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Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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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...
The massive snowstorms had other ideas, but now the Carrington wrestling programs are getting a few more dual matches under their belts. Lisbon High School will host a dual triangular for both the boys and girls wrestling teams on Tuesday, January 10. Both weigh-ins will be conducted at 4:30 p.m. at LHS. At 5:30, the Carrington girls will wrestle Lisbon on Mat 2, and Napoleon boys take on Lisbon on Mat 1. The boys schedule will follow with Carrington vs. Napoleon and Carrington vs. Lisbon, and...
The biggest collection of high school wrestling talent in the nation descended upon the Fargodome for two days for the annual Rumble on the Red tournament Thursday and Friday, December 29-30. In the boys' division, varsity and junior varsity brackets were contested at 14 weight classes, and two Minnesota programs came out on top when all was said and done. New Prague and Waconia, to the southwest and due west of the Twin Cities metro area, respectively, won the varsity and JV divisions....
Thirteen total Carrington wrestlers made their way onto the mats for the Velva Invitational, and the team came away with a seventh-place showing over the two-day meet held Friday-Saturday, December 2-3 in Velva. Carrington scored 223 points at the meet, won by Northern Lights with 294. Bishop Ryan finished second, host Velva third, and HWC came in fourth. The Cardinal boys had one champion, Trace Hoggarth at 126 pounds. Hoggarth got pins in his first four matches all the way to the finals,...
Following just over 40 years of dedication to the educational side of the agricultural industry, Agronomy Research Specialist Steve Zwinger has formally announced his retirement. The Sykeston native's final day on the job at North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center was this past Thursday, December 1, as a reception was held in his honor at NDSU CREC. "Over many years, there have been so many opportunities to work with a wide variety of great people," said Zwinger. "It...
Carrington's boys wrestling team started off the dual portion of their 2022-23 schedule at Tornado Alley in Oakes Tuesday evening, November 22. When the last matches were in the books, the Tornadoes came out on top, 46-25, thanks to the home squad taking the last five matches with three pins, a forfeit and a decision. The Cards kept the dual close in the lower to middle weights, and earned pins from Dru Carr (120 pounds), defending state champion Trace Hoggarth (126) and Kael Kovar (160) for 18...
Carrington's Pitcrew youth wrestling program made the long trip down to Denver, Colo., to participate in the Monster Match Nationals tournament, held at the National Western Events Center Saturday, Nov. 5. The Pitcrew had one individual champion, Landin Clifton, at the event. Clifton won the nine-and-under (9U) 77-lb. weight class in Denver. Other placers at the event were as follows: • Nic Garber: third place, 12U 130 lbs. • Gabe Clifton: fourth place, 13U 116 lbs. • Charles Jorgensen...
From her home on the shores of Stump Lake just north of Tolna, Tracie Hill has built up a thriving independent business. It All Adds Up provides full and partial payroll services to fit small (and sometimes larger) businesses' needs, through Hill's expertise with Intuit's QuickBooks accounting software program. She and her business partner and significant other, Joe Johnson, operate the business from Joe's house on Tolna Bay. "Joe and I do all the bookkeeping and payroll for our 50-plus clients...
Victoria Vollmer of Grace City is already a regional and statewide ambassador promoting agriculture, having served as the North Dakota America's Miss Agribusiness since being named to the title two years ago. Her younger sister, Vanessa, an incoming sophomore at Midkota High School, decided to get in on the fun too. Vanessa was crowned the Teen Miss Agribusiness for 2022-23 in mid-July, along with Victoria in the Miss division once again, and will continue in her sister's legacy of bringing educ...
With stand-alone baseball program numbers not in their favor to fly solo, Carrington and New Rockford decided to cooperate as one team for the 2022 summer season. Now named the Central Dakota Red Sox (a combination of the team names Redbirds and Black Sox), they played at the 12U State "B" Cal Ripken Baseball Tournament in Burlington, held July 21-23. The Red Sox played in the Ripken "B" Pool, opposite opponents Park River, Casselton, and Star City (Velva). In the Cal "A" Pool were Thompson, Bur...
Bessette Motors of Carrington observed 25 years of ownership under the Don Bessette dealership umbrella Thursday afternoon, June 16. The Chevrolet/Buick dealer was purchased by Bessette, a Minot native, in 1997, from its previous owner, Jim Vetsch Motors. In addition to the Carrington dealership, Bessette also owns Don Bessette Motors (Hyundai) in Minot and M.J. McGuire's in Rugby. Present to celebrate the occasion were, left to right: Julie Neuman, Finance and Insurance Manager; Dodi Wiesz,...
