The Postseason for spring sports begins Here we go for the postseason for spring track and field, baseball, and girls softball. It all gets underway with the Northeast Region Track Meet, which will be held in Hillsboro on May 17, or when most of you get this newspaper. We will talk about who has already qualified for the State Track Meet in a moment. That meet will be held at the Community Bowl in Bismarck May 23-25. The Region 2 Girls Softball Tournament begins on May 18 with single elimination first round games at home sites. Langdon-Edmore-Munich will play at Thompson at 11:00am, and Pembina County North will play at home in Cavalier versus Nelson County-Midkota at 3:30. If the Cards and Grizzlies are fortunate enough to win in the first round, they will advance to the Final Four of the tourney to be held in Grafton on May 20. The top two teams in the Region 2 Tourney will move on to the State B Tournament in Jamestown the last weekend of May. The Region 4 High School Baseball Tournament will begin in Minto on May 20. Langdon-Edmore- Munich is the third seed in the tourney, as they will try and move to the State B Tournament for the fourth straight year. That tourney is also the last weekend of May in Jamestown. Brackets for the regional softball and baseball tournaments can be found in this week’s paper, and we wish everyone the best of luck.

The Langdon-Edmore-Munich Cardinals girls softball team completed their regular season with a record of 6-6. They get ready now for the Region 2 Tournament. The Cards beat Nelson County-Midkota 10-9, lost to Grafton 9-7, and beat Midway-Minto 12-8 in their last three regional games of the year. They also played in a softball jamboree in Fargo, beating Harvey- Wells County 15-8, losing to Ray 14-10, and getting beaten by Washburn 9-7.

Girls results Langdon girls team overall (12 teams) - 1st place, 160.3 points Performer of the Meet: Christine Joyner 1st - McKenna Schneider, Drew Rostvet, Meredith Romfo, and Meggy Hetletved; 4X200 Relay, 1:58.10 1st - Drew Rostvet, 100M, 13.8 1st - Olivia Lorenz, 1600M, 6:14 1st - Aubrey Badding, Long Jump, 16’3” 1st - Aubrey Badding, High Jump, 4’10” 1st - Meredith Romfo, Javelin, 123’ 1st - Christine Joyner, Discus, 120’2” 2nd - McKenna Schneider, 100M, 14.0 2nd - Maci Witzel, 400M, 1:12.6 2nd - McKenna Schneider, Drew Rostvet, Meredith Romfo, and Meggy Hetletved; 4X100 Relay, 55.7 3rd - Meggy Hetletved, 100H, 19.0 3rd - Meggy Hetletved, 300H, 53.8 3rd - Meredith Romfo, 100H, 14.2 3rd - Taya Feist, 800M, 2:49.4 4th - Mya Swanson, 300H, 55.2 4th - Olivia Lorenz, 800M, 2:49.6 4th - Drew Rostvet, 200M, 31.1 4th - McKenna Schneider, Pole Vault, 8’4” 4th - Christine Joyner, Shot Put, 29’11” 4th - Olivia Lorenz, Pole Vault, 7’ 5th - Taya Feist, 300H, 55.4 6th - Ella Goodman, 300H, 56.1 7th - Ella Goodman, 100M, 14.65 7th - Ella Goodman, 100H, 22.2 7th - Maci Witzel, 200M, 32.06 8th - Mya Swanson, 100H, 22.6 (Tied) 8th - Mya Swanson and Ella Goodman, Pole Vault, 7’ Boys results Langdon boys team overall (12 teams) - 2nd place, 129 points Performers of the Meet: Tanner McDonald and Nick Kingzett 1st - Nick Kingzett, Miles Fincher, Tanner McDonald, Cody Amble; 4X400 Relay, 3:41.9 1st - Cody Amble, 100M, 11.4 1st - Tanner McDonald, Triple Jump, 39’3” 1st - Nick Kingzett, Pole Vault, 11’ 2nd - Tanner McDonald, 300H, 45.02 2nd - Nick Kingzett, Long Jump, 19’9” 2nd - Jacob Lowery, Shot Put, 42’1” 2nd - Jacob Lowery, Discuss, 128’4” 3rd - Caleb McDonald, Triple Jump, 34’3” 3rd - Caleb McDonald, High Jump, 5’4” 3rd - Reed Scherr, Discuss, 118’5” 3rd - Miles Fincher, 300H, 47.57 3rd - Noah Foster, 3200M, 11:51.3 4th - Evan Hall, Miles Fincher, TJ Henderson, and Jake Sanders; 4X200 Relay, 1:45.7 4th - Cody Amble, Long Jump, 19;4” 5th - Rudy Amble, 1600M, 5:26.2 5th - Eli Johnson, Long Jump, 17’10” 6th - Noah Foster, 1600M, 5:28.6 6th - Caleb McDonald, Long Jump, 17’7.5” 6th - Eli Johnson, High Jump, 5’2” 6th - Jake Sanders, Pole Vault, 10’ 6th - Oshun HighHawk, Discuss, 97’3” 7th - Eli Johnson, 200M, 26.6.

