Sherrard and Rockridge advanced to their respective Class 2A girls regional championship games with wins Monday night. The Rockets ended Mercer County’s season at Orion while the Tigers rolled over Bureau Valley at Princeton. Both will play Thursday night for…
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Area Wrestlers Advance To State, Girls Regionals Begin
Area wrestlers qualified for the state finals following individual sectional tournament action on Saturday at Princeton and Stanford Olympia. Mercer County went on the road and won their regional opener and will play Rockridge on Monday in the semifinals. …
Rockets Top Titans In OT
Rockridge remained tied atop the Three Rivers Athletic Conference west division standings by escaping with a 50-48 overtime win over Monmouth-Roseville in a rescheduled game Thursday night in Edgington. The game was tied at 44 at the end of regulation.…
Mercer County 8th Graders Advance To State
The Mercer County boys 8th grade basketball team won the Class 3-A IESA Sectional at Rockridge Wednesday night in overtime beating Farmington 28-24. The Golden Eagles remain undefeated at 22-0 and will play Teutopolis in the state quarterfinals Saturday afternoon…
Eagles Win Shootout, Rockets Hold Down Panthers
Mercer County went on the road in the Lincoln Trail Conference Tuesday night and won a shootout over Ridgewood. Owen Relander knocked down 35. Lucas Kessinger had 27 for the Spartans. Rockridge shut down Erie-Prophetstown in Three Rivers Conference action.…
Eagles, Rockets Pick Up Conference Wins
The final week of the girls regular season has begun and Mercer County and Rockridge both posted conference wins. The Golden Eagles needed overtime to stop Galva in the Lincoln Trail while the Rockets outscored Morrison 23-6 to pull away…
Bullets Take LTC Tourney Title, Area Wrestlers Advance
The Knoxville Blue Bullets captured the Lincoln Trail Conference Tournament championship in their first year in the conference stopping Abingdon-Avon Saturday night. Mercer County advanced five wrestlers from the Farmington Regional. Kewanee won the team title, Mercer County finished fourth.…
Panthers Top Tigers, Rocket 7th Graders to State
The Sherrard Tigers went on the road Friday night and fell to Erie-Prophetstown in Three Rivers Athletic Conference action. Riverdale and Monmouth-Roseville posted wins while Rockridge had the night off. The Rockridge 7th graders are going to state after winning…
Precision Conservation Management And Carbon Markets Meeting
Get the latest on Precision Conservation Management and Carbon Markets from University of IL Extension at Feb. 24 program. Illinois Extension invites farmers to learn more about Precision Conservation Management and Carbon Markets on Thurs., Feb. 24, from 9 a.m.…
Bullets, Tornados Advance To LTC Title Game
Knoxville and Abingdon-Avon, in their first year of Lincoln Trail Conference play, advanced to the championship game of the conference tournament with wins Tuesday night at Galva. A-town, the 6th seed, knocked off second-seeded United while top-seeded Knoxville downed Mercer…