John Hoscheidt

LTC Tournament Tips Off, Eagles Host Double Dual

The Lincoln Trail Conference girls basketball tournament got underway Wednesday night at AlWood High School and all of the top seeds picked up win.  Mercer County hosted Rockridge and Morrsion in wrestling action on senior night but fell to the…

Golden Eagles Drop LTC Opener

Mercer County dropped its LIncoln Trail Conference opener at Stark County Tuesday night in boys basketball.  Rockridge had little trouble with Bureau Valley in non-conference play.  Sherrard did not allow a point as they rolled over Mendota in wrestling action.…

Eagles, Tigers Fall In Conference Play

Mercer County and Sherrard had some key conference basketball games Monday night and both teams suffered their first loss.  Mercer County broke a tie and halftime by scoring the first nine points of the third quarter but couldn’t hold on…

Tigers Stay Unbeaten In TRAC

The Sherrard Tigers girls basketball team ran their Three Rivers Athletic Conference mark to 4-0 as they rolled over Morrison 51-15 Thursday night.  The Rockridge Rockets got shot down by state ranked Riverdale 53-24 and Fulton handled Orion 52-40 in…

Golden Eagles Remain Undefeated In LTC Play

The Mercer County Golden Eagles girls ran their record to 4-0 in the Lincoln Trail Conference as they picked up their fifth win in a row with a victory over United Wednesday night.  The Golden Eagles and Princeville are the…

Rockets Hold Off Titans

Longtime rivals Rockridge and Monmouth-Roseville battled down to the wire as three point shot was off the mark and the Rockets held off the Titans in boys basketball on Tuesday night.  In girls play, Mercer County scored the first eleven…

Stineman Passes 1,000 Mark, Eagles Stop Spartans

Mercer County’s Karli Stineman became the third player in Golden Eagle girls basketball history to score 1,000 points in her career in leading her team to a win over Ridgewood Monday night.  Stineman reached the mark quickly scoring ten points…

Knoxville, Newman Take Erie Crowns

The Knoxville Blue Bullets won the girls championship of the Cliff Warkins Classic and Sterling Newman captured to the boys title on Monday.  Mercer County split on the day with the girls winning and the boys losing.  The Rockridge girls…

Rockets Take Macomb-Western Crown

The third seed Rockridge Rockets downed the fourth seeded Farmington Farmers win their fourth Macomb-Western Holiday Tournament championship of the decade.  Tournament action continued at Erie, Eastland and Bloomington-Normal while wrestlers wrapped up Abe’s Rumble in Springfield.   BOYS BASKETBALL…

Tigers, Rockets Post Holiday Tournament Wins

The third seeded Rockridge Rockets jumped out to a 16-0 lead and rolled to an opening round win over Canton at the Western-Macomb boys basketball tournament.  At the girls State Farm Classic, 11th seeded Sherrard surprised 6th seeded Elmhurst Immaculate…