Boelens Leads Area Golfers Qualifying for State

Mercer County’s Carson Boelens finished third at the IHSA 1A Riverdale Boys Golf Sectional at TPC Deere Run Monday to advance to state. Boelens shot a 76. The individual winner was Jake Guse of Rockford Lutherlan, who shot a 74. Other local state qualifiers: Galva’s Jaxson Willer (77), Knoxville’s Titus Cramer (77), Riverdale’s Blake Sutton (79), and Sherrard’s Andrew Boland (80).

 

The IHSA 1A Kewanee Girls Golf Sectional was won individually by Boylan Catholic’s Ella Greenburg with a score of 72 at Baker Park. Local state qualifiers were Kewanee’s Mya Mirocha (77), Ridgewood’s Gracie Russell (84), Rockridge’s Hannah Graves (86), and Orion’s Sofia Fernandez (86).

 

GOLF

IHSA 1A Riverdale Boys Golf Sectional @ TPC Deere Run

  1. Byron 325
  2. Rockford Lutheran 330
  3. Rockford Christian 339
  4. St. Bede 346
  5. Fulton 357
  6. River Ridge 358
  7. Galena 362
  8. Sherrard 362
  9. Monmouth-Roseville 364
  10. Bureau Valley 365
  11. Mercer County 366
  12. Hall 370

IHSA 1A Kewanee Girls Golf Sectional @ Baker Park

  1. Rockford Boylan 332
  2. Peoria Notre Dame 334
  3. Morton 359
  4. Bloomington Central Catholic 367
  5. Rockridge 391
  6. Byron 393
  7. Macomb 396
  8. Canton 397
  9. Geneseo 399
  10. Kewanee 410
  11. Winnebago 412
  12. Dixon 439

VOLLEYBALL

Illini West def Mercer County 25-14, 25-22

Ridgewood def Galva 26-24, 25-22

Wethersfield def West Central 25-17, 25-8

JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL

Mercer County 35 Galva 4 (7th grade)

Galva 37 Mercer County 6 (8th grade)

Rockridge 16 Cambridge 8 (7th grade)

Cambridge 30 Rockridge 17 (8th grade)

Sherrard 35 Annawan 10 (7th grade)

Sherrard 44 Annawan 17 (8th grade)