JAMESTOWN (NewsDakota)- There were positives in the first outings of the season against two fellow 2025 state tournament teams, but the results did not quite go Carrington’s way.

May-Port CG/Hatton-Northwood overcame a four-run deficit to defeat the Cardinals 6-4 before Hillsboro/Central Valley used late innings to defeat Carrington 9-4 on Friday morning at the Nelson Family Bubble as part of Softball Day North Dakota.

May-Port CG/Hatton-Northwood 6 Carrington 4

A go-ahead two-run ground-rule double in the seventh inning by Hudson Zerface broke a 4-4 tie and completed a four-run comeback for the Patriots.  Brina Wolsky opened the scoring by lacing a two-run single to center on the first varsity pitch she ever saw in the first for a 2-0 lead.  Then in the fourth, Kambry Linderman delivered her first career RBI on a double to the opposite field for a 4-0 lead.  But May-Port CG/Hatton-Northwood scored a pair of runs in each of the final three innings to complete the comeback.

Hillsboro/Central Valley 9 Carrington 4

After the Cardinals (0-2) rallied from a 3-0 deficit, the Burros broke the tie with a four-run fifth inning, which proved decisive.  Hillsboro/CV scored three in the second, capped by a Mallory Kloster double for a 3-0 lead.  But Carrington rallied behind back-to-back triples in the fourth by Kenedy Trostad and Calleigh Hewitt and a pair of runs in the fifth thanks to a triple by Maara Kutz.  But in the home half, the Burros scored four runs on one hit and four errors to put the game away.

The Cardinals are scheduled to open the home schedule on Thursday, hosting Velva/Drake-Anamoose, with coverage on KDAK The Cardinal and KDAK The Cardinal on YouTube beginning at 4:15pm.