Rockets’ 37-game win streak ends in highest-scoring Dakota Bowl in state history

FARGO — The stunned silence was louder than any noise in the stadium. All New Rockford-Sheyenne/Maddock could do was watch as postgame ceremonies commenced in the Fargodome — a familiar sight for the Rockets over the last three years. But not like this. Some of these players had never experienced this. The Rockets entered the locker room having lost a game for the first time since Nov. 3, 2023. “This one game doesn’t define what they have done for Rocket football,” head coach Elliott Belquist said. “Super proud of them. And, you know, sometimes you just don’t win ’em all. They’ve got to be proud of what they’ve done, and not think about this game in a way that is the last thing thought of in their career.” NR-S/M did not trail in a football game this entire season until overtime of the championship.

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