Sherrard Comes Alive Late To Beat Rockridge, Remain In Drivers Seat Of TRAC West Girls Basketball Race

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Sherrard (15-2, 6-0 TRAC West) rallied from a six-point second-half deficit to beat Rockridge (10-12, 2-4 TRAC West) 43-33 in girls basketball on the road Thursday.

The Tigers led 10-6 at the end of the first quarter, opening up an 18-8 advantage in the second. Rockridge cut the lead to 19-16 at halftime and went on a 12-1 run that spanned parts of the second and third quarters to go ahead 20-19. The Rockets lead ballooned to 29-23 with under a minute to play in the third quarter. Ellie Swanson and Violet Meskan nailed back-to-back three-pointers to tie the game 29-29 at the end of the third. Overall, Sherrard outscored Rockridge 20-4 after the Rockets led by six.

Adalynn Elsbury scored a game-high 17 points for the Tigers. Violet Meskan added 11 in the win.

Keaten Needham led Rockridge with nine points. The Rockets shot just 1-10 from the free-throw line.

With Riverdale’s win over Monmouth-Roseville, Sherrard has a two-game lead in the conference with four games to play.

 

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Sherrard 43 Rodckridge 33

Riverdale 46 Monmouth-Roseville 42

Kewanee 35 Erie-Prohetstown 22

Hall 53 Mendota 24

Princeton 56 Newman 52

 

WRESTLING

Riverdale 58 Mercer County 15

Newman 51 Mercer County 27

Erie-Prophetstown 46 Monmouth-Roseville 27

Princeton 68 Orion 12

 

JUNIOR HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL

Mercer County 45 Rockridge 15 (7th grade)

Mercer County 29 Rockridge 22 (8th grade)

 

JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL

Mercer County def Wethersfield 25-16, 13-25, 25-17 (7th grade)

Mercer County def Wethersfield 25-7, 25-14 (8th grade)

Rockridge def United 25-14, 25-27, 25-16 (7th grade)

United def Rockridge 25-27, 25-23, 25-20 (8th grade)

Sherrard def Annawan 25-20, 25-15 (7th grade)

Sherrard def Annawan 25-14, 25-19 (8th grade)

 

Visit our TRAC webpage to stay updated with the conference throughout the season.