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A season of improvement for the Griggs/Midkota Titans came to an end at the District 4 Tournament in New Rockford, as they went 1-2 in their outings to finish the year at 8-15. The Titans got out to a slow start in their opening round matchup with third seed NR-S on Friday, February 9, and fell to the Rockets, 44-32. For the entire first half and part of the third quarter, just one player, Jessa Spickler, had points for G-M in the contest. She would lead the Titans with 19 points, including...
The M-P-B Thunder's season ended with a loss to Linton-HMB, 48-33, in the regional qualifying round at the District 2 Girls Basketball Tournament in Jamestown. Earlier, the Thunder fell in first round action, 60-30, to LaMoure/Litchville-Marion, and staved off elimination with a 44-19 win over Strasburg-Zeeland. Statistics, along with the All-District 2 Team members, will be published next week....
It doesn't come often when an opponent comes to a road gym and his name is on all spectators' lips, down to the youngsters. But that's the kind of presence 6'5" senior All-State forward Deng Deng brings to the floor every night for the Four Winds-Minnewaukan Indians. The UND football commit scored about every way possible for the running-and-gunning Indians, including elevating an eye-popping two-handed slam dunk. His talented FW-M teammates fed off that energy, riding their trademark pressing...
Harvey-Wells County went on the road for their final regular season game of the year, and ran into a hot shooting Towner-Granville-Upham (TGU) Titan squad. The home team amassed 24 first quarter points, and Sage Hanson scored 33 points as the Titans won their 11th game of the season, handling HWC, 68-36 on Monday, February 12, in Towner. The first half was owned by TGU, as they scored 24 points in the opening quarter and 40 in the first half. Hanson and Jaxon Nelson combined for 18 first...
The Medina/Pingree-Buchanan Thunder righted themselves a bit after a four-loss stretch in five games, taking wins of 56-44 and 45-42 over Strasburg-Zeeland and Oakes in weekly action from February 8 and 13. M-P-B's victory over the Clippers in Strasburg came in District 2 play, and concluded their league schedule with a record of 4-4. They currently occupy the fourth spot in the district seeding race, per the standings from ndhsaanow.com. Statistics from the win over S-Z were not available at...
Senior Kyle Johnson had a big game with 20 points, and the Griggs/Midkota Titans got another District 4 win over Benson County, 65-42, in action from Glenfield last Tuesday night, February 13. The Titans got back to even in the win-loss column at 9-9 overall and 2-3 in the district, while the Wildcats fell to 6-11 and 3-4. In getting the victory, Johnson had plenty of support from teammates Latrell Rainey (13 points) and James Woodstead (11). Benson County's Macyn Olson had 14 points, while...
The two gyms at Carrington Public Schools were rocking from all the excitement, as the Cardinals hosted both of the East Region individual wrestling tournaments Friday and Saturday, February 9-10. The one-class girls tournament was up first on the agenda, and the Cards emerged with a sixth-place finish (121 points) and seven state qualifiers. Topping the list was 130-pound champion and sophomore Khendra Garcia, who earned the number two overall seed for the state individuals in Fargo with a 39-5...
The Carrington Gymnastics Club performed very well at the Kim Lupo Memorial Meet, held in Minot Saturday, February 3. Kennedy VanRay took the All-Around Silver division for 10 year olds. The Bronze team came in fourth place, a mere .15 behind Sidney, Mont., Gymnastics. The race for third place was quite tight between three gyms with Acro Stars taking it at 108.9, beating out Sidney at 108.5 and Carrington at 108.4. Bronze division podium placers, ages 6-8: Marrah VanRay, 2nd place on vault,...
