The High School Football rankings were announced Thursday and Rocori is ranked #8 this week in the Class 4A state poll. Rocori is 4-1 and is coming off a 20-12 loss at home to previously winless Sauk Rapids-Rice. The Spartans lost starting quarterback and top runner Mac Mueller. The Spartans will play at Big Lake Friday night at 7pm, pregame on AM 1390-the Fan at 6:45.
The Sherco 3 power plant near Becker remains out of service after a weekend fire. A spokesman for Xcel Energy says the coal-fired plant had been down since mid-September for routine maintenance.
The newly formed Granite Ridge Conference is going from 7 schools in 2011-2012 to 9 schools in 2012-2013. The two schools joining in 2012-2013 are Albany and Becker. Albany decided today to leave the West Central Conference and make the move to the Granite Ridge Conference.