CARRINGTON (NewsDakota)- The New Rockford-Sheyenne seniors had done almost everything in their high school athletic careers- two football state titles, a state basketball berth, state baseball berth, and set a ton of records along the way.  But they had never beaten Carrington in boys basketball on varsity.

Until Tuesday night.

Easton Simon led the Rockets (4-1) with seventeen and the fifth-ranked team in Class B defeated the Cardinals 53-40 inside the East Gym in the 281 Classic on Tuesday night to end the Cardinals (3-6) two-game winning streak.

The first half featured seven ties and seven lead changes as the rivals never held more than a five point lead as Maddox McIlonie had seven points and Carrington took a 21-20 lead to the locker room.

But the second half began with an 11-0 run by the Rockets to open up a double-digit lead that they would not relinquish as Simon scored seven in the third and Easton Benz added ten of his fifteen after the break as New Rockford-Sheyenne never led by less than seven the rest of the way.

The Cardinals are back in action on Saturday in Hunter as part of a doubleheader at Northern Cass with coverage on KXGT Thunder Country 98.3 beginning at around 2:45pm.

NRS            8           12            18            15                  53

CHS            6            15            11            8                    40

NEW ROCKFORD-SHEYENNE (4-1): Easton Simon 17; Easton Benz 15; Shaun Reimche 8; Jax Demester 6; Thomas Allmaras 5; Layton Jacobson 2

CARRINGTON (3-6): Taylen Mehring 11; Maddox McIlonie 9; Ewan Aberle 8; Alec Threadgold 6; Tate Wolsky 6

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