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The 2024 Region 4 Volleyball Tournament began on Monday, Nov. 11 at the Devils Lake Sports Center. The No. 4 seeded New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets were set to play the second game of the day against the No. 5 seed, the Harvey/Wells County Hornets. The first game of the tournament showed the Langdon Area/Munich Cardinals defeating the Dunseith Lady Dragons in three sets (25-4, 25-8, 25-9). Earlier in the season, the Rockets defeated the Hornets 3-1 easily. And once again, the Rockets brought out...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne volleyball team finished their regular season on Monday, Nov. 4 in Maddock against the Region 4 Benson County Wildcats. Earlier this season, the Rockets came up short 1-3 sets to the Wildcats at home. However, the Rockets were itching for the rematch of the century. The Rockets started out strong in the first set, taking a 10-point lead before the Wildcats began to pick up the pace. The Rockets fell short in set one 23-25 and again in set two 21-25. Sets three, four...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets suffered two losses this past week – one against the Region 4 North Prairie Cougars and another against the Region 3 Griggs-Midkota Titans. The Rockets took on the Cougars on Thursday, Oct. 24 in Rolette. With North Prairie being the No. 2 seed in the region, the Rockets knew they were up for some good competition. The Rockets and Cougars battled back and forth for each set, with the Cougars eventually pulling away with the 3-2 win over the Rockets (20-25, 2...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne cross country team competed in the 2024 North Dakota XC State Meet at Parkhurst Recreational Area near Jamestown on Friday, Oct. 25. The Rockets had four athletes competing – Liza Steele, Elise Guler, Seth Greiner and Gabe Smith. Steele was the top placer for the Rockets, earning 75th place overall with a huge personal best time of 22:06.7. Steele also placed in the top 10 for the seventh grade girls. Guler, Greiner and Smith all competed for the Rockets, even though a...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne volleyball team held their last home game on Tuesday, Oct. 29 against the Region 4 Nelson County Chargers. After being on a recent losing streak, the Rockets were fired up and ready to win for their last home game. The first set was iffy for the Rockets. Both the Rockets and the Chargers rallied to the finish with the Chargers coming out on top 29-27 in set one. The Rockets came back fighting in the final three sets to defeat the Chargers 3-1 overall (25-18, 25-22,...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne cross country team competed at the first annual North Dakota Middle School State Cross Country Championships on Friday, Oct. 18 at McDowell Dam Recreational Area just east of Bismarck. A total of eight runners from NR-S competed at the meet. Casey Ystaas and Bryce Yri – the young'uns of the bunch – competed in the 6th Grade Boys 1,600-meter run. Ystaas finished in 41st overall with a time of 7:35.79, with Yri following close behind finishing in 44th with a time of 7:4...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets hosted the No. 4 ranked Langdon Area/Munich Cardinals on Tuesday, Oct. 22. The Rockets have been quite lucky the past two years, being able to take down the Cardinals, as they are one tough cookie to crack. However, this regular season, the Rockets took a close three-set loss to the Cardinals (17-25, 19-25, 19-25). Although the Rockets took only their second Region 4 loss, the team played extremely well against one of the best teams in Class B volleyball for...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Cross Country team competed at the Class B East Region meet on Saturday, Oct. 12 in Cooperstown. The Rockets had three runners compete – Gabe Smith, Seth Greiner and Elise Guler. Smith finished in 55th place with a time of 19:38.6, whereas Greiner finished 160th with a time of 22:47.0. Guler competed with the varsity girls and finished 75th overall with a time of 23:11.6. All three of these Rockets runners previously qualified for the Class B State Cross Country meet a...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne volleyball team competed in the 40th Annual Langdon Area Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 12. The Rockets started the morning of pool play off against the Our Redeemer’s Christian Knights. The Rockets fell 15-25 in set one and came back to win set two 25-22. Next up for the Rockets were the May-Port-C-G Patriots. Just like the first match of the day, the Rockets fell 16-25 in set one, but came back fighting to win set two 27-25. Finishing out pool play, the Rockets defeat...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets hosted Region 4 competitors, the Dunseith Lady Dragons, on Thursday, Oct. 10 during homecoming week. Before the start of the game, NR-S senior Kaiya O'Connor was recognized for recently surpassing 1,000 digs at the Des Lacs Tournament back on Saturday, Oct 5. Congratulations Kaiya! The Rockets quickly took down the Lady Dragons in a clean sweep (25-15, 25-14, 25-16). O'Connor led the Rockets in kills with a total of 11 followed by Tillie Swart and Jaida...