COVID-19 could very well be on the wane in North Dakota, but a new disease transmissible through animal/human contact has seen its first confirmed case in a seven-year span in the state. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, abbreviated HPAI, was detected in a domestic chicken flock in Kidder County late last month. The case was identified by the NDSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, and later confirmed by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) lab in Ames, Iowa. The birds on the...
The SNR Black Sox and Carrington Cardinals will host their annual Baseball Jamboree Friday and Saturday, April 22-23, at their respective ballparks. Friday games in New Rockford at Jim Johnson Park will feature SNR facing off against Park River Area at 10 a.m. Immediately afterwards, Midkota/Dakota Prairie/Lakota/GCC will take on Langdon/Edmore/Munich at noon, to be followed by Midkota vs. Park River Area at 2 p.m. and SNR opposite L/E/M at 4 p.m. On Saturday, SNR begins the proceedings against...
The Carrington Pitcrew youth wrestling program competed in the North Dakota State Folkstyle Tournament at the Bismarck Event Center March 25-26. The Pitcrew competed in both the individual tournament brackets, as well as the team dual competition with two different squads. Group 1, with mostly older kids (kindergarten to sixth grade), went 1-2, taking a 70-0 loss to the Bison Wrestling Club of Fargo. They would win a 33-33 tiebreaker on criteria over the Grand Forks Gladiators, and fell to the...
Mike Ostlie speaks softly, but projects a demeanor of respect, knowledge and sense of promotion for the educational aspect of North Dakota agricultural practices. On March 1, Ostlie took over from his acting directorship at the NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center to become the center's full-time director. "At the same time, I'm both humbled and grateful to be in this room, and look forward to building new relationships, and also building on the long-term tradition of excellence that the...
Victoria Vollmer learned much from her formative years growing up on her family's ranch, the Circle V, three miles north and three miles east of Grace City just inside Eddy County. Namely, the virtues and rewards of hard work and dedication, and good stewardship of the land and animals entrusted to her parents, Jason and Veronica, and her siblings, Joseph, James and Vanessa. Growing up participating in 4-H, she presented various animal species in the show ring, but maybe her biggest pride and...
They may not have had the biggest team at the State B Individual Wrestling Tournament, but the ones who showed up for Carrington made quite an impact. Three Cardinal wrestlers captured state championships, and one other made the finals match in their respective weight classes Thursday and Friday, February 17-18, at the Fargodome. The tournament marked the end of the legendary careers of seniors Brecken Lura and Michael Clifton with state championships, and another senior, Matthew Duchscherer,...
Carrington got eight of their 12 wrestlers qualified for the following week’s State B Individual Tournament in Fargo with a solid showing at the Region 2 meet in Walhalla Saturday, February 12. With a score of 183 points, the Cards finished third in the team standings behind host and meet champion Pembina Co. North and Central Cass, who won the Region 2 Dual tourney the weekend prior. Five champions were crowned for CHS at the northeast grappling outpost near the Canadian border, while two o...
The biggest battle coming into the Region 2 Dual Tournament for the Carrington Cardinals was the numbers game. With a 4-8 record in all duals coming into the state-qualifying tournament at May-Port-CG High School Saturday, February 5, the Cards had the wrestlers to make a run if all went their way. If they could only get past their weakness of open weight classes. Seeded fourth, CHS wrestlers picked each other up from match to match, and advanced to the finals with first-round wins over...
The traditional final event of the Class B regular season on the mats transpired once again in New Salem with the East-West Tournament Saturday, Jan. 29. And for the Carrington Cardinals, it represented one more chance for the team to improve their possible individual tournament seeding should their grapplers advance to the State B in Fargo in mid-February. Two wrestlers came out on top for the Cards in New Salem, those being 113-pounder Trace Hoggarth and Michael Clifton at 182 pounds. Both Hog...
Class A opponents Devils Lake and West Fargo brought their teams to the East Gym Thursday night, Jan. 27, for a triangular dual with Carrington. The Cards contested 12 matches to the Firebirds’ eight, and won a 60-12 victory. In the nightcap, CHS did well to stay with the Packers, but fell by three, 39-36. Double winners in the dual were Trace Hoggarth (113), Matthew Duchscherer (126 and 132), Brecken Lura (138, pin and forfeit), Michael Clifton (182, pin and forfeit), and Callen Garber (195, p...
The Carrington wrestlers took three weight class championships, had another advance to the finals, and had three additional placers at the Nick Storhaug Invitational in Lisbon Saturday, Jan. 22. Winners for the Cardinals were Matthew Duchscherer at 126 pounds, Brecken Lura at 138 and Michael Clifton at 182. Duchscherer, the New Rockford-Sheyenne senior, went the point-scoring route to secure the tournament victory by garnering three major-decision victories after an opening-round pin. The...
