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The first quarter was close but New Rockford-Sheyenne gradually pulled away as the locals defeated Warwick, by a final score of 74-47, in District 7 Boys Basketball action played at Warwick on Tuesday, Jan. 14. Warwick scored first on a trey by Mark Fassett with 7:30 to go in the first. New Rockford-Sheyenne went on a 7-0 run to go up 7-3 on two free throws by Hunter Thompson with 5:38 to go. A bucket by Kalem Jackson cut the lead to 7-5 with 5:08 to go. The Rockets went on a 10-2 run to close...
New Rockford-Sheyenne played well overall for four quarters, as the locals defeated Rolla, by a final score of 68-46, in non-district girls basketball action, played here on Friday, Jan. 10. The Rockets had a big first half and it was just too much for the Bulldogs to overcome. Rolla had some trouble handling the locals defensive pressure. Morgan Leas paced Rolla with a 27 points. Isabelle Mears added 10. Hannah Haley led the locals with a game high 28 points. Dani Bjerke had 14 and Kayahna Hopfauf added 10. Region 4 Girls Basketball Friday,...
The JV game vs Rugby and the JV game vs HWC were played at a JV tourney Jan. 11 at Harvey. New Rockford-Sheyenne is now 5-4, overall. Harvey JV Tourney Saturday, Jan. 11 Game 1 Rugby vs. NR-S Rugby: 15 2 8 7 = 32 NR-S: 6 6 7 8 = 27 Rugby: Individual Scoring NA. Totals 11 field goals, 6 of 9 free throws, 8 fouls. NR-S: Chloe Heinz 8, Kelsie Belquist 6, Kennedy Demester 5, Mya Cudworth 4, Kayahna Hopfauf 4. Totals, 12 field goals, 2 of 2 free throws, 10 fouls. Three pointers: Demester. Game 2 Harvey-Wells Co. vs. NR-S H-WC: 18 11 10 14 = 53...
New Rockford-Sheyenne was in control of the game from the outset as the Rockets defeated Drake-Anamoose, by a final score of 58-15, in non-district girls basketball action, played at Drake on Thursday, Jan. 2. The Raiders are a fairly young team. They compete in District 11 and Region 6. All of the Rockets saw playing time and seven scored. Drake-Anamoose had quite a time handling the locals’ defensive pressure. NR-S led all the way and at all quarter stops; 21-6, 30-6, 52-13 and again came away with a convincing 58-15 win. The Rockets had good...
New Rockford-Sheyenne played a pretty good overall game, as the locals defeated Dakota Prairie by a final score of 54-43 in District 7 Girls Basketball action played here on Tuesday, Jan. 7. At times, the game was pretty physical and hard fought. The game was close for much of the first half. It was tied at 14-14 after one stanza. New Rockford-Sheyenne led 29-19 at halftime, 40-24 after three and came thru with a 54-43 win against a District 7 team. All of the Rockets saw playing time, and...
Neither team played all that well overall, but the Rockets came thru and defeated Central Cass by a final score of 56-53 in non-district boys basketball action, played at Casselton, on Tuesday, Dec. 31. This game was very physical and hard fought all the way. The locals led 14-11 after one stanza, Central Cass led 30-29 at halftime, it was 40-37 Rockets after three. Central Cass competes in District 1 and Region 1. The Squirrels made 18 field goals, 10 of 11 free throws, and committed 13 fouls....
It was a well-played game overall as New Rockford-Sheyenne came from behind and defeated St. John in overtime, by a final score of 61-57 in semifinal round action of the CNDC Boys Basketball Tournament, played at Rugby, on Friday, Dec. 20. Chip Anderson, a former New Rockford resident is in his first year as Woodchucks head coach. Two free throws by Zach Anderson put St. John up 6-1 with 4:05 left in the first. A trey by Johnny Grann with 1:15 remaining, cut the lead to 10-9. St. John went on a...
New Rockford-Sheyenne began their boys basketball season at Carrington, on Monday, Dec. 16. Carrington jumped out to a 9-2 on a basket by Seth Nelson, with 5:04 to go in the first quarter. The Rockets went on a 13-2 and went up 15-11 on a hoop by Evan Ulrich with 1:44 to go in the first. A trey by the Cards Hudson Schmitz cut the lead to 15-14 and that concluded the first quarter scoring. The locals went on an 8-2 run on a bucket by Bo Belquist, making it 23-16 with 3:53 left until halftime. A...
