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Music is a world within itself With a language we all understand With an equal opportunity For all to sing, dance and clap their hands – Stevie Wonder Now in her second year at Carrington Public Schools, Annette Hovey has helped enrich the artistic palettes of those she teaches, through the power of ensemble performance, whether it be choral or instrumental. "One of the true joys in my life is helping my students learn a new piece of music, bring it to life, and spread the joy of music," H...
A pickup collided with the rear of a semi-truck just under two miles west of Sykeston Sunday evening, Oct. 13, resulting in life-threatening injuries for the driver of the pickup. Just before 7:30 p.m., CHI Carrington Ambulance was dispatched to the scene of the accident near mile marker 208, and Carrington Fire and Rescue also responded. Sykeston Fire Department and the Wells County Sheriff’s Department controlled traffic on scene. The incident report from the North Dakota Highway Patrol s...
Students in Mark Pazdernik's and Traci Lura's fifth grade classes at Carrington Elementary School made their annual field trip to the Foster County Museum Wednesday afternoon, October 16. They were given a tour of the museum by Cathy Paulson and Mike Larson, and learned about how kids of yesteryear learned their reading, writing and arithmetic at the one-room schoolhouse from Janice Harildstad....
The postseason picture, in spite of a pair of midseason setbacks, became clearer and clearer with each passing victory for the Carrington Cardinals. In the wake of their biggest win of the season to date, the Cards held their playoff fate in their hands: Win, and they're in. With 327 rushing yards as a team and three touchdowns on the ground from quarterback Josh Bickett, CHS earned themselves a spot at the playoff table with a 35-14 win at Cardinal Stadium Friday, Oct. 11, over Rugby. "It was...
In her pursuit of a second straight East Region individual title, Carrington's Kenadie Pazdernik couldn't match the blistering pace of two Hillsboro/Central Valley seventh graders Saturday, Oct. 12 in Cooperstown. Pazdernik still placed third for another All-Region honor behind HCV's Claire Grinde and Caroline Anderson, and was joined by teammates Macy Fiebiger (18th) and Kahri Kollman (20th) to help the Cardinal girls take a top five finish with 160 points. Griggs/Midkota eighth grader Kadence...
Carrington finished their District 5 season with authority last Tuesday night, Oct. 15, in Tornado Alley, taking down Oakes in a rare straight-set win in the series, 25-23, 25-14 and 25-18. The win allowed the Cards (15-9, 4-1 District 5) to clinch no worse than the number two seed for the upcoming district tournament in Ellendale. E-K-M has the head-to-head tiebreaker, and has the inside track for the top seed. With the Tornadoes' loss, they effectively will be the number four seed should...
Griggs/Midkota will be entering the 9-man playoffs on a high, defeating the Tri-State Tigers by a score of 61-8 in the season finale Friday night, Oct. 11, in Cooperstown. The win concludes a successful 6-2 regular season for the Titans, who now await their next opponent in the second round of the playoffs Saturday, Oct. 26, whether it be Wyndmere/Lidgerwood or May-Port-CG. Brady Haugen, Kindle Carlson and Levi Kautzman each had a pair of touchdowns, as all of G/M's scoring plays came on the...
The Griggs/Midkota Titans ran into a tough Park River/Fordville-Lankin team Thursday, Oct. 10, and came away with a 12-25, 18-25 and 14-25 defeat. The match was G/M's Pink Night to honor breast cancer survivors and victims. Kelsey Johnson led the Titans with five kills, while Alette Adrian and Jessa Spickler had three apiece. Emma McCullough had 16 assists in the loss, and Kylie Johnson had a team-high eight digs, with Vanessa Vollmer and Jersey Gronneberg going for seven each. Against...
Medina/Pingree-Buchanan kept flying along with quick sweeps over Barnes County North (25-9, 25-10, 25-11) and Strasburg/Zeeland (25-8, 25-8, 25-12). on Oct. 10 and 15. The latter win over the Clippers finished up M/P-B's District 6 season at 4-1, and the 24-5 Thunder will enter district play in Hazelton Nov. 1, 4 and 5 as the number two seed. The victory over the Bison featured double 12-kill outings by Maddie Gefroh and Brynn Sorenson. Violet Bohl had 24 assists, while Cierra Mack finished...
The Carrington High School and junior high concert bands and choirs showed off their artistry Thursday evening, Oct. 10, in the East Gym. Selections ranged from the classical to the contemporary, and were well received by the capacity crowd in attendance....
Carrington, N.D. – October 18, 2024 A newly-created festival on Carrington's Main Street could promise to become the Central City's new mid-October 'thing'. The inaugural 8th Avenue & Main Pasta Fest brought out the culinary genius of area business leaders within a two-block radius between 8th and 10th Avenue Thursday evening, October 17, from 4-7 p.m. A total of 12 different pasta dishes were available to sample for free during the event. Visitors to Pasta Fest were able to purchase tickets a...
The joy of planting and watching fruits grow to their greatest potential has been one of the prime motivators behind Kathy Wiederholt's chosen career path. "I've loved horticulture my whole life, and that's really my story," she says. "Working with plants, and being outside. Even as a kid, I would read plant identification books for fun." A self-described farm girl from Wisconsin, Wiederholt made her way to Carrington in 2006 to oversee a newly-created program at the NDSU Carrington Research Ext...
Coach Kyle Smith wasn't shy about saying it. "That was one of the bigger wins Carrington football has had for quite some time," the coach quipped following the team's 27-19 stunner on the road over the Langdon Area/Munich Cardinals Friday night, October 4. One would have to go back to 2015 for the last time CHS defeated the northern Cardinals on the field. So long, in fact, that current assistant coach Walker Carr played for that Carrington squad. The bonkers back-and-forth affair featured a...
