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Rockets defeat Bison at home

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 Lies 12.

Assists: Lies 18.

Aces: Dockter and Cassie Longnecker 2.

Blocks: Ashley Schuster 3.

Kills: Schuster 9, Haley 5, Dockter and Brianna Price 4.

JV match NR-S 2, BCN 0.

JH match NR-S 2, BCN 0.

Next action for the Rockets is Tuesday, Sept. 18 at Drake. The first match begins at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, the locals travel to Fessenden. The first match begins at 3:30 pm.

On Saturday, Sept. 22, there is a varsity tournament in Devils Lake, a junior high tournament in New Rockford and a junior varsity tournament in Carrington.