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The New Rockford-Sheyenne girls cross country team competed in their final meet of the season on Saturday, Oct. 27 when they headed to Jamestown for the state contest. All runners competed in the 5K. Elizabeth Widmer led the Rockets with a 69th place finish overall and a time of 22 minutes 14 seconds. She is the only senior the Rockets will lose to graduation. Results Elizabeth Widmer 22:14, 69 of 243 Chloe Heinz 22:28, 81 of 243 Hannah Haley 23:55, 131 of 243 Mya Cudworth 24:26, 141 of 243 Ashlynn Benson 24:26, 142 of 243 Katie Allmaras...
New Rockford-Sheyenne girls cross country competed in the regional meet held in Cooperstown on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. There were a total of 166 girls from 30 teams competing in this meet. The NR-S team placed 13th. 5K Results Elizabeth Widmer 22:42, 47 of 166 Chloe Heinz 22:44, 50 of 166 Hannah Haley 23:54, 70 of 166 Ashlynn Benson 24:57, 92 of 166 Mya Cudworth 25:16, 104 of 166 4K Results Katie Almaras 25:26, 108 of 166 Lucy Meier 27:57, 150 of 166...
Haley logs 1000th career dig New Rockford -Sheyenne (NR-S) Rockets traveled to Midkota on Monday, Oct. 22 to play against the Mustangs. The Rockets lost the first two sets against the Mustangs, but rallied and won the next three to claim the victory. Congratulations to Hannah Haley, who played her 1000th dig during this game. NR-S 3, Midkota 2 9-25, 19-25, 25-19, 30-28, 15-9 Varsity Stats Assists: Carli Lies 26, Brianna Price 2, Hannah Haley 1, Cassie Longnecker 1 Digs: Longnecker 25, Lies 19,...
New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) played quite well overall against the Kidder County Wolves in the second round of the nine-man football playoffs played here on Saturday, Oct. 20 before a very good crowd. The Wolves scored first, but the Rockets packed it up on both ends of the field after that and shut the Wolves down. The Rockets defeated the Wolves with a final score of 42-8. The Rockets improve to 9-0 overall. Scoring summary KC: Isiah Harter 3 yard run, Harter run. NR-S: Bo Belquist 64 ya...
New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) varsity volleyball team traveled to Carrington on Saturday, Oct. 6 for a tournament. The Rockets won one, lost two and split one. In pool play, the locals lost to Medina-Pingree-Buchanan (MPB) 25-18 and 25-18. They defeated Turtle Lake-Mercer (TLM) 25-9 and 25-11. The split with Rugby was 15-25 for the loss and 25-20 for the win. Then in tourney play, NR-S lost to Benson County (BC) 25-21, 23-25, 12-15. Overall the Rockets had a decent day. Varsity tournament stats Assists: Carli Lies 42, Brianna Price 7, Cassie...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) girls volleyball team had a busy week with region games on Thursday Oct. 11, Monday Oct. 15 and Tuesday Oct 16. In all three region matches, the Rockets competed hard and claimed several set wins. On Thursday Oct. 11, the Rockets traveled to Rolette-Wolford to take on the Comets. The Rockets won three sets in a row to win the game. The final set scores were 25-16, 25-18 and 25-21. Varsity Stats Assists: Carli Lies 26, Alli Dockter Digs: Cassie Longnecker 15,...
The first quarter was somewhat of a struggle for the New-Rockford Sheyenne (NR-S) Rockets, but they played well after that and delivered a 50-12 win over the Larimore Bears in Region 2 9-man football action played at Larimore on Sept. 28. A very good crowd of Rocket fans were on hand. NR-S led 8-6 after one stanza, 28-6 at halftime, 36-6 after the third stanza and cruised on to a final score of 50-12. Defensively, Joey Gray, Luke Ystaas, Hunter Johnson and Tucker Longnecker all played very well. As has been the case throughout the season the...
Monday, Sept. 24 the Rockets traveled to Langdon. For the second time, both Elizabeth Widmer and Chloe Heinz placed in the top ten. Varsity 5K Results Elizabeth Widmer 22:28, 6 of 34 Chloe Heinz 22:39, 10 of 34 Hannah Haley 23:01, 13 of 34 Ashlynn Benson 25:02,17 of 34 Mya Cudworth 24:31, 24 of 34 Junior High 3K Results Katie Allmaras 14:58, 13 of 20 Lucy Meier 15:18, 15 of 20 Kiara Bullhead 15:20, 16 of 20 Then, on Saturday, Sept. 29 they headed to Jamestown, where they faced a much la...