The Rockets have been on a Region 4 contest kick the past few games. First on their agenda was the Four Winds/Minnewaukan Lady Indians on Monday, Oct. 14. Before the match began, the five New Rockford-Sheyenne seniors were recognized for senior night. Congratulations Kaiya O'Connor, Ava Bullinger, Bailey Jacobson, Tillie Swart and Abby Nystrom on a great season so far! The Rockets hosted the Lady Indians in their home gym and earned a clean sweep (25-11, 25-10, 25-14). Along with all of the...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets were back on the court on Thursday, Oct. 3 against the St. John Lady Woodchucks. The Rockets capitalized on the Lady Woodchucks, defeating them in three sets (25-12, 25-13, 25-16). With this win, the Rockets' Region 4 record switched to 2-1. During this game, the Rockets had to switch up their rotation, due to NR-S junior Ava Peterson sitting out from a recent ankle injury that occurred during the Region 4 matchup against the Benson County Wildcats. NR-S senior...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne cross country team traveled to Rugby on Saturday, Oct. 5 to compete in the 30th Annual Rugby Booster Club Invitational. Top placers for the Rockets were Elise Guler in the varsity girls, Gabe Smith in the varsity boys and August Meier in the junior varsity boys. Guler finished in 47th place in the varsity girls division with a time of 23:54.17. Smith on the other hand finished 55th overall with a time of 20:22.67. Meier placed 18th overall in the junior varsity boys...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets were back in action in their home gym on Tuesday, Oct. 1 versus the Benson County Wildcats. Before the game started, two athletes from NR-S were presented their game balls after achieving 1,000 and 2,000 assists. NR-S senior Kaiya O'Connor surpassed 2,000 assists on Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Devils Lake Tournament in the pool play game against the Larimore Polar Bears. NR-S junior Ava Peterson earned her 1,000th assist back on September 12 against the Thompson...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne varsity volleyball team kicked off their tournament season on Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Devils Lake Tournament, among 11 other teams. The Rockets started off pool play against the Devils Lake junior varsity team. The Rockets and Firebirds split sets, with Devils Lake taking set one 25-12 and NR-S taking set two 25-14. Up next, the Rockets took on the Larimore Polar Bears and defeated them 2-0 (25-11, 25-6). Also during this game, NR-S senior Kaiya O’Connor surpassed 2...
As many people know, it's been quite a while since New Rockford-Sheyenne has hosted a cross country meet. On Monday, Sept. 30, six teams including NR-S raced for the gold at the New Rockford Golf Course. The meet included a middle school race, a junior varsity race, a varsity race and even an elementary race. The middle school runners were the first to brave the wind. With only a handful of boys and girls competing in this division, they ran alongside each other. NR-S seventh grader Elise Guler...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets played their first Region 4 game of the season on Thursday, Sept. 26 against the Harvey/Wells County Hornets in Fessenden. After defeating Drake/Anamoose on Tuesday, the Rockets were itching for another win. And boy-oh-boy did they get their win. The Rockets came out ferocious in the first set, taking it 25-11 and once again in set two 25-18. However, in set three, the Rockets allowed the Hornets to pull away with a 25-19 win. The Rockets came back stinging...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne cross country team was back in action on Monday, Sept. 23 at the Harvey Hope Invitational in Langdon. Unlike previous meets, the Rockets entered five total runners into the varsity boys’ and girls’ divisions with hopes of qualifying for the state meet at Parkhurst Rec Area outside of Jamestown on October 25. To qualify for state, runners in the varsity boys’ division had to run a time under 25:00 minutes and runners in the varsity girls’ division had to run a time un...
Although the New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets and the Carrington Cardinals are in different regions, the rivalry is still aflame. On Thursday, Sept. 19, the Rockets hosted the rivals to the south during the Cardinals homecoming week, in hopes of being named the homecoming crushers once again. After three games, the Rockets were still working out their kinks and trying to get a good rotation locked in. With that, NR-S senior Tillie Swart made her varsity debut during the second and third sets...
After a slow start to their season, the New Rockford-Sheyenne varsity volleyball team has officially secured its first win. On Tuesday, Sept. 24, the Rockets traveled to Drake to take on the Drake-Anamoose Lady Raiders. After coming off a four game loss streak, the Rockets were itching to finally defeat a team, even if it wasn’t a region game. The Rockets took all three sets against the Lady Raiders (25-22, 25-22, 25-22) to earn their first win of the 2024 season. NR-S junior Ava Peterson led h...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets hosted the Region 2 Thompson Tommies on Thursday, Sept. 12. Once again, the Rockets had to adjust to another rotation change, which seems to be the name of the game for this team. However, the Rockets began to jive better during this game than the previous games. The Tommies took all three sets, but the Rockets didn't give them easy wins in the second and third, as they were only 2-3 points down each time. NR-S junior Ava Peterson led the Rockets in kills,...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Cross Country team traveled to Wildwood Country Club outside of Minot on Monday, Sept. 16 to compete in the Des Lacs Burlington Lakers Invitational. Although the weather was not ideal – as it began downpouring just a mile into the junior varsity race – the Rockets had a phenomenal day of running. A total of seven runners competed at the meet, with four earning top 10 finishes. Liza Steele was the top placer for the Rockets, earning a first place finish in the junior var...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne cross country team loaded up and traveled north to compete at the 8th Annual Devils Lake Grahams Island Invitational. The Rockets had a total of seven runners compete at this meet, with three placing in the top five. NR-S eighth grader Gabe Smith came in second in the junior varsity boys' division behind Isaac Kraft of Devils Lake with a time of 11:39.14. Seth Greiner, Theodore Hall and August Meier also competed in the boys’ junior varsity division. Greiner took 2...
Volleyball season has officially kicked off for New Rockford-Sheyenne. On Thursday, the Rockets hosted the Oakes Tornadoes in their season, and home, opener. The Rockets had four returning starters hit the floor – Kaiya O'Connor, Ava Peterson, Logan Cudworth and Emmie Belquist. With the Rockets' main hitters Kelsie Belquist and Lora Wobbema graduating last year, the team needed to do some repositioning. Ava Peterson and Emmie Belquist have moved to the middle hitter positions, with Peterson b...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne cross country team was back in action on Tuesday, September 3 at CrossRoads Golf Course in Carrington. NR-S seventh graders Elise Guler and Gabe Smith were the highest placers for the Rockets. Both Guler and Smith competed in the junior varsity divisions and each took second place. Along with their second place finishes, they set personal record times – Guler with 12:26.37 and Smith with 11:09.21. Liza Steele also earned a top five finish for the Rockets, earning f...
