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On Monday, Oct. 25, the Rockets hosted the Griggs-Midkota Titans in the New Rockford-Sheyenne gymnasium. The Rockets also had their senior night to recognize Mya Cudworth, Alexa Holth, Maria Becker, Macey Wobbema, Delana Thomas and Kennedy Demester, as these six seniors will be graduating in May. Congrats on your season, keep pushing towards your goals and let's play hard during regionals! The Rockets competed against the Titans in Carrington during the Carrington Varsity Tournament on...
The Rockets hosted Super Region 4 competitor Rolette/Wolford Comets on Thursday, Oct. 14. The Rockets defeated the Comets 3-0. Knowing the Comets had only won two games all season, the Rockets knew they could take the win easily, unlike the recent match up against the North Star Bearcats. The Comets won the coin flip, so they received the serve, but with an error by the Comets, the Rockets received the ball. Eighth grader Ava Peterson served six in a row before receiving a serve error. Peterson...
The Langdon area/Edmore/Munich Cardinals hosted the New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets at the Edmore High School gymnasium on Tuesday, Oct. 19. With the Cardinals being ranked #2 in the region, the Rockets knew they would have to fight to bring home this win. Unfortunately, the Rockets had very little "rocket speed" to keep up with the Cardinals. The first set started off rocky for the Rockets, with many errors made. Not only were errors made by the Rockets, but also by the Cardinals. The Rockets los...
The Rockets traveled to Minnewaukan on Monday, Oct. 11 to take on the Four Winds-Minnewaukan Lady Indians in their home territory. The Rockets ran full force past the Lady Indians. With a passing error by Ezura Rainbow, the Rockets received the ball for Kennedy Demester to serve three, before making an error on her serve to give the Lady Indians a point on the scoreboard. Next to serve for the Lady Indians was DaNesha Leaf. The Rockets received the ball back after middle hitter Madisen Myhre...
On Tuesday, Oct. 12, the Rockets hosted the North Star Bearcats in the New Rockford-Sheyenne gymnasium. The Bearcats took the 3-0 win against the Rockets. Let's start with the first set. The Rockets came out of the flood gates strong. They were determined to put up a fight against the Bearcats. The Rockets held a seven point lead on the Bearcats in the first set, but after a timeout was called by North Star, the Rockets knew they would be in for a fight. The Bearcats scored six points to bring t...
New Rockford-Sheyenne was among 11 other teams to compete in the Carrington Varsity Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 9. The Carrington Cardinals finished first place after a 2-0 win over Strasburg-Zeeland. The Rockets were not on top of their game on Saturday. The Rockets first matchup of the day in pool play was against the Medina/Pingree-Buchanan Thunder. The Thunder defeated the Rockets 25-19 in the first set and 25-20 in the second set. With a tough loss to the Thunder, the Rockets...
The Rockets made the trek to Dunseith on Thursday, Oct. 7 to take on the Lady Dragons in their lair. The Lady Dragons started off hot by defeating the Rockets 25-23 in the first set, but their fire was vanquished for the next three sets. The Rockets defeated the Lady Dragons 3-1. The Rockets made a total of 13 errors in the first set alone, but once they got back on their feet, the Rockets made only 11 errors throughout the next three sets. Kelsie Belquist has had an amazing season so far for...
The Rockets now hold a winning streak of four games. They defeated the St. John Woodchucks 3-0 on Thursday, Sept. 30, in the New Rockford-Sheyenne gymnasium. The first set of the night started off going back and forth between the Rockets and the Woodchucks. The Rockets would score a point, then the Woodchucks would score a point. Until the Rockets pulled away from the Woodchucks to defeat them 25-13. The second and third set flew by fast. The Rockets let the Woodchucks score six in the second...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets hosted the Harvey/Wells County Hornets on Thursday, Sept. 16. The Rockets defeated the Hornets 3-2. The Rockets seemed very nervous about this Super Region 4 match up against the Hornets. They started off very rocky, letting the Hornets get away with a 25-21 win in the first set, and a 25-22 win in the second set. After losing the first two sets, the Rockets shook off the nerves and began to play like winners. The Rockets defeated the Hornets 25-18 in the third...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne varsity volleyball team traveled to Devils Lake on Saturday, Sept. 25 to compete in the Devils Lake Volleyball Tournament. The Rockets placed third out of 12 teams. With middle hitter Macey Wobbema out, and middle hitter Lora Wobbema at the JV tournament in Carrington, senior Maria Becker and sophomore Lucy Meier stepped in to take their place as middle hitters. The first pool play matchup of the day was against the Grafton Spoilers. The Spoilers defeated the Rockets...
The Rockets traveled to Maddock on Tuesday, Sept. 28 to take on Super Region 4 competitors, the Benson County Wildcats, in their home gym. The Rockets rallied hard and brought home a 3-2 win against the Wildcats. The first set of the night was very rocky for the Rockets. Between hits going out of bounds, multiple errors and simply not covering the hitters or blockers, the Wildcats snuck away with a 25-20 win. The second set gave the Rocket fans some hope. With Kelsie Belquist being hot on her...
After a long and stressful wait, the New Rockford-Sheyenne gymnasium floor renovation is complete. The NR-S volleyball team had been practicing in the Sheyenne gymnasium until the floor in the New Rockford-Sheyenne gymnasium was completed. The first home match on the new floor was a success. The Rockets defeated the Raiders in four sets, only losing the third set 23-25. Senior Kennedy Demester held the most digs for the Rockets with 14. Also in double digits for the Rockets was Kaiya O'Connor...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets traveled to Carrington to take on the local rivals in their home gym. The Rockets were defeated in three sets. The Cardinals had many kills, most coming from senior middle blocker Sydnie Grager. Grager had a total of 16 kills against the Rockets. Also in double digits for the Cardinals was junior Haley Wolsky, who had a total of ten kills. Kelsie Belquist led the Rockets with six kills, with Madisen Myhre behind with four kills. Senior setter Emma Rindy had the...
