Local Sports

The Mercer County Golden Eagles baseball team clinched at least a share of the Lincoln Trail Conference baseball title with a split of a double-header with Annawan-Wethersfield Monday.  The Titans and Ridgwood could tie Mercer [FULL STORY]

WRMJ Sports Director Jim Taylor spoke with Mercer County sprinter Catelyn Hofmann Tuesday night. The junior won the 100 and 200 at last week’s LTC Conference meet and was also part of Mercer County’s winning [FULL STORY]

The Rockridge Rockets had little trouble in winning the Quincy Notre Dame Softball Slam over the weekend sweeping all four games by a convincing margin.  Knoxville won the Midwest Bank Classic in Aledo with a [FULL STORY]

Mercer County captured a combined 13 gold medals on Friday, winning the boys LTC Track & Field title and finishing 2nd on the girls side. Orion, Rockridge and Sherrard battled in the TRAC girls track [FULL STORY]

Rockridge captures the Three Rivers Athletic Conference West Division baseball title. The Rockets clinched the conference by beating Morrison Thursday night 5-2. Elsewhere is baseball from Thursday night, Mercer County moves to 12 and 2 in [FULL STORY]

In a meeting of state ranked teams, Geneseo shut Rockridge’s powerful offense with a 3-0 win Wednesday.  Geneseo entered the game ranked No. 8 in Class 3A in the Illinois Coaches Association Power Rankings and [FULL STORY]

WRMJ Sports Director Jim Taylor spoke with Mercer County head football coach Andrew Hofer this morning. He hosted a signing ceremony earlier this week where over 20, 8th graders committed to playing high school football next [FULL STORY]

Mercer County scored on a wild pitch in the top of the seventh to edge Ridgewood in a Lincoln Trail Conference showdown in high school baseball Tuesday in Woodhull.  In softball, Sherrard and Rockridge picked [FULL STORY]