Bearcats pounce on the Rockets

On Tuesday, Oct. 12, the Rockets hosted the North Star Bearcats in the New Rockford-Sheyenne gymnasium. The Bearcats took the 3-0 win against the Rockets.

Let's start with the first set. The Rockets came out of the flood gates strong. They were determined to put up a fight against the Bearcats. The Rockets held a seven point lead on the Bearcats in the first set, but after a timeout was called by North Star, the Rockets knew they would be in for a fight. The Bearcats scored six points to bring the scores close. The Rockets and Bearcats went back and forth with points, and the Bearcats walked away with a 28-26 win in the first set.

It is unknown what changed the momentum for the Rockets, but sets two and three were nothing like the first. While outside hitter Kelsie Belquist had many kills, it wasn't enough to top North Star middle hitter Danielle Hagler. Hagler recently made her 2,000th kill back on Sept. 25 at the Devils Lake Varsity Tournament. Hagler averaged a dozen kills per set, for a total of 36 kills against the Rockets. The Bearcats defeated the Rockets 25-15 in the second set and 25-13 in the third set.

Belquist had a total of 12 kills against the Bearcats. Other top hitters were Ava Peterson with a total of five, Madisen Myhre with four and Mya Cudworth with three. Along with Hagler's 36 kills, Elle Nicholas had four, Gianna Ahlberg and Payton Harpestad each had one.

Rockets setter Kaiya O'Connor had 21 assists, while Bearcats setter Lindsey Nyhagen had a total of 36 assists.

Kennedy Demester and Cudworth were the two top diggers for the Rockets, with Demester having 18 and Cudworth having 11. On the Bearcats side, Nicholas had a total of 18 digs, Gracie Miller had 12, and Jaelyn Buckman and Nyhagen each had ten.

The Rockets currently sit third in the region, with North Star atop the leaderboard and Langdon Area/Edmore/Munich in second.

On Tuesday, Oct. 19, the Rockets will travel to Langdon to take on the Cardinals (A,B,C,JH) in their home nest starting at 4 p.m.

Super Region 4

Volleyball

Tuesday, Oct. 12

NR-S 0, North Star 3

at New Rockford

NR-S 26 15 13

North Star 28 25 25

NR-S Stats:

Aces: Demester 1.

Kills: Belquist 12, Peterson 5, Myhre 4, Cudworth 3, Demester 1, Wobbema 1.

Assists: O'Connor 21, Peterson 2, Cudworth 1, Myhre 1.

Digs: Demester 18, Cudworth 11, O'Connor 8, Belquist 6, Thomas 3, Peterson 1.

Blocks: Myhre 5, Belquist 3, Cudworth 1, Peterson 1.

North Star Stats:

Aces: Nyhagen 3, J. Ahlberg 1, Miller 1, Nicholas 1.

Kills: Hagler 36, Nicholas 4, Harpestad 1, G. Ahlberg 1.

Assists: Nyhagen 36, J. Ahlberg 2, Buckman 1.

Digs: Nicholas 18, Miller 12, Nyhagen 10, Buckman 10, Hagler 9, Bertsch 4, G. Ahlberg 3, J. Ahlberg 2, Harpestad 1.

Blocks: Hagler 2.