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LOCAL SPORTS
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Prep football
Rocori 7, Detroit Lakes 20
It was a non-conference game this week for the Spartans as they traveled to Detroit Lakes. After a scoreless first quarter, Detroit Lakes went up by 14 points in the second quarter on two running touchdowns. Still in the second quarter, Rocori battled back with a Zach Johnson 10-yard touchdown pass to Brad Olson. Both teams struggled to put the ball in the endzone during the second half. Detroit Lakes put the final nail in the Rocori coffin when they ran a 3 yard touchdown play in the fourth quarter to win the game 20 to 7. The Spartans now drop to 1 win and 5 losses for the season.
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Prep Girls Tennis
Two matches were held this week for the Rocori Spartans at the College of St. Benedict tennis courts.
Rocori 7, St. Coud Apollo 0
On Tuesday, the Spartans (4-2) went up against St. Cloud Apollo (8-6) and won all seven matches in straight sets.
Singles: No. 1 — Lizzi Feldhege (R) def. Nicole Koester 6-1, 6-1; No. 2 — Anna Taft (R) def. Kristi Reisdorf 6-2, 6-1; No. 3 — Amber Schreifels (R) def. Tara Dykema 6-1, 6-2; No. 4 — Mandy Nierenhausen (R) def. Kaitlin Undersander 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles: No. 1 — Alyse Grelson/Lindsey Schmitt (R) def. Bo LaFountaine/Megan Schwegman 6-1, 6-2; No. 2 — Amy Moschkau/Allison Decker (R) def. Tina Linder/Rachel Henning 6-3, 6-1; No. 3 — Kaila Hennen/Nicci Hennen (R) def. Phuong Tran/Brianne Haag 6-1, 6-1.
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Rocori 2, Alexandria 5
Thursdays match between the Spartans and Alexandria included another great showing by Lizzi Feldhege who won her match in straight sets and improved to 11-4 on the season. Rocori lost the match and moved to 8-7 on the season.
Singles: No. 1 — Lizzi Feldhege (R) def. Lisa Marthaler 7-5, 6-3; No. 2 — Ann Bergstrand (A) def. Anna Taft 7-5, 7-6 (8-6); No. 3 — Lindsey Schmitt (R) def. Katie Carlson 7-5, 6-3; No. 4 — Sarah Levahn (A) def. Alyse Grelson 7-6 (7-4), 6-3.
Doubles: No. 1 — Laura Stern/Heidi Wigdahl (A) def. Amy Moschkaw/Allison Decker 6-1, 6-2; No. 2 — Amanda Otternes/Whitney Eisel (A) def. Amber Schriefels/Mandy Nierenhausen 6-4, 6-4; No. 3 — Briana Capp/Sarah Ebert (A) def. Nicci Hennen/Kaila Hennen 6-3, 6-2.
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Prep Volleyball
Two matches we held this week for the Rocori Girls Volleyball team.
Rocori 3, Brainerd 0
On Tuesday they traveled to Brainerd where the Spartans won three games straight over the Warriors. Senior Brittany Schlangen had a tremendous outing where she had nine kills and 10 digs to bring the Spartans to 2-4 in the Central Lakes Conference and 7-8 overall.
Rocori 25-25-25, Brainerd 23-20-18
Rocori - Brittany Schlangen 3 ace serves, 9 kills, 10 digs; Jenny Weisbrich 10 set assists, 7 ace serves; Sam Pfannenstein 15 set assists, 2 ace serves; Shelly Tippelt 3 kills, 4 ace serves, ace block; Brittany Loxtersamp 14 digs; Kim Nelson 4 kills; Angie Feldhege 6 kills.
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Rocori 3, Sauk Rapids 2
The Sauk Rapids Storm battled back strong this past Thursday after Rocori jumped up two games to none. In the fifth game rubber match Rorori held on to beat the Storm 15-10. Standout players for Rocori included Senior Marie Omann, who's clutch serving in the final game allowed the Spartans to climb to a early 4-1 lead. Also later in that final game, Brittany Schlangen served four straight points to put the game away for the Spartans.
