Rebels cruise past Rockets

New Rockford-Sheyenne just did not play very well overall as Medina-Pingree-Buchanan defeated the locals in non-district girls basketball action, played at

Pingree on Monday, Feb. 10. The Rockets never quit, but didn’t shoot well from the field and had quite a few turnovers. The Rebels led throughout and at all quarter stops, 25-8, 42-19, 60-31 and won by a final score of 71-43.

The Rebels are a fairly young team but they are having a good year and should be one of the top teams in Region 3. Gracie Bohl led M-P-B with a game-high 24 points. Megan Moser had 15 and Ryleigh Martin added 14. Dani Bjerke led the locals with 13 points. Hannah Haley added 10 points.

M-P-B made 27 field goals, 13-17 free throws, and committed 16 fouls. The Rockets made 16 field goals, 9-14 free throws, and committed 18 fouls. New Rockford-Sheyenne closes out the regular season at 10-8 overall. The top four teams from District 7 and District 8 advance on to the Region 4 Tournament to be held Feb. 24, 25 and 27 in Devils Lake.

NR-S: 8 11 12 12 = 43

M-P-B: 25 17 18 11 = 71

NR-S: Ashlynn Benson 9, Kayahna Hopfauf 5, Cassie Longnecker 4, Chloe Heinz 2. Three-pointers: Haley, Bjerke.

M-P-B: Allison Thomas 8, Brittany Reister 4, Lilly Bohl 4, Abigail Reich 2. Three-pointers: Moser 3, Thomas.

Junior Varsity

NR-S 41, M-P-B 27

NR-S: 14 7 7 13 = 41

M-P-B: 11 10 4 4 = 27

NR-S: Kelsie Belquist 12, Kayahna Hopfauf 10, Kennedy Demester 6, Chloe Guthmiller 6, Madi Myhre 4, Mya Cudworth 2, Chloe Heinz 1. Totals: 17 field goals, 6-14 free throws, 16 fouls. Three-pointers: Demester

M-P-B: Kalen Rinzell 7, Alaina Boschee 6, Abigail Reich 4, Gracie Gunderson 4, Isabel Schmidt 2, Lilly Bohl 2, Briallen Thu 2. Totals: 11 field goals, 5-8 free throws, 16 fouls.

The Rocket JV finished their season at 10-6 overall.