Saturday Sports: Rock Island Pulls Away From Rockridge Late

Local sports results are presented by MercyOne Genesis Physical Therapy.

Rock Island (23-4) defeated Rockridge (17-9) 60-44 in boys basketball Saturday at the Rock Island Fieldhouse.

Rock Island led 14-9 at the end of the first quarter and 33-21 at halftime. The game was within single digits for most of the night, with Rockridge cutting the deficit to as little as five points in the fourth quarter before the Rocks pulled away late.

Lawson Zulu led Rock Island with 14 points in the win.

Landon Bull scored a game-high 20 points for Rockridge in the loss. Caleb Cuncio added 14 for the Rockets.

 

BOYS BASKETBALL

Rock Island 60 Rockridge 44

Mercer County 46 Camp Point Central 33

Sherrard 88 Flanagan-Cornell 27

Orion 53 Geneseo 33

Bureau Valley 50 Hall 47

Kewanee 62 Deer Creek-Mackinaw 60

Princeton 53 Byron 51

Princeville 77 Peoria Christian 69 (2OT)

 

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Lincoln Trail Conference Tournament @ Wethersfield

Abingdon-Avon 58 Knoxville 29 (semifinal)

Wethersfield 43 United 31 (semifinal)

Ridgewood 41 Annawan 39 (consolation)

Princeville 52 Stark County 14 (consolation)

ROWVA-Williamsfield 56 West Central 26 (c0nsolation)

Bureau Valley 86 Galva 44 (consolation)

 

Princeton 47 LaSalle-Peru 40

 

WRESTLING

IHSA 1A Canton Regional

Local competitors advancing to 1A Clinton Sectional

106 pounds – Elliott Adamson, Mercer County (3rd place)

150 pounds – Exzequiel Ocampo, Mercer County (3rd place)

165 pounds – Eli Burns, Mercer County (champion)

190 pounds – Bodie Salmon, Mercer County (champion)

Team champion: Canton

 

IHSA 1A Riverdale Regional

Local competitors advancing to 1A Oregon Sectional

106 pounds – Nate Lower, Rockridge (3rd place)

120 pounds – Tyler Olson, Orion (2nd place)

126 pounds – Clayton Blumenstein, Rockridge (3rd place)

138 pounds – Jude Finch, Rockridge (champion)

144 pounds – Thomas Sowards, Rockridge (3rd place)

190 pounds – Maddux Anderson, Orion (champion)

215 pounds – Aiden Fisher, Orion (2nd place)

215 pounds – Tanner McKeag, Rockridge (3rd place)

Team champion: Newman Central Catholic

 

Visit our TRAC webpage to stay updated with the conference throughout the season.