TEN PINS LEAGUE - Week 20 Cornhuskers 107.5 60.5 Headlocks Bar 97.5 70.5 Randy’s Pro Shop 89.0 79.0 Chain Gang 87.0 81.0 Albatross 84.5 83.5 Schulz Plb, Htg & A/C 83.0 85.0 Shamrock Bar 64.5 103.5 5 Spot 59.0 109.0 High Individual Series: Randy’s Pro Shop, 858; Cornhuskers, 831; Headlocks, 786 High Team Series: Cornhuskers, 2411; Randy’s Pro Shop, 2409; Headlocks, 2282 High Individual Game: Rick Christianson, 258; Randy Peterson, 258; Dave Roberts, 247 High Individual Series: Randy Peterson, 758; Rick Christianson, 719; Kevin Johnson, 630 H...
With a win over Glenburn earlier in the week, the HWC girls earned a spot in the District 8 Tournament in Minot. The Hornets entered as the 8th seed, and were paired up against #1 seed Our Redeemer's, where they dropped a 60-34 decision. HWC would play Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood (MLS) in one loser-out game and played solid for the first half, but a great third quarter by the Mavericks helped oust HWC 49-30. Following the tournament, Rachel Neumiller was awarded with one of the 15 All-District play...
The second year of varsity girls wrestling at CHS is progressing very similarly to the first one. While the novelty of the opening campaign delivering a state dual tournament berth was exciting, many anticipated what the Cardinals would do for an encore in 2024. And the team did their fans and coaches proud with another second-place finish at the East Region Dual Tournament, held at Central Cass High School Friday, February 2. The Cards entered the competition as the number three seed, and took...
The Carrington boys wrestling team, save for their efforts with the championship opponent, had a very strong performance at the Region 2 Dual Tournament in Larimore Saturday, February 3. CHS finished as the runners-up at the tournament to meet winner Northern Lights, competing in Region 2 for the first time following realignment prior to this season. In round one, the Cards took a 42-8 win over the host Polar Bears. Coach Josh Kerbaugh's team dropped just two matches in the dual, which had four...
By the luck of the schedule, the Carrington girls basketball team faced the top-rated squads in both the A and B divisions in back-to-back games February 1 and 6. And the Cardinals showed that with the breaks going their way, they can compete with any squad in the state, if not outright come away with the win. Those outcomes came to pass in a closely-contested 54-48 loss to undefeated Division A top team Thompson, and they played some of their best basketball of the year in an eye-opening 54-45...
Obviously, it's little consolation now, but the Ellendale Cardinals exacted a small measure of vengeance on the Medina/Pingree-Buchanan Thunder for their epic 57-56 Region 3 championship defeat last March. Now District 2 rivals, Ellendale got out to a sizable lead before M-P-B closed in on the Cardinals in the fourth quarter, but the host team got past the Thunder, 53-49, on Friday, February 2. Six-foot-eight junior forward Kade Schimke had 16 points for Ellendale (11-5, 6-2 District 2)....
Region 1 and Region 2 representatives of Division A met on the basketball court for the first time in a long while Monday night, February 5. The Lisbon Broncos came to the East Gym for a rare roundball clash with the Carrington Cardinals, and took a 60-38 win to improve to 7-8 on the season. Carrington got a 4-0 lead to begin the game, however, the Broncos established control from that point on thanks to seven first quarter points by 6'1" junior guard Lincoln Adair. He would end the night...
Carrington didn't have their A-game, at least as far as long-range shooting was concerned, but that was good enough Friday, February 2. While the armchair meteorologists were celebrating the groundhog's forecast of an early spring, the Cardinal defense made the HWC Hornets see their shadow and gave the home team a 55-27 victory in A-B interdivisional play at the East Gym. No Cardinal players scored in double figures, as scoring leadership was shared by both Edyn Hoornaert and Madison Johnson...
Harvey-Wells County picked up three victories in weekly boys basketball action, getting District 8 victories over Surrey and Glenburn and defeating non-regional foe Carrington to move their season record to 10-8. HWC currently sits in fifth place in District 8 with a 5-4 record. HWC 74, Surrey 57 HWC scored 22 points in the first quarter and 21 more in the second quarter putting together their best first half of the season enroute to a 74-57 victory over the Mustangs in Surrey on Thursday, Febru...
