Local Sports

State rankings are presented by Boswell Construction; call or text 309-574-0023. Illinois Media, formerly the Associated Press (AP), released its state rankings heading into Week 9 of the high school football season on Thursday. Rockridge [FULL STORY]

WRMJ spoke with Mercer County High School senior student-athlete Alayna Mitchell on Thursday after she announced earlier in the week that she will continue her track and field career at the Division I level at [FULL STORY]

Local sports results are presented by MercyOne Genesis Physical Therapy. Local sports results from Wednesday are below.   VOLLEYBALL Bureau Valley def. West Central 22-25, 25-22, 25-16 United def. Galva 25-16, 25-16 Wethersfield def. Knoxville 25-20, 19-25, 26-24 [FULL STORY]

Local sports results are presented by MercyOne Genesis Physical Therapy. Riverdale downed Mercer County in straight sets in TRAC West volleyball in Port Byron on Tuesday. The Rams (17-6, 7-1 TRAC West) swept the match 25-20, 25-16. Cayleigh [FULL STORY]

Local sports results are presented by MercyOne Genesis Physical Therapy. Tremont beat Orion in straight sets in a match-up of 20+ win teams on Monday. The Turks (23-5) won the match 25-23, 25-18. Emma Reynolds tallied nine kills [FULL STORY]

Local sports results are presented by MercyOne Genesis Physical Therapy. Mercer County and Orion each finished runner-up at their respective volleyball tournaments on Saturday. The Golden Eagles (20-7) defeated Princeton, Mendota, and Plano, and lost to eventual champion [FULL STORY]

***Note: Due to a technical issue, portions of this week’s Sportsline program, which airs live at 9 a.m. each week, were corrupted and could not be recovered for upload to our podcast. Our live interview with Mercer [FULL STORY]

Local sports results are presented by MercyOne Genesis Physical Therapy. Orion outlasted Mercer County 37-29 to clinch a postseason berth in a game where both teams’ playoff fates were on the line. After falling behind 13-0 early, the [FULL STORY]

Division championships and playoff fates are on the line around the TRAC in Week 8 of the season. In both divisions of the conference, three teams are currently alive for championships. In the Rock Division, [FULL STORY]