Due to threatening weather, the Aledo Memorial Day Parade for this morning has been cancelled. The Memorial Day Rememberance Ceremony will be held at 11 am at the VFW in Aledo and immediately after the ceremony a luncheon will be…
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Rockets Roll Through Sectional
The Rockridge Rockets rolled to their fourth straight sectional championship as they blasted Tremont 13-1 in five innings to win the Class 2A Brimfield Sectional championship game Friday. The Rockets found themselves trailing for the first time in the post…
Area Track Athletes Rough Day At State, Rockridge Rolls
It was a tough day for area athletes at the Class 1A State Track Meet at Eastern Illinois University on Thursday. Only two athletes and two relay teams advanced from the preliminaries. Orion’s Mitch Lee in the shot put and…
Chargers Stopped In Semi’s
For the second straight year the Orion Chargers had their baseball season stopped in the sectional semi-finals as they fell to Brimfield-Elmwood 3-2 Wednesday at Farmington. Orion trailed 3-0 entering their final at bat but they rallied with two runs…
Chargers, Blue Bullets Win Pitchers Duel For Regional Crown
The Orion Chargers captured their third Class 2A Regional title in a row topping the Mercer County Golden Eagles 2-0 at Rockridge Monday. Dawson Schulenberg allowed just four singles, two walks while striking out seven in picking up the win.…
Rockets Win 5th Regional Title In A Row, Eagles-Chargers Postponed
The Rockridge Rockets took their first step to defending their state championship by winning their fifth regional championship in a row, defeating Mercer County 10-0 in six innings to win the Class 2A Knoxville Regional. The game was scoreless through…
State & Sectional Track, Regional Baseball Highlight Thursday Action
The girls Class 1A State Track Meet in Charleston held their preliminaries as area athletes tried to qualify for Saturday’s finals. The boys Class 1A Sectional Track Meet was hosted by Sherrard and Mercer County and Sherrard posted semi-final regional…
Orion Advances To Regional Final
The Orion Chargers advanced to their third straight Class 2A regional baseball championship game by holding off Rockridge 10-7 in semi-final play at Rockridge Wednesday. The game was scoreless until the Chargers pushed across four runs in fourth. Rockridge quickly…
Eagles, Rockets To Meet For Regional Title
Mercer County and Rockridge picked up semi-final wins in the Class 2A Knoxville Regional Tuesday. Rockridge started the day hitting into a triple play in the first inning before rebounding for a 4-1 win over Annawan-Wethersfield. In the night cap,…
Rockets, Tigers Post Regional Opening Wins
The Sherrard Tigers found themselves trailing 4-0 after four and a half innings in their Class 2A softball regional opener but the Tigers exploded for 8 runs in the bottom of the fifth to pull out an 8-6 victory. The…