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The New Rockford-Sheyenne Cross Country team competed at the Class B East Region meet on Saturday, Oct. 12 in Cooperstown. The Rockets had three runners compete – Gabe Smith, Seth Greiner and Elise Guler. Smith finished in 55th place with a time of 19:38.6, whereas Greiner finished 160th with a time of 22:47.0. Guler competed with the varsity girls and finished 75th overall with a time of 23:11.6. All three of these Rockets runners previously qualified for the Class B State Cross Country meet a...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne volleyball team competed in the 40th Annual Langdon Area Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 12. The Rockets started the morning of pool play off against the Our Redeemer’s Christian Knights. The Rockets fell 15-25 in set one and came back to win set two 25-22. Next up for the Rockets were the May-Port-C-G Patriots. Just like the first match of the day, the Rockets fell 16-25 in set one, but came back fighting to win set two 27-25. Finishing out pool play, the Rockets defeat...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets hosted Region 4 competitors, the Dunseith Lady Dragons, on Thursday, Oct. 10 during homecoming week. Before the start of the game, NR-S senior Kaiya O'Connor was recognized for recently surpassing 1,000 digs at the Des Lacs Tournament back on Saturday, Oct 5. Congratulations Kaiya! The Rockets quickly took down the Lady Dragons in a clean sweep (25-15, 25-14, 25-16). O'Connor led the Rockets in kills with a total of 11 followed by Tillie Swart and Jaida...
The Rockets have been on a Region 4 contest kick the past few games. First on their agenda was the Four Winds/Minnewaukan Lady Indians on Monday, Oct. 14. Before the match began, the five New Rockford-Sheyenne seniors were recognized for senior night. Congratulations Kaiya O'Connor, Ava Bullinger, Bailey Jacobson, Tillie Swart and Abby Nystrom on a great season so far! The Rockets hosted the Lady Indians in their home gym and earned a clean sweep (25-11, 25-10, 25-14). Along with all of the...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets were back on the court on Thursday, Oct. 3 against the St. John Lady Woodchucks. The Rockets capitalized on the Lady Woodchucks, defeating them in three sets (25-12, 25-13, 25-16). With this win, the Rockets' Region 4 record switched to 2-1. During this game, the Rockets had to switch up their rotation, due to NR-S junior Ava Peterson sitting out from a recent ankle injury that occurred during the Region 4 matchup against the Benson County Wildcats. NR-S senior...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne cross country team traveled to Rugby on Saturday, Oct. 5 to compete in the 30th Annual Rugby Booster Club Invitational. Top placers for the Rockets were Elise Guler in the varsity girls, Gabe Smith in the varsity boys and August Meier in the junior varsity boys. Guler finished in 47th place in the varsity girls division with a time of 23:54.17. Smith on the other hand finished 55th overall with a time of 20:22.67. Meier placed 18th overall in the junior varsity boys...
For the second consecutive year, the New Rockford-Sheyenne/Maddock Rockets have gone undefeated in the regular season. After taking down the Hatton/Northwood Thunder on Friday, Oct. 11, the Rockets now boast another perfect 8-0 record, and will gear up for the playoffs as one of this year's favorites to win it all. Beginning Friday's Homecoming game with possession, the Rockets took exactly twice as long to score on offense than they did three days earlier – not scoring their first touchdown t...
On Sunday, Sept. 22, the New Rockford-Sheyenne/Maddock fifth and sixth grade football team traveled to Fargo to take on the North Border Eagles. The Rockets and Eagles final score was 6-6. In the four years that New Rockford-Sheyenne has done this, the Rockets overall record is three wins and one tie....
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets were back in action in their home gym on Tuesday, Oct. 1 versus the Benson County Wildcats. Before the game started, two athletes from NR-S were presented their game balls after achieving 1,000 and 2,000 assists. NR-S senior Kaiya O'Connor surpassed 2,000 assists on Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Devils Lake Tournament in the pool play game against the Larimore Polar Bears. NR-S junior Ava Peterson earned her 1,000th assist back on September 12 against the Thompson...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne varsity volleyball team kicked off their tournament season on Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Devils Lake Tournament, among 11 other teams. The Rockets started off pool play against the Devils Lake junior varsity team. The Rockets and Firebirds split sets, with Devils Lake taking set one 25-12 and NR-S taking set two 25-14. Up next, the Rockets took on the Larimore Polar Bears and defeated them 2-0 (25-11, 25-6). Also during this game, NR-S senior Kaiya O’Connor surpassed 2...
As many people know, it's been quite a while since New Rockford-Sheyenne has hosted a cross country meet. On Monday, Sept. 30, six teams including NR-S raced for the gold at the New Rockford Golf Course. The meet included a middle school race, a junior varsity race, a varsity race and even an elementary race. The middle school runners were the first to brave the wind. With only a handful of boys and girls competing in this division, they ran alongside each other. NR-S seventh grader Elise Guler...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets played their first Region 4 game of the season on Thursday, Sept. 26 against the Harvey/Wells County Hornets in Fessenden. After defeating Drake/Anamoose on Tuesday, the Rockets were itching for another win. And boy-oh-boy did they get their win. The Rockets came out ferocious in the first set, taking it 25-11 and once again in set two 25-18. However, in set three, the Rockets allowed the Hornets to pull away with a 25-19 win. The Rockets came back stinging...
