Mercer County and Sherrard had some key conference basketball games Monday night and both teams suffered their first loss. Mercer County broke a tie and halftime by scoring the first nine points of the third quarter but couldn’t hold on losing at Annawan. Sherrard could only connect on 8 of 32 shots in losing to Riverdale.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Lincoln Trail
Annawan 57 Mercer County 54
Stark County 39 United 24
Wethersfield 59 Ridgewood 55 (OT)
West Central 55 Rowva-Williamsfield 39
Princeville 60 Galva 27
Three Rivers
Riverdale 32 Sherrard 19
Fulton 33 Rockridge 30
Orion Morrison
JUNIOR HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL
7th Grade: Orion 40 Mercer County 29
Rockridge 55 Knoxville 15
8th Grade: Mercer County 43 Orion 24
Rockridge 63 Knoxville 12
JUNIOR HIGH WRESTLING
Mercer County 62 Rock Island Edison 47
Mercer County 81 Kewanee 18