Orion broke a 6-6 tie by scoring a run in the top of the seventh inning to defeat Metamora 7-6 in baseball Monday. The game was knotted 1-1 entering the fourth inning. The Chargers scored five in the top of…
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TRAC, LTC Announce Boys Basketball All-Conference Teams
The Three Rivers Athletic Conference (TRAC) and Lincoln Trail Conference (LTC) released their all-conference teams for the 2022-23 boys basketball season. A pair of Rockridge Rockets highlight the first team in the TRAC West, with senior Jase Whiteman and sophomore…
Chargers Open Season Throwing Combined No-Hitter
A pair of Orion pitchers combined to throw a no-hitter in a 7-0 season-opening win over Limestone Tuesday. Maddux Anderson threw four no-hit innings and struck out four. Andrew Meiresonne pitched the final three innings without allowing a hit, striking…
TRAC, LTC Release All-Conference Girls Basketball Teams
The Three Rivers Athletic Conference (TRAC) and Lincoln Trail Conference (LTC) released their respective all-conference teams for the 2022-23 girls basketball season. Sherrard seniors Addison Pickens and Kyla Elsbury highlight the first team in the TRAC. Both Pickens and Elsbury…
High School Sports Spotlight: Rockridge’s Wheatley Leaves Everything On The Floor In Super-Sectional Win
WRMJ talked with Rockridge sophomore point guard Landon Wheatley following the Rockets’ 60-59 win over Rockford Lutheran in the 2A Sterling Super-Sectional Wednesday. Wheatley scored 11 points in the game, including what would become the game-winning basket late in the…
WRMJ Audio: Rockets Headed Back To Champaign
Rockridge (28-4) is headed to the IHSA 2A State Finals for the second straight year after holding off Rockford Lutheran (26-10) 60-59 in the 2A Sterling Super-Sectional Monday. Rockridge trailed by five entering the fourth quarter. The Rockets tied the…
WRMJ Audio: Highlights, Postgame Reaction From Rockridge’s Sectional Championship Win Over Princeton
Rockridge (27-4) won their second straight sectional championship, defeating Princeton (32-3) 64-46 Friday in Geneseo. The Rockets led by as many as 25 points in the second half. The win gave Rockridge their fourth sectional championship since 2015. Jase Whiteman…
High School Spotlight: MERCO’s Angelina Miller, Band Perform At School’s Sadie Hawkins Dance
WRMJ talked with Mercer County High School senior Angelina Miller for the High School Spotlight Wednesday. Miller, along with her band, performed during Mercer County’s Sadie Hawkins dance over the weekend.
Rockridge Returns To Sweet 16
Rockridge (26-4) pulled away in the second half to beat Rock Falls (17-18) 66-46 in the semifinals of the IHSA 2A Orion Sectional Wednesday. Rock Falls went on a 7-0 run late in the second quarter to cut a 25-14…
Princeton Flies to Sweet 16
Princeton (32-2) cruised to a win the semifinals of the IHSA 2A Orion Sectional against Riverdale (17-18) 77-40 Tuesday. The Tigers scored 29 points in the first quarter and led 43-23 at halftime. Princeton had eight dunks in the game,…