Articles written by Erik Gjovik
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North Star ends Rockets' season at Region 4
Third-seeded New Rockford-Sheyenne, following their victory over HWC in the first round of the Region 4 Tournament on Tuesday, November 10, faced the...
NR-S advances to semi-finals in Class B Super Region 4 Tournament
New Rockford-Sheyenne's regular season came to an end Tuesday evening, November 3, and their four-match winning streak went by the wayside to North...
Rockets march back from deficit, stun G-M Titans
The Midkota Elementary Gym in Binford was the site of one of the most tightly-contested matches the area has witnessed this fall last Monday night, Oc...
Heinz takes 43rd at State Cross Country
Chloe Heinz was the top individual finisher for the NR-S Rockets' cross country team at the State Class B meet in Cooperstown Saturday afternoon,...
In multi-team twinbill, Rocket netters earn split
Necessity is the mother of invention, as the saying goes. Because of their date with the HWC Hornets being postponed on two occasions, the NR-S...
Rockets 'ace' regional tests with Comets, Woodchucks
Thirty-eight service aces in two matches makes for quick bus rides, or at least as quick as they can be when hitting the pavement to the northwesternm...
Heinz makes All-Region XC
New Rockford-Sheyenne's Chloe Heinz, by virtue of her 17th place finish at the Class B East Region Cross Country Meet in Cooperstown, has earned All-R...
Rockets back in action with win over Dunseith, loss to Oakes
New Rockford-Sheyenne returned to the volleyball court for the first time since Sept. 21 after observing a 14-day COVID-19 quarantine, and shook off...
Changes made to Rocket volleyball, football schedules
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets have announced the dates for three volleyball matches that were rescheduled due to a COVID-19 outbreak at the...
Rockets compete, but fall to Carrington in four
On paper, it was a four-set defeat to their geographic rivals 16 miles to the south. But New Rockford-Sheyenne showed at times that they can be every...
Rockets routed by Eagles
Rarely has it been the case, at least in recent New Rockford-Sheyenne football lore, when a game has turned against them to the extent that the Rocket...
Rocket netters sweep M-P-B; now in COVID-19 quarantine
New Rockford-Sheyenne took a 3-0 win over Medina/Pingree-Buchanan Monday, September 21, but were unable to play their Tuesday match with...
Rockets play four sets each in win, loss
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rocket volleyball team had one victory and one defeat in last week's action, and each match lasted four sets. Barnes County...
Rocket Cross Country results
The NR-S cross country team competed in three meets spanning the period from August 27 to September 5. Placements, along with times recorded for...
Woodchucks hand NR-S first loss
As advertised, the early-season matchup between Nine-Man Region 2 title hopefuls NR-S and St. John lived up to its billing. But for the Rockets, it...
Rockets lose one, win one in week one action
by Erik Gjovik NR-S went 1-1 in a pair of matches to begin the volleyball season on August 31 and Sept. 1, taking on Thompson and...
Dynamic duo leads Rockets over Bearcats
If one blinked in the second quarter of NR-S' second game of the season against the North Star Bearcats, they might have missed three touchdowns. A...
Rockets roll over Benson County in debut
The return to high school sports, at least as it happened at Jim Johnson Field in New Rockford Friday, August 21, couldn't have been better for the...
Heinz opens cross country season with top 10 finish
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets ran in their first official cross country race of the season, the Hillsboro Invitational, on Saturday, August 22....
Guidelines for return to sports in fall presented to NDHSAA
by Erik Gjovik Foster County Independent Nearly three months have passed since the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of all high school...
Schaefer takes second in Fargo golf tourney
New Rockford’s Ben Schaefer, a recent NR-S graduate, was deprived of his final high school golf season this spring. But he didn’t let his swing...
Train carrying grain derails in Carrington Sunday
A Canadian Pacific Railroad train carrying grain derailed in the Carrington city limits between the 6th Ave. North crossing and the Highways 52-200...
New mobile app could be game-changer in virus fight
The renowned traveling abilities of NDSU Bison football fans may have indirectly helped to provide inspiration for the latest tool to contain the spre...
Duchscherer finishes third at State Wrestling
NR-S sophomore Matthew Duchscherer took home a third place finish at the State Class B Individual Wrestling Tournament in Fargo Thursday-Saturday,...
Rockets end season with win, defeat Dunseith again in regional play-in
In the last three days of the 2019 regular season, the NR-S Rocket volleyball team got pretty well acquainted with the Dunseith Dragons. One match...
