Local sports results are presented by MercyOne Genesis Physical Therapy.
Rockridge defeated IVC 13-3 in six innings to win its second baseball regional championship in the last three years in Aledo on Saturday.
The Grey Ghosts (16-17) took their only lead of the game, 1-0, on back-to-back two-out hits in the top of the first inning by Brody Garceau and Sam Griggs.
The Rockets (29-7) answered with a two-out three-run triple by Owen Steel in the bottom of the first inning to take a 3-1 advantage. Rockridge would lead for the remainder of the game.
Steele delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the third, and Cullen Schwigen crushed a two-run home run to extend Rockridge’s lead to 6-1 in the bottom of the fourth. Schwigen’s homer was his ninth of the season, which set a new single-season program record.
IVC cut the deficit to 6-3 in the top of the fifth inning, but stranded the bases loaded. The Rockets went on to score three more runs in the bottom of the fifth and four in the bottom of the sixth to end the game early.
Steele finished 4-4 with six RBI.
Carsen DeKeyrel earned the win for Rockridge, allowing three runs in six innings.
The Rockets advance to the 2A IVC Sectional and will play Brimfield-Elmwood (30-5) in the sectional semifinals on Wednesday.
BASEBALL
IHSA 2A Mercer County Regional Championship
Rockridge 13 IVC 3
IHSA 2A Farmington Regional Championship
Brimfield-Elmwood 7 Peoria Christian 1
IHSA 2A Princeton Regional Championship
Monmouth-Roseville 4 Alleman 2
IHSA 2A Eureka Regional Championship
Illini West 7 Macomb 2
IHSA 2A Byron Regional Championship
Riverdale 11 Byron 8
IHSA 3A Belvidere Regional Championship
Boylan 9 Newman 7
IHSA 1A Fulton Regional Championship
Fulton 5 Orion 0
IHSA 1A Annawan-Wethersfield Regional Championship
Putnam County 8 Annawan-Wethersfield 2
IHSA 1A United Regional Championship
United 5 Princeville 0
IHSA 1A Abingdon-Avon Regional Championship
Abingdon-Avon 8 Havana 7
TRACK AND FIELD
IHSA State Boys Track and Field Championships – Local Medalists
1A
Triple Jump – Colton Dessyn (Riverdale) – 4th place
Long Jump – Colton Dessyn (Riverdale) – 8th place
400 – Colton Clark (Riverdale) – 9th place
4×800 – Riverdale (Nate Supan, Cole Barrett, Nolan Peirce, Braeden Bode) – 9th place
300-meter hurdles – Lane Decker (Erie-Prophetstown) – 7th place
2A
High Jump – Chris Crowe (Kewanee) – 9th place
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