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Rocket archers competed in their last regular season tournament on Saturday, March 16. Mt. Pleasant School in Rolla hosted 10 other schools, offering both bullseye and 3D competition. Layton Jacobson shot bullseye bright and early Saturday morning and set the tone for the entire day. He shot a 293 and finished first among high school boys. It was a sweep for the Rocket archers in the middle school boys’ division of bullseye. Sawyer Huso finished first with a 286, Braylon Alfstad earned the s...
During championship night of the District 4 Tournament in Larimore on Wednesday, Feb. 27, the post-season awards were handed out. New Rockford-Sheyenne sophomore, Easton Simon, was one of the five athletes named to the District 4 All Tournament Team. Also named were Elijah Feather Jr. of Warwick, Jaxon Baumgarn of Nelson County and Marshall Judisch and Ryder Fugleberg of May-Port-C-G. Jaxon Baumgarn was also named the District 4 Senior Athlete of the Year. Nelson County head coach Tyson...
It’s almost time for spring sports to get underway, beginning with the indoor track season. The first meet New Rockford-Sheyenne will be attending this year will be the Fighting Hawks Classic in Grand Forks on Saturday, March 16. As per usual, the large NR-S track program will be competing for high placements in a number of different events, but there will be a major difference between this track season and previous years. This season, students from Four Winds will also be competing as Rockets w...
Rockets archers competed in the home of the Bison on Saturday, March 2. At Barnes County North, the locals had the most success in the 3D tournament, where 15 archers secured top 10 finishes in their respective divisions. Freshman Layton Jacobson brought home the gold for the Rockets in 3D. His 289 was the top score of the tournament for high school boys. The other medal winner for the Rockets was fifth grader Lydia Huso. She scored a 233, good enough for the bronze in the elementary girls'...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets got off to a great and heartbreaking start to the Region 2 Tournament in Devils Lake. Beginning their run against the Midway/Minto Mustangs on Monday, March 4, the Rockets kicked off their run with an impressive victory. Unlike the District 4 Tournament and the Super Region 4 Tournament last year, this year's Region 2 Tournament was single elimination in the first round, meaning a loss to the Mustangs would have been the end of the Rockets' season. Determined no...
POSTED: March 7, 2024 9:15 PM The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets just won't go away. Despite the best efforts of several teams this postseason, the Rocket boys still have another chance to qualify for the state tournament. The latest team to try ending their season was the Langdon Area/Edmore/Munich Cardinals, who played the Rockets in a game for third place at the region tournament on Thursday, March 7. Whichever team won would get a final play-in game to qualify for the state tournament, and...
The Triple Threat, the esports co-op of NR-S, Hazen and Garrison, sent two teams to this year's state esports tournament. This year's tournament once again took place in Grand Forks on the UND campus. The first contests of the tournament began on Thursday, Feb. 22, with the championship games occurring on Friday. One of the two teams to qualify for state was The Triple Threat's Rocket League team, which consists of Jacob Louters and Wyatt Dockter of NR-S, and Parker Frei of Hazen. Steven Sogge...
With a pair of victories at the District 4 tournament in Larimore, the New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets have officially advanced to the Region 2 Tournament in Devils Lake. The Rockets began their District tournament with a first round matchup against the Benson County Wildcats, who they'd previously lost to in a close game earlier the season. Taking place on Friday, Feb. 23, their matchup on this occasion, however, wasn't nearly as close. The Rockets opened up the game with a healthy 11-6 lead...
During championship night of the Region 2 Girls' Basketball, NR-S senior Kelsie Belquist was named to the All Region team along with 14 other athletes from the region. Those athletes were Rylee Satrom, Raegen Zerface and Maysa Larson, May-Port-C-G; Alani Morin and Aubree Jeanotte, St. John; Cora Badding, Jalynn Swanson, Jaya Henderson and Meredith Romfo, Langdon Area/Edmore/Munich; Jenna Rosinski, North Prairie; Kennison Azure, Hatton/Northwood; Aubrey Kenner and Kaitlyn Maddock, Benson County;...
Rocket archers made the trek to Oakes on Saturday, Feb. 24, where they faced stiff competition in bullseye and 3D. Layton Jacobson landed at the top of the leaderboard in both. He was one point shy of his personal best in bullseye, but his 294 was still the top score of the tournament for the high school boys. Bradyn Collier earned the bronze medal in the high school boys’ division of the 3D competition with a 281. He also earned a top 10 finish in bullseye, shooting a 282 and fourth place a...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets got a special treat to end their regular season on Monday, Feb. 19. Their game against the Langdon Area/Edmore/Munich Cardinals that day was scheduled to take place just after 12:30 p.m., during the school day. It's not often a basketball game takes place before school's out, and NR-S took advantage of the opportunity by having their entire student body attend the game to cheer on the Rockets. With students of all ages in attendance, the atmosphere inside the NR...
Carrington’s boys wrestlers won one of their three Saturday dual matches at the State Class B Dual Wrestling Tournament Saturday, Feb. 17, and took home seventh place. The Cards were defeated by top overall seed Velva in round one, 37-19. In consolation round action, Carrington had their opportunities to win, but dropped a 40-36 heartbreaker to the Killdeer Cowboys. In the seventh place dual, CHS defeated the Honkers from Kenmare/Bowbells, 45-28. The one three-match winner in the dual tourney w...
