Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
The Central Dakota Red Sox 12-and-under (12U) baseball team, consisting of players from New Rockford and Carrington, participated in the Class "B" Cal Ripken Baseball Tournament for that age group in Burlington July 21-22. They went 1-2 in pool play with losses to Park River and Casselton, and defeated Star City. Team members are, L-R: Gabe Inglish, Sam Garr, Jax Demester, Jaxon Zink, Cooper Hovdenes, Jameson Kutz, Sawyer Huso, Gabe Clifton, Taven Huso, Parker Bickett, Isaiah Oatis and Alex Knatterud. Not pictured: Coaches Luke Kutz, Bryant Huso and Chad Bickett.
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, Burlington, Watford City and Kidder County.
In game one on Thursday, the boys from Foster and Eddy counties met up with Park River. The dominating pitching for the northeast North Dakota side was on full display, as they defeated the 'Sox by a 7-1 score.
Central Dakota scored just one of two runs against Park River, the future champions, in the entire tournament.
Friday had a slate of two games for the Red Sox, as they squared off with Casselton and Star City. The suburban Fargo ballclub rolled to a 13-2 win, but Central Dakota responded with an exciting 19-16 win against Star City to conclude their efforts at the State "B".
Park River won a 1-0 thriller over Casselton in the championship game, while Thompson blanked Burlington, 10-0, for third place.
The team is coached by Luke Kutz, Bryant Huso and Chad Bickett. Team members are Parker Bickett, Gabe Clifton, Jax Demester, Sam Garr, Cooper Hovdenes, Sawyer Huso, Taven Huso, Gabe Inglish, Alex Knatterud, Jameson Kutz, Isaiah Oatis, and Jaxon Zink.
