This Week In Rocket Varsity Sports

Boys Basketball

February 28th
Sub State @ Andale
7:00 pm

Boys Wrestling

February 24-25th
State @ Tony's Pizza
Event Center Salina
9:00 am/10:00 am

Rockets Win Going Into Substate

by Cameron Mock

The Rockets took home a win on Thursday for Senior Night against El Dorado. The first quarter would be high scoring with the Rockets leading 18-16. The second quarter would see the Rocket defense pick up as they would hold the Wildcats to just 9 points, with the Rockets holding consistent scoring to make the score 36-25 going into the half. The third quarter would see the Rockets once again outscore the Wildcats, this time by a 20-11 margin. The fourth quarter wouldn’t see anything change with Rocket dominance continuing; the Rockets would outscore the Wildcats 12-10 in the fourth quarter reaching the final of 68-46. With the win against El Dorado, the Rockets go over the .500 mark as they improve their record to 11-9. Top Rocket scorers include Kellan Simoneau with 30 points to end his final regular season game in high school, and Jace Evans with 13 points. The Rockets will travel to Andale on Tuesday for a 7 pm matchup with the Indians in the first round of the substate tournament.

Lady Rockets Win Final Game

by Eden Gregg

The Lady Rockets played their last game of the season against the El Dorado Wildcats on Thursday. They played very well winning against the Wildcats. In the first quarter the Lady Rockets scored a total of 4 points as both Ella Swearingen and Cheyenne Martin scored a 2-pointer. In the second quarter the Lady Rockets scored a total of 6 points as Swearingen and Lanie Page both scored a 2-pointer. By halftime the score was 10-20 as the Lady Rockets were down by 10 points. In the third quarter the Lady Rockets started making a comeback scoring 10 points while the Wildcats scored only one point. Jessa Lee scored two 2-points and Martin scored three 2-pointers. By the end of third quarter the score was 20-21. In the fourth quarter the Lady Rockets scored a total of 13 points as Martin and Lee both scored a 2-pointer as well as both of them scoring 4 free throws, and Payton Jackson also made a free throw. At the end of the game, the Lady Rockets beat the Wildcats by 6 points with the final score of the game 33-27. The Lady Rockets also won against the Wildcats 34-25 on Friday, January 13th. This was the Lady Rockets last game of the season; what a way to end it!

Rocket Girls Place At State

by Cameron Mock

The Lady Rockets wrestling team traveled to Salina this past Wednesday and Thursday and did well. Both wrestlers that qualified for the Rockets made it onto the medal stand with Junior Ryleigh Page placing 6th overall at 110 lbs. and scoring 11 team points in her first year of wrestling, and Payton Sholander placing 6th as well at 190 lbs. scoring 12 team points overall. Page went 3-3 in the tournament with 2 falls and Sholander did almost the same thing going 3-3 in the tournament as well with 3 falls. Both wrestlers would start off winning 3 of their first 4 matches but both would lose in the Consolation Semifinals that would send them each into a match for 5th place. Both would lose this 5th place match though with Page losing by decision and Sholander losing by fall. Congratulations to both Page and Sholander for bringing home a state medal!