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Nick Berglund, center, battles to keep possession as he is guarded by Griggs/Midkota's Trae Kaelberer, left, and Jayden Sherrard, right.
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/Midkota Titans.
Johnny Grann got the Rocket train rolling with 11 first quarter points, as his efforts provided an out sized portion of a 17-10 first quarter lead for NR-S. Grann had two threes in that period.
The Rockets kept the Titans at bay in the second, with six Evan Ulrich tallies and five from Nick Berglund. That made the score 30-22 at the half in NR-S' favor.
G-M cut into that lead in the third, as Logan Topp and Hunter Gronneberg each had five points to trim the margin to three, 43-40.
The Titans' hopes for the mild upset dwindled late, as the Rockets fed the 6'7" Ulrich inside for eight points in the final period.
Ulrich would lead NR-S with 22 points, followed by Grann's 19 and 11 by Berglund. For the Titans, Gronneberg's 16 points were a team-high, and Topp added 13 and Tanner Haugen 11 more.
The Gronnebergs, Hunter and Jaxon, combined for five of the Titans' eight three-point shots on the evening.
NR-S is on the road tonight (January 4), when they go to east Bismarck to tussle with the Shiloh Christian Skyhawks for an A-B-C slate at 4 p.m.
Non-district Boys' Basketball NR-S 61, Griggs/Midkota 51 at Kensal December, 22, 2020
NR-S 17 13 13 18 61
G-M 10 12 18 11 51
NR-S: Evan Ulrich 22, Johnny Grann 19, Nick Berglund 11, Koven Walford 5, Kaden Jensen 2, Hunter Johnson 2. Totals: 24 FG, 8-12 FT, 13 fouls. Three-pointers: Grann 2, Ulrich, Berglund, Walford.
Griggs/Midkota: Hunter Gronneberg 16, Logan Topp 13, Tanner Haugen 11, Jaxon Gronneberg 6, Carter Spitzer 3, Trae Kaelberer 2. Totals: 18 FG, 7-14 FT, 15 fouls. Three-pointers: H. Gronneberg 3, J. Gronneberg 2, Topp, Haugen, Spitzer. Fouled out: Topp.
