Mercer County has advanced to the schools first regional championship game in boys basketball with a 57-43 Class 2A Rockridge semi-final victory over Orion Tuesday night. The Golden Eagles will look for the first regional title for either the Aledo,…
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Rockets, Chargers, Red Storm Post Regional Wins
The Rockridge Rockets and Orion Chargers picked up quarter-final victories at the Class 2A Rockridge Regional Monday night. The Rockets avenged an loss last Friday in beating Sherrard and Orion held on for a win over Rowva-Williamsfield. At Knoxville, United…
Engle Brings Home Silver
Mercer County’s Stone Engle lead area wrestlers at the Class 1A State Wrestling tournament with a second place finish at 132 pounds. In a rematch of the Oregon Sectional final, Stillman Valley’s Jared Van Fleet once again edged Engle by…
Area Wrestlers Have Good First Day
Area wrestlers had a good first day at the Class 1A State Championships at the State Farm Center in Champaign. Rockridge’s Dallas Krueger at 126, Mercer County’s Stone Engle at 132, Rockridge’s Nolan Throne at 138, Orion’s James Schnerre at…
Showdown Set For LTC Title, Rockets Win On The Road
Mercer County and Wethersfield both posted victories Tuesday night to set up a showdown for the Lincoln Trail Conference title Friday night. Mercer County leads the race at 7-0 with Wethersfield and Annawan next with one loss. Rockridge went to…
Eagles Keep Rolling, Tigers Fall On The Road
Mercer County dropped Rowva-Williamsfield in a make-up game Monday night to win their 12th game in their last 13 outings and picked up their 22nd victory of the season. Sherrard got off to quick start but couldn’t hold off division…
Wrestlers Advance To State
Day two of the Oregon Sectional failed to see any wrestlers capture any titles but this area will be well represented at the state finals. Leading the way were Rockridge’s Dallas Krueger at 126, Mercer County’s Stone Engle at 132…
Wrestlers Have Good First Day At Sectional
Area wrestlers had a good first day at the Class 1A Oregon Sectional Friday. Regional champions that advanced to Saturday mornings semifinals were Mercer County’s Stone Engle (132), Steven Speaker II (170) and Brocktyn King (106) and Rockridge’s Dallas Krueger…
Tigers Run Comes To An End
Sherrard’s run of eight straight girls regional basketball titles came to end Thursday night in Hamilton as host West Hancock beat the Tigers 52-40 in the Class 2A regional championship game. Taylor Barber lead Sherrard with 20 points. At Knoxville,…
Tigers Advance To Regional Championship
Sherrard advanced to another regional championship game with a 36-32 victory over Monmouth-Roseville in the semifinals of the Class 2A Hamilton regional. They will meet West Hancock in tonight’s championship game as they upset number one seed and the state’s…