Wigginton Carissa

Carissa Wigginton

Carissa Wigginton is a high school sports reporter for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. A Fargo native, she graduated from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Wigginton joined The Forum’s sports department in August 2019.

Readers can reach Carissa Wigginton by email at cwigginton@forumcomm.com or follow her on Twitter @cjwiggin.

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FARGO — There won’t be an American Legion baseball season in North Dakota this summer the state office announced Thursday, April 2, on its social media accounts.
FARGO — Three Major League Baseball players with local roots didn’t spend the scheduled Opening Day on March 26 how they planned.
FARGO — Instead of preparing a pregame speech ahead of Friday’s semifinal, West Fargo Sheyenne head boys basketball coach Tom Kirchoffner had to figure out how to tell his team their season was suspended, and whether the Mustangs would play another game this year.
FARGO — The Devils Lake girls basketball team interlocked arms and screamed in celebration after the buzzer sounded in the North Dakota Class A state semifinals. The Firebirds came back in the second half to defeat Fargo Davies 64-57, and didn’t yet know they wouldn’t be playing for a state championship the next day.
FARGO — Three years ago, Dickinson knocked West Fargo Sheyenne out of North Dakota Class A boys state basketball championship play, defeating the Mustangs in the quarterfinals. It was a different outcome this time around on the Scheels Center floor at Sanford Health Athletic Complex.
FARGO — Bismarck High earned its first trip to the North Dakota Class A state boys basketball semifinals since the 2013 season. The top-seeded Demons cruised to an 85-62 quarterfinal win Thursday, March 12, as their defense suffocated fourth-seeded Fargo Shanley at Scheels Center at the Sanford Health Athletic Complex.
FARGO — Bismarck Blizzard head coach Tim Meyer had deja vu entering Saturday's North Dakota girls hockey state championship. His team sat in the same locker room at Scheels Arena as they did last year. The outcome was also familiar.
FARGO — Minot and Bismarck were equally hungry opponents entering the North Dakota girls state hockey semifinal Friday at Scheels Arena. That grit showed as the No. 2 seed Blizzard narrowly edged the No. 6 Majettes 4-3 to earn their eighth straight state title game appearance.
FARGO — Two three-goal periods and a strong penalty kill lifted No. 2 seed Bismarck to a 6-2 quarterfinal victory over No. 7 Mandan on Thursday night, Feb. 27, in the North Dakota girls state hockey tournament at Scheels Arena.