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 pull away for an 11-1 win over Bushnell-Prairie City-West Prairie Wednesday at the United Regional.
REGIONAL BASEBALL
@ United
Mercer County 11 BPC-WP 1 (6)
@Kewanee
Deer-Creek Mackinaw 10 Farmington 9
@El Paso-Gridley
Eureka 18 Fieldcrest 3
@Princeville
Ridgewood 18 Midland 2
REGIONAL SOFTBALL
@ Rockridge
Sherrard 9 United 2
@Brimfield
Orion 12 Knoxville 1