Football Update

Student Reporter: Anthony Wilcox


There are high expectations for the football team this year. The team returned the majority of letter winners on each side of the ball and many of the players had been working hard through the off season to get ready for the season ahead. So far the Rockets have gone 6-0 this season. The Rockets started the season with two non-conference games against teams they lost against last year, and then the team started our CLC conference play against Sheboygan Lutheran/ Kohler and Oostburg.


At the beginning of the year the team was looking for some redemption against a Cambridge team who won off a punt return late in the game. The Rockets worked hard throughout minicamp and practice before the game and pulled off a nice victory 28-13. A week later they faced a Laconia team who had beat the Rockets 41-0 in the previous year. This did not sit well with the Rockets. They worked extra hard to make sure this didn’t happen again, and come Friday night the Rockets beat Laconia 28-12.


After the non-conference games the Rockets started their CLC conference play against Sheboygan Lutheran/ Kohler. Coach Z did not have a good feeling about this game. He was worried that the week of bad practice might carry into the game and the team would not play well. Friday night came along and the Rockets were ready to play. The Rockets pulled off a triumphant win, 62-0. The fourth game of the season was against a team rival, The Oostburg Flying Dutchmen. This game was big for the Rockets. The previous year Oostburg beat the Rockets here in Cedar Grove and took home the traveling spike. This year the Rockets were traveling to Oostburg to take back the spike and try to extend their record to 4-0. Everyone was excited for the game, and a tough week of practice paid off when the Rockets were victorious and beat the Dutchmen 34-14.