Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Junior, Kaden Jensen on defense against Harvey Wells County's senior, Jaxon Fike.
Once the disappointment of a marathon first round game that didn't go their way subsided, the NR-S Rocket boys' basketball team regrouped for a respectable fifth-place finish in the Central North Dakota Conference (CNDC) Tournament, held December 17-19.The Rockets fell in three overtime periods to the Rolla Bulldogs, 88-87, at the NR-S Gym Thursday night, December 17, but came back the next two nights to defeat Harvey-Wells County, 65-36, and St. John by a final tally of 57-48.
Two out of three wins at the CNDC bolstered the Rockets' record to 3-1 on the season.
CNDC Tournament Rolla 88, NR-S 87 at New Rockford Thursday, Dec. 17
Rolla 17 7 18 21 10 8 8 - 88
NR-S 13 17 19 13 10 8 7 - 87
NR-S Stats
Evan Ulrich 44, Johnny Grann 18, Koven Walford 7, Nick Berglund 7, Hunter Johnson 6 and Kaden Jensen 5. Totals: 34 FG, 10-16 FT, 20
fouls. Three-pointers: Grann 4, Ulrich 2, Berglund, Walford, Jensen. Fouled out: Berglund, Jensen.
Rolla: Xavier Mitchell 29, Deryk Thomas 18, Mitchell Leas 17, Andre Elick 10, Nicholas Mears 5. Totals: 28 FG, 18-21 FT, 17 fouls. Three-pointers: Thomas 4, Leas 3, Elick. Fouled out: Mears.
CNDC Tournament NR-S 66, Harvey/WC 36 at New Rockford Friday, Dec. 18
NR-S 8 22 15 20 - 65
HWC 6 9 5 16 - 36
NR-S Stats
Johnny Grann 23, Evan Ulrich 19, Kaden Jensen 12, Hunter Johnson 6, Koven Walford 3 and Nick Berglund 2. Totals: 20 FG, 20-26 FT, 16 fouls. Three-pointers: Grann 4, Ulrich. Fouled out: Ulrich. Technical foul: Ulrich.
Harvey/WC Stats
Tyson Tipton 14, Ethan Nitz 7, Alex Erickson 6, Madden Thorson 4, Jaxon Fike 2, Landon Monge 2, Tanner Grossman 1. Totals: 12 FG, 10-16
FT, 21 fouls. Three-pointers: Tipton, Nitz.
CNDC Tournament NR-S 57, St. John 48 at New Rockford Saturday, Dec. 19
NR-S 11 10 19 17 - 57
St. John 10 12 12 14 - 48
NR-S Stats
Kaden Jensen 16, Johnny Grann 15, Evan Ulrich 12, Hunter Johnson 8 and Nick Berglund 6. Totals: 19 FG, 13-19 FT, 14 fouls. Three-pointers: Jensen 3, Grann 3.
St. John Stats
Michael Dunn 11, Jaeton Parisien 10, Cayd'n Lafountain 9, Brayton Baker 6, Caden Belgarde 5, Gannyn Monette 5 and Zavier Parisien 2. Totals: 19 FG, 8-11 FT, 17 fouls. Three-pointers: Lafountain, Monette.
Next up for NR-S after the Christmas break will be a varsity girls' and boys' doubleheader with the Central Cass Squirrels on Tuesday, December 29, in New Rockford. Starting times are 12 noon (A-B, girls) and 1 p.m. (A-B-C, boys).
