Apollo Hockey

The St. Cloud area school board approved a Tech and Apollo boys hockey co-op on Thursday night. The combination of the teams will be in place for at least two years. Apollo and Tech boys hockey will be combined into one class AA team.

A group of parents at the St. Cloud area school board meeting on Wednesday said they understand the decision to combine Apollo and Tech hockey. However, they emphasized that the board needs to take action quickly.

Boys Hockey: Apollo 4, River Lakes 1 Holy Family 5, Cathedral 4 Fergus Falls 5, Sauk Rapids-Rice 2 Sartell-St. Stephen 5, Alexandria 2 Boys Basketball: Tech 59, Sartell-St. Stephen 44 Willmar 65, Sauk Rapids-Rice 64 Rocori 59, Apollo 53 Detroit Lake 77, Albany 59 Annandale 57, Kimball 48 Girls Basketball: Sauk Rapids-Rice 64, Apollo 51 Becker 62, Foley 30 Annandale 58, Kimball 32

The smell of popcorn and mini-doughnuts filled the air as Apollo High School beat Breck High School with a score of 1-0 in overtime in the quarterfinals of the State Boy's Hockey Tournament at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul last night.

Coach Pete Matanich and his Apollo hockey team took off for state today through a crowd of fans who are waiting for the tournament to begin. They will take on Break in the first round at the XCEL Energy Center.

Boys Hockey: Cathedral 6, Mound-Westonka 3 (Jordan Revier and Danny Johnston each scored 2 goals for the Crusaders) Willmar 4, Apollo 3 (overtime) (Tyler Mueller scored 2 power play goals for the Eagles)