Local Sports

Mercer County and Orion won Class 2A Baseball regional championships Monday.  For the Golden Eagles it was their second straight tile and the Chargers won their first crown in eight years. Mercer County will face [FULL STORY]

WRMJ Sports Director Jim Taylor spoke with Mercer County baseball coach Nick Basala Monday night following the Eagles 9-2 regional championship win over Illini West.

The Mercer County Golden Eagles 4 x 100 meter relay team finished fifth Saturday at the Class 1A state track meet at Eastern Illinois University.  The team of Brooke Ziegenhorn, Catelyn Hoffman, Kari Coulter and [FULL STORY]

Behind a three-run first inning and a five-run sixth inning, the Rockridge Rockets captured their 3rd consecutive regional crown on Friday. Maddie Bayne picked up her 19th win of the year in the circle, while [FULL STORY]

The Class 1A girls state track meet preliminaries were held Thursday at Eastern Illinois University and it was a tough day for local qualifiers.  Mercer County’s 4 X 100 meter relay team, the Golden Eagles [FULL STORY]

For the third year in a row, the Mercer County baseball team has advanced to the Class 2A regional championship game.  The Golden Eagles exploded for nine runs in the bottom of the sixth to [FULL STORY]

The Rockridge Rockets had little trouble with Mercer County in the Class 2A Rockridge softball semi-finals Tuesday as they pounded out a 16-0 four inning win. The Rockets scored four in the first, four in [FULL STORY]