Rocori 25-25-23-22-15, Sauk Rapids 15-16-25-25-10
Rocori highlights — Brittany Schlangen 9 kills, 28 set assists, 17 digs; Sam Pfannenstein 2 service aces; Shelly Tippelt 12 kills, 2 service aces, 6 blocks; Angie Feldhege 11 kills; Marie Omann 3 service aces, 10 digs; Brittany Loxtersamp 9 kills.
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Cross Country
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The sport of Cross Country is made up of a gutsy group of young people who push themselves to the limit daily. Meet the head coach, the captains and view the team as they practice and participate in the ROCORI Cross Country Invitational held at River Oaks Golf Course in Cold Spring on Thursday, September 22nd.
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Tuesday, September 27th, the Spartans Cross Country team traveled to Albany for the Purple Pride Cross Country Invitational. Rocori Freshman Caitlyn Dingmann, who has been working her way up to the front of the pack with every meet this year, ended this time at the front to win the girl's title, beating the number two runner Amanda Duchene of Sauk Centre by 2 seconds with a total time of 16 minutes, 29 seconds in the 4000-meter course.
Scott Fischer placed 4th in the boys 5000 meter race. The boys team placed 7th overall among the 14 competing teams.
(at Albany High School, 5,000 meters)
Boys team scores: 1. Brainerd 23; 2. Milaca 108; 3. Mora 128; 4. Pierz 130; 5. LPGE 135; 6. Albany 141; 7. Rocori 147; 8. Sauk Centre 154; 9. Royalton 239; 10. St. John's Prep 274. Incomplete teams: BBE, Eden Valley-Watkins-Kimball.
Top 10 individuals: 1. Justin Tyner (BR) 16:53; 2. Blake Alguire (BR) 17:52; 3. Doug Liebsch (LPGE) 18:03; 4. Scott Fischer (ROC) 18:17; 5. Mitch Lorenz (BR) 18:22; 6. Steven Gall (PZ) 18:22; 7. Titus Goodew (BR) 18:28; 8. Shawn Steinkraus (BR) 18:29; 9. Tyler Rose (BR) 18:30; 10. Thomas Ruttger (BR) 18:36.
(at Albany High School, 4,000 meters)
Girls team scores: 1. Brainerd 46; 2. Sauk Centre 91; 3. Mille Lacs 112; 4. LPGE 115; 5. Pierz 129; 6. Mora 159; 7. BBE 232; 8. Albany 235; 9. St. John's Prep 237. Incomplete teams: Eden Valley Watkins-Kimball, Milaca, Rocori, Royalton, Holdingford.
Top 10 individuals: 1. Caitlyn Dingmann (ROC) 16:29; 2. Amanda Duchene (SC) 16:31; 3. Hannah McAllister (BR) 16:43; 4. Mary Virnig (ML) 16:47; 5. Lindsey Rieland (SC) 16:50; 6. Carissa Schmidt (BR) 16:59; 7. Megan Holmes (BR) 17:07; 8. Jessica Buchta (LPGE) 17:09; 9. Jamie Talberg (PI) 17:16; 10. Melissa Agnew (ML) 17:19.
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On Thursday, the Spartans competed at the Paynesville Invitational. This time Rocori's Caitlyn Dingman placed second behind the very strong St. Cloud Cathedral runner Beth Taci. Caitlyn Schnettler put in a strong 6th place performance bringing the Rocori Girls to a 8th place team performance overall.
The Spartan Boys team placed 6th among the 13 competing teams. Non of the Rocori boys placed in the top 10 individually.
Boys
Team scores — 1. St. Cloud Cathedral 32; 2. Annandale 62; 3. Sauk Rapids 100; 4. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 111; 5. New London-Spicer 151; 6. Rocori 172; 7. Litchfield 198; 8. Paynesville 228; 9. Mayer-Lutheran 229; 10. Dassel-Cokato 243; 11. Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 275; Eden Valley-Watkins-Kimall, Minnewaska INC.
Individual results
Top 10 — 1. Ryan Noack (SCC) 17:16; 2. Mike McConnell (SR) 17:33; 3. Doug Jasken (LPGE) 17:35; 4. Rob Aderman (SCC) 17:36; 5. Doug Liebsch (LPGE) 17:46; 6. Steven Parker (ANN) 17:47; 7. David Christensen (ML) 17:50; 8. Dan Allen (SCC) 17:51; 9. Matt Harren (SCC) 17:52; 10. Alex Trigg (SCC) 17:55.