Cooperstown was the tournament of choice for the Rockets on Saturday, Feb. 17. NR-S archers competed in both bullseye and 3D, and more than two dozen of them ended the day on the leaderboard in their respective divisions. In the bullseye tournament, Layton Jacobson led the way for the Rockets. He scored a 294, the best out of all the boys, and took home the gold medal and Overall Male Archer award. Bradyn Collier finished in second place among high school boys with a 282. Sawyer Huso scored a 27...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne girls' basketball season has come to an end. The Rockets took on the St. John Lady Woodchucks in the quarterfinal round of the Region 2 Tournament on Monday, Feb. 19. The Rockets started off strong, as the Lady Woodchucks came into foul trouble. In just the first quarter, the Rockets scored 21 points between Ava Peterson, Kaiya O'Connor, Emmie Belquist and Addysen Fandrich. Kennley Davis led the Lady Woodchucks with 6-of-14 points scored in the first. However, the Lady...
The Carrington Cardinals performed about as well as they could have done in the State Class B Individual Boys Wrestling Tournament. Behind a state championship performance from 152-pound junior Corbin Clifton, and six total wrestlers earning placement, the Cards scored 85.5 points to earn fifth place behind a very-loaded top four in the team standings. South Border scored 185 points to win their first individual Class B title in a 10-year span, and their fifth in the Ashley/Wishek co-op...
The Rockets performed well in Wilton on Saturday, Feb. 10. Local archers competed in both bullseye and 3D competitions and brought home many accolades both individually and as a team. The middle school and high school teams both took home the first place trophy in the bullseye tournament. In team competition, the top individual scores in each division are combined and the trophy goes to the team that ends up with the most total points. Freshman Layton Jacobson gave his best performance of the...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne girls' basketball team has earned their ticket to the Region 2 Tournament that will be held in Devils Lake on Feb. 19, 20 and 22. How did they make it there? Let's find out. In the quarterfinal round of the District 4 Tournament held in New Rockford, the Rockets were paired up with the Griggs-Midkota Titans. Having beat the Titans in the regular season with double digits, the Rockets knew it should be an easy win. That was, until NR-S senior Kelsie Belquist went out...
The two gyms at Carrington Public Schools were rocking from all the excitement, as the Cardinals hosted both of the East Region individual wrestling tournaments Friday and Saturday, Feb. 9-10. The one-class girls tournament was up first on the agenda, and the Cards emerged with a sixth-place finish (121 points) and seven state qualifiers. Topping the list was 130-pound champion and sophomore Khendra Garcia, who earned the number two overall seed for the state individuals in Fargo with a 39-5...
Bennett Meier set the basketball court ablaze last week. Playing against the Warwick Warriors at home on Tuesday, Feb. 13, the junior from New Rockford-Sheyenne had the best night of his career, and was the driving force for an 87-66 victory. Meier's exact shooting percentage on the night isn't clear, but you could probably count the number of times he missed on one hand. It didn't matter if he was pulling up from mid range, driving to the basket or grabbing an offensive rebound under the net,...
The Carrington boys wrestling team, save for their efforts with the championship opponent, had a very strong performance at the Region 2 Dual Tournament in Larimore Saturday, Feb. 3. CHS finished as the runners-up at the tournament to meet winner Northern Lights, competing in Region 2 for the first time following realignment prior to this season. In round one, the Cards took a 42-8 win over the host Polar Bears. Coach Josh Kerbaugh’s team dropped just two matches in the dual, which had four d...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets earned an impressive home win against the Hatton/Northwood Thunder on Thursday, Feb. 1. The Rockets essentially controlled the game from start to finish, beginning with a dominant first quarter. The first eight minutes saw the NR-S defense hold the Thunder offense to just a single field goal and three free throws. Meanwhile, the Rockets put up 11 points of their own, giving them a 6-point advantage after the first quarter which was largely sustained in the...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne girls' basketball team traveled to Northwood on Friday, Feb. 2 to compete in their final District 4 game of the regular season against the Hatton/Northwood Thunder. With the Rockets and Thunder having a similar record, fans were set up to watch a great game. Unfortunately for the Thunder, key player Kennison Azure was out due to injury. The Thunder were the first to score, but it wasn't long before NR-S sophomore Ava Peterson put up a shot from the paint....
On Friday and Saturday, archers took aim at the New Rockford tournament and several local students found success in the NR-S gymnasium. Layton Jacobson led the Rockets at home and was named the top male archer in the tournament. He shot a 288, which also earned him the gold medal in the high school boys' division. Jacobson edged Rolla's Connor Cose by two perfect arrows. Cose had the same score, with 18 tens. Jacobson finished with 20 tens. NR-S junior Bradyn Collier finished in third place...
Another standout New Rockford-Sheyenne athlete has committed to playing sports at the next level. NR-S senior Connor Knatterud has officially committed to the University of Jamestown to compete in Track and Field. Knatterud is the latest in a string of NR-S athletes to announce their commitment to a university. Kelsie Belquist and Lora Wobbema have committed to the University of Nebraska and Lake Region State College, respectively. And now, Knatterud says he's excited to get started with the Jim...
On Saturday, Jan. 27, the New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets hosted the May-Port-C-G Patriots for their third game facing district competition. Unlike their first two, this game would definitely go the way of the Rockets. Not only are the Patriots currently sitting at the bottom of the standings, but two of their senior players were unavailable for the game. So the Patriots were down on both size and experience, and the Rockets took full advantage. The start of the first quarter remained close...