Beaver back straps a hot topic of conversion at the Ponderosa Let’s begin this week with a very strange but true story that has happened at our family ranch in Williston, better known as “The Ponderosa”. My dad passed away a couple of years back now (will be three years on May 8, which is surreal to say), and he also passed on a beautiful 25-acre ranch to Sister Jan and myself just northwest of town. On this property, we have everything from deer, pheasants, turkeys and all kinds of wildlife (which we cannot hunt because we are in city limits). The last year or so, some beavers decided to make the ranch their home for the first time that any of us can remember. Well, these little darlings made at least three dams on the creek that runs behind the place and proceeded to tear down a number of trees that have been there since the dawn of time. Something needed to be done. Legally, between my neighbor out there and myself, we found a trapper that was willing to try and take care of the problem. After catching nine of them at press time, averaging 50 pounds each, he thinks he has gotten them all. We thought it was strange that he didn’t want anything for doing it, so I asked him what his plans were for them. He said he sells the pelts and also said something I did not expect. He said he eats the back straps on each one and says they are delicious. That’s right, he EATS the beavers!! Now, there are obvious jokes that can be made here, and I hear beaver meat is a delicacy in Canada, but holy cow, how hungry would a person have to be? You never know what will happen next out west, as you can see.

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Boys results - Pembina County Meet April 23 Langdon boys team overall (10 teams) - 1st place, 134 points Performer of the Meet: Jacob Lowery 1st - Rudy Moser, 1600M, 5:08.7 1st - Cody Amble, 400M, 52.10 1st - Tanner McDonald, 800M, 2:11.8 1st - Cody Amble, Triple Jump, 39’9.5” 1st - Jake Sanders, Pole Vault, 10’6” 2nd - Rudy Moser, 3200M, 11:27 2nd - Tanner McDonald, Triple Jump, 37’7.5” 2nd - Eli Johnson, High Jump, 5’2” 2nd - Jacob Lowery, Shot Put, 44’ 2nd - Nick Kingzett, Long Jump, 19’3.5” 3rd - Cody Amble, Long Jump, 19’0.5” 3rd - Evan Hall, Miles Fincher, TJ Henderson, and Brett Bryant; 4X100 Relay, 50.9 4th - Cody Amble, 100M, 11.5 4th - Noah Foster, 1600M, 5:23.10 4th - Miles Fincher, 300H, 49.3 4th - Tanner McDonald, Long Jump, 18’10.5” 5th - Nick Kingzett, 400M, 55.3 6th - Jacob Lowery, Discuss, 112’ 6th - Evan Hall, Miles Fincher, TJ Henderson, and Jake Sanders; 4X200 Relay, 1:47.7 8th - Noah Foster, 800M, 2:25 8th - Reed Scherr, Discuss, 93’1 Girls results - Pembina County Meet April 23 Langdon girls team overall (10 teams) - 5th place, 100 points Performer of the Meet: Aubrey Badding 1st - Olivia Lorenz, 3200M, 13:53 1st - Aubrey Badding, Long Jump, 16’1.5” 1st - Meredith Romfo, Javelin, 114’6” 2nd - Olivia Lorenz, 1600M, 6:12.5 2nd - Aubrey Badding, 400M,1:03.4 2nd - Aubrey Badding, Triple Jump, 33’6.5” 3rd - McKenna Schneider, Drew Rostvet, Meggy Hetletved, and Meredith Romfo; 4X100 Relay, 55.1 4th - Meggy Hetletved, 300H, 54.2 4th - Christine Joyner, Discus, 99’6.5” 4th - Christine Joyner, Shot Put, 31’3” 5th - Drew Rostvet, 100M, 13.9 6th - Meredith Romfo, 100M, 14.0 6th - Meggy Hetletved, 100H, 18.5 6th - McKenna Schneider, Javelin, 79’10.5” 6th - Olivia Lorenz, Pole Vault, 7’ 7th - McKenna Schneider, 100M, 14.0 7th - Taya Feist, 400M, 1:09.6.

The schedule is starting to get busy for the Langdon-Edmore-Munich Cardinals girls softball team. The Lady Cards played in a jamboree in Minot on April 27, beating Rugby 16-6 by the 10-run rule then losing to Velva-Drake-Anamoose 10-4. After those two contests, the Cardinals record is 3-2, as they had their latest game postponed. The Cards game at Larimore was rained out on Aug. 30, and their home game with Grafton was moved to May 1. The Cardinals will play at Thompson on May 6 and at May-Port-C-G on May 8 in two games that will be huge for seeding for the Region 2 Tournament. They will also host Nelson County-Midkota in their last home game of the season on May 9.