ROCORI Sports

The Rocori football team took the first step in defending its 2019 state championship this week when they returned to the weight room to begin preparations for the 2020 season.

Mounds View tops Rocori 8-0 in state baseball championship game at Target Field. Future Orioles draft pick Max Knutson strikes out nine for the Mustangs. Reed Pfannenstein and Mac Mueller were named to the all-tourney team.

The Pierz baseball team outlasted the Cathedral Crusaders 6-4 at Dick Putz Field in the Section 6AA Championship on this day in 2016. Pierz would go on to finish third in the state tournament that year.

On this day in 1988, the Rocori baseball team defeated Moorhead 10-2 to win the Region 8AA title and advance to the state tournament for the first time in school history.

The Rocori Spartans beat Minnehaha Academy in an all-time classic state championship game at US Bank Stadium in November of 2019. However, the Spartans had to mount a second-half comeback against Winona in the semifinals to reach that game.

High School sports may have come to an abrupt halt in Minnesota last month, but there were plenty of memories made throughout the fall and winter. Here's a look at a few of our favorite moments from the year in sports.

Rocori Activities Director Joel Baumgarten joined WJON's "Hang Up and Listen" Wednesday to talk about how he is dealing with the COVID-19 crisis while also taking a look back at the 2019-2020 year in Spartans athletics.

The Rocori Spartans pulled off an upset win over Minnehaha Academy in the 2019 Class AAAA State Football Tournament. Jack Steil's pass to Andrew Anderson for a two-point conversion gave the Spartans the win.

The Minnesota State High School League announced that they will limit the amount of spectators for upcoming events beginning Friday. The decision will include girls basketball, adapted floor hockey and boys basketball.

We will include from the Central Lakes Conference: Sartell Sabres, Sauk Rapids Storm, St. Cloud Tech Tigers and Rocori Spartans. From the Granite Ridge Conference: Albany Huskies, Foley Falcons and the Becker Bulldogs moved from the Granite Ridge into the Mississippi 8 Conference. From the Central M…