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For Homecoming 2022, the New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets were set to host local rivals, the Carrington Cardinals, on Thursday, Sept. 15. With the recent rotation change, the Rockets thought they would finally have the chance to beat the Cardinals. But to no avail, the Rockets just couldn't defeat them. Before the start of the game, varsity players from both NR-S and Carrington were found in a circle praying. Why, you may be thinking? Recently, Sheyenne native and NR-S volleyball player, Baile...
After two tough non-region losses, the New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets knew they needed to change up their game plan. With a new rotation and an additional three players to the varsity bench, the Rockets were able to defeat the Barnes County North Bison 3-0 at home. The Rockets had previously been running a 5-1 rotation, with NR-S sophomore, Kaiya O'Connor, being a full-time setter. That rotation has now changed to a 6-2, with O'Connor and Ava Peterson splitting the setting duties. Other changes...
On Saturday, Sept. 10, Carrington Public Schools hosted their junior high volleyball jamboree. Seventh- and eighth- grade teams came from Devils Lake, Jamestown, Barnes County North Griggs-Midkota, Harvey/Wells County, New Rockford-Sheyenne and Carrington. With matches going on three courts, the jamboree went fairly quick. New Rockford-Sheyenne only brought their seventh-grade team. The Rockets started their day off at 9:40 a.m. against the Griggs-Midkota Titans seventh-grade team. The Rockets...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne junior high/junior varsity football teams hosted the Nelson County Chargers on Monday, Sept. 12 for their last home game of the season. The junior high team kicked off the game in high gear, with a touchdown from NR-S running back, Sawyer Huso. But this wasn't the only time fans heard the name "Sawyer Huso." Huso proceeded to score two more touchdowns for the Rockets. His speed and small stature aided in most, if not all, of these touchdowns. Huso was able to slip...
After the Medina/Pingree-Buchanan Thunder took a close loss to the New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets last season, the Thunder came back this season looking for revenge. And that's just what M/P-B got: bitter sweet revenge. The Thunder struck right at the start, with big blocks coming from sophomore middle blocker, Maddie Gefroh, and kills that stung from outside hitter, Allison Thomas. But those two weren't the only outstanding players for the Thunder. Brynn Sorenson and Kelsey Vandeberge also...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets' volleyball team hosted the Thompson Tommies in their season opener game on Tuesday, August 30. This season looks quite different for the Rockets. Not only were they sporting their new jerseys, but there's also quite a few less girls on the bench. The team is made up of only eight girls, between the grades of 8-12. Although the team may be small, these girls play well together. The first set of the varsity game ended with Thompson winning 25-16. But this team...
Sunflower seed and hot cocoa season is back and better than ever. Well, besides the four letter word we all hate soon to be arriving. The junior high and junior varsity football teams kicked off their season on Monday, August 29 against the Four Winds/Minnewaukan Indians. Let's start with some junior high highlights. With only minutes into the game, eighth grader, Malaki Kukowski, pushed through the Indians' defensive line to sack their quarterback. This set the momentum for the Rockets....
Floor burn season is back. Yes, you read that right. Floor burn season, also known as volleyball. You may be thinking, "Why is she calling the volleyball season 'floor burn season'?" Well, sometimes the volleyball players have to dive for the ball, which usually ends up with a nasty floor burn to the knee, elbow, or anywhere on the body for that matter. Anyways, back to the main point of this article. The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets' volleyball team officially kicked off their season with...
The weekend of May 26-28, seemed like a perfect weekend to break some state records. Well, for NR-S sophomore, Kelsie Belquist, anyway. Belquist was among 10 other teammates to travel to Bismarck last week to compete at the North Dakota Track & Field Meet held at the MDU Community Resources Bowl. As Belquist qualified for nine events, she was able to choose four to compete in; the 200-meter dash, 400-meter dash, 100-meter hurdles and the 300-meter hurdles. Belquist used all the power in her body...
The final regular season track meet of the 2022 season has come to an end. A total of 23 Rocket athletes and three Warwick athletes competed at the North Central Region track meet in Rugby on Saturday, May 21. Of those 23 NR-S athletes, nine have earned a chance to compete at the State Track meet on May 26-28. Those athletes are: Katie Allmaras, Kelsie Belquist, Emmie Belquist, Easton Benz, Porter Granger, Kaden Jensen, Connor Knatterud, Lucy Meier and Ava Peterson. At this meet, the relay...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne golf team competed in two golf meets this past week; Wednesday, May 18 at Rose Creek in Fargo and Monday, May 23 at Cross Roads Golf Club in Carrington. At Rose Creek, Kage Walford (45-42-87) and Jackson Schumacher (44-43-87) were the top placers, with both tying with a final score of 87. Walford finished in 12th place, with Schumacher following in 13th. Other NR-S golfers to compete were Dashyl Bichler (51-53-104) finishing in 44th, Bennett Meier (47-59-106) in 46th...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne varsity and junior high tracksters battled the wind on Saturday, May 14 in Fessenden at the Lloyd Memorial Meet. The wind kept most athletes from finishing their events in state-qualifying times. But wind didn't seem to slow down NR-S track star, Kelsie Belquist. Although Belquist has state-qualified in eight events alone, she continues to better her times second by second. Belquist competed in the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash, and the 4x200-meter relay. Belquist...
