Rocori(4-5)
#2 Willmar(8-0)Saturday 10/313:00 PMTLDR: Rocori visits #2 Willmar Saturday at 3 p.m. for a Section 2AAAA semifinal, pitting the unbeaten Cardinals against a Spartans team that has won its last two games.
Next: Oct 31Willmar hosts Rocori, 3:00 PMRocori (4-5) is the No. 4 seed in Section 2AAAA, visiting No. 1 seed and #2 Willmar (8-0) Saturday at 3 p.m. for a section semifinal at Willmar High School. The winner advances to the section final Nov. 6 at 7 p.m., against the winner of No. 2 seed Marshall and No. 3 seed Hutchinson, at the higher seed's field.
Rocori has won 10 of the 15 meetings between the two since 2010 and won last year's game 21-20, the third straight in the series for the Spartans — before Willmar's 28-7 win this September. Rocori's last state title came in 2019; Willmar has never won one but has been state runner-up twice.
Willmar is averaging 45 points a game while allowing 6, with two shutouts and just 16 points allowed over its last three games. Its best win was 34-14 over #3 Marshall, and its largest margin was a 63-0 win over Big Lake.
Rocori has lost to every seeded team it has played this season, but it enters on its current two-game winning streak. The two met Sept. 25, when Willmar won 28-7 at Rocori.
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