| ROCORI High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Cold Spring, Minnesota, United States of America | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Mascot | Spartans |
| Website | www.rocori.k12.mn.us/rhs/RHS/home |
ROCORI High School is a high school that serves three Minnesota towns, whose names form the acronym "ROCORI": Rockville, Cold Spring, and Richmond. The school is located in Cold Spring, Minnesota about twenty miles southwest of St. Cloud. The school received its greatest media attention for a school shooting that left two students dead. It is also noted for having the first winter drumline/indoor percussion ensemble in history.
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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.[1]
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).
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), Jon Dold (drafted by the Cincinnati Reds), and Eric Decker (drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in 2008 and the Minnesota Twins in 2009).
The Spartan football team won their first state championship in 2011, beating Bemidji 17-10 to take Class AAAA.[2]
The ROCORI dance team has also made it to state in 2009, and 2010 after being created in 2008.