John Hoscheidt

Engle Brings Home Silver

Mercer County’s Stone Engle lead area wrestlers at the Class 1A State Wrestling tournament with a second place finish at 132 pounds.  In a rematch of the Oregon Sectional final, Stillman Valley’s Jared Van Fleet once again edged Engle by…

Area Wrestlers Have Good First Day

Area wrestlers had a good first day at the Class 1A State Championships at the State Farm Center in Champaign.  Rockridge’s Dallas Krueger at 126, Mercer County’s Stone Engle at 132, Rockridge’s Nolan Throne at 138, Orion’s James Schnerre at…

Showdown Set For LTC Title, Rockets Win On The Road

Mercer County and Wethersfield both posted victories Tuesday night to set up a showdown for the Lincoln Trail Conference title Friday night.  Mercer County leads the race at 7-0 with Wethersfield and Annawan next with one loss. Rockridge went to…

Eagles Keep Rolling, Tigers Fall On The Road

Mercer County dropped Rowva-Williamsfield in a make-up game Monday night to win their 12th game in their last 13 outings and picked up their 22nd victory of the season.  Sherrard got off to quick start but couldn’t hold off division…

Wrestlers Advance To State

Day two of the Oregon Sectional failed to see any wrestlers capture any titles but this area will be well represented at the state finals.  Leading the way were Rockridge’s Dallas Krueger at 126, Mercer County’s Stone Engle at 132…

Wrestlers Have Good First Day At Sectional

Area wrestlers had a good first day at the Class 1A Oregon Sectional Friday.  Regional champions that advanced to Saturday mornings semifinals were Mercer County’s Stone Engle (132), Steven Speaker II (170) and Brocktyn King (106) and Rockridge’s Dallas Krueger…

Tigers Run Comes To An End

Sherrard’s run of eight straight girls regional basketball titles came to end Thursday night in Hamilton as host West Hancock beat the Tigers 52-40 in the Class 2A regional championship game.  Taylor Barber lead Sherrard with 20 points.  At Knoxville,…

Tigers Advance To Regional Championship

Sherrard advanced to another regional championship game with a 36-32 victory over Monmouth-Roseville in the semifinals of the Class 2A Hamilton regional.  They will meet West Hancock in tonight’s championship game as they upset number one seed and the state’s…

Panthers Edge Eagles For Regional Crown, Braves Repeat As LTC Tourney Champ

Erie-Prophetstown and Mercer County weren’t mentioned as tourney favorites but the Panthers just edged the Golden Eagles for the Class 1A Rockridge Regional wrestling title. Annawan topped Wethersfield in the Lincoln Trail Conference tournament championship game while Mercer County won…