball programs and school administration would have preferred to face. But, now that they're here, it's time to make the best of it. For the first time...
Head-to-head: Cardinal wrestlers in action
A pre-meal appetizer before the turkeys and casserole came out of the oven meant some exciting action from the Cardinal mat crews two days prior to the Thanksgiving holiday. Carrington started the...
M-P-B's Thomas makes All-State
Allison Thomas could be described as Coach Jacie Connell's "Swiss Army knife" for the M-P-B Thunder volleyball program. Like the legendary utilitarian tool, Thomas did a little bit of everything on...
Benefit for Speldrich Dec. 2
Through it all, Connie Speldrich does her best to keep taking her life day-by-day. Recent health scares have knocked her down, but she keeps getting up, and the fighting spirit within her keeps...
Jungels on 1st Team All-State; Clifton, Weninger 2nd
Linemen don't seek the spotlight, but they often do the sometimes-unheralded work at the point of attack to get the players with the ball their moments in the sun. So it was that Carrington senior...
Grapplers start at Early Bird
The winter sports season for 2023-24 got going for the Carrington wrestling teams at the Minot Early Bird Tournament the weekend of Saturday, November 18, at Minot High School. Boys and girls varsity...
Mya's story
+++ "I don't think I could count the times I was so down on myself and cried wondering why God has to make me hurt so bad and what purpose do I have here. To numb the pain, I did drugs, because when...
One-Act Play wins Region 5
In this scene from "Nellie", a play by Robby Steltz, famed pioneer journalist Nellie Bly, played by Kelsi Neuman (seated), goes undercover and sees for herself the abuses of patients in what would...
CHS netters 4th at Region 3
It would have been completely on-brand for the Carrington Cardinals and Oakes Tornadoes to play their typical match for a plaque that, on the surface, might not mean much in the grand scheme. This one...
Rockets advance to State B
The second crack at greatness for the New Rockford-Sheyenne volleyball team ended up being much tougher than their successful first attempt just one year ago. In 2022, the Rockets flew under the radar...
Flying under the radar, Cards could surprise
The lineup didn't exactly have the greatest depth in terms of match experience last season, but Carrington's boys' wrestling team is one year wiser, and ready to make some noise at key weights. Last y...
Girls return to mats for year two
The Carrington girls' wrestling program had certainly, to borrow a mixed sporting metaphor, punched above their weight class in their first season as a varsity sport. The Cards ran the gauntlet of pre...
NR-S-M get five total on Nine-Man All-State teams
The New Rockford-Sheyenne/Maddock Rockets finished one game short of advancing to this year’s Dakota Bowl, but were very well-represented on the North Dakota High School Coaches Association (NDHSCA) Nine-Man All-State Teams. Defensive lineman...
Lion tamers: CHS ends Linton-HMB's three-year reign as Region 3 champs in quarterfinals
Steeled from their season-long fight against the tough competition in District 5, the Carrington Cardinals were not a team for opponents to underestimate or look past. If the E-K-M Rebels occupied the...
Fighting to the end: M-P-B eliminated with 3-1 defeat vs. Oakes
If nothing else, the Medina/Pingree-Buchanan Thunder left 2023 Region 3 volleyball fans with an everlasting memory of a team refusing to go gently into the night, and some respect for their heart and...
The agony of defeat: Cards fall to Loboes in five in Region 3 semis
Cinderella's slipper couldn't quite fit the Carrington Cardinals' foot. Try as they might, the Cards came back valiantly from a two-sets-to-none disadvantage, and forced a fifth set against...
Class A Region 2 football team selections revealed
Carrington had five players selected to the Class A Region 2 team, as well as four additional players on the Honorable Mention squad. Quarterback/free safety Josh Bickett, along with running back/linebacker Corbin Clifton, center/defensive tackle...
Nine-Man Region 1 teams named
The Griggs/Midkota Titans had three players make the All-Region 1 team in the Nine-Man division, and one other earn Honorable Mention distinction. Linemen Levi Kautzman and Isaac Stadler, and running...
Round two: P-B voters to decide on $5.1 million elementary project
One year following the first attempt, residents within the Pingree-Buchanan School District will go to the polls again to vote yea or nay on a proposed school improvement project for the elementary...
Top 5 finish for Pazdernik at State Cross Country
It must be late October in North Dakota, and the final 5,000 meters of competitive course running for statewide athletes featured the first winter weather of the fall season. A bone-chilling...
Cards make it back to Region 3 tourney
While the Carrington Cardinals had their own agenda to follow, Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier's season-long ascension into the top of the district world has proven to be no passing fad. The Rebels continued...
CHS takes three from Titans in tournament first round
District 5 Tournament officials had to come up with a creative solution to get their first game of the day in the books. The weather in Oakes was sufficiently calm Thursday, October 26, to allow teams involved in the final two first round games to...
Lions oust Thunder for District 6 crown
Medina/Pingree-Buchanan's five-match run through the District 6 regular season provided them with confidence they could get the two straight wins to take the tournament plaque in Napoleon Monday-Tuesd...
Oakes ends G-M's season
Griggs/Midkota faced a tall task in their attempt to spring an upset and prolong their volleyball season at the District 5 Tournament in Oakes Monday night, October 30. Namely, to take down the...
