State & Sectional Track, Regional Baseball Highlight Thursday Action

The girls Class 1A State Track Meet in Charleston held their preliminaries as area athletes tried to qualify for Saturday’s finals.  The boys Class 1A Sectional Track Meet was hosted by Sherrard and Mercer County and Sherrard posted semi-final regional baseball wins.

 

CLASS 1 STATE TRACK MEET (GIRLS)

Finals Qualifiers:

Danielle Taets (Orion) Triple Jump, 100 High Hurdles
Rockridge 4 X 400 Relay (Carlie Ruckey, Ellie Ruckey, Keely Parker, Kira Nelson)

 

CLASS 1A SECTIONAL TRACK MEET @ SHERRARD

  1. Morrison 80  2. Sherrard 66.5  3. Erie-Prophetstown 66  6. Mercer County 48 T-9. Rockridge & West Central 30  12. United 13

State Qualifiers:

Rockridge 4 X 800 Relay
Sherrard & Mercer County 4 x 100 Relay
Rockridge 4 x 400 Relay
Luke Ditsworth (West Central) Long Jump, 100, 200
Seth Speaker Jr. (Mercer County) High Jump
Seth Whittington (Rockridge) High Jump
Joey Jones (United) Shot Put
Levi Miles (Sherrard) Triple Jump
Gavyn White (Sherrard) 110-High Hurdles, 300 Intermediate Hurdles
Nick Shuda (Rockridge) 400
Ryan Mack (Sherrard) 300 Intermediate Hurdles
Ryan Munson (Mercer County) 1600

 

REGIONAL BASEBALL

@ Rockridge

Mercer County 3  Monmouth-Roseville 2  (Mercer County rallies to score two runs in the bottom of the 7th to get the win)

@ Rushville
Sherrard 16  Illini West 10