New Rockford-Sheyenne's golf team is nearing the end of their season. The golf team at NR-S has always been made up of only a select few students. This year, a total of six NR-S golfers are on the team; Jackson Schumacher, Dashyl Bichler, Kage Walford, Bennett Meier, Shaun Reimche and Jacob Louters. All six of these student athletes are from ninth grade and under. The golf team also donned a new coach for golf; that being John Christiansen. Even though these golfers may be young, they are still...
On the road, yet again. The New Rockford-Sheyenne track and field team traveled to Rugby to compete in the Hanneman Memorial track meet. With only a few track meets left before the state meet on May 26-28, track athletes have minimal time to earn state-qualifications. With a beautiful day, with only a hint of North Dakota wind, the Rockets girls' 4x200-meter relay team was able to secure, yet another, state qualification. The 4x200-meter relay team was made up of Lucy Meier, Katie Allmaras,...
The spring season of club volleyball has officially come to an end. The 16's and 14's teams finished their season as champions of their divisions in the Power League at the Prairie Tournament held in Jamestown. As for the fourth through sixth grade teams, they played as they would in a regular season of volleyball, having games once orntwice a week, rather than weekend tournaments. Coach of the grades 4-6 club volleyball team, Sara Myhre, stated "It was so fun to watch their excitement and love...
Mother Nature strikes yet again. The New Rockford-Sheyenne varsity and junior high teams were scheduled to attend the 2022 CNDC Outdoor in Fessenden on Tuesday, May 10. But after a few inches of rain fell the night before, the CNDC Outdoor meet had to be relocated to the Geographical Center of North America, also known as Rugby. This slight change didn't affect any of the Rocket athletes though. Multiple NR-S varsity and junior high athletes either placed in the top 10 of their event or set...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets and the Warwick Warriors traveled some miles these past two track meets, by traveling to Rugby on Thursday, May 5 and then traveling to Carrington on Saturday, May 7. With the weather finally coordinating with the track meets, many athletes from both schools set their personal bests. Some of those athletes even punched their first ticket to the state track meet at the end of May. Let's jump back to Thursday, and start with the Mariya Tate Memorial Track and...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne track and field team traveled to Oakes on Monday, May 2, to attempt to secure state-qualifications at the Starion Track & Field Complex. Among the 24 Rockets athletes to compete, two received state-qualifications. Those athletes were NR-S senior, Kaden Jensen, and NR-S sophomore, Kelsie Belquist. Jensen and Belquist have had an outstanding 2022 track season. Jensen has excelled in the field area mainly, with earning a state-qualification in the long jump event in...
The Rockets’ track team traveled to Belcourt on Thursday, April 28 to compete in the Turtle Mountain Invite. Although this meet didn’t count towards state-qualifying, this was more of a “glorified” practice. The Rockets still competed with all their might, and some were even able to bring home some first place finishes. The Rockets’ took first place in four track and field events. Kelsie Belquist was the name on three of those events. Belquist took first place in the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.03 seconds, first place in the 200-meter...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne junior high track team traveled just 23 miles west to Fessenden, to compete in the Harvey/Wells County Junior High Invite on Thursday, April 28. This track meet brought in over 700 participants from Barnes County North, Benson County, Bottineau, Carrington, Devils Lake, Central McLean, Des Lacs-Burlington, Griggs County Central, Harvey/Wells County, Hazen, Jamestown, Medina-Pingree-Buchanan, Nedrose, New Rockford-Sheyenne, North Star, Northern Lights, Minot, Rolette,...
With Mother Nature finally settling down on North Dakota's second winter, the New Rockford-Sheyenne track team was able to compete in the Central Cass Varsity Quadrangular held in Casselton. Although it was quite breezy, the Rockets excelled at the meet. There were a total of 21 top-10 placings for New Rockford. Along with those top-10 placings, there were two Rocket athletes to state qualify: senior, Kaden Jensen, and sophomore, Kelsie Belquist. Jensen state-qualified in the boys' long jump...
On Tuesday, April 5, the New Rockford-Sheyenne track team had intended on competing in the Hazen Early Bird Outdoor Meet, but due to unforeseen weather circumstances, the meet was canceled. In the nick of time, NR-S tracksters registered for the Maple River Conference Indoor Track & Field Invitational, held in the Olson Forum at Concordia College. This last minute change of events didn’t seem to bother any of the track athletes, specifically Kelsie Belquist. Belquist, yet again, blew it out of the park in three-of-four events; which were the 5...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne track team traveled to Fargo on Saturday, March 26 to compete in the Class B High School Indoor Meet at the Shelly Ellig Track and Field Complex. A total of 18 Rockets' athletes competed in the meet, with two taking first place finishes. Sophomore Kelsie Belquist took first place in the 400-meter dash and triple jump. Senior Kaden Jensen took first place in high jump and long jump. Jensen fell half an inch short in the triple jump event to take second place behind Jace...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne archery team traveled to Minot on March 18-19, to compete in the North Dakota National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) Bullseye and 3-D Tournaments. NR-S was among 38 other schools in the Bullseye tournament and 30 schools in the 3-D Tournament. To move onto the national NASP tournament, archers needed to place in the top ten of their division. NR-S had four archers that placed in the top ten for the 3-D tournament, one taking the label of state champion, and...
Spring is here, which means track and field has also begun. But this year’s track and field season is much different from last year. When notice was given that previous track and field coach, Cherry Heinz, had put in her resignation, NR-S athletic director, Elliott Belquist, stepped up and offered to take the position. In just a year, the track and field team has doubled in numbers. There were a total of 17 track and field athletes last year. As of March 23, 2022 there are 40 student athletes enrolled in track and field in grades 7-12. The R...