The end of two different droughts were celebrated in consecutive weeks for Griggs/Midkota. First of all, the Titans will officially make their return to the North Dakota football playoffs after an 18-year absence. This week, G/M cinched their first outright regional championship since the 2001 season – and first as a co-op – with a 51-0 win over the Richland Colts Friday night, October 4. Even though they would have had the Region 2 crown anyway by virtue of their head-to-head wins over Enderlin...
The Carrington Cardinals had sustained success in three-set victories over the Benson County Wildcats on October 3, and the Barnes County North Bison last Tuesday, October 8. Scores from the two matches were 25-20, 25-17 and 25-20 against the 'Cats, and 25-7, 25-5 and 25-11 over the Bison to improve their regulation match winning streak to five. In the BCN match, senior libero Kenadie Pazdernik was recognized for her 1,000th career dig. Statistics from the two victories for the Cards are as...
Griggs/Midkota's attempt to break into the upper division of District 5 teams didn't quite work out for the Titans. G/M took a three-set loss to the LaMoure/Litchville-Marion Loboes (20-25, 24-26, 19-25) on Thursday, October 3 in LaMoure, and gave one of their better efforts this season in taking the Oakes Tornadoes to five sets in Glenfield before ultimately bowing to defeat, 25-16, 21-25, 21-25, 25-22 and 11-15, this past Tuesday night. The two defeats defused some momentum the Titans built...
Medina/Pingree-Buchanan volleyball had a productive day at the Lisbon-Enderlin Subway Classic Saturday, October 5, winning five out of six matches and finishing the day as the consolation champions of the event. The Thunder went 2-1 in play from the Enderlin "White" pool, defeating Hankinson (25-15, 25-20) and Larimore (25-5, 25-11) before taking a two-set loss to eventual tourney champion Maple River (17-25, 21-25). The defeat by to the Raiders set M/P-B to the consolation bracket in the...
Maddie Gefroh has made her living in the M/P-B jersey as a potent attacking force, as well as the Thunder's top blocker the last few seasons. The left-hander's longevity and persistence were rewarded with her 1,000th career kill in a 3-0 sweep for the Thunder (25-11, 25-9, 25-11) over the Kidder County Wolves in District 6 action Thursday, October 3, in Medina. Gefroh finished second on the team with 12 kills to Brynn Sorenson's 14, and led the Thunder in digs with 14, just one ahead of...
The home stretch beckons for area cross country runners, as they got their last regular season meets in before the East Region and state competitions. Both Carrington and Griggs/Midkota were in action Saturday, October 5, at the 30th Rugby Booster Club Invitational, and the Titans were also among the field at the Patriot Invitational hosted by May-Port-CG High School two days earlier on Thursday, October 3. Individual highlights included the Titans' Kadence Spickler and Tianna McCardle finishing...
Carrington strapped themselves in for two days of volleyball at the Des Lacs-Burlington Laker Invitational Friday and Saturday, October 4-5. The tournament, which traditionally brings the historically-best programs in Class B year after year, was a good test for the Cards to learn a bit about themselves opposite other squads. The Cards would play host DL-B and take a loss on overall points, 45-48 (20-25, 25-23) in the first match of pool play. They followed that up with a two-set win over NR-S...
The Carrington Chamber and Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC) is on the front lines of efforts to sell the community of Carrington to visitors, tourists, business leaders and others. Executive Director Laurie Dietz has over 23 years of experience leading CCEDC and its predecessor, the Carrington Chamber of Commerce, and began the first of her two stints at the head of the bureau at the turn of the millennium in 1999. After a two-year hiatus working in the financial sector, Dietz returned...
CHS junior Molly Hansen represented her school as the girls' golf program's only state tournament participant at the two-day State Class B event, held Monday-Tuesday, September 30-October 1 at Fargo Country Club. Molly, the daughter of Jory and Missy Hansen of Carrington, carded totals of 97 and 92 to take home 28th place overall at the meet. Fargo Oak Grove rode the wave of six All-State performances to easily capture the team championship with a 58-stroke victory at 656, led by Josie...
Two devastating Class A – Region 2 losses by three total points didn't afford the Carrington Cardinal football team a wealth of time to feel sorry for their predicament. The bus ride up Highway 281 stopped in Belcourt for a matchup with former Class AA league opponent Turtle Mountain, and the Cards hoped the newly-installed turf would allow their team speed to take over. CHS got back into the playoff conversation with a 42-16 win over the Braves, on another big offensive performance netting j...
It was a party 18 years in the making. The Griggs/Midkota Titans broke a long playoff drought dating back all the way to 2006 with a 48-20 victory over the Enderlin Eagles at Hendrickson Field in Enderlin to earn the 9-Man – Region 2 crown. The Titans (4-2, 3-0 Region 2) have just one game left on their conference obligations, as they played Richland on the road this past Friday. G/M will finish the regular season in Cooperstown October 11 against Tri-State (Fairmount/Campbell-Tintah, M...
While Ellendale's height and back row play caused problems at times for the Carrington Cardinals, in the end, CHS came away with a four-set win Tuesday, October 1, in the East Gym. In the 25-18, 23-25, 25-18 and 25-18 triumph, the local Cards had three players in double figures offensively. Sophomore Harper Kollman led the way with 12 kills, followed by Isabel Wendel's 11 and 10 more by Calleigh Hewitt. Ellendale was aggressive against the Carrington block, and though they found the floor on...