Locals remain undefeated: ranked no. 4 in state 9-man poll New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) traveled to McVille on Friday, Sept. 21, for a Region 2 9-man football game against Nelson County. The Rockets had a big second quarter and the defense was very good as the locals rolled to a 60-8 win. Defensively, Tucker Longnecker, Joey Gray, Luke Ystaas and Nathan Holzwarth played well. A very good crowd of Rocket fans were on hand. The Rockets improved to 3-0 in Region 2 and 6-0 overall. Next action for...
Rockets sting Hornets As a team, New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) had a good overall effort as they defeated Harvey-Wells County with a final score of 3 -1 in Region 4 Volleyball action played at Fessenden on Thursday, Sept. 20. The Hornets could be one of the top teams in Region 4. The set scores were 25-18, 25-18, 20-25 and 25-15. The Rockets are now 1-0 in Region 4 and are now 5-3, overall. Varsity Stat Leaders Assist: Lies 29 Digs: Cassie Longnecker 24, Hannah Haley 15, Dockter 14, Gretchen Berglund 10 Kills: Ashley Schuster 14, Alli Dockter 7,...
New Rockford-Sheyenne played a good overall match and defeated Drake-Anamoose by a final score of 3-0 in non-region volleyball action played at Drake on Tuesday, Sept. 18. The set scores were 25-14, 25-13 and 25-12. The Rockets improved to 4-4 overall. Rocket varsity stat leaders Blocks: Ashley Schuster 2 and Carli Lies 2 Kills: Schuster 9, Darica Ziebart 7 and Lies 4 Digs: Gretchen Berglund 17 and Hannah Haley 10 Assists: Lies 17 Aces: Schuster 2, Cassie Longnecker 2, Berglund 1 and Alli Dockter 1...
New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) played host to Carrington in non-region volleyball action here on Thursday, Sept. 13. The Rockets at times looked pretty good, but the visitors were just too much as the Carrington New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) played host to Carrington in non-region volleyball action here on Thursday, Sept. 13. The Rockets at times looked pretty good, but the visitors were just too much as the Carrington Cardinals won by a final score of 3-0. Carrington is very well coached and w...
New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) girls cross country competed at Grahams Island near Devils Lake on Saturday, Sept. 15. Elizabeth Widmer led the Rockets in the 5K with a time of 23 minutes and 19 seconds, placing 22 out of 58. Additional results for the Rockets in the 5K are as listed: Hannah Haley 24:15, 29 of 58 Ashlynn Benson 26:13, 40 of 58 Katie Allmaras placed in the junior high 3K at 24 out of 35. The next girls cross country action will be Monday, Sept. 24, at Langdon....
New Rockford-Sheyenne traveled to Hope for a non-region nine-man football game against Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page, on Tuesday, Sept. 18. The Rockets improved to 5-0 with a convincing 66-22 win. As has been the case often this season, all of the Rockets saw playing time. The offensive line performed well and defensively the Rockets put out a solid effort. Everyone contributed to the win. The locals led 30-8 after one stanza, 52-8 at halftime, 60-14 after three and went on to win 66-22. Next action...
Overall, it was a hard fought match as New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) defeated Barnes County North (BCN) by a final score of 3-1 in non-region Volleyball action played here on Thursday, Sept. 6. BCN won set one 25-18. The Rockets won set two, 25-18, and set three 25-18. Set four was very close, but NR-S came out on top, by a final of 26-24. Again the locals won the match, 3-1. The Rockets improve to 3-3, overall. Rocket stats: Digs: Gretchen Berglund 23, Alli Dockter 14, Hannah Haley 13 and Carli...
New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) made the long trip to Pembina for a Region 2, nine- man football game on Friday, Sept. 7 against North Border. As the case has been the first three games the locals have won the coin toss and deferred to the second half. Last Friday, they won the coin toss again and it paid off big time. The Rockets had a huge first half, the offensive line played well and defensively a total team effort as the locals rolled to a 60-8 win. It was 38-0 after one stanza, 60-0 at halftime, 60-8 after three and again that was the final...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) girls cross country team traveled to a meet in Hillsboro on Saturday, Sept. 8. Varsity 5K results Chloe Heinz and Elizabeth Widmer paced the Rockets, both finishing in the Top 10. Chloe Heinz finished ninth overall out of 40 runners with a time of 21 minutes 49 seconds. Elizabeth Widmer was right behind Heinz, finishing tenth overall with a time of 22:04. Other Rocket finishers were as follows: Hannah Haley: 23:01, 14 of 40 Ashlynn Benson: 24:11, 21 of 40 Junior...