TEN PINS LEAGUE - Week 20 Headlocks Bar 94.5 49.5 Cornhuskers 86.5 57.5 Chain Gang 74.5 69.5 Randy’s Pro Shop 74.0 70.0 Schulz Plb, Htg & A/C 74.0 70.0 Albatross 73.0 71.0 5 Spot 50.5 93.5 Shamrock Bar 49.0 95.0 High Team Series: Cornhuskers, 2362; Randy’s Pro Shop, 2334; Headlocks, 2266 High Individual Game: Rick Christianson, 289; Dustin Erickson, 246; Jay Morlock, 236 High Individual Series: Rick Christianson, 794; Dustin Erickson, 649; Randy Peterson, 624 High Rollers - Week 20 Leevers Foods 94.5 49.5 CK Construction 73.5 67.5 Creative Imp...
Boys' Basketball Monday, February 5 Griggs/Midkota 57, Napoleon/G-S 47 The Titans got out to a dozen-point lead after one quarter, watched it dwindle to four at the half, and held off the Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter Imperials in Glenfield last Monday. G-M's free throw shooting for the game helped them earn their eighth win of the season and square up their 2023-24 overall record at 8-8. James Woodstead scored 15 for Griggs/Midkota, and Kyle Johnson and Latrell Rainey both turned in 14-point...
New Rockford-Sheyenne was raring to go this winter following a second consecutive taste of tournament success in the volleyball season. However, that hasn't exactly translated to momentum for the winter basketball battles, as the Rockets stumbled out of the blocks to a 3-7 start. With a 55-39 win over M-P-B in Pingree last Monday night, February 5, NR-S garnered their fourth straight win, improved to 10-9, and entered the District 4 Tournament February 9 on their home floor as the number three...
Twelve years after the Carrington Cardinaires made history at the North Dakota Association of Dance and Drill (NDADD) state championship by winning an unprecedented four-event sweep, they did it again. The 2024 version of what has become Class B's premier dance troupe equaled the exploits of the 2012 team by winning the high kick, hip hop, pom and jazz categories at this year's competition, held at the Minot State University Dome January 26-27. It was the third time overall that the Cardinaires...
The shots weren't going down for Carrington, but their pressure on the defensive side frustrated the M-P-B Thunder all evening long in the East Gym Thursday night, January 25. In a cross-Division A versus B matchup, the Cardinals held the Thunder to 11 points in the first half and 10 in the second for a comfortable 50-21 victory. Junior Edyn Hoornaert posted a double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Madison Johnson's stat line was well-rounded with nine points, five rebounds, four steals...
CHS hosted its home tournament for the 2024 archery season on Saturday, Jan. 27. With action in both gyms and over 300 archers competing, it was a busy day. After nine flights of both 3D and bullseye shooting, Connor Cose of Rolla emerged as the top male archer overall in both divisions. He scored a 288 in 3D with 23 tens and also took the top spot among high school boys. NR-S archer Koy Zieman had the same score but three fewer tens, and finished first in middle school boys and second overall....
The Medina/Pingree-Buchanan boys basketball team hit a speed bump with a 55-38 loss to LaMoure/Litchville-Marion, but came back for a 41-29 win over South Border in District 2 games played on January 26 and 30. The results for the Thunder mean their record is now 9-5 for the season, and 3-2 in District 2 games. Currently, they occupy the fourth slot in the standings. Boxscores from the two contests were as follows: District 2 Boys Basketball LaMoure/L-M 55, M-P-B 38 at LaMoure M-P-B 11 12 2 13...
The Griggs/Midkota girls fell to Hillsboro/Central Valley, 55-37, and NR-S, 51-28, in games played on January 25 and 29. The Titans fell to 6-12. Boxscores from the games were not available at press time....
