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St. Croix Prep  hit a last-second shot and defeated the Spectrum Sting 46-44 on Thursday evening in Elk River. Nick Richardson netted 15 points and Jakob Schollmeier 14 for the Lions (10-9). Steven Delain tallied 19 points, Jaden Shockley 10 and Jacob Shockley 9 for the Sting (5-14). Johnny Erickson had 3 points and 14 [...]

Maple Lake handed Spectrum a 64-47 loss on Monday evening in Elk River.  David Stokman with 15 points and Joe Mooney with 13 led the Irish (9-8). Steven Delain scored 14, Johnny Erickson 9 and Jacob Schackley 8 for the Sting (5-13). Spectrum will play at St. Croix Prep on Tuesday evening.

On the team’s Senior Night, the Elk River-Rogers-Zimmerman-Spectrum won their conference finale 99-82 over Champlin Park on Thursday eveniig at home. “We swam very well tonight. It was our annual senior night, and we honored seven team members,” said coach Denise Eidem. The Elks finished 7-1 in the NWSC duals. They are 7-2 overall and [...]

The Spectrum girls lost to St. Agnes 66-40 on Tuesday evening in St. Paul. The Aggies (4-15) were led by Rachel Bennet with 18 points  Maria Tibesar 15, and Ellen Plamann 14. Shelby Eden scored 13 for the Sting (1-17). Spectrum will host Brooklyn Center on Thursday.

Jacob and Jaden Shockley each scored 16 points to lead the Spectrum Sting to a 63-51 victory against the visiting St. Croix Prep Lions on Monday evning. Christian Benolkin and Andy Fellner each added 10 points and for the Sting (2-12) and Johnny Erickson snagged 16 rebounds. Cameron Mehls netted 18 points and Nick Richardson [...]

Aaron Schwab’s come-from-behind win anchoring the 400 freestyle relay capped off a strong performance by the Elk River-Rogers-Zimmerman-Spectrum swimmers at the Cambridge-Isantii Invitational on Saturday. The Elks rolled  up 595 points, with the host team second with 451 among six teams. Schwab won the individual medley and backstroke, Collin Krueger won the 100 and 200 [...]

  by Bruce Strand, Sports editor Spectrum High School proudly hosted a 10-team wrestling tournament in its two-month old gymnasium on Saturday, and with the Rogers Royals on hand there were two locals among the individual champions. “Establishing a wrestling culture here at Spectrum has always been a dream of mine,” said Sean Ryther, Spectrum [...]

The Spectrum boys kept it close in the first half but weren’t able to hold on against the No. 3 ranked FAIR Falcons, losing 94-65 at home Monday evening. Johnny Erickson notched 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Sting (3-11) and  Steven Delain had 10 points. Leading FAIR (13-1) were Darrion Scott and Desmond [...]

  by Bruce Strand, Sports editor Spectrum High School celebrated Homecoming on Friday evening with two basketball games, introduction of royalty and a performance by the dance team. The Sting hoops teams lost both games to North Metro Blazers, a Roseville-based team of home-schooled students. The Sting girls (1-14) sank nine 3-point shots but lost [...]

The Elk River-Rogers-Zimmerman-Spectrum swimmers won every event in a 100-62 victory over Park Center on Thursday evening in the Pirates’ pool. “We swam off events tonight and gave some of the young guys a chance to place in a varsity meet,” said coach Denise Eidem. “We had some nice swims by Hlavachek, Kohorst, and Mayo, [...]