Rocori Football

Despite North Branch dominating time of possession through much of the game the ROCORI Spartans edged the North Branch Vikings 22-12 at Blaine High School in the Class 4-A State Tournament Quarterfinals Thursday night.

Two of the top teams in the state in Class 4A met at Rocori High School tonight in high school football. 4th ranked Hutchinson defeated 7th ranked Rocori 26-8. The Tigers improve to 4-1 while Rocori drops to 4-2.

The Rocori football team has advanced Class 4-A State Championship after topping Winona 48-24 at U.S. Bank Stadium Friday night. Rocori trailed 14-7 at halftime but outscored Winona 20-3 in the 3rd quarter and 21-7 in the 4th quarter.

Rocori downed Fergus Falls 30-0 in snowy Alexandria tonight. Dalton Thelen ran for 104 yards and 2 touchdowns. The Spartans advance to play in the Class 4-A State tournament quarterfinals next week.

The Rocori Football team plays Winona at 4:30 this afternoon in the Class 4-A State Semifinals at US Bank Stadium. Hear the game on WJON with the pregame with Joe Putz at 4:15.

Rocori Football has advanced to the Class 4-A State Tournament Semifinals after posting a 30-7 win over Orono at St. Cloud State's Huskies Stadium tonight.

The Rocori football team defeated Willmar 14-6 tonight in the Section 8-4-A final in Alexandria to advance to the Class 4-A State tournament. The Spartans improve to 8-3 overall.

The Rocori and Sartell-St. Stephen football teams will play in the State Tournament Quarterfinals at St. Cloud State Saturday. The Spartans will play Becker at 3pm Saturday.

Many local schools will play in the high school football state tournament quarterfinals this week. In Class 5-A Sartell-St. Stephen will match up with Simley at 6pm at St. Cloud State Saturday November 8.

Listen to the Section 8-4A high school football semifinals Saturday afternoon when Rocori plays at Thief River Falls at 2pm. Casey Mosich calls the action.