It was a very physical game overall. New Rockford-Sheyenne played a good game, as the locals defeated North Star by a final score of 64-51 in non-district girls basketball action, played here on Tuesday Dec. 11. It was the home opener for the Rockets. North Star could be one of the top teams in District 8. The locals led virtually all the way and at all quarter stops: 19-11, 41-28, 50-35. Again the Rockets came thru with a convincing 64-51 win. Nine Rockets got in to the game and eight scored. It was a total team effort by NR-S. Hannah Haley...
New Rockford-Sheyenne played a pretty good overall game as the locals defeated St. John by a final score of 74-69 in first round action of the CNDC Girls Basketball Tournament played at Harvey, on Thursday, Dec. 5. Both teams definitely wanted to play the up tempo game and at times it was quite physical. St. John led 24-16 after one stanza,the locals had a big second quarter and led 38-36 at halftime. New Rockford-Sheyenne increased the lead to 54-46 after three. St. John held a 23-20 advantage...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets began the girls basketball season at Rolette on Tuesday, Dec. 3. The game was quite close all the way and the locals came away with a 40-31 win. The Comets jumped out to a 6-0 lead, with 6:03 to go in the first. NR-S then went on a 10-0 run on a bucket by Kayahna Hopfauf with 0:20 left. A trey by the Comets' Shelby Johnson rounded out the quarter scoring and it was 10-9 rockets after one stanza. Hannah Haley made one of two free throws to put the Rockets up...
It was too much Cardinals as Langdon-Edmore-Munich defeated the Rockets by a final score of 3-0 in Region Volleyball action played at Edmore on Tuesday, Oct. 22. The Cardinals will be the team to beat in Region 4, and they are well coached. The Cardinals won set one by a final score of 25-13, won set two by a final score of 25-25 and completed the sweep, winning set three 25-11. New Rockford-Sheyenne is now 4-2 in Region 4 play, and 9-14 overall. Next action is Monday, Oct. 28, when Midkota comes to town. First match is set for Oct. 31 at 5...
New Rockford-Sheyenne played a pretty good overall match Tuesday. The Rockets defeated Lakota by a final score of 3-1, in Region 4 Volleyball action, played here. At one time, Lakota led 12-8. Then the locals went on a 14-5 run to go up 22-17, and New Rockford-Sheyenne won set one 25-12. Set two was tied up at 7-7 but the Rockets rolled from there going on a 13-2 run and won set two, 25-10. Lakota played well in set three, as they jumped out to a 6-0 lead. New Rockford-Sheyenne cut the lead to...
New Rockford-Sheyenne controlled the girls basketball game against Drake-Anamoose on Thursday, Dec. 20 from the start. The Rockets were comfortable here at home in their last contest before the holiday break. Hannah Haley led the Rockets with 25 points. All team members saw valuable playing time and everyone contributed to the win. Varsity NR-S 19 24 18 3 = 69 D-A 3 7 4 8 = 29 NR-S: Hannah Haley 25, Dani Bjerke 14, Cassie Longnecker 14, Carli Lies 12, Allie Dockter 2, Chloe Heinz 2. Totals: 3...
NR-S Girls Basketball at McVille Tuesday, Dec. 18. Varsity NR-S 16 10 17 6 = 46 Dakota Prairie 5 9 12 10 = 36 NR-S: Hannah Haley 28, Carli Lies 6, Dani Bjerke 4, Brianna Price 3, Alli Dockter 3, Cassie Longnecker 2. Totals: 18 field goals, 10-19 free throws, 14 fouls. Three pointers: Bjerke. Dakota Prairie: Paige Heakenson 12, Carly Lippert 12, Shaye Fredrick 8, Erika McPherson 4. Totals: 16 field goals, 3-7 free throws, 15 fouls. Three pointers: Lippert. Junior varsity NR-S 6 6 11 8 = 31 Dakota Prairie 6 6 9 2 = 25 NR-S: Kennedy Demester 6,...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets boys basketball team competed in the CNDC Tournament at Rugby December 13-15. The Rockets finished the touranment in third place, beating Rolla 74 to 45 in the quarterfinals. They lost to Rugby 63 to 52 on Dec. 14 and took the third place game on Dec. 15 with a score of 71 to 56 against St. John. All the scores and stats are listed below. Quarterfinals, Dec. 13 NR-S 21 18 19 16 = 74 Rolla 12 12 10 11 = 45 NR-S: Teddy Allmaras 14, Bo Belquist 11, Hunter Thompson...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets know how to start their season with a bang! For the first time in several years, the Rockets boys basketball team defeated the Carrington Cardinals in a thriller on Monday, Dec. 10 at home. Senior Parker Granger drained a three-pointer in the final seconds to overcome a one-point deficit and give the Rockets their first tick in the "W" column. It was a close, hard fought game all the way as New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) defeated Carrington, by a final score of...
