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The final score in no way depicts the battle that took place this evening at Halenbeck Hall on the University of St.Cloud campus. ROCORI went into half time trailing Willmar. In the first half the Willmar Cardinals were hot and were sinking 3 point shots left and right.
The second half started out back and forth with Willmar holding the lead. But slowly but surely the ROCORI Spartans inched their way back into the game and eventually tied Willmar right around the half way point of the second half.
A major turning point in the game came when Willmar Cardinal Cory Hanson made a ball steal and drove to the basket to do a slam dunk. The ball hit off the back of the rim and Rocori came up with the ball. From that moment on... it was Rorcori's game.
Team Captains Aaron Traut, Chad Willenbring and Garrett Branstner celebrate their Region 8AAA Championship. Willmar 26 19 — 45 ROCORI — Garrett Branstner 8, Aaron Traut 14 (9
rebounds, 2 blocked shots), Aaron Burtzel 7 (2 blocked shots), Justin
Stommes 6 (7 rebounds), Chad Willenbring 17, Nick Fabel 3. FG 14-30, FT
25-34, REB 25, TO 10, PF 8. WILLMAR
— Tyler Horning 3, Ryan Hagemeyer 6 (6 rebounds), Kyle Townswick 22,
Cory Hanson 9, Matt Seehusen 3, Ross Van Hauen 2. FG 16-42, FT 3-4, REB
22, TO 10, PF 26. 3-point goals: ROCORI — 2-4
(Branstner 1-1, Willenbring 1-3) Willmar — 10-21 (Townswick
6-9, Horning 1-2, Hagemeyer 1-1, Hanson 1-1, Seehusen 1-4)
ROCORI 21 34 — 55
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ROCORI will play St. Thomas Academy at 10:00 am on Wednesday, March 22 at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota Minneapolis Campus.
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