Rocket girls’ basketball team shows fight, effort in district final set back
The No. 14 seed Lady Rockets traveled to Hastings on Friday, Feb.
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Syracuse boys’ team wraps up at subdistrict final
When it comes down to the end of the season, teams oftentimes have a little bit “more” to give than usual. But the Syracuse boys’ basketball team couldn’t respond when Auburn hit seven three-point shots in the first half on its way to a 31-15 lead at halftime.
Area College Track Athletes
USD: Summit League Championships, Vermillion, SD, February 24-25 Meredith Clark, 1st Shot Put, 49’01”; 6th Weight Throw, 61’08.25” Lauren Meyer, 6th Triple Jump, 39’01” (personal best) UPCOMING: USD: NCAA Championships, Albuquerque, NM, March 10-11 Doane: NAIA Championships, Brooking, SD, March 2-4 Iowa Western: NJCAA Indoor National Championships, Topeka, KS, March 3-4 Dakota State University: NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships Brooking, SD, March 2-4
Vollertsen completes first season at Morningside
2022 Syracuse graduate Lily Vollertsen completed her first season with the Morningside women’s basketball team. The Mustangs went 17-12 and 11-10 in the GPAC. Vollertsen averaged 12.2 minutes in 27 games played. She also had 6.6 points per game with a shooting percentage of 46.6%. She averaged 3 rebounds, .4 assists, .4 steals, and .6 blocks per game.
Syracuse MS wrestling competes at Weeping Water
Below are the results from Weeping Water Middle School meet from Feb. 24. Syracuse placers were: Caden Caudill, 1st Bryce Johnson, 4th Ethan Searcey, 3rd Brock Bickford, 2nd Wyatt Higgins, 2nd Tristan Sisco, 1st Dax Petersen, 1st Oliver McIntosh, 2nd Maddox Stubbendick, 1st Braxton Kelch, 4th Connor Gates, 2nd Ryan Kirchhoff, 2nd Brody Hitzemann, 4th
Rocket boys avenge loss to W-C, advance
The Syracuse Rocket boys’ basketball team avenged a three-point loss to Wilber Clatonia from Jan. 3 in a rematch of the two teams at the Class C1-1 subdistrict in Auburn on Tuesday, Feb. 21. The Rockets (13-11) entered subdistrict play as the No. 2 seed, while the Wolverines (11-14) came in as the No. 3 seed.
Rocket girls surge behind second quarter scoring run, top Tigers
After snow pushed this game back one evening, the No. 3 seeded Syracuse girls traveled to Falls City to play the top-seeded host Friday evening. Syracuse lost to Falls City (169) in the first game of the season, 28-29, but after a season of ups and downs, the Rockets have cleaned up their play and are peaking at the right time.
Rocket girls strike down Dogs, advance at subs
After a 45-53 overtime loss to Auburn exactly a week ago, fans were eager for the matchup in the first round of the Class C1-1 subdistrict in Falls City with the #2 seed Auburn (15-8) and #3 seed Syracuse (10-13) on Tuesday, Feb. 14.