On Saturday, Sept. 11, the New-Rockford Sheyenne varsity volleyball team competed in the Lakota Invitational. The tournament was divided into two pools, with a total of seven teams competing. The Rockets were in Pool B and were scheduled to play against Griggs-Midkota JV, Rolla, and Barnes County North. In Pool A was Carrington JV, Griggs-Midkota, and Nelson County. The Rockets had a very successful turnout at the Lakota Invitational. To start off the tournament, the Rockets were scheduled to co...
The Barnes County North Bison hosted the match-up against the New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets on Thursday, Sept. 9. The Rockets were able to defeat the Bison in the first set 25-19, and the second set 25-15. In the third set, the Bison came back with a 25-19 win. The Rockets weren't going to give away the win, so they came back in the fourth set 25-9. Kelsie Belquist, Kennedy Demester, Mya Cudworth and Alexa Holth all made double digits for digs. Belquist held the most with 27, Demester at 24,...
On Tuesday, Sept. 7, the Rockets traveled to Medina to take on the Thunder in their home gym. This match-up was initially set up to be the Rockets first home game of the season on Aug. 31, but was rescheduled for an away game due to the renovation of the New Rockford-Sheyenne gymnasium floor. The first set of the night was a very close game. The Rockets pulled off the win 26-24. Both teams were fired up and weren't going to give up easily. Medina-Pingree/Buchanan would take the second set...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne volleyball team traveled to Thompson to take on the Tommies in their home territory. Knowing the Tommies are ranked third in the state, the Rockets knew this would be a tough season opener. The Tommies came out of the flood gates ready for a win. With a tough fight, the Rockets were defeated in three straight sets by Thompson (14-25, 16-25, 19-25). Comparing the scores from the 2020 match up between New Rockford and Thompson, New Rockford has improved with their lowest...
On August 21-22, Devils Lake Hamre Seed Clean/Elks competed in the Men's Master 40, the Division 2 men's slow pitch tournament in Jamestown. The 12 teams participating were guaranteed three games with double elimination. Hamre Seeds' first opponent of the day was the West Fargo Rookies. With eleven runs in the top of the first, Hamre Seed defeated the Rookies 19-9 in five innings. Hamre Seed moved on to play the Bismarck TC Wolves/Makescents/Delebarre Trucking team. With a two-run home run by...
New Rockford-Sheyenne locals, Johnny Grann and Hunter Johnson, were two of the many outstanding senior athletes to be a part of the 2021 North Dakota Shrine Bowl. The 11-man game started at 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 19 at West Fargo High School, with the 9-man match-up following at 7 p.m. Grann and Johnson both played on the East Region 9-man team. The East team defeated the West team 30-24. Grann threw two touchdown passes in the win. During the East and West 11-man match up, Lakota native and...
Jade Boote is a senior at Dickinson State University. She is currently in her fourth year and studying secondary business education. Jade has been serving as the Great Plains Student Director of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) for the region, which consists of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Nebraska. In total, there are 11 regions that make up the NIRA, with each having a student director and a faculty director. When asked what the Great Plains Student...
NR-S freshman Kelsie Belquist has made her mark on N.D. Class B track and field. One of the three New Rockford-Sheyenne track athletes to compete in the NDHSAA State B Track and Field Meet in Bismarck on May 28-29, Belquist came home with two state championships. Without having a track season in 2020, Belquist knew she had to work hard to achieve her goal of becoming a state champion. In 2019, Belquist competed in the state track meet as a seventh grader. She finished seventh in the 300-meter...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne track team competed in the North Central Region Meet in Rugby on Friday, May 21. Kelsie Belquist, Chloe Heinz and Evan Ulrich moved on to compete in the Class B State Track Meet in Bismarck on May 28-29. Belquist competed in the 200-meter dash, 400-meter dash and the 300-meter hurdles. Belquist took first place in all three events, along with setting new records in her events. Kari Wolfe of Harvey/Wells County set the record for the 200-meter dash in 2017 with a time of 26.42 seconds. Belquist surpassed that with a...
Johnny Grann hasn't been to many track meets this year, due to Black Sox baseball season being a priority. But that doesn't mean he's not good at what he does. Grann competes in the long jump and high jump events, and he earned first place in both the events at the Devils Lake Rotary Meet on Monday, May 17. Along with Grann, eighth grader Porter Granger competed in the high jump and long jump. Granger placed third in high jump and fifth in long jump. Granger also competed in the 200-meter dash...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne track team traveled to Fessenden to compete in the Fessenden Track Meet on Saturday, May 15. Two Rocket athletes brought home first-place finishes. Evan Ulrich was one of the two Rocket athletes to place first in an event. Ulrich competed in the shot put and discus events. He received first place with his shot of 42’11” in shot put and fourth place with his throw of 117’02” in discus. Along with Ulrich, Hunter Johnson competed in the discus and shot put events. Johnson placed third in shot put and received a “no dis...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne club volleyball teams finished their season off on Sunday, May 16, in Jamestown at the Power League on the Prairie Tournament. The 14s group took first in their pool and the 16s took second in their pool. The 14s team had matches against Blue Jay Blue, Capital volleyball club and LaMoure volleyball club. The first matchup of the day was against Blue Jay blue. The Blue Jays took the first set 28-26, but the New Rockford-Sheyenne club came back in the second set and won...
