Local sports results are presented by Genesis Physical Therapy. Riverdale (2-0) beat Mercer County (0-1) in the season opener for the Golden Eagles at Northside Park in Aledo Wednesday. The Rams scored the first five runs of the game and…
WRMJ spoke with Mercer County High School sophomore softball Elsie Cook for the High School Sports Spotlight Wednesday. The Golden Eagles open the 2024 season Saturday with two games in Jacksonville. Mercer County set a school record for single-season wins last year,…
The Lincoln Trail Conference (LTC) released its all-conference teams for the 2023-24 boys basketball season Wednesday. In its last year in the league before moving to the Three Rivers Athletic Conference, Mercer County had four seniors earn all-LTC honors. Lucas…
Brock Bainter was hired as Rockridge High School’s next athletic director at the district’s board of education meeting Monday. Bainter, a 1999 Macomb High School graduate, has served as the Macomb Junior High School principal the past two years. Before…
Local sports results are presented by Genesis Physical Therapy. Sherrard opened the 2024 spring sports season with wins in baseball and softball over Fulton at home Tuesday. In baseball, the Tigers (1-0) beat Fulton (0-2), 13-5. Sherrard scored multiple runs…
Local sports results are presented by Genesis Physical Therapy. The first day of games in the IHSA baseball and softball seasons was Monday. Orion dropped its season opener to Limestone, 12-3. BASEBALL Limestone 12 Orion 3 Riverdale 9 Fulton…
Mercer County High School girls basketball coach Kate Engwall announced her resignation from the position Monday. Engwall spent nine seasons at the helm of the Mercer County girls basketball program, beginning in 2015. During that time, she led the Golden…
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is targeting the 2026-27 school year for full implementation of a 35-second shot clock for basketball in the state, according to the association’s associate executive director Kurt Gibson. Gibson joined the WRMJ Sportsline program Saturday morning…
The Three Rivers Athletic Conference (TRAC) released its all-conference teams for the 2023-24 high school wrestling season this week. Rockridge had four wrestlers earn all-conference honors, led by junior 132-pound state champion Jude Finch, who was a first team selection.…
The IHSA has confirmed that Mercer County High School will host a bass fishing sectional this spring at Pool 18 on the Mississippi River. Pool 18 extends from Lock and Dam 17 in New Boston to Lock and Dam 18…
