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'Miner' problems turn major for M-P-B in State B opener
Even if just for the first half, the big stage didn't affect the M-P-B Thunder one single bit. After 16 minutes had elapsed, Coach Bob Young's club was right there with the third-seeded Beulah...
Ranchers edge Thunder in consolation round by two
Josh Moser was feeling the luck of the Irish in the Friday, March 17 consolation semifinals. In contrast to his frustrating opening round game in which he scored just five points, the basket was looking big for the M-P-B senior point guard in the...
M-P-B takes 7th at State B
Warwick came tantalizingly close to pulling off one of the largest upsets in the history of Class B basketball in the first round in Bismarck, even though the score didn't show it. A 58-43 loss to...
Soothing our furry friends
Amy Becker's extensive background in agriculture, and her sense of empathy and an everlasting love for animals, has inspired her to get into massage therapy for our four-legged companions. Coppertop...
Fit for a (rodeo) queen
Jozey Retzlaff, a junior at Carrington High School, has spent her life on the farm immersed in the Western way of life. Get up early, do your chores, feed your horse and maintain a trusting...
Bismarck Bound
The closing line of 1980 Team USA Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks' fabled speech in "Miracle" to his team before they took on the Soviets rang true for the Medina/Pingree-Buchanan Thunder. "This. ....
Rolling to perfection
As a police officer by profession, Chris Ormiston spends one night weekly at Central City Lanes to unwind from a job that provides its own special level of stress and anxiety. On the evening of...
Trader calls it a career
Back in the early 1980s, Al Trader and his wife, Sandy, didn't quite have a defined idea where life would take them. After Al worked for an eastern North Dakota dealership for a time, the couple's...
On the cusp of greatness: M-P-B advances to Region 3 championship
Military metaphors are often overused in our sporting-obsessed culture, but M-P-B Coach Bob Young got straight to the point about what Thunder games with the Linton-HMB Lions have resembled this...
Anderson's play vaults TBC Lions to NIAC title
Trinity Bible College women's basketball player Brenna Anderson's role on the court for the Lions has blossomed into being one of the team's go-to-players with the recent conclusion of her sophomore s...
March sadness: CHS falls in Region 3 quarterfinals to M-P-B
For the first few minutes of the Region 3 quarterfinal round, the Carrington Cardinals were doing what they needed to do against District 6 winner Medina/Pingree-Buchanan, according to Coach Tim Ranum...
Thunder Boom: M-P-B wins District 6 championship
The years of struggles on the floor as a young budding squad learning to win, have come to fruition for the M-P-B Thunder. After several tournament disappointments, the Thunder finally hit one of...
A family in need
On early Sunday morning, February 12, the farm house of Rudy and Alexis Theis, located four miles north and four miles east of Carrington in Estabrook Township, went up in flames. With it, many...
Play time! Indoor play area at Youth Center becoming a popular party spot
Adding a new recreational option for area children to expend their joyous energy is already paying off for the Carrington Youth Center. The indoor play area on the premises was completed this past...
Flat effort dooms CHS in District 5 semis
In both of Carrington's games with E-K-M in the girls' Region 3 and boys' District 5 tournaments, the halftime score was 30-20. This time around, the Rebels were the frontrunners, and if the mirror...
G-M ousts Oakes in District 5 loser-out; fall to Ellendale
Despite the best shooting efforts of Oakes’ Noah Sundby in the first half, the Griggs/Midkota Titans were undeterred in their pursuit of one more game. Sundby hit all five of his three-point shot...
Carrington wins Region 3 qualifier
Carrington will be playing in the Region 3 Tournament today (March 6) after defeating the Barnes County North Bison, 77-54, in the qualifying game Tuesday afternoon, February 28, at the District 5...
Cards victorious, Titans fall in first round at District 5
The Independent-area District 5 teams had their first round of play at the opening postseason tournament Saturday, February 25, at the Jamestown Civic Center. Postponements related to the previous...
Rebels' revenge: E-K-M ends CHS' State B pursuit
In the first quarter of their Region 3 semifinal, it seemed that when the Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier Rebels gave Carrington an inch, the Cards would take a mile. The Rebs were half a step slow in...
Cards finish in 3rd at Region 3
The final game in Class B (in its current form) for the Carrington Cardinal girls went in the books as a triumph. It wasn't the storybook ending they pictured for the program in 2022-23, with that...
Thunder win two, advanced to District 6 championship
M-P-B took care of business in the first two rounds at the District 6 Tournament in Hazelton, and made it to the top rung of the ladder to play for the tournament crown. The third-seeded Thunder got...
Cards put scare into Tommies; enter District 5 with confidence
Two programs fated to be part of the to-be-minted Region 2 of Division A next season got an early start on a new league rivalry Thursday night, February 16, in Thompson. Carrington's final regular...
Win, loss for M-P-B boys in weekly play
M-P-B enters the District 6 Tournament in Hazelton on the heels of one confidence-building victory, and a 26-point defeat at the hands of the 10th-ranked Class B team in the state. Gage Magstadt's...
Survive. . . and advance
Carrington's planned Monday night, February 20 finale with Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter in the first round of the Region 3 Girls' Basketball Tournament in Jamestown didn't materialize. Instead, the...
Rebels finish M-P-B's year in Region 3 opener
It was enough of a chore for M-P-B to just get off uncontested shots in their 56-23 loss to the Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier Rebels in the Region 3 opening round. Following a semi-competitive first quarter...