{"id":640,"date":"2016-10-07T11:04:59","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T16:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rctc.edu\/echo\/?p=640"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:46:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T18:46:36","slug":"rctc-advances-to-state-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/rctc-advances-to-state-semifinals\/","title":{"rendered":"RCTC advances to state semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Echo staff report<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_643\" style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-643\" class=\"wp-image-643\" src=\"\/echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/RCTC-homecoming-football-290x300.jpg\" alt=\"RCTC football player making an interception\" width=\"278\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/RCTC-homecoming-football-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/RCTC-homecoming-football-768x795.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/RCTC-homecoming-football.jpg 989w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RCTC defensive back Evel Alexis jumps to make an interception during the Oct. 8 game against Ridgewater while teammate Treevon Prater (4) looks on. The Yellowjackets won 35-26 with eight interceptions, including four by Prater, who was named MCAC Eastern Division Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this year. Prater has a state-best 12 interceptions this season. (Photo courtesy of Ken Klotzbach of the Rochester Post-Bulletin)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Rochester Community and Technical College football team advanced to the semifinals of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference playoffs after a come-from-behind 37-31 victory over Itasca Community in the first round of the playoffs on Oct. 22.<\/p>\n<p>Trailing 31-21 in the fourth quarter, the Yellowjackets scored 16 unanswered points behind a safety when defensive tackle Ronald Wilson tackled Itasca quarterback Zach Leedom in the end zone, a 3-yard touchdown run by backup Corelius Bartee-Hudson and 17-yard rushing touchdown by Montrel Moore.<\/p>\n<p>The Yellowjackets will play North Dakota State College of Science on Oct. 29 in Wahpeton, North Dakota. The winner advances to the state championship game on Nov. 6 in St. Cloud, Minnesota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Echo staff report The Rochester Community and Technical College football team advanced to the semifinals of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference playoffs after a come-from-behind 37-31 victory over Itasca Community in the first round of the playoffs on Oct. 22. Trailing 31-21 in the fourth quarter, the Yellowjackets scored 16 unanswered points behind a safety [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}