A 20-4 run in the third quarter by the West Central Heat girls ruined Mercer County’s chance for a win Jan. 11. The game ended up in a 39-36 win for West Central.

Rockridge High School names new head varsity baseball coach. Former Rockridge Coach Glen Cook is back on the diamond.

Sherrard's halftime lead of 40-26 was a little too much for the Rockridge Rockets to overcome at Friday's Jan. 8 Olympic Conference match-up.

Sherrard girls' track coach Todd Volkert has been named the Coach of the Year for Class A Girls' Track and Field by the (ITCCA) Illinois Track and Field and Cross Country Association.
This is the second time he has been awarded this honor. The first came following the 2007 season.

Twenty-seven third through sixth grade girls participated in Mercer County Youth Basketball this past fall. The future Golden Eagles had three separate teams that played in the AlWood Youth League during the months of November and December.

The Mercer County High School wrestling team defeated Sherrard 37-28 on Dec. 3.
Mercer County won five of the first six matches to build a 21-3 lead.

The Sherrard wrestling team defeated Riverdale 55-21 in the team's first match of the year, Nov. 24.

The Sherrard Tigers pulled away from Erie for a 48-30 victory Nov. 24 in the Orion Tip Off Classic. It was the Tigers first game of the season.

The Sherrard trio of Sarah Boraas, Lacey Hainline and Sam Kammerman were all named to the Olympic Conference 2009 volleyball team.

Mercer County's football team had eight all conference selections on offense and six on defense this year. The Golden Eagles, in the team's first year of existence tied with Stark County and United for top honors in the conference.

Several local teams will compete in the Orion Tip-Off Classic Nov. 23, 24, 25, 27 and 28, including Rockridge, Sherrard, Orion, Knoxville, Annawan, Erie, Kewanee and Fulton.

Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 at Rockridge High School is the first annual Brandon's Awareness Run, a two-mile run/walk starting at 10 a.m. Late registration is from 8:30 - 9:45 a.m. The event is to raise awareness about testicular cancer.

MONMOUTH - The United Red Storm flirted with yet another unlikely finish, but could not stop Lexington on a 79-yard, 12-play, 5:16 game-clinching fourth quarter scoring drive in a 24-13 quarterfinal loss to the Minutemen Saturday afternoon.

HEYWORTH - For the second time in as many weeks, the United Red Storm found a way to survive inside their own 5-yard line in the game's waning moments to advance in the IHSA Class 1A playoffs.

The Mercer County football team's playoff run ended Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Gibson City. The Falcons defeated the Golden Eagles 60-19.