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Albert Einstein said of going through the pains of human existence: "There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Local author Chelee Finch subscribes to Einstein's second assertion, and her book, "Saving Myself One Miracle at a Time," tells the story of the mother of three daughters' reliance on her family, faith in God and inner resilience to face life's struggles head on. In the prologue, Finch says, "Life is...
Carrington boys' wrestlers took the mats for a pair of duals Thursday night, Nov. 30, in the East Gym with new Region 2 opponents Northwood and Rugby, and came away with 24-3 and 48-12 victories. There was no time to rest, however, as they boarded the bus for the two-day Velva Invitational, and the condensed format of the weekend yielded many Cardinal points and two champions. Jayden Broadwell (127 pounds) and Corbin Clifton (152) each won their respective weight classes in Velva, and the Cards...
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 head-to-head portion of the 2023-24 boys' wrestling campaign with a home dual in the East Gym Tuesday, Nov. 21, against the Oakes Tornadoes, falling in 42-30 fashion. Highlights from the boys' match included wins by pin from Skye Kramlich at 107 pounds, along with Dru Carr (121), Nic Garber (145),...
In her tenure leading the NR-S Rocket volleyball program, Sara Myhre has one big ticket list item that her team hasn't accomplished. Defeating their rivals from 16 miles down Highway 281, the Carrington Cardinals. Mark Thursday, September 14, 2023 on that calendar, as the Rockets, behind a big match from senior All-State performer Kelsie Belquist, took a 29-27, 12-25, 25-21 and 26-24 victory at CHS' East Gym in front of a raucous Cardinal crowd during their Homecoming Week. Senior middle hitter...
To borrow a popular sporting cliche, "This one had all the makings." It looked to be a great matchup on paper based on their recent track records, dating back to last season's magical run for the NR-S Rockets and Medina/Pingree-Buchanan's hot start to 2023 against quality opponents. And, by the time the last point fell to the floor, it was crystal clear that two very evenly-matched programs gave all they had and then some. The Rockets withstood a tremendous challenge from the Thunder, winning a...
In her tenure leading the NR-S Rocket volleyball program, Sara Myhre has one big ticket list item that her team hasn't accomplished. Defeating their rivals from 16 miles down Highway 281, the Carrington Cardinals. Mark Thursday, September 14, 2023 on that calendar, as the Rockets, behind a big match from senior All-State performer Kelsie Belquist, took a 29-27, 12-25, 25-21 and 26-24 victory at CHS' East Gym in front of a raucous Cardinal crowd during their Homecoming Week. Senior middle hitter...
Connie Krapp is proof positive that if you have an idea in your head and a dream and vision to see it through, it's best to pursue it before it's too late. A momentary health crisis caused Krapp to re-evaluate and dedicate herself to one of her life goals, and she is now a published children's author. The first of Krapp's debut offering in the four-book Ozzy Ox series of children's books, "Ozzy Ox: Candy Stash," is slated for official launch today (July 31) on Amazon. Krapp, who lives with her...
The New Rockford Post 30 Black Sox have now won three of their last four courtesy of another pitching gem from Keaton Cudworth. Playing in Steele, N.D. against Kidder County on Monday, July 10, the Black Sox were looking to recover after being no-hit by Hudson Schmitz in Carrington on July 5. Thankfully for them, Cudworth was starting on the mound. Through seven innings of work he kept the Kidder County lineup from scoring a single run and allowed just two hits while striking out eight batters....
The implementation of a three-division basketball plan by the North Dakota High School Activities Association (NDHSAA) on February 8 has spurred momentum on adopting a similar plan for volleyball. At the regular meeting of the NDHSAA Board of Directors on June 6, the governing body accepted a draft proposal for a three-division volleyball plan, which would take effect no earlier than the 2024-25 season. The proposal retains the cutoffs from the basketball plan, with Division AA featuring...
On paper, the city of Carrington is a Class B town. But if you delve deep into the history of wrestling in the Central City, it started, at least at the high school level, as a Class A program. It's in that spirit that the Pitcrew youth wrestling team takes on opposing city programs orders of magnitude larger than they are in dual competition, and not only survives, but thrives in some cases. Not to mention, they do pretty well individually, too. The Pitcrew crowned eight individual champions,...
The Carrington Gymnastics LLC Club had eight placewinners at the North Dakota State USA Gymnastics Meet, held Saturday, March 18, at the Minot State University Dome. The team is coached by Tammy Sorensen and assisted by Jessie Lura and Brooke Kutz. Carrington had one individual champion in the meet, two others take third and three additional top-four finishes in various skill divisions. Leighton Rzaszutak was the vault champ in the XB (Bronze) division, registering a 9.275 score on a 10-point...
From the sixth seed at Region 4 to a Cinderella appearance at the State Class B Tournament in Bismarck March 16-18, the Warwick Warriors gained a few fans along the way for their fearless, free-wheeling style. Even though Warwick, the smallest school in the tournament, lost all three games at the tourney to come home in eighth place and fell to 0-9 all time at the State B, Coach Ryan Brown's group has nothing for which to be ashamed. The Warriors were merely half a quarter from pulling off one o...
