Local sports results are presented by Genesis Physical Therapy.
The Sherrard girls track and field team won its fourth straight sectional championship Thursday, finishing 0.5 points ahead of Geneseo at the IHSA 2A Princeton Sectional.
The Tigers scored 123.5 points to beat Geneseo, who took second place with 123 points. Galesburg finished third at the sectional with 102 points, while Princeton and LaSalle-Peru scored 52 points to tie for fourth.
Sherrard is sending 11 events to the IHSA State Finals. The Tigers had four sectional champions – Aliza Dominique in the pole vault, the 4×200 meter relay team (Anderson, McKenzie Locke, Sarah Neal, Dominique), the 4×400 meter relay team (Anderson, Beth Churchill, Evelyn Weakley, Dominique), the 4×800 meter relay team (Madison Mathis, Anna Churchill, Beth Churchill, Weakley).
Other state qualifiers for the Tigers include Lillian Russell (100-meters & 200-meters), Beth Churchill (800-meters), Tori Browning (3200-meters), Sadie Shemek (discus), and Cami Anderson (high jump), and the 4×100 meter relay team (Anderson, Dominique, Kelsey Doonan, Russell).
At the 1A Wethersfield Sectional, Mercer County took third place and Rockridge finished tied for eighth.
The Golden Eagles are sending six events to the IHSA State Finals. Molly Hofmann took first place in both the 100-meter hurdles and jump. The other state qualifiers for Mercer County are Paige Davis (100-meter hurdles), Kyla Blaser (triple jump), Grace Gillespie (pole vault), and Alayna Mitchell (300-meter hurdles).
Rockridge has three events headed to the state meet. Teresa Harris was the sectional champion in the triple jump. Kylie Meyer (pole vault) and Keaten Needham (long jump) are also headed to the IHSA State Finals.
TRACK AND FIELD
IHSA 2A Princeton Sectional (girls)
1.) Sherrard 123.5
2.) Geneseo 123
3.) Galesburg 102
T4.) LaSalle-Peru 52
T4.) Princeton 52
6.) Pontiac 40
7.) Coal City 36
8.) Morris 32
9.) Monmouth-Roseville 31
10.) IVC 29
11.) Herscher 22.5
12.) Kewanee 21
13.) Reed-Custer 15
14.) Peotone 13
T15.) Manteno 5
T15.) Streator 5
IHSA 1A Wethersfield Sectional (girls)
1.) Annawan-Wethersfield 84
2.) Elmwood 79
3.) Mercer County 75
4.) United 66.6
5.) Ridgewood 61
6.) Stark County 57
7.) Lowpoint-Washburn 49.3
T8.) Rockridge 48
T8.) ROWVA-Williamsfield 48
10.) Knoxville 39
11.) Princeville 29
12.) Orion 23
13.) Farmington 21
14.) Abingdon-Avon 8
15.) Galva 4
16.) West Central 3
17.) West Prairie 1
BASEBALL
Alleman 12 Mercer County 10
Erie-Prophetstown 8 Rockridge 5
Ridgewood 16 West Central 4
United 9 Bushnell-Prairie City 4
Geneseo 11 Riverdale 1
Hall 22 Bureau Valley 1
Kewanee 7 Mendota 3
SOFTBALL
Mercer County 18 Erie-Prophetstown 3
Abingdon-Avon 13 Princeville 2
West Central 8 Ridgewood 5
Bureau Valley 15 Hall 5
Kewanee 14 Mendota 3
GIRLS SOCCER
Galesburg 3 Orion-Sherrard 2
For updated conference standings, records, and all-conference teams in the Three Rivers Athletic Conference, visit WRMJ’s TRAC webpage.