COLD SPRING -- The ROCORI Spartans baseball team continued their winning ways in the Section 5-3A Playoffs on Thursday afternoon in Cold Spring. The second-seeded Spartans defeated No. 6 St. Cloud Apollo 3-2 in the second round of the section playoffs at the Cold Spring Baseball Park and will advance to the section semifinals on Saturday at St. John's University. ROCORI got the scoring going in the bottom of the fifth inning of Thursday's victory, scoring two runs in the bott

COLD SPRING -- The ROCORI Spartans baseball team kicked off the Section 5-3A Playoffs on the right foot on Tuesday afternoon. The second-seeded Spartans took down No. 7 Zimmerman 8-3 in the opening round of the section playoffs at the Cold Spring Baseball Park. ROCORI jumped out in front early in the game on Tuesday, scoring three runs in the bottom of the first inning to grab a 3-0 lead over Zimmerman. After Zimmerman answered back with two runs in the top of the third innin

The ROCORI Spartans baseball team will officially kick off the 2019 postseason on Tuesday night in Cold Spring. The Spartans learned of which seed they received for the Section 5-3A Playoffs on Friday morning, finding out that they will once again open up playoff action next week at home. ROCORI, which finished the regular season schedule with a record of 10-9 overall, received the No. 2 seed in the Section 5-3A Playoffs after compiling a QRF ranking of 96.3 (No. 17 in Class

COLLEGEVILLE -- The ROCORI Spartans baseball team concluded the 2019 high school baseball regular season in a big way on Thursday night in Collegeville. The Spartans grabbed a 3-2 walk-off win over Sauk Rapids in a Central Lakes Conference contest to wrap up the regular season schedule. The game was moved to St. John's University due to poor field conditions in Cold Spring. In the bottom of the seventh inning with the game tied 2-2, Brady Klehr brought home the game-winning r

BRAINERD -- The ROCORI Spartans baseball team wrapped up the 2019 regular season road schedule with a win over the Brainerd Warriors on Tuesday night. The Spartans took down the Warriors on Tuesday at Brainerd High School, coming away with a 5-1 victory in Central Lakes Conference action. ROCORI jumped out to an early lead in the game with scoring three runs in the top of the third inning while adding two more in the top of the fourth to gain a 5-0 lead midway through the gam

BIG LAKE -- The ROCORI Spartans baseball team stung the Big Lake Hornets in a nonconference game on Monday night in Big Lake. ROCORI topped Big Lake 7-1 at Big Lake High School behind two big innings later in the game. The Spartans, who trailed 1-0 heading into the fifth inning, scored three runs in the fifth to break the game open 3-1. In the top of the seventh inning, ROCORI brought home four insurance runs to push the game out of reach. Nolan Notch went 1-for-4 with one ru

SAUK RAPIDS -- The ROCORI Spartans baseball team fell in a Central Lakes Conference game to the St. Cloud Apollo Eagles on Friday night in Sauk Rapids. In a back-and-forth contest, the Spartans were edged by the Eagles 10-9 in eight innings of play at Bob Cross Field. The game, which was originally supposed to be played earlier in the season in St. Cloud, was moved to Sauk Rapids on Friday night due to forecasted rain in Central Minnesota. With the game tied 1-1 heading into

MONTICELLO -- The ROCORI Spartans baseball team dropped a nonconference contest to Monticello on Thursday evening in Monticello. The Spartans fell to the Magic 5-2 on a perfect evening for baseball at Monticello High School. ROCORI scored one run in each of the third and fourth innings to hold a 2-1 lead in the game heading into the bottom of the fifth inning, before Monticello scored three runs in the fifth to grab a 4-2 advantage. The Magic ended up adding one more run in t

COLD SPRING -- The ROCORI Spartans baseball team swept Willmar in a Central Lakes Conference doubleheader on Tuesday in Cold Spring. The Spartans defeated the Cardinals 8-2 in Game 1 and finished off the sweep of the doubleheader with a 12-5 victory in Game 2 at the Cold Spring Baseball Park. In Game 1, ROCORI jumped out to an early lead in the game en route to the 8-2 win in the opening game. The Spartans scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning and one more in th

COLD SPRING -- The ROCORI Spartans baseball team split a Central Lakes Conference doubleheader with the Alexandria Cardinals on Friday night in Cold Spring. The two conference opponents battled it out in a pair of games at the Cold Spring Baseball Park, with the Spartans winning the first game and the Cardinals taking the second game to split the doubleheader. In Game 1, ROCORI opened the doubleheader up with a 4-2 victory over Alexandria, sparked by an offensive run in the s