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  • Duchscherer sixth, Kramlich first in JV at Bismarck Rotary

    Erik Gjovik|Jan 17, 2022

    Thanks to three top-eight finishers, the Carrington Cardinal wrestlers finished in 17th place overall at the large school-dominated Bismarck Rotary Tournament, held Friday and Saturday, January 7-8, at the Event Center. A pair of South Dakota schools, Watertown and Rapid City Stevens, occupied the top two team finishes with just two points separating the Arrows from the Raiders (205.5 to 203.5). Sidney, Montana was third with 187, and Bismarck and Minot rounded out the top five. The Cards had 70...

  • Duchscherer wins two in dual losses to HWC, Central Cass

    Erik Gjovik|Jan 17, 2022

    Being down in numbers to fill lineup slots, everything had to go Carrington’s way in contested weights to salvage any form of victory in a triangular dual meet with HWC and Central Cass on Thursday, Jan. 6, in Harvey. Even with four forfeits to the Hornets and five to the Squirrels, the Cards lost both duals by a combined tally of just five points, taking a bitter 37-36 loss to the home team and tasting defeat in 40-36 fashion to the eastern North Dakota school. Taking wins in both duals were T...

  • Duchscherer, Kramlich compete at Rumble on the Red tourney

    Erik Gjovik|Jan 10, 2022

    Among the biggest high school, junior high and youth wrestling tournaments in the country, the Rumble on the Red, held December 29-30, never ceases to bring the best talent in the upper Midwest to the Fargodome floor. The Carrington wrestling team, fielding four varsity competitors, and eight in the junior varsity brackets, finished in 44th place overall with 28.5 team points. Jackson Co. Central, a Minnesota school located in the southwest corner of the state, took the team title with 156.5...

  • Kramlich earns second place at N.D. Middle School Tourney

    Erik Gjovik|Dec 27, 2021

    New Rockford-Sheyenne seventh grader Skye Kramlich, wrestling for Carrington, brought home second place in his weight class at the 2021 North Dakota Middle School State Wrestling Tournament held at the Minot Auditorium on Saturday, Dec. 18. Kramlich wrestled in the seventh-eighth-grade 90-pound class, and won his first three matches before being pinned by Dickinson's Max Glaser in the championship match. He was one of five Cardinal wrestlers to participate in the event. As a group, Carrington...

  • Cardinals conquer Rockets in Carrington

    Erik Gjovik|Dec 20, 2021

    The varsity court experience deficit between the NR-S Rockets and Carrington Cardinals was fairly vast coming into the 2021-22 boys' basketball opening game. The Cards began their third season with largely the same roster, following records of 3-18 and 7-14 in the previous two campaigns, while the Rockets returned only two varsity contributors from last year's 15-8 team. However, it was a newcomer to the CHS roster, Josh Bickett, who made the most lasting impression in the 62-31 win for the...

  • Cards go 1-3 in home duals; take 4th at Al Larson tourney

    Erik Gjovik|Dec 20, 2021

    The CHS wrestling team had their struggles in the Carrington Duals on Friday night, December 10, the event traditionally preceding the Al Larson Invitational. The Cards dropped decisions of 31-24 to the Minot Magicians, 52-14 against Class B contender New Salem-Almont, and a tough 39-31 Region 2 loss to Pembina County North in the nightcap. In between, Carrington rolled to a 59-12 win against the out-manned Napoleon Imperials. The losses dropped the Cards' overall record in head-to-head outings...

  • Berglund named to Class 9B Second Team All-State

    Erik Gjovik|Dec 13, 2021

    Nick Berglund was the tallest target in the passing game for NR-S, along with one of the Rockets' top edge rushers on defense. And now, the 6'4", 216-pound wide receiver/defensive end has been recognized with elevation to the highest honor Class 9B can bestow upon he and his peers. Berglund was named to the Second Team of the North Dakota High School Coaches Association (NDHSCA) Class 9B All-State squad. Season statistics for the senior include 42 solo and 38 assisted tackles, eight sacks and...

  • Duchscherer takes second place, CHS first in Velva

    Erik Gjovik|Dec 13, 2021

    Seven matches in the space of two days is a tall task for any individual wrestler. That’s what awaited much of the 17-team field at the Velva Invitational Tournament Friday and Saturday, Dec. 3 and 4. However, the Carrington Cardinals powered through that early conditioning test, winning four weight classes and advancing to two other championship matches to score 373 points for the team title. Minot Bishop Ryan, with 326 points, came in second and Northern Lights (Rolla/Rolette/St. John) scored...