Girls
Team scores — 1. St. Cloud Cathedral 85; 2. Litchfield 123; 3. Annandale 127; 4. New London-Spicer 128; 5. Paynesville 129; 6. Sauk Rapids 136; 7. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 160; 8. Rocori 166; 9. Eden Valley-Watkins-Kimall 199; 10. Mayer Lutheran 243; 11. Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 279; Dassel-Cokato, Minnewaska INC.
Individual results
Top 10 — 1. Beth Tacl (SCC) 15:15; 2. Caitlyn Dingmann (ROC) 16:48; 3. Linda Keller (PAY) 16:51; 4. Libby Zupanc (SCC) 17:02; 5. Kelsay Peterson (SR) 17:17; 6. Caitlyn Schnettier (ROC) 17:19; 7. Emily Davis (LITCH) 17:23; 8. Maren Greenwaldt (MINNE) 17:30; 9. Jennah Nelson (DC) 17:32; 10. Jana Crow (SR) 17:38.
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Girls Swimming/Diving
Two meets this week, resulting in one loss and one win for the Spartan swimmers.
Rocori 72, Melrose 108
Tuesday's swim meet between Melrose and Rocori was held in Cold Spring at the Rocori High School swimming pool. It was a tough day for the Spartans as Melrose won the majority of the races in this non-conference meet.
Rocori's bright moments included wins by Quinn Griffin in the 100 breaststroke and a win by the 400 freestyle relay team which included L. EIckhoff, B. Meyer, A. Weber, and K. Janason.
200 medley relay - Melrose (S. Theiler, A. Glasener, K. Koetter, S. Barott) 2:08.62; 200 freestyle - Karli Rodahl (M) 2:19.26; 200 IM - Emily Beuning (M) 2:40.68; 50 freestyle - Sara Theiler (M) 27.17; Diving - Jessi Haider (M) 177.45; 100 butterfly - Kirsten Koetter (M) 1:08.26; 100 freestyle - Holly Markham (M) 1:01.01; 500 freestyle - Nicole Poepping (M) 6:03.76; 200 freestyle relay - Melrose (K. Rodahl, D. Stoermann, K. Anderson. J. Haider) 2:00.14; 100 backstroke - Koetter (M) 1:09.88; 100 breaststroke - Quinn Griffin (R) 1:24.49; 400 freestyle relay - Rocori (L. EIckhoff, B. Meyer, A. Weber, K. Janason) 4:50.60.
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Rocori 105, Fergus Falls 76
Thursday's meet, also held in Cold Spring, ended with the Spartans on top. Winning performances were put in by a number of Rocori atheletes. Spartan Kara Fisher won both the 200 freestyle and the 100 backstoke individually. She also teamed with Karin Koenig, Brenna Pendergrass and Heidi Busack to win the 200 meter medley relay.
200 medley relay — Rocori (Kara Fisher, Karin Koenig, Breanna Pendergrass, Heidi Busack) 1:59.87; 200 freestyle — Fisher (R) 2:09.87; 200 individual medley — Koenig (R) 2:25.24; 50 freestyle — Hanna Carlson (R) 28.78; Diving — Heather Briese (R) 160.85; 100 butterfly — Stephanie Skonseng (R) 1:09.62; 100 freestyle — Kelli Ross (R) 1:02.82; 500 freestyle — Pendergrass (R) 5:53.45; 200 freestyle relay — Rocori (Carlson, Lindsay Grimm, Skonseng, Sarah Seltz) 1:56.20; 100 backstroke — Fisher (R) 1:53.47; 100 breaststroke — Quinn Griffin (R) 1:23.59; 400 freestyle relay — Fergus Falls 4:10.53.
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Skateboarding
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Skateboarding became a more practical activity for young people a few years ago when the Cold Spring City Park Board and a few visionary citizens got together to convert an old tennis court into a skateboard park. In today's story you'll meet three young ROCORI men who take their sport very seriously and gather at the Cold Spring Skateboard Park after school every day to practice their stuff!
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Rocori Alumni News
Shari Vogt, 2000 Rocori High School graduate, continues her journey as a part of the U.S. National Women's Hockey Team. The team was in St. Cloud this past week and is preparing for a tour of exhibitions over the next three months all across the country. Vogt, a Richmond Native, has her eyes on a goalie position on the US team and is competing fiercely for it.
