Here are the Rocori baseball Athletes of the Year for the 2018 season (in no particular order): Jack Steil Steil had an outstanding season for Rocori in his sophomore season. Steil finished the season batting .357 in 28 games, tallying 30 hits, five doubles, six home runs, 20 RBI, 30 runs scored and 11 stolen bases. His six home runs on the year ties Bryan Hennen (2002) for the second-most in a single season in program history. Bruce Theisen (1978) holds the school record wit

Before the start of the 2018 season, the Rocori Spartans baseball team announced a motto heading into the start of another year with high hopes. That motto was Heart Over Hype. As the season began, Rocori was focused on not feeding into any hype, but rather having the heart they play with showcase itself with every pitch, every at-bat and every out. Throughout the course of the year, it's safe to say the Spartans lived up to that motto, displaying nothing but heart while putt

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Rocori Spartans are heading back to the state title game. Rocori beat New Ulm 5-0 on Friday afternoon at Siebert Field in Minneapolis to advance to the Class 3A state championship game. The Spartans were led in the semifinals matchup against the Eagles by Brandon Gill, who threw a complete-game shutout. Gill gave up five hits, three walks and struck out five. Tylor Schroeder went 2-for-3 with one RBI to lead Rocori at the plate. Brady Klehr and Matthew Kosh

COLLEGEVILLE -- The Rocori Spartans baseball team is heading back to the Minnesota State High School League state tournament. Rocori came out of the loser’s bracket of the Section 5-3A tournament – winning a handful of games throughout the course of two days – and beat Monticello twice to advance to the Class 3A state tournament for the ninth time in program history. The Spartans took down Monticello 7-2 on Wednesday at St. John’s University to claim the section title in Coll

COLLEGEVILLE -- The Rocori Spartans baseball team won two games on Monday to stay alive in the Section 5-3A playoffs. Rocori kicked off the day facing Sartell at 10 a.m. at St. John's University, taking down the Sabres in walk-off fashion. The Spartans scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, capped off by a walk-off single from Matt Koshiol, to come back to beat Sartell 9-8. Koshiol finished 2-for-4 with one RBI, Jack Steil went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run