Local sports results are presented by Genesis Physical Therapy.
Mercer County (4-3) held on late to defeat Farmington (4-3) in boys basketball Thursday, 66-62.
The Farmers led 7-2 early, but the Golden Eagles responded with a 16-5 run to close the first quarter to take an 18-12 lead. Mercer County never trailed again and led by as many as 13 points in the fourth quarter.
The Golden Eagles went just 5-18 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter, which allowed Farmington to cut the lead to three points with under a minute to go.
Lucas Collison scored 21 points for Mercer County. Colby Cox, 20 points, and Jude Hofmann, 10 points, were also in double figures for the Golden Eagles.
Farmington’s Keauntrey Barnes scored a game-high 22 points.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Mercer County 66 Farmington 62
Colmone Classic @ Hall
Bureau Valley 52 Putnam County 38
St. Bede 65 Stillman Valley 62
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Mercer County 50 Rockridge 37
Sherrard 54 Erie-Prophetstown 39
Riverdale 50 Orion 24
Morrison 51 Monmouth-Roseville 45
Kewanee 51 Bureau Valley 45 (OT)
Hall 35 Newman 26
Princeton 54 Mendota 24
WRESTLING
Rockridge 54 Mendota 24
Rockridge 52 West Carroll 12
Mendota 30 West Carroll 24
Morrison 50 Amboy 24
Lena-Winslow 59 Morrison 9
Princeton 66 Stillman Valley 18
For updated conference standings, records, and all-conference teams in the Three Rivers Athletic Conference, visit WRMJ’s TRAC webpage.