Mercer County baseball captured game one of their three-game stint at the “Play the Turf” event in Jacksonville, IL over Walter Payton College Prep. Elsewhere, Rockridge softball exploded for 13 runs in a dominating win over St. Bede. Rockridge and Mercer County each notched a podium finish at the Illinois Top Times boys event at Illinois Wesleyan University.
BASEBALL
Mercer County 6 Walter Payton College Prep 3
Orion 6 Ridgewood 1
Newman 13 Riverdale 0 (5 innings)
Morrison 9 Hall 0
Princeton 16 Kewanee 2
Erie-Prophetstown 6 Polo 4
Abingdon-Avon 7 Galva 5
SOFTBALL
Rockridge 13 St. Bede 4
Galesburg 6 Orion 2 (8 innings)
Fulton 15 Bureau Valley 0
Morrison 6 Hall 1
Riverdale 4 Newman 3 (8 innings)
Princeton 21 Kewanee 7 (6 innings)
TRACK & FIELD – ILLINOIS TOP TIMES
MC – 2nd in 60m hurdles (Mikey Neeld – 8.54 sec)
4th in boys 4x800m relay (Adolphson, Dennison, Coulter, Hawk – 8:29.55)
RR – 3rd in boys 4x400m relay (Kibling, McCabe, Marshall, Robinson – 3:35.21)
6th in girls 4×200 m relay (Atwell, Finley, Chard, Goodnight – 1:52.46)
WC – 5th in boys 200m dash (Chandler Diehl – 23.31)
A/W – 1st in boys 400m dash (Ben Buresh – 51.88)