ROCORI finds its offense at the right time, prepares for state tournament

ROCORI finds its offense at the right time, prepares for state tournament

COLD SPRING — Jeff Illies has been coaching baseball for ROCORI High School for 21 years, so he has a strong understanding of what successful baseball teams look like. The Spartans went into this spring with six returning starters back. But after a 3-2 loss to Willmar on May 12, they were 8-8. "I looked at our stats after 12, 13, 14 games and our team batting average was .177," Illies said. "I think the biggest thing was our offense was super pa…