Mercer County and Orion won Class 2A Baseball regional championships Monday. For the Golden Eagles it was their second straight tile and the Chargers won their first crown in eight years. Mercer County will face El Paso-Gridley and Orion will square off with Deer Creek-Mackinaw at the Farmington Sectional on Thursday. The Orion softball team also won a Class 2A regional championship and will play Ilini West at Knoxville on Thursday.
REGIONAL BASEBALL
@United
Mercer County 9 Illini West 2
@Kewanee
Deer Creek-Mackinaw 8 Brimfield-Elmwood 0
@El Paso
El Paso-Gridley 8 Eureka 5
@Sherrard
Orion 14 Sherrard 4
@Fulton
Alleman 5 St. Bede 2
@Princeville
Princeville 14 Ridgewood 8
REGIONAL SOFTBAL
@Brimfield
Orion 7 Brimfield-Elmwood 4
@Havana
Illini West 8 Beardstown 6
@Quincy
Farmington 1 Midwest Central 0 (game suspended after 1 inning and will be completed Tuesday)