At the cross country meet in Northwood on Thursday, Aug. 30, Chloe Heinz led the pack for the Rockets, coming in 29th out of 99 on the 5K with a run time of 23 minutes and 14 seconds. Additional Rocket scores are listed below for the varsity girls division and junior high girls division. Varsity Girls Division 5K Hannah Haley 23:52, 36 of 99 Ashlynn Benson 25:22, 59 of 99 Mya Cudworth 25:25, 61 of 99 Junior High Girls Division 3K Katie Allmaras 15:08, 22 of 52 Kiara Bullhead 17:48, 44 of 52 At...
New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) Rocket varsity volleyball results from Lakota Invitational Saturday, Sept. 1. NR-S 25-18, 25-14 win vs. Dakota Prairie Kills: Ashley Schuster 5, Hannah Haley 4, Brianna Price 3 Blocks: Schuster 1 and Kayahna Hopfauf 1 Aces: Schuster and Cassie Longnecker 1 Assists: Carli Lies 9 Digs: Gretchen Berglund 3, Lies 2, Haley 1 and Alli Dockter 1 NR-S 23-25, 13-25 loss vs. Carrington Kills: Schuster 3, Hopfauf 3, Dockter 2 and Haley 1 Blocks: Price 2, Hopfauf 2 Aces: Dockter 1 Assists: Lies 8 Digs: Haley 13, Berglund 12,...
New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) had a big first half, and played very well on both sides of the ball. The locals defeated Four Winds by a final score of 54-12 in a Region 2 nine-man football action played at home on Friday, Aug. 31. Defensively, Teddy Allmaras, Joey Gray, Tucker Longnecker, Bo Belquist, Luke Ystaas and Hunter Thompson all played well. Again, all of the Rockets saw playing time and everyone contributed. It was 22-0 after one stanza, 54-0 at halftime, 54-6 after three, and again the...
New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) played host to Benson County in non-region football action on Friday, Aug. 24. The Rockets had a huge second quarter and this propelled them to a 70-16 win. Defensively, Bo Belquist, Joey Gray, Teddy Allmaras, Hunter Johnson, Hunter Thompson, Luke Ystaas, Tucker Longnecker and Nathan Holzwarth all played well. The Rocket offensive line played well overall. The Rockets led 24-8 after one stanza, 62-8 at halftime, 62-16 after three, and again came away with a...
New Rockford-Sheyenne began their 2018 season at Jamestown on Saturday, Aug. 25. Cherry Heinz is again the head coach this season Rocket results In the varsity 5K, Elizabeth Widmer led the Rockets with a time of 23:55, and finished 56th overall. Other Rocket results are as follows: • Chloe Heinz 23:57, 57 of 136 in 5K. • Hannah Haley 24:00, 59 of 136, in 5K. • Mya Cudworth 26:22, 104 of 136, in 5K. • Ashlynn Benson 27:24, 116 of 136 in 5k Three Rocket girls competed in the junior high 4K, and their results are as follows: • Katie Allmar...
New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) began their 2018 Volleyball season on Tuesday, Aug. 28 at Pingree in a non-region match against the Medina-Pingree-Buchanan Thunder. The first set was close, as it was 27-25. M-P-B won set two 25-12 and also set three by a final of 25-18. The Rockets are now 0-1 overall. Katie Demester is in her first year as Head Coach for the Rockets. Kortney Roscoe is in her first year as junior varsity and C-squad coach. Sara Myhre is again coaching the junior high teams this season. Next action for the Rockets is Thursday,...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) Rockets began their 2018 football season on Friday, Aug. 17 at Rolette against the North Prairie Cougars. The Rockets played very well overall and came away with a convincing 44-0 win over the Cougars. Defensively, several Rockets turned in good performances, namely Tucker Longnecker, Hunter Thompson, Luke Ystaas, Joey Gray and Teddy Allmaras. The offensive line played very well for the locals. All New Rockford-Sheyenne players saw valuable playing time. The...
Two North Dakotans have been honored in The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds’ Hometown Heroes program. This program salutes citizens doing amazing things in their communities. New Rockford High School graduate Sara (Birkeland) Medalen and Sgt. Matt McLeod of Minot were selected to make a flight with the Thunderbirds during an air demonstration at Minot Air Force Base for Northern Neighbors Day. Medalen is a Title I instructor at Sunnyside Elementary School in Minot. Her parents are the late Myron and Mary Ann Birkeland, of New Ro...
