Area baseball and softball teams wrapped up their regular seasons Saturday as regional play is set to start Monday. Mercer County, Sherrard, United and West Central softball teams took part in the Alexis Fieldhouse Classic. Rockridge went north to Barrington.…
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Locals Qualify For State, Heat Take LTC Title
Area athletes qualified for the girls Class 1A State Track Meet at the Erie and Knoxville sectionals. In softball, West Central rallied to win the first game of a double header to beat Mercer County and win the Lincoln Trail…
Rockets Keep Rolling
Rockridge pounded out 17 hits as they rolled over Galesburg 17-2 in softball action Tuesday. The Rockets improved to 24-4 with the win. Sherrard was on the wrong end of 19-0 final as they took on Moline. Princeton beat Kewanee…
Eagles Stay In Conference Hunt
Mercer County topped United and remained in the Lincoln Trail Conference softball race Monday night. West Central was also a winner and the Heat maintained their one game lead. The two are scheduled to meet Thursday for a doubleheader. Sherrard…
Eagles, Rockets Claim Tournament Titles
Mercer County and Rockridge won their softball tournament championships on Saturday. Mercer County defeated Knoxville 11-3 in the Hucke Construction Tournament championship game for the second straight year. The Golden Eagles beat West Carroll 5-0 Friday night and then nipped…
Baseball & Softball Seedings Announced
The IHSA announced the sectional seedings for post season baseball and softball. In Class 2A softball, defending state champion Rockridge is the number one seed in the Sub-Sectional A Brmfield Sectional. Mercer County was number 4. Tremont and Knoxville are…
Orion-Sherrard Tops Princeton, Princeville Sweeps LTC Track
Orion-Sherrard over came a soggy pitch and stopped Princeton 2-1 in soccer action Monday. With the win, Orion-Sherrard improved to 17-3-1 on the season heading into the final two weeks of the regular season. At the Lincoln Trail Conference Freshman-Sophomore…
Tight Contests Highlight Area Baseball, Softball
Ridgewood rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh to hand Mercer County another tough loss in high school baseball action Thursday. Orion was able to hold off Sherrard in Three Rivers Conference action after giving up a…
Panthers Beat Rockets As East Meets West
West division leading Rockridge took on east division leading Erie-Prophetstown in a Three Rivers Athletic Conference match up and the Panthers scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth to pull out a 2-1 victory. Orion’s Kati Kratzberger’s two…
WRMJ And Others Without Power
At approximately 5:45 this morning WRMJ and other Ameren customers experienced a power outage. WRMJ’s occurred at its transmitter site west of Aledo. Ameren has dispatched a crew and they hope to have the power restored around 8 a.m.