NR-S takes third at the CNDC Tournament

The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets boys basketball team competed in the CNDC Tournament at Rugby December 13-15. The Rockets finished the touranment in third place, beating Rolla 74 to 45 in the quarterfinals. They lost to Rugby 63 to 52 on Dec. 14 and took the third place game on Dec. 15 with a score of 71 to 56 against St. John. All the scores and stats are listed below.

Quarterfinals, Dec. 13

NR-S 21 18 19 16 = 74

Rolla 12 12 10 11 = 45

NR-S: Teddy Allmaras 14, Bo Belquist 11, Hunter Thompson 10, Tucker Longnecker 8, Evan Ulrich 8, Nathan Holzwarth 7, Parker Granger 7, Luke Ystaas 4, Colter Soderholm 3, Nick Presnell 2. Totals: 29 field goals, 10-16 free throws, 9 fouls. Three Pointers: Longnecker 2.

Rolla: Trevor Defender 14, Weston Mortell 10, Koby Schleveg 6, Mitchell Leas 5, Grant Munro 4, Andre Elick 3, Xavier Mitchel 3. Totals: 14 field goals, 12-16 free throws, 11 fouls. Three pointers: Defender 3, Mitchell and Elick each 1.

Semi-finals, Dec. 14

NR-S 13 10 11 18 = 52

Rugby 13 15 20 15 = 63

NR-S: Granger 18, Belquist 11, Allmaras 10, Thompson 7, Longnecker 4, Ystaas 2. Totals: 16 field goals, 12-15 free throws, 18 fouls.

Rugby: Hamilton 26, Michels 17, Goven 7, Menligny 4, Vetsch 3, McCabe 2. Totals: 19 field goals, 18-21 free throws, 17 fouls. Three pointers: Hamilton 4 and Michels 3.

Third place game, Dec. 15

NR-S 15 15 25 16 = 71

St. John 11 19 13 13 = 56

NR-S: Allmaras 26, Belquist 20, Longnecker 11, Granger 8, Thompson 5, Holzwarth 1. Totals: 25 field goals, 18-32 free throws, 16 fouls. Three pointers: Allmaras 2, and Belquist 1.

St. John: Jollie 18, Anderson 13, Dunn 9, Defender 9, Gunville 6, Poitra 1. Totals: 21 field goals, 11-15 Free throws, 23 fouls. Three pointers: Gunville, Anderson Dunn and Defender all had 1.