by Ty Taylor • • Comments Off on WRMJ Sportsline: Outgoing Mercer County Girls Basketball Coach Kate Engwall
On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor were joined by former Mercer County High School girls basketball coach Kate Engwall, who announced her resignation from the position earlier in the week. They touch on her 12 years coaching in the…
by Ty Taylor • • Comments Off on Tigers Open Weekend Road Trip With Big Win Over QND
Local sports results are presented by Genesis Physical Therapy. Sherrard (2-1) beat Quincy Notre Dame (0-1), 10-0, to begin a weekend road trip with a win Friday. Holland Anderson earned the win on the mound for the Tigers. He threw…
by Ty Taylor • • Comments Off on Sherrard Baseball, Softball Fall In 1-Run Losses
Local sports results are presented by Genesis Physical Therapy. Sherrard dropped one-run games to Western Big 6 opponents in both baseball and softball Thursday. In baseball, Sherrard (1-1) fell to Sterling (1-1-1) on the road, 3-2, in extra innings. The…
by Jim Taylor • • Comments Off on WRMJ Interview: Bynum Caps Emotional Senior Sherrard Wrestling Season With IWCOA Title
WRMJ spoke with Sherrard High School senior wrestler Bri Bynum Thursday. Bynum won the 135-pound championship at the Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association (IWCOA) State Tournament over the weekend.
by Ty Taylor • • Comments Off on Mercer County Drops Baseball Opener To Riverdale
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…
by Ty Taylor • • Comments Off on High School Sports Spotlight: Cook, MERCO Softball Looking For More History In 2024
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,…
by Ty Taylor • • Comments Off on LTC Announces 2023-24 Boys Basketball All-Conference Teams
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…
by Ty Taylor • • Comments Off on WRMJ Interview: Macomb Grad Brock Bainter Named Rockridge Athletic Director
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…
by Ty Taylor • • Comments Off on Sherrard Wins Baseball & Softball Openers Over Fulton
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…
by Ty Taylor • • Comments Off on IHSA Baseball & Softball Seasons Underway Monday
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…