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Belquist shines in debut for UND Fighting Hawks
If New Rockford's Bo Belquist goes on to a long and productive career in FCS football with the North Dakota Fighting Hawks, he did it right from the...
Duchscherer takes second at state wrestling
NR-S junior Matthew Duchscherer, son of Todd and Renae Duchscherer of New Rockford, placed second at 126 pounds at the State Class B Individual...
Rockets get win over Knights, fall to #2 Indians in district play
New Rockford-Sheyenne split a pair of District 7 games in this last week's action, finishing with a 64-34 win at the NRS-S Gym against Dakota Prairie...
Duchscherer rules mats for Carrington
Matthew Duchscherer, a student at New Rockford-Sheyenne High School, is dominating on the high school wrestling mat thus far in 2020-21. The junior,...
Girls fall to HWC, shoot lights out against Cavalier
New Rockford-Sheyenne had about as different of a two-game swing as a team could possibly have during this past week of girls' basketball action. On...
Rockets split with Rolla
Morgan Leas and Rylee Hanlan combined for 35 of the Rolla Bulldogs' 51 points to help them take a six-point home win over the New Rockford-Sheyenne...
Ulrich leads Rockets to rout Warwick with 32 points
The NR-S boys' team got their District 7 schedule off to a fast start, taking a 30-point win at home over the Warwick Warriors last Tuesday night....
Squirrels sweep Rockets
The Central Cass Squirrels came to NR-S for a girls' and boys' basketball doubleheder on December 29, and came away with wins over the Rockets in both...
NR-S rolls past Titans behind Bjerke's 27
NR-S guard Dani Bjerke splashed in five three-pointers and finished with 27 points to help the Rockets defeat the Griggs/Midkota Titans, 58-37, in non region play at the NRS Gym on December 28.- Four...
Rocket boys run in Shiloh's buzzsaw
New Rockford-Sheyenne was wholly unprepared for the surprise the Shiloh Christian Skyhawks had in store for them. The Region 5 private school powerhouse had their way with the visitors, rolling to a...
Rockets get the edge over G-M Titans
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets improved to 4-1 on the still-young season with a 61-51 win in Kensal Tuesday night, December 22, over the Griggs/Mid...
Behind Cudworth's 15, Rockets defeat E-K-M
Mya Cudworth finished with nearly half of the Rockets' points in a 35-28 win against Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier Monday night, December 21, in Edgeley. Cudworth, a junior, had 15 points, including a...
Carrington's Murphy selected to Forbes' 30 Under 30
In just over a quarter century's worth of her life, Carrington's Maartje Murphy has learned, either by immersion or by practice, the nuts and bolts...
Rockets take CNDC consolation title
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...
Back to Ballin': Rocket boys rout Cards in opening set
University of Jamestown recruit and NR-S center Evan Ulrich has a little bit more incentive this year to prove himself worthy of the Jimmies'...
Rocket girls open with loss to Cards
A low-scoring first half for Carrington and NR-S turned one team's way in the third quarter, and that eight minutes was the deciding factor in...
Hopfauf signs letter of intent to play volleyball for Royals
NR-S senior Kayahna Hopfauf will be suiting up for the Lake Region State College Lady Royals' volleyball team in 2021. The 5'10" middle hitter, who...
Ulrich signs with Jimmies
Evan Ulrich, son of Chad and Kali Clelland of New Rockford, has signed a letter of intent to play men's basketball at the University of Jamestown...
Rockets' early basketball schedules have changed
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets did some tweaking to their boys' and girls' basketball schedules, as the COVID-19 pandemic complicates matters in an ever-fluid situation. Originally, the start of...
Five NR-S athletes receive season awards
New Rockford-Sheyenne senior offensive/defensive lineman Hunter Johnson was selected to the Nine-Man All-State Football Second Team, members of which...
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...