ROCORI High School is a high school

High school

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 that serves three Minnesota

Minnesota

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 towns, whose names form the acronym "ROCORI": Rockville

Rockville, Minnesota

Rockville is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,448 at the 2010 census. It is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area....

, Cold Spring

Cold Spring, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,975 people, 1,116 households, and 785 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,431.1 people per square mile . There were 1,145 housing units at an average density of 550.8 per square mile...

, and Richmond

Richmond, Minnesota

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. The school is located in Cold Spring, Minnesota about twenty miles southwest of St. Cloud

St. Cloud, Minnesota

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. The school received its greatest media attention for a school shooting

Rocori High School shooting

The Rocori High School shooting was a school shooting that occurred at Rocori High School on September 24, 2003 in Cold Spring, Minnesota, United States...

 that left two students dead. It is also noted for having the first winter drumline/indoor percussion ensemble in history.

ROCORI High School shooting

A school shooting occurred at ROCORI High School on September 24, 2003. The shooting was perpetrated by 15-year-old John Jason McLaughlin who murdered students Seth Bartell and Aaron Rollins.

Basketball

The Spartan boys basketball team has made it to the state tournament 12 times in the school's 40 years of existence, winning it in 1988, placing second in 1999, and placing third in 2007. The basketball team has also only had 3 losing seasons in their history. Their head coach Bob Brink just recently became the second coach in Minnesota state high school league history to win 900 games in any sport, second only to Bob McDonald of Chisholm. Brink has been the only coach ROCORI has ever had in its school's history. Notable players for the Spartans were: Jason Kron (St. Cloud State), Justin Stommes (Eastern Kentucky).

Baseball

The Spartans baseball team has also made the state tournament 6 times, winning it in 1992 and 2010, finishing as runner-up in 1991, and taking the consolation championship in 2007. Notable baseball players for the Spartans include: Dave Oerhlein, Steve Huls (drafted by the Minnesota Twins

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), Jon Dold (drafted by the Cincinnati Reds

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), and Eric Decker (drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers

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 in 2008 and the Minnesota Twins in 2009).

Football

The Spartan football team won their first state championship in 2011, beating Bemidji 17-10 to take Class AAAA.

Dance

The ROCORI dance team has also made it to state in 2009, and 2010 after being created in 2008.

Alumni

• Eric Decker
  Eric Decker
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  , NFL player for the Denver Broncos
  Denver Broncos
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  , former baseball outfielder and football wide receiver for the Minnesota Golden Gophers
  Minnesota Golden Gophers
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  , he had been drafted in the Major League Baseball Draft twice