Club Volleyball takes championship

The New Rockford club volleyball team competed in the New Rockford club volleyball tournament this past weekend. A total of seven teams competed in the 16s division and six teams competed in the 14s division. Each game was set to last for 30 minutes. The tournament was set up on a point system. Instead of winning a match, a win would consist of how many points were made in the 30-minute time frame.

The 16s division competition started at 8 a.m. New Rockford defeated the Williston Chaos 25-22 in the first set. Williston Chaos came back in the second set to win 16-14. New Rockford won with just a single point difference.

The New Rockford club's second match up of the day was against the Valley City JO team. New Rockford defeated Valley City in the first set 25-14 and again in the second set with 21-14. New Rockford won by 18 points.

The third match up consisted of New Rockford and Hatton/Northwood Sting. New Rockford defeated Hatton/Northwood Sting 25-19 in the first set. With Kennedy Demester's 21 aces, New Rockford crushed Hatton/Northwood Sting in the second set 25-2. New Rockford won by 29 points.

New Rockford would then move into the #1 seed to take on Minot Power. New Rockford took the first set 25-12. But Minot Power wasn't ready to give up the win that easily. Minot Power came back and defeated New Rockford 25-14. New Rockford came back in the third set to defeat Minot Power 15-8. New Rockford won by 9 points and brought home the championship.

The New Rockford club volleyball 14s team also competed in the tournament. The New Rockford team started off the tournament against Hatton/Northwood Sting. Hatton/Northwood Sting defeated New Rockford 16-25 in the first set. New Rockford came back in the second set to defeat Hatton/Northwood Sting 14-13. Hatton/Northwood Sting would take the win by eight points.

The second game for New Rockford was against Minot Power. Minot Power defeated New Rockford in the first set 25-18 and in the second set 23-14. Minot Power won by 16 points.

With only three teams in their pool, New Rockford 14s played both Hatton/Northwood Sting and Minot Power twice. For the second game against Hatton/Northwood Sting, New Rockford came back and defeated them 25-12 in the first set. Hatton/Northwood Sting wasn't ready to give up, so they came back in the second set and defeated New Rockford 17-15. New Rockford would take the win by 11 points.

For the last pool play game, Minot Power defeated New Rockford in the first set 25-21 and in the second set 21-12. Minot Power won by 13 points.

New Rockford would then move on to the #4 seed to take on the Thompson Wildcats. The Thompson Wildcats defeated New Rockford in three sets to take third place. New Rockford club would take fourth place in the tournament.

On Sunday, April 25 both the New Rockford 14s and 16s team competed in the Power League on the Prairie Tournament in Jamestown.

The New Rockford 14s team won all six sets against Blue Jay White, Minot and Cavalier Ignite.

The New Rockford 16s won two sets and lost four sets. They played against Blue Jay White, Bismarck Attack and Captital Volleyball Club White.