On Monday, Aug. 9 the Rockridge School Board unanimously approved the hiring of Chad Ruden as the new head varsity wrestling coach at Rockridge High School.
Great River High Performance is offering a speed and plyometric camp for athletes 13 and up. The camp is scheduled from 8:30 to 11 a.m., July 26 to 29, at the West Burlington High School Gym and Track, 408 W. Van Weiss Blvd., West Burlington, Iowa
Registration is underway for the Monmouth College Track & Field and Cross Country Camp to be held July 5-8. The camp, which will run from 6-8:15 each evening, is open to boys and girls entering grades 7-12. Cost for the camp is $40 if registered before July 1. For more information or to register, call (309) 457-2177 or e-mail rogerh@monm.edu.
Sherrard High school is having a ceremony to honor the 17 graduates pursuing athletics at the next level. The ceremony will be June 15 beginning at 1:30 p.m. at the high school.
Team BEAST (Burlington Endurance Athlete Sports Team) has scheduled its youth triathlon to begin at 9 a.m. Sunday, June 27, in Dankwardt Park, 2700 S. Main St., Burlington, Iowa. Youth ages 7 to 14 may participate.
Monmouth-Roseville's regional baseball game at Rockridge has been postponed until Saturday at 1 p.m.
The winner will play in the rescheduled final, Monday at 4:30 p.m.
Several students from Mercer County, Sherrard, Rockridge and United high schools competed in the preliminary heats of the Class 1A girls state track finals Thursday, May 20 in Charleston.
The Mercer County girls softball regional semifinal game between Rockridge and Alleman, originally scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, May 20, has been rescheduled to 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 21.
The Rockridge baseball regional game between Monmouth-Roseville and Rockridge has been postponed until 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 21.
The winner will play Macomb on Saturday, May 22 at 11 a.m. in the regional championship game.
It was more than an understatement that Wickert’s pitches were working against the Tigers, as he allowed only four hits while striking out 10 batters in the Bombers’ 5-1 win over Sherrard, May 19, which advances them to Saturday’s regional title game.
The Sherrard Tigers' softball team advanced to the championship game of the Mercer County Regional Wednesday after defeating the host, Mercer County, 6-2.
The Mercer County High School girls softball team (4) will play play Monmouth-Roseville (5) today, March 18, in the first round of the Aledo Softball Regional. The game starts at 4:30 p.m.
The Sherrard Tigers girls track team won the Rockridge Sectional Friday, May 14.
The Sherrard High School boys track team won the Olympic Conference Championship May 13 at Farmington.
The Tigers scored 159 points just ahead of Macomb, 130. Other team scores were: Farmington, 111; Orion, 61.5; Monmouth-Roseville, 51 and Rockridge, 43.5.
The Rockridge Rockets softball team beat Kewanee 7-1 on May 7.
The Sherrard High School girls track and field team won its seventh straight Olympic Conference title May 7 in Macomb. Sherrard scored 193 points on the meet. Other schools scores were: Rockridge, 193; Rockridge, 106; Monmouth-Roseville, 103; Macomb, 72; Orion, 47 and Farmington, 33.
The Rockridge Rockets softball team defeated Galesburg 5-1 on May 4. The Rockets improved the team's record to 18-6 with the victory.
The Sherrard Tigers girls track team won the sixth annual Sailer Invite held a Augustana College in Rock Island On April 27.
The Rockridge Rockets girls softball team defeated Orion, 6-1 on April 27.
Gillian Goodwin’s two-run home run in the seventh inning propelled the Rockridge Rockets to a 9-7 victory April 21.
