Volleyball: Thunder sweeps Rockets

New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) began their 2018 Volleyball season on Tuesday, Aug. 28 at Pingree in a non-region match against the Medina-Pingree-Buchanan Thunder.

The first set was close, as it was 27-25. M-P-B won set two 25-12 and also set three by a final of 25-18. The Rockets are now 0-1 overall.

Katie Demester is in her first year as Head Coach for the Rockets. Kortney Roscoe is in her first year as junior varsity and C-squad coach. Sara Myhre is again coaching the junior high teams this season.

Next action for the Rockets is Thursday, Sept. 6 against Barnes County North. Three matches will be played, with the first to begin at 5 p.m.

The Rockets hope to be very competitive in Region 4. Other teams in Region 4 include Harvey/Wells County, Benson County, St. John, Lakota, Dunseith, North Star, Rolette/Wolford, Four Winds/Minnewakan, Langdon-Area-Edmore-Munich, Rolla and Dakota Prairie.

Rocket Varsity Stats

Kills: Alli Dockter 10, Ashley Schuster 7, Kayahna Hopfauf 5 and Hannah Haley 3.

Blocks: Brianna Price 2, Schuster 1 and Hopfauf 1.

Assists: Carli Lies 24

Digs: Dockter 20, Gretchen Berglund 17, Haley 10, Lies and Cassie Longnecker 5.

Aces: Schuster and Haley 1.

JV

Other scores from that night:

JV: NR-S 2, M-P-B 1.

C Squad: NR-S 2, M-P-B 1.

JH: NR-S 2, M-P-B 1.