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 By Erik Gjovik    Sports    March 27, 2023 

'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...

 
 By Erik Gjovik    Sports    March 27, 2023 

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...

 
 By Erik Gjovik    Sports    March 27, 2023 

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...

 
 By Amy Wobbema    Sports    March 27, 2023 

Three CHS archers move on to national tournament

Despite the frightful travel conditions, local archers made their presence known at the North Dakota State National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) Tournament in Minot last weekend. Carrington...

 

School Spirit at State!

The student sections of both Medina and Pingree-Buchanan High Schools were in full throat for the three days of the State Class B Boys' Basketball Tournament, held Thursday-Saturday, March 16-18 in...

 

Central City Lanes Bowling: March 27, 2023

TEN PINS LEAGUE - Week 21 Randy’s Pro Shop 107.0 61.0 Cornhuskers 89.0 55.0 Headlocks Bar 83.0 61.0 Schulz Plb, Htg & A/C 78.0 66.0 Chain Gang 69.5 74.5 5 Spot 81.0 63.0 Shamrock Bar 38.5 105.5 Farm Credit Services 39.0 105.0 High Team Game:...

 
 By Erik Gjovik    Sports    March 20, 2023

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. ....

 
 By Erik Gjovik    Sports    March 20, 2023

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...

 
 By Erik Gjovik    Sports    March 13, 2023

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...

 

Warriors pull upset, end HWC season

The Warwick Warriors pulled off the first of a few upsets in the Region 4 Boys Basketball Tournament by defeating the Harvey-Wells County Hornets, 65-56, on Monday, March 6, at the Devils Lake Sports...

 
 By Erik Gjovik    Sports    March 13, 2023

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...

 
 By Erik Gjovik    Sports    March 13, 2023

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...

 

Wendel commits to U of J volleyball

CHS senior Kennedy Wendel, center in black, has just signed a letter of intent to play for the University of Jamestown Jimmies' volleyball program. Wendel was a multi-year starter for the Cards in...

 

Central City Lanes Bowling: March 13

TEN PINS LEAGUE - Week 20 Randy’s Pro Shop 98.0 46.0 Cornhuskers 89.0 55.0 Headlocks Bar 83.0 61.0 5 Spot 81.0 63.0 Schulz Plb, Htg & A/C 78.0 66.0 Chain Gang 69.5 74.5 Farm Credit Services 39.0 105.0 Shamrock Bar 38.5 105.5 High Team Game:...

 
 By Erik Gjovik    Sports    March 13, 2023

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...

 
 By Erik Gjovik    Sports    March 6, 2023

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...

 
 By Erik Gjovik    Sports    March 6, 2023

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...

 
 By Erik Gjovik    Sports    March 6, 2023

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...

 
 By Erik Gjovik    Sports    March 6, 2023

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...

 
 By Erik Gjovik    Sports    March 6, 2023

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...

 
 By Erik Gjovik    Sports    March 6, 2023

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...

 

Indians rebound for win over HWC

Many thought that the Four Winds-Minnewaukan Indians, after dropping their first game after winning 46 straight, would plow their way through the Harvey-Wells County Hornets for an easy victory, but H...

 

Pitcrew dualists at home meet

The Carrington Pitcrew wrestlers were in action Saturday, February 25, when they hosted their dual tournament in the East and West Gyms....

 

Clifton, Kramlich qualify for Folkstyle Nationals

Landin Clifton and Ridge Kramlich each clinched spots on the North Dakota team for the 2023 USA Wrestling Folkstyle Nationals in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Landin, the son of Jamie and Deb Clifton of...

 

Hornets win play-in; lose Region 4 opener

Harvey-Wells County did what they had to do to earn a trip to the Region 4 Girls Basketball Tournament. A win in the play-in game against Dunseith gave the Hornets a chance to pull an upset in the...

 

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