  • 100 wins

    Erik Gjovik|Dec 6, 2021

    If nothing else, NR-S senior and Carrington wrestler Matthew Duchscherer has a great sense of timing. Duchscherer's night in the spotlight at the NR-S High School Gym on Tuesday, November 23, featured him attaining a personal milestone. The 132-pounder took his 100th career victory in a first-period pin over Oakes' Noah Wood. It was one of five falls the Cardinals would get in a 48-33 win over the Tornadoes to start the dual portion of their season. The two teams exchanged pins and forfeits in...

  • A Rocket...in Red

    Erik Gjovik|Nov 15, 2021

    The Cardinal wrestling mats will be making a bit of a road trip eight days from now, 16 miles to New Rockford, for Carrington's "home" opener in the NR-S Gym against the Oakes Tornadoes. It wasn't something that Coach Josh Kerbaugh's program had to do, but what they felt they should do to recognize the contributions of one of their most dedicated grapplers. Rocket senior Matthew Duchscherer has wrestled for the Carrington program since third grade when he began with the Pitcrew youth team, and w...

  • Wobbema purchases Foster County Independent

    Erik Gjovik|Oct 25, 2021

    For the first time in nearly 46 years, the Foster County Independent has changed hands to new ownership. Amy Wobbema, publisher and sole owner of the New Rockford Transcript and Transcript Publishing, has assumed the editor/publisher position at the Independent from long-time owners Allen V. Stock and his wife, Pattie. The Stocks have owned and operated the 139-year-old Independent since January 1, 1976, which began printing under its present name when competing papers Carrington News and Foster...

  • Carrington hospital, nursing home again restricting visitors due to COVID-19

    Erik Gjovik, Foster County Independent|Sep 27, 2021

    Due to the threat of community spread from the Delta variant of COVID-19, CHI St. Alexius Health – Carrington Medical Center and Golden Acres Manor and Estates in Carrington have enacted visitor restrictions. No visitors are currently allowed within the CHI Carrington complex, while Golden Acres has guidelines in place for who is allowed to visit their residents, how many visitors they can receive, and at certain times. CHI Carrington’s restrictions stipulate that one parent may accompany a min...

  • Ulrich takes floor for Class B in Lions All-Star Game

    Erik Gjovik|Jul 19, 2021

    The North Dakota Lions All-Star Basketball Series, pitting the best graduated senior players from Classes A and B against one another, returned to the floor in 2021, after a year away due to COVID-19. NR-S' Evan Ulrich and Carrington's Hannah Hagel, both committed to play for their respective basketball programs at the University of Jamestown, participated in the series. In the first games, held at Bismarck's Legacy High School on Monday night, July 12, Hagel and Ulrich each scored four points....

  • Ruthers' bats silenced in loss to Carrington

    Erik Gjovik|Jun 28, 2021

    New Rockford's Babe Ruth team traveled to Carrington on Friday, June 18, and their offense was held to just two hits in a 10-0 loss. Each hitting singles, in defeat for New Rockford, were Keaton Cudworth and Bradyn Collier. Cudworth also got the start on the mound, with Alex Weisenburger coming on in relief. The home-standing Redbirds, who improved to 3-1 with the win and could be a state tournament contender in Class B's District 6, scored five runs in the third inning, two in the fourth and...

  • Ulrich, Hagel make Lions All-Star rosters

    Erik Gjovik|May 3, 2021

    Seniors Evan Ulrich of NR-S and Hannah Hagel of Carrington have been selected to the Lions All-Star Basketball Teams for 2021. The games will be held July 12-13 at Bismarck Legacy and West Fargo. Ulrich was tabbed as an alternate to the boys' team, which includes on its main roster Caleb Duffield, Bowman Co.; Warren Walker and Isaiah Bundy-Smith, Rugby; Lucas Schumacher, Linton-HMB; Luke Wanzek, Shiloh; Aidan Rebel, New England; Stevan Garza, Grafton; Alex Huber, Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier;...

  • Black Sox lose to South Border, defeat PR/F-L at Jamboree

    Erik Gjovik|May 3, 2021

    The threat of inclement weather largely thwarted baseball teams' plans to attend the Carrington/SNR Jamboree April 23 and 24, but the Black Sox managed to split their two Saturday afternoon games. The first game was their planned home half of the Region 3 home-and-home series with South Border, and the Mustangs sprang a 5-4 upset over the 'Sox to drop SNR's league record to 0-4. In game two, the boys of the dark hose salvaged the weekend with an 8-4 win against the Park River/Fordville-Lankin...

  • Mustangs defeat SNR Black Sox at Tolna

    Erik Gjovik|May 3, 2021

    The combined forces of Midkota, Dakota Prairie, Lakota and Griggs Co. Central’s hardball boys registered two wins (6-2 and 4-3) in the varsity and JV ranks over the SNR Black Sox.  Both games were played in Tolna, and the first game results improved the Mustangs’ record to 2-2 and 1-1 in Region 3 play. SNR fell to 0-3 in the league and 1-4 overall.  Midkota got on the board first with two runs in the opening inning, courtesy of cleanup batter Cole Hendrickson’s single to drive in Garrett H...