It's Homecoming Week, and the New Rockford-Sheyenne/Maddock Rockets – now tied for No. 1 in the state – kept the good vibes going with their most dominant victory yet Tuesday evening. Homecoming is being celebrated by both New Rockford-Sheyenne and Maddock Public School this week, and the Rockets were in Maddock on Tuesday for the first of two games this week. As expected, the undefeated Rockets took care of business against the first of their two opponents: the winless North Star Bearcats. Not...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne cross country team was back in action on Monday, Sept. 23 at the Harvey Hope Invitational in Langdon. Unlike previous meets, the Rockets entered five total runners into the varsity boys’ and girls’ divisions with hopes of qualifying for the state meet at Parkhurst Rec Area outside of Jamestown on October 25. To qualify for state, runners in the varsity boys’ division had to run a time under 25:00 minutes and runners in the varsity girls’ division had to run a time un...
Although the New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets and the Carrington Cardinals are in different regions, the rivalry is still aflame. On Thursday, Sept. 19, the Rockets hosted the rivals to the south during the Cardinals homecoming week, in hopes of being named the homecoming crushers once again. After three games, the Rockets were still working out their kinks and trying to get a good rotation locked in. With that, NR-S senior Tillie Swart made her varsity debut during the second and third sets...
After a slow start to their season, the New Rockford-Sheyenne varsity volleyball team has officially secured its first win. On Tuesday, Sept. 24, the Rockets traveled to Drake to take on the Drake-Anamoose Lady Raiders. After coming off a four game loss streak, the Rockets were itching to finally defeat a team, even if it wasn’t a region game. The Rockets took all three sets against the Lady Raiders (25-22, 25-22, 25-22) to earn their first win of the 2024 season. NR-S junior Ava Peterson led h...
Bo Belquist continues to impress at the University of North Dakota. Since graduating from New Rockford-Sheyenne in 2020 and moving to Grand Forks, Belquist has transitioned his success in 9-man football to even greater heights at the college level. Following a recent game against Idaho State, he's now putting himself in the record books among the all-time great athletes at UND. During their game against Idaho State on Sept. 14, Belquist caught his 217th pass as a Fighting Hawk, officially...
Another Friday night, another easy win for the No. 2 New Rockford-Sheyenne/Maddock Rockets. Back on the road Friday, Sept. 27, the undefeated Rockets took on the Larimore Polar Bears in what was their third Region 3 matchup of the season. As if picking up where they left off a week ago, NR-S/M wasted no time putting points on the scoreboard and building yet another insurmountable lead. Starting the game with possession, it took the Rockets just three plays to march down the field and score their...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets hosted the Region 2 Thompson Tommies on Thursday, Sept. 12. Once again, the Rockets had to adjust to another rotation change, which seems to be the name of the game for this team. However, the Rockets began to jive better during this game than the previous games. The Tommies took all three sets, but the Rockets didn't give them easy wins in the second and third, as they were only 2-3 points down each time. NR-S junior Ava Peterson led the Rockets in kills,...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Cross Country team traveled to Wildwood Country Club outside of Minot on Monday, Sept. 16 to compete in the Des Lacs Burlington Lakers Invitational. Although the weather was not ideal – as it began downpouring just a mile into the junior varsity race – the Rockets had a phenomenal day of running. A total of seven runners competed at the meet, with four earning top 10 finishes. Liza Steele was the top placer for the Rockets, earning a first place finish in the junior var...
Now five games into their 2024 campaign, the No. 2 New Rockford-Sheyenne/Maddock Rockets still haven't experienced a competitive game. On Friday, Sept. 20, the undefeated Rockets took on the 3-1 Four Winds Indians in Fort Totten for their second inter-region matchup of the season. And, as per usual, it didn't take long for NR-S/M to assert their superiority. The Indians started the game with possession, but with the Rockets' defense bearing down that first drive was over quickly, amounting to a...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne cross country team loaded up and traveled north to compete at the 8th Annual Devils Lake Grahams Island Invitational. The Rockets had a total of seven runners compete at this meet, with three placing in the top five. NR-S eighth grader Gabe Smith came in second in the junior varsity boys' division behind Isaac Kraft of Devils Lake with a time of 11:39.14. Seth Greiner, Theodore Hall and August Meier also competed in the boys’ junior varsity division. Greiner took 2...
Volleyball season has officially kicked off for New Rockford-Sheyenne. On Thursday, the Rockets hosted the Oakes Tornadoes in their season, and home, opener. The Rockets had four returning starters hit the floor – Kaiya O'Connor, Ava Peterson, Logan Cudworth and Emmie Belquist. With the Rockets' main hitters Kelsie Belquist and Lora Wobbema graduating last year, the team needed to do some repositioning. Ava Peterson and Emmie Belquist have moved to the middle hitter positions, with Peterson b...
Violet Bohl's 1,000th career assist was the individual highlight for the Medina/Pingree-Buchanan Thunder in a three-set sweep over New Rockford-Sheyenne, 25-15, 25-13 and 25-23, Tuesday night, September 10, in the Pingree-Buchanan High School Gym. The Rockets were playing just their second match of the season, and fell to 0-2 with the loss. Both defeats came to Region 3 teams, as they fell to Oakes in their September 5 season opener. Ava Peterson led NR-S with 12 kills, and also was the top...
Anyone with an interest in 9-man football was paying attention to last week's matchup between the No. 5 New Rockford-Sheyenne/Maddock Rockets and the No. 2 North Prairie Cougars. Billed as an early-season bout between two undefeated championship contenders, the game on Friday, Sept. 6 in New Rockford was expected to be a close one – just as it was last season when NR-S/M beat the Cougars in a last-second thriller. On this occasion, however, the Rockets made it clear to North Prairie and the e...
