Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Bronson Walter, a 6 ft. 9 in. freshman for the Indians (#45), gets his hand on the ball as senior Wilson Howard (#32) goes up for the shot. Howard had 12 points in the Monday game, which ended in an 8 point loss for the Rockets. Photo by Jenna Lee Photography
Teddy Allmaras added 11 points for the Rockets in the game against Four Winds-Minnewaukan on January 15.
Ashley Schuster, who had been out for two weeks with an ankle injury, returned to the court for the Raiders game on Tuesday, January 16.
Fans got their money's worth and more last week when the Rockets hosted two district rivals in thriller contests decided by just a few points.
Monday brought the Four Winds-Minnewaukan Indians to town to take on the Rocket boys in their season opener. Overall, it was a hard fought game and at times very physical, as Four Winds-Minnewaukan defeated New Rockford- Sheyenne by a final score of 64-56 in District 7 boys basketball action played here before a good crowd on Monday, January 15th.
Four Winds- Minnewaukan graduated quite a few Seniors off last year's team and started a little slow this season; but with this win, they have now won seven straight. They are very well coached and will be one of the top teams in District 7 and Region 4.
New Rockford-Sheyenne led early on in the opening stanza, but the visitors led at all quarter stops, 18-17, 31-26, 50-39, and again the Indians came away with a hard fought win.
JaeShawn Shaw, a freshmen who played for New Rockford-Sheyenne last season, led the Indians with 16 points. Frank Gourd added 12 and Dedrick Robertson chipped in 11.
The Rockets had excellent scoring balance. Bo Belquist led the way with 14 points, Wilson Howard had 12 points, and Teddy Allmaras and Tucker Longnecker each added 11.
Four Winds-Minnewaukan made 23 field goals, 10 of 12 free throws, committed 19 fouls and had 9 turnovers. The Rockets made 20 field goals, 13 of 19 free throws, committed 19 fouls and had 12 turnovers.
New Rockford-Sheyenne is now 2-1 in District 7 and 4-6 overall.
Varsity Scoring Summary
FWM 18 13 19 14= 64
NR-S 17 9 13 17= 56
Four Minds-Minnewaukan
Fred Redfox 8, Doug Yankton 6, Bronson Walter 6, Gionni Robertson 5.
New Rockford-Sheyenne
Hunter Thompson 7, Luke Ystaas 1.
Next action for the Rockets is Tuesday, January 23 when Harvey-Wells County comes to town. Game one is set for 4:30 p.m.
Friday, January 26, the locals travel to Lakota. Game one is set for 4:30 p.m. Saturday, January 27 the Rockets play host to Langdon Area-Edmore-Munich in a Varsity-JV boys and girls basketball double header with game one to begin at 11:00 a.m.
JV Game
FW-M 11 23 15 17=66
NR-S 19 7 3 9 =38
Four Winds-Minnewaukan
Johnny Redfox 19, Jay Garcia 12, Falin Redfox 6, Kohlby Cavanaugh 6, Fred Redfox 5, Bronson Walter 4, Roger Yankton 4, Lance Gourd 3, Keenan Cavanaugh 2, Jacob LaRock 3, Calen Lohnes 2. 28 field goals, 5 of 8 free throws, 17 fouls and 14 turnovers.
New Rockford-Sheyenne
Hunter Thompson 10, Nick Presnell 10, Nathan Holzwarth 8, Keegan Anderson 6, Luke Ystaas 3, Ben Schaefer 1. 15 field goals, 4 of 15 free throws, 11 fouls and 16 turnovers.
C Squad
FW-M 16 12 24 2=54
NR-S 6 10 12 10=38
Four Winds-Minnewaukan
Kallon Cavanaugh 16, Calen Lohnes 10, Kelean Keja 6, Roger Yanton 6, Keldon Koja 4, Jacob LaRock 4, Austin Jetty 4, Truth Robertson 2, Zac Littlewind 2. 24 field goals, 2 of 8 free throws, and 8 fouls.
New Rockford-Sheyenne
Evan Ulrich 14, Nick Presnell 10, Johnny Grann 8, Nick Berglund 2, Colter Soderholm 2, Koven Walford 2. 16 field goals, 5 of 6 free throws and 5 fouls.
Rocket girls lose by 3 points
New Rockford-Sheyenne played host to Lakota in District 7 Girls Basketball action on Tuesday, January 16. The Rockets had their chances, but Lakota defeated the locals by a final score of 44-41. The game was quite close all the way and hard fought.
The visitors led virtually all the way and at all quarter stops, 14-8, 28-19, 36-29.
Breanne Schmidt paced the Raiders with a game high 19 points. Stephanie Bartlett added 14. Hannah Haley paced the locals with 18 points. Carli Lies added 12.
Lakota made 15 field goals, 10 of 22 free throws, had 9 fouls, and committed 26 turnovers.
The Rockets made 17 field goals, 6 of 8 free throws, had 16 fouls and committed 17 turnovers. New Rockford-Sheyenne is now 0-2 in District 7 and 6-7 overall.
Varsity Scoring Summary
Lakota 14 14 8 8 =44
NR-S 8 11 10 12 =41
Lakota
Alexandra Anderson 6, Briar Halberg 3, Karlie Zacha 2.
New Rockford-Sheyenne
Alli Dockter 9, Ashley Schuster 2.
Next action for the Rockets is Monday, January 22 at Minnewaukan against Four Winds-Minnewaukan. First game is set for 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 25 Warwick comes to town, and game one is set for 4:00 pm.
JV Game
Lakota 9 6 6 1= 22
NR-S 4 18 7 14 =43
Lakota
Macy Herda 7, Alex Anderson 5, Nora Johnson 5, Emily Bina 3, Jennifer Neidlinger 2. 8 field goals, 5 of 7 free throws, 3 fouls and 27 turnovers.
New Rockford-Sheyenne
Dani Bjerke 15, Cassie Longnecker 13, Ashlynn Benson 4, Kayahna Hopfauf 3, Brianna Price 2, Kindra Jacobson 2, Chloe Guthmiller 2, Chloe Heinz 2. 20 field goals, 3 of 5 free throws, 13 fouls and 14 turnovers. The Rockets are now 6-2, overall.
In the junior high game, Lakota defeated NR-S 39-27.