  • Black Sox sweep HWC Hornets at home

    Erik Gjovik|Apr 26, 2021

    Sheyenne-New Rockford pitcher Alex Harrison didn't have to worry about his fielders working too hard behind him. Fourteen strikeouts will do that, no question. Harrison scattered three runs over six innings of work, and Evan Ulrich worked the final three outs for the save to give SNR their first varsity victory of the spring, a 6-3 triumph over the HWC Hornets in New Rockford on April 16. The Hornet hurler, Tyson Tipton, was nearly up to the task in matching Harrison until the sixth inning,...

  • Loboes defeat Sox, lead region at 3-0

    Erik Gjovik|Apr 26, 2021

    LaMoure/Litchville-Marion has taken the Region 3 universe by force early in the spring baseball season. The Loboes boosted their overall record to a perfect 4-0 and 3-0 in the regional standings, with a 5-1 defeat of SNR at Jim Johnson Park Tuesday afternoon, April 20. The bats for the Black Sox were cooled by a fine pitching performance from L-L-M sophomore Anthony Hanson, who sent seven SNR hitters down via strikeout. Three of those were caught looking for a 1-2-3 first inning, and the Sox...

  • Cardinals roll late, send SNR Black Sox to second loss

    Erik Gjovik|Apr 19, 2021

    Both Carrington and SNR's aces were dealing early, but once the Black Sox went to their bullpen, the Cardinals jumped at the opportunity. The visitors to Jim Johnson Field from down south 16 miles, got a 13-4 win in the opening game of region three play on Friday afternoon, April 9, and three players did the share of the damage in the books. Grady Shipman, Austin Trelstad and Ethan Buskness all had three hits to combine for nine of Carrington's 13 base knocks, with Shipman doubling twice and...

  • Sox struggle in first series, fall to F-S-H-P

    Erik Gjovik|Apr 19, 2021

    The big inning, or in this case, two of them, came back to bite the SNR Blacksox hard in their opening game of the high school baseball campaign. In Hope on Thursday, April 8, Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page scored 13 of their 15 runs in the final two innings, erasing a three-run ‘Sox advantage’ after an inning and a half, and rolling to a 15-5 win for the Spartans. Seven different F-S-H-P batters had hits and RBIs, as Grant Ihry and Owen Zerface each rapped out two hits in the Spartans’ column. Ihry...

  • Belquist shines in debut for UND Fighting Hawks

    Erik Gjovik|Mar 1, 2021

    If New Rockford's Bo Belquist goes on to a long and productive career in FCS football with the North Dakota Fighting Hawks, he did it right from the start. Belquist, a three-time All-State receiver for the NR-S Rockets and the Nine-Man Senior Athlete of the Year in 2019, hit the ground running in the Fighting Hawks' spring football season opener Saturday afternoon, February 20, against the Southern Illinois Salukis. Playing in his first collegiate game, and the first game for the Hawks as a...

  • Duchscherer takes second at state wrestling

    Erik Gjovik|Mar 1, 2021

    NR-S junior Matthew Duchscherer, son of Todd and Renae Duchscherer of New Rockford, placed second at 126 pounds at the State Class B Individual Wrestling Tournament in Fargo Thursday and Friday, February 18-19. Competing for the Carrington Cardinals as he has for the last several seasons, Duchscherer was competing in his third high school state tournament. This year was a bit different from past seasons at the State B, as there was no regional individual qualifying event due to COVID-19....

  • Rockets get win over Knights, fall to #2 Indians in district play

    Erik Gjovik|Jan 25, 2021

    New Rockford-Sheyenne split a pair of District 7 games in this last week's action, finishing with a 64-34 win at the NRS-S Gym against Dakota Prairie and coming up on the losing end of a 73-53 score against second-ranked Four Winds-Minnewaukan in Fort Totten on January 15 and 18. The victory against the Knights came after a lackluster first half of basketball for the Rockets in which the teams were deadlocked at 22 all. That all changed in the third quarter, when NR-S blew the game wide open...

  • Duchscherer rules mats for Carrington

    Erik Gjovik|Jan 25, 2021

    Matthew Duchscherer, a student at New Rockford-Sheyenne High School, is dominating on the high school wrestling mat thus far in 2020-21. The junior, who wrestles at 126 pounds for the Carrington Cardinals, is currently the top-ranked wrestler in the state at that weight class, and has yet to lose a match this season with a 16-0 individual record. He has been wrestling at the youth, junior high and high school levels for nine years, and is a two-time Class B individual tournament place winner,...

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