See St. Cloud Times Article
Mankato State University Coverage Of Vogt
Shari's Team USA Photos
Vogt's First Game Competing In Finland
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CITY NEWS
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COLD SPRING:
New City Council Member Chosen
Jim Stauber was appointed this week by the Cold Spring City Council members to serve out the remainder of the term previously held by Ken Hollerud. Hollerud resigned based on his intentions to move out of the city limits.
Stauber is vice president in a Hopkins, MN, accounting firm working in sales and marketing. He was chosen unanimously by the City Council among a total of three candidates who had applied for the position. Not chosen were John Brunsberg a maintenance engineer at St. Cloud State University, and Paula Conrad, a ski instructor, public relations, receptionist and hostess at Powder Ridge Ski Area.
As a new council member, Stauber's priorities include:
* Establish a sufficient tax base to keep up with residential growth
* Cold Spring should not become a bedroom community.
* The new industrial park was just the first step in preparing for more growth
* More residents moving to Cold Spring will require more city services
* Cold Spring needs to promote itself as a destination.
Stauber begins his new position on October 16th, 2005 and will be paid $250/month and a $25 per diem for any committee meetings he participates in. He will serve the remaining 14 months of Hollerud's term.
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RICHMOND:
Notice of Council Vacancy
The
Richmond City Council currently has a vacancy of an unexpired term
which expires December 2006 due to the resignation of a council member.
resident at over the age of 21 who would like to be considered for
appointment to this vacant council seat are encouraged to pick up an
application form at Richmond
,45 Hall Ave. S.
, or download the form here on this website.
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RICHMOND:
Two men were arrested last Saturday, September 24th, by the Cold Spring police after a 8.5 pound brick of marijuana was discovered in their car. (street value approx. $10,000)
Raul Ramos, 24 of Hazelrun and Juan Torres, 31, of Clarkfield, were arrested at 8:40 pm Saturday evening at Minnesota Highway 23 and 22, according to Cold Spring Police Chief Phil Jones.
The marijuana was discovered after pulling over Ramos for a minor traffic violation. Marijuana was discovered on Torres and the brick was found inside the driver's seat.
The men are in Stearns County Jail awaiting 5th degree felony charges based on the possesion of a controlled substance.
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ROCKVILLE:
ROCORI TRAIL
The public is invited to attend an open house at Rocori High School Cafeteria on Thursday, October 27 th from 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. to listen and learn from a panel of speakers of the health benefits of the proposed Rocori Trail system.
The trail is designed to connect the three cities “Rockville, Cold Spring, & Richmond” via the school. The trail is intended for a variety of users such as walkers, bikers, in-line skaters, and wheel chairs which are common summer users. Winter users would likely consist predominantly of cross-country skiers.
Where will the trail be located? The preferred route is to have the trail located in the right-of-way for the railway that connects the three communities and is referred to as the “Rails with Trails” concept. An alternate trail would run north of the Sauk River connecting from Rockville to the Senior High School and meander through Cold Spring to the railroad tracks once again.
A set of 6 to 8 different stations will be set up for folks to stop by an ask specific questions about the trail.
A sheet of frequently asked questions can be viewed on the Rockville city web-site at www.rockvillecity.org
Frequently Asked Questions Fact Sheet
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COMMUNITY NEWS
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Marriage Licenses
Unger, James; Sartell; and Nohner, Jennifer; Cold Spring.
Cormier, Robert; Richmond; and Wilcox, Wanda; Richmond.
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Births
Fuchs, Ross and Stephanie Wolf; Cold Spring; girl; Monday, Sept. 26, 2005.
Heinen, Doug and Alyssa; Rockville; girl; Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005.
Lieser, Jeron and Lois; Richmond; girl; Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005.
Martin, James and Heidi Holden; Cold Spring; girl; Friday, Sept. 23, 2005.
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Memorials
Melvin C. 'Mel' Wichelman , 90, of Cold Spring and formerly of Gibbon, died Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005 at his home.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m., Friday, Sept. 30, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Gibbon with burial in the St. Willibrord's Catholic Cemetery in Gibbon. Pastor Richard J. Kuckhahn will officiate. Full military honors will be conducted at the cemetery by the New Ulm Veterans Organizations.
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