Rockets sweep two region opponents on the road

The New Rockford-Sheyenne girls volleyball team is on a roll. They played good overall matches and swept their opponents in two regional match-ups this past week.  First, they trekked to St. John on Sept. 27, where the Rockets defeated the Woodchucks by a final score of 3-0.  The set scores were 25-17, 25-16, and 25-19. With that win, the Rockets improved to 3-0 in Region 4 and 10-5 overall.  On Tuesday, Oct. 2, the girls went to Lakota for their first of two Homecoming Week contests. They again put out a solid effort and swept their opponents 3-0. Final set scores were 25-16, 25-19 and 25 -12. Varsity stats  Assists: Carli Lies 26, Brianna Price 1  Digs: Ashley Schuster 7, Lies 8, Gretchen Berglund 5, Alli Dockter 11, Price 3, Hannah Haley 10, Cassie Longnecker 19  Kills: Schuster 9, Dockter 5, Price 2, Haley 5, Darica Ziebert 6  Blocks: Schuster 4, Price 4, Ziebert 1  Aces: Berglund 1, Dockter 3, Haley 2, Longnecker 2  In the junior high match, NR-S defeated the Raiders 2-1 with set scores of 19-25, 25-14 and 15-8.  The junior varsity squad also swept St. John with set scores of 25-23 and 25-16.  The girls could not be outdone even by a crop of tough boys. On Monday, Oct. 1, the Rocket volleyball team took on the NR-S football team in a Homecoming Week scrimmage. The girls prevailed in the end in a contest that had both teams digging and hitting in dramatic fashion.