The game was close for a quarter or so, but the Carrington Cardinals pulled away and defeated the locals. The final score was 68-42, in this non-region girls basketball action, played in Carrington on Tuesday, Dec. 11. The Cardinals should be one of the top teams in District 6 and Region 3. The Rockets are now 2-4 overall. Next action for the Rockets is Tuesday, Dec. 18 at McVille against Dakota Prairie. Then on Thursday, Dec. 20 the locals host Drake-Anamoose. Varsity NR-S 12 5 11 14 = 42 Carri...
The Rocket girls had their hands full in Rugby during the CNDC Basketball Tournament. They lost a close one in the first round, rebounded to defeat Drake-Anamoose (D-A) by a wide margin and ended with a tough loss to Towner-Grandville-Upham (T-G-U) to finish sixth overall. The stats of all three games are listed below. First Round Nov. 29 Glenburn 12 7 10 14 = 43 NR-S 8 9 10 8 = 35 Glenburn: Mckenna Rolland 16, Sierra Hansen 8, Baylee Buchmeier 6, Nadia Post 5, Morgan McIver 4, Brenna Nelson 2...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) girls basketball team traveled to Cando to play North Star on Dec. 4. They were defeated by a score of 54-46. NR-S 16 16 8 6 = 46 North Star 15 10 9 10 = 54 Varsity Stats NR-S: Hannah Haley 13, Dani Bjerke 10, Alli Dockter 9, Cassie Longnecker 8, Carli Lies 6. Totals: 22 field goals, 0-0 free throws, 15 fouls. North Star: Mya Halverson 15, Danielle Hagler 12, Sydney Status 8, Madison Peters 7, Jasmine Heoster 5, McKenzie Peters 4, Grace Miller 3. Totals: 21 field goals, 5-12 free throws, 10 fouls. Three...
New Rockford-Sheyenne had a pretty good overall team effort and the locals defeated Rolette-Wolford by a final score of 50-24, in girls basketball action, played here on Tuesday, Nov. 27. It was the season opener for both teams. Mandy Fandrich is again the head coach for varsity, Craig Demester is the junior varsity coach and Jordan Brown is coaching the junior high girls this year. The Rockets hope to be quite competitive in District 7. Harvey-Wells County, Four Winds and Benson County should a...
At the conclusion of the Class B Super Region 4 Volleyball Tournament, the All-Region team selections were named. They include Hannah Haley and Carli Lies of New Rockford-Sheyenne; Camee Wangler of Benson County; Carly Lippert of Dakota Prairie; Megan Thompson of Harvey-Wells County; Latesha Bellile of Four Winds-Minnewaukan; Kylee Baumgarn of Lakota; Lexi Olson, Madison Pricherd and Callie Ronnigen of Langdon; Danielle Hegler, Mya Halverson and Jasmine Hesler of North Star; Kyleigh Wilkes of...
On Thursday, Nov. 8, the New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) girls volleyball team traveled to Devils Lake to play the third-place match of the Region 4 tournament. NR-S played a pretty good overall match and defeated Rolla by a final score of 3-1. The set scores were 20-25, 25-15, 25-15, 25-17. The Rockets will be losing the following seniors to graduation: Darica Ziebart, Ashley Schuster, Gretchen Berglund, Carli Lies and Allison Dockter. The Rockets close out the season with a very good overall record of 20-11. Congratulations to the players and...
The New Rockford Rockets varsity football team went undefeated this season, that is until the Saturday, Oct. 27 game. The Rockets had opportunities and played their hearts out, but Thompson defeated them by a final score of 32-28 in the quarterfinal round of the North Dakota 9-man football playoffs. It was a close and hard fought game with the Tommies capitalizing on a couple of Rocket turnovers to prevail. The Rockets ended their season with a 9-1 record. The team took the defeat well, knowing...
New Rockford-Sheyenne finished out their regular season play on a high note this past week, logging two home wins against regional opponents and earning the #3 seed in Super Region 4. First, NR-S hosted Rolla on Thursday, Oct. 25. The Rockets played five hard fought sets with lots of long volleys to end up in the win column. Coach Katie Demester said, "It isn't always pretty, but our girls do not give up!" There was a slight break in the action after the fourth set as senior setter Carli Lies...
