Rock Valley, Iowa — The Rock Valley Rockets swept a Siouxland Conference Girls/Boys basketball doubleheader against the Sheldon Orabs Tuesday night in Rock Valley. The Girls game was 52-33 Rockets, and the Boys final score was 56-51 in overtime.

In the girls matchup, Sheldon and Rock Valley were ice cold to start the contest. After 1 quarter of play it was tied 4-4, but the Rockets would ignite and jump to a 23-11 halftime lead behind the hot shooting of Sammy Blum.  After three, Rock Valley’s lead extended to 36-22, and the Rockets came away with the 52-33 victory.

The Rockets got a game high 18 points from Sammy Blum, 13 of those coming in the 2nd quarter. She was joined in double figures by Taylor Richter with 14 points. The Orabs leading scorer was Bryn Groff with 9.

With the win, Rock Valley improves to 3-1 on the year and in the Siouxland, while Sheldon falls to 1-4 on the year, and 0-4 in the conference.

In the boys matchup, Sheldon held a slim 12-11 after the first quarter, but Rock Valley was in charge heading into halftime with a 27-21 advantage. After three quarters of play, the Orabs regained the lead 33-32 on a pair of free throws from Jayden Kleinhesslink. The 4th quarter went down to the wire and the game would go into overtime with the score knotted up at 44-44. In the extra period, Rock Valley pulled away with their chances at the charity stripe and took the 56- 51 victory.

The Rockets’ leading scorer was Brett Moser with 13 points. Brayton Van Kekerix and Kobe Lutjens had 12 each and J.T. Van’t Hul added 10 points.  The Orabs got a team high 13 from Ryan Van Marel. Kyle Boerhave hit for 11.

With the win, the Rockets improve to 2-0 on the year. Sheldon falls to 2-1.

The Sheldon boys are on the road again to take on Boyden-Hull Thursday night. Rock Valley travels to Central Lyon Friday.

Sioux Center, Iowa — Jordan Bos, a senior at Unity Christian High School has announced her intention to attend Dordt College and join the Defender cross country and track programs.

Bos has been a part of the Unity cross country program for four years and the Knights have earned state meet berths in all four of those seasons.  The Knights were team runner-up in 2013 and placed sixth in 2015.   She was the conference individual champion in 2015 and earned all-conference honors in both 2013 and 2015 and claimed academic all-conference honors three times.  Bos has been a part of three state qualifying 4 x 800 relays and helped the Knights win the state race in 2014 along with a pair of fourth place finishes in 2015 and 2016. She has personal bests of 2:23 in the 800; 4:56 in the 1,500 and 19:29 in the 5,000.

 Dordt College cross country coach Nate Wolf said, “I am excited to have Jordan join our program. Jordan is a multi-talented and driven young lady who will impact our cross country and middle distance programs in a variety of ways.  Jordan is a great fit for our program in terms of her running potential, academic abilities, and strength of character.  I look forward to working with Jordan and seeing her impact across the full spectrum of the Dordt College campus.”

Dordt College track and field coach Craig Heynen, “We are very excited to have Jordan joining our track and field program.  Jordan will be a great fit at Dordt, and will positively contribute to the track and field program and the campus community in a wide variety of ways.  We look forward to working with Jordan to develop her gifts and talents to their fullest,”

Jordan is the daughter of Matt and Teri Bos of Orange City, Iowa.  She plans to study Exercise Science at Dordt College.