Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Calleigh Hewitt (left) and Kate Allmaras (right) celebrate a final out during the game against the Larimore Polar Bears on Thursday, May 9.
Strong efforts in the final regular season softball games for the Carrington Cardinals put them in position for a few program firsts.
On Thursday, May 9, the Cards trounced south sub-Region II opponent Larimore, 25-4, to earn a home postseason tournament matchup with those same Polar Bears this past Thursday.
In the first inning, 14 CHS batters came across to score, with 20 coming to the plate against the beleaguered Polar Bear pitchers.
Kate Allmaras went 3-for-4 in the win, scoring four runs along with Kaydence VanRay and driving in three RBIs. Lauren Hendrickson also registered three hits in her four at-bats, and two hits each came from VanRay, Calleigh Hewitt and Brynn Smith.
Hewitt took the circle for the pitching win, giving up seven hits over five innings, walking four and striking out eight.
For Larimore, Addie Larson had two hits, and Addison Dietzler, Micayla Sharp and Libbie McDonald had RBI singles in the Polar Bears' loss.
The Cards then played at Midseason Madness IV in Fargo May 10-11, taking a tough 9-8 loss to H/WC and 8-5 defeat at the hands of Washburn/Center-Stanton before dropping a 17-7 decision to Region III power and state-ranked opponent Des Lacs-Burlington/Lewis & Clark to finish at 0-3 for the event.
Carrington put a bow on their 2024 spring campaign on Tuesday, May 14 with their first-ever win over the Hornets, 13-3, behind the pitching of VanRay and home runs by Maara Kutz and Hendrickson.
A big fifth inning for the Cards in which they scored seven runs was bookended by two triples from Isabel Wendel.
The Cards enter regional tournament action with a 4-7 overall record and 3-8 Larimore as the opponent. The winner will face top North sub-region seed Grafton (6-4).
Any loss before the semifinal round will mean elimination for Carrington. The top two finishers will advance to the State B Tourney.
Region II Softball
Carrington 25, Larimore 4
Thursday, May 9
in Carrington
CAR 14 1 4 6 X X X - 25 13 0
LAR 1 0 0 2 1 X X - 4 7 6
Carrington Individual Stats
Hitting: AB R H RBI
Kutz 2 3 0 0
Wendel 4 2 1 3
VanRay 4 4 2 2
Hewitt 2 2 2 3
Allmaras 4 4 3 3
Smith 3 1 2 3
Hendrickson 4 3 3 3
Ness 3 1 0 0
Neis 0 3 0 0
Pitching: IP H ER SO
Hewitt 5.0 7 4 8
Larimore Individual Stats
Hitting: AB R H RBI
Hoverson 2 1 1 0
Larson 3 0 2 0
McCoy 3 0 0 0
Larson 1 0 0 0
Dietzler 2 1 1 1
Sharp 3 1 1 1
Steffen 3 0 0 0
McDonald 2 0 1 1
Eggl 2 0 1 0
Pitching: IP H ER SO
Larson 0.0 2 9 0
Dietzler 4.0 11 9 7
Non Region Softball
Carrington 13, Harvey/WC 3
Tuesday, May 14
in Carrington
CAR 1 0 0 1 9 2 X - 13 16 0
HWC 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 3 11 0
Carrington Individual Stats
Hitting: AB R H RBI
Kutz 5 3 4 2
Wendel 4 1 3 3
VanRay 4 1 1 1
Hewitt 3 2 1 0
Allmaras 4 1 1 0
Smith 3 2 2 1
Hendrickson 4 2 2 1
Ness 3 1 1 1
Neis 3 1 1 1
Pitching: IP H ER SO
VanRay 7.0 11 3 5
H/WC Individual Stats
Hitting: AB R H RBI
Kittleson 3 1 3 1
Heilman 4 0 2 0
Loen 4 0 1 0
Volk 3 0 2 1
Fike 3 0 0 0
Kara 3 0 1 0
Sagert 3 0 0 0
Copenhaver 3 0 1 0
Yates 2 1 1 1
Pitching: IP H ER SO
Kittleson 4.2 15 11 7
Heilman 1.1 1 3 2