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 relationship and bond with them, build a strong love of the land, family and country. Those ingrained qualities served Retzlaff in her participation in the Miss Rodeo competition at the 86th Annual North Dakota Winter Show in Valley City, held Friday night, March 10, as part of the show festivities. She...
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 Therapy provides services for cattle, horses and dogs, and is an option for anybody who notices pain in their animal, or desires to provide them with increased range of motion and other health benefits. "Animals of any age can benefit from therapy sessions," said Becker. "That can range from...
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 Carrington, and Ridge, the son of Matthew and Julie Kramlich of Maddock, punched their tickets at the North Dakota national team qualifier Friday, February 24, at the Bismarck Event Center. Clifton took first place in the 12-and-under (12U), 75-pound weight class, while Kramlich did the same at 12U, 90...
The stage once again wasn’t too big for senior Trace Hoggarth to shine. The CHS senior 120-pounder took a 7-2 victory over Lisbon’s Noah Anderson to capture his second consecutive state individual title at the State Class B Individual Wrestling Tournament Thursday and Friday, February 16-17, at the Fargodome. Hoggarth finished the year with a 44-3 record, getting a first-round pin, and decision wins in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds to advance to the title match. Three other Car...
Nearly 60 years after the last basketball season under three divisions in North Dakota went into the history books, and over several decades of speculation and debate on the topic, a three-class system will be returning in 2023-24. The North Dakota High School Activities Association (NDHSAA) Board of Directors, on a unanimous 10-0 vote, agreed to implement the plan that would create Divisions AA, A and B for basketball in the state. An amended motion to the plan, which states that the new system...
The Carrington boys' wrestling team earned state qualification in eight of the 14 total weight classes, and finished in a third-place tie with HWC in the team standings at the Region 2 Individual Tournament in Hillsboro Saturday, February 11. Both the Cards and Hornets scored 169.5 points, behind region champion Central Cass (230 points) and Pembina Co. North (215) in second. CHS crowned four region champions in Hillsboro. Skye Kramlich took the 106-pound class, as did defending state champion...
One team was looking to maintain positive momentum into the postseason, while another was in need of a confidence booster against a quality opponent. The NR-S Rockets, still licking their wounds after a 31-point loss to Langdon/Edmore/Munich two nights prior, entered their makeup game with rival Carrington with the intent of playing good basketball even if they failed to spring the upset. On that count, the Rockets are still looking for answers, with not much time before the start of the Region...
Carrington had their chances to make the State B Dual Tournament with either a championship or runner-up finish at the Region 2 championships in Harvey. However, a painfully-close 36-33 loss in the semifinal round to the Pembina Co. North Grizzlies meant that the fate of that tournament berth was temporarily in others' hands. If PCN were to advance to the finals and upset top seed Central Cass, that would have allowed the Cards to challenge the Squirrels for the final spot. Unfortunately for...
An updated draft proposal for a three-class basketball system in the state was released by the North Dakota High School Activities Association (NDHSAA) for school administration and athletic directors’ consumption and review. The NDHSAA, upon consultation with legal counsel, made several minor changes to the previous plan presented before the board, and unveiled a 22-page document on Friday, January 27, which details some of the specifics of the draft proposal. If the governing body plans to i...
Trace Hoggarth appears to be hitting his stride on the mats at the exact right time. The senior 120-pounder for Carrington went a perfect 3-0 to win his weight class at the East-West Classic in New Salem Friday-Saturday, January 27-28, in what represents the final regular season tournament for statewide Class B wrestlers. Hoggarth was one of three placers for the Cards, who placed 12th as a team with 64 team points. Lisbon cruised to another tournament crown, scoring 221 points and...
An idea that was to witness its genesis in 2020 came to fruition three years later, following two instances of weather cancellation and one to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Central City played host to the State Class B Junior Varsity Wrestling Tournament at Carrington High School Saturday, January 14, with schools from throughout the state trotting out their younger grapplers for some valuable big-match chops in a largely low-pressure environment. CHS, the host school, placed fifth among 19...
In another large tournament on Friday-Saturday, January 6-7, the Carrington boys wrestlers had three total placers at the Bismarck Rotary, held at the Event Center. Senior Trace Hoggarth had the best individual finish of third place at 120 pounds, with three pins, a major decision and decision win comprising his five victories. His only loss came to an undefeated Watertown, S.D., wrestler, Sloan Johannsen, in the semifinal round. At 152, Kael Kovar took four of his six trips to the mat to place...
The Carrington boys wrestlers didn’t win all four of their duals in last week’s worth of triangulars in Casselton (January 5) and Lisbon (January 10), but they took the most important ones. In a Region 2 three-team dual meet, the Cards took a 35-33 squeaker over the Central Cass Squirrels and a 51-30 win against HWC to keep their regional dual record perfect at 4-0 for the winter. CHS didn’t have much of any luck against the Class B power Lisbon Broncos five nights later, falling in 51-30 fashi...
