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Forreston and Fulton baseball won regional titles, while a Sterling singles player and Newman doubles team advanced to the IHSA state tournament in Saturday's roundup.
The season came to an end for the Oregon girls soccer team with a 2-1 loss to Stillman Valley in the Class 1A Indian Creek Sectional semifinal on Saturday.
Eric-Prophetstown's Kennedy Buck threw her personal-best to take second in the Class 1A shot put, while West Carroll's Emma Randecker won a state title and had three top-four finishes in sprints at the IHSA Girls Track and Field State Meet.
Newman used a three-run second inning to take the lead, then tacked on two late insurance runs in a 6-2 win over the Rock Falls to win the Class 2A Newman Regional title Saturday, its fourth straight regional title and fifth in the last six seasons – and its first in Class 2A.
Jessalin Johns struck out 14 and got out of bases-loaded jams in the second and seventh innings, and Newman – despite being outhit – beat Putnam County 4-1 in Saturday’s Class 1A Putnam County Regional final.
A third meeting between two rivals came down to one run Friday evening in the Class 2A Rock Falls Regional title game. In the end, Bureau Valley pulled off its second upset of the week, defeating Bureau County and Three Rivers rival Princeton 6-5 in a thriller.
Dixon senior Olivia Cox scored top-12 finishes in both the shot put and the discus to move on to Saturday's finals at Eastern Illinois University, plus more from around the Sauk Valley area Friday.
The Illinois Valley Scoreboard for Thursday, May 16, 2024
Newman Central Catholic senior Kennedy Rowzee is in fifth place in the shot put, leading Sauk Valley area state finalists from Thursday's Class 1A preliminaries in Charleston. That, plus Newman softball rolls behind Jessalin Johns' 17 strikeouts in regional in Thursday's roundup.
Dixon senior Olivia Cox, who qualified for the Class 2A state track and field meet in the shot put and discus, is the Sauk Valley Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Shaw Media Group Editor Joshua Welge.
Princeton kept up the pressure all game long, and eventually it paid off Wednesday in its 2A Rock Falls Regional semifinal. The Tigresses had baserunners in all but one inning, and they finally broke through with runs in each of the final three innings to top Rock Falls 3-2.
Both the Fulton baseball and softball teams advanced in the IHSA State Tournament, that along with more results in baseball and softball in the Sauk Valley Sports Roundup for Wednesday.
Oregon soccer claimed a regional title, A-FC baseball won a thriller in the regional opener and more in the roundup.
Dixon senior Olivia Cox, who had the sixth-best sectional discus throw statewide and has the fourth-best discus throw in Class 2A this spring, leads Sauk Valley area medal contenders this weekend in Charleston.
Oregon, Morrison baseball fell in their postseason openers Monday, plus more from around the Sauk valley area in our Monday Roundup.