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  • Taking Charge: Rockets add another district win to season record

    Kyrie Dauenhauer|Jan 29, 2024

    Another one bites the dust, or so they say. The New Rockford Sheyenne girls' basketball team has defeated another team in District 4 – this being the Nelson County Chargers. This district matchup was held in McVille on Tuesday, Jan. 30. The Rockets went out with a vengeance after the NR-S boys' came up short against the Chargers the night prior. Full speed ahead and the Rockets were off! NR-S guards Kelsie Belquist and Kaiya O'Connor were the first to chip away some points for the Rockets – Belq...

  • Second at Storhaug

    Erik Gjovik|Jan 29, 2024

    The full Carrington wrestling program was on the mats for the two-day Nick Storhaug Invitational Tournament in Lisbon Friday-Saturday, Jan. 19-20. The Cardinal girls' team crowned two champions on their side of the tournament, Khendra Garcia at 130 pounds and Ashley Lindberg at 250. Meanwhile, the CHS boys had three runner-up finishers, with Skye Kramlich (107), Corbin Clifton (145) and Brody Weisenburger (285) doing the honors. Both the boys and girls took fourth place in their respective...

  • District Deficit: Rockets take losses to Polar Bears, Chargers

    Nathan Price|Jan 29, 2024

    The New Rockford-Sheyenne boys' basketball team kicked off inter-district competition with a pair of tough losses on the road. On Thursday, Jan. 15, they took on arguably the best team in their district, the Larimore Polar Bears. For the most part, every team in District 4 has a very similar overall record, and no teams have emerged as dominant or unbeaten. Larimore, however, has risen slightly above the pack and now boasts an 8-4 overall record. Their game against the Rockets wasn't easy,...

  • Dakota Datebook: North Dakota's first pro football player

    Jan 29, 2024

    North Dakota has produced a number of outstanding professional athletes. One of the very first to claim North Dakota as home was Lawrence (Larry) J. Steinbach. Larry Steinbach was born and raised on a farm near New Rockford, in Eddy County, N.D. One of 11 children in the Steinbach family, Larry was a tough kid who loved to play football. At the "old age" of 22, he enrolled in high school at New Rockford, to restart his high school education. Two years later he became a student at St. Thomas...

  • Around the County: Sunflower election set for January 31

    Michelle Gilley, NDSU Extension|Jan 29, 2024

    It has been a while since I have updated producers on upcoming NDSU Extension events, so there are many I wanted to discuss including a Sunflower Production Meeting which I hope will encourage producers to consider sunflowers in their crop rotation in the future. "Getting it Right Crop Production Webinars" are annual conferences held between December and March featuring the latest research-based production information presented by NDSU specialists. Half of the licensed private pesticide...

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