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N.D. – (NewsDakota.com) The Carrington Cardinals knocked off Park River-Fordville-Lankin (PRFL) 10-3 to take home third place honors at the 2016 state class B baseball tournament played at Newman Outdoor Field in Fargo. The Cardinals jumped on the Aggies early, scoring 2 runs in the first inning, including 3 hits from Connor Wendel (leadoff single), Braxton Hewitt (RBI double), and Lucas Geiszler (single).

The Cards chased PRFL starting pitcher Spencer Rehovsky off the mound in the third inning after allowing 3 walks to load the bases. With 2 outs and relief pitcher Tom Magnuson taking over, Brett Lyman greeted Magnuson with abases clearing triple giving the Cardinals a 5-0 lead. After a walk to Jayden Rosenau, Trey Rosenau (2-2 and a walk)lined a base hit to right field scoring Lyman, and the hustling Jayden Rosenau also scored after the throw in from the outfield was misplayed giving the Cards a 7-0 lead at the end of 3 innings. PRFL would score in the top of the 4th inning after a leadoff single from Jackson Hankey and stolen base put him on 2nd base, Hankey moved to 3rd base on a groundout and scored on a Damen Flaten groundout.

The Cardinals took advantage of PRFL pitchers again in the bottom of the 4th, scoring 3 more runs, aided by 2 walks, and 2 hit batters (PRFL pitchers walked 9 and hit 3 batters in the game). Cardinal starting pitcher Jayden Shipman picked up the victory on the mound, going 5 innings, allowing 3 runs (1 earned), 3 hits, striking out 2, walking 3, and hitting 1 batter. The Cardinals finished up the 2016 season with a 22-2 overall record and advanced to the state tournament for the 4th time in the past 5 years. Carrington will lose 3 seniors (Connor Wendel, Alex Stusynski, and Brett Lyman), and with plenty of good underclassmen coming up, the future is very bright for the next several years.