Lucy Oetting scored 23 points to help lead Newman to a 56-29 win over Oregon and the Forreston boys fell at Dakota in Tuesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Dixon's Darius Harrington scored a career-high 46 points, Sterling girls bowling won its MLK invite as Sarah Doughty was individual champion, Sterling girls basketball split two games, Sterling boys went 0-2 and more in Monday's Sauk Valley roundup.

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Sterling faces off against St. Viator in their first game of the day during the Sterling MLK Classic, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. Sterling lost 61-55.

Newman Central Catholic freshman basketball player Gisselle Martin, who has been a key contributor for the 16-7 Comets, is the Sauk Valley Athlete of the Week in an online vote. 'When she’s pumped, we’re all pumped up,'. Here is her Q&A with Drake Lansman.

Dixon girls basketball won twice, Sterling split two games in Byron, Eastland and Rock Falls boys basketball won, Oregon boys bowling advanced to the sectional round as a team and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

After scoring just four points in the first half, Noah LaPorte scored 10 in the third quarter to lead Princeton on a 19-4 surge to take a commanding 45-22 lead at quarter’s end on the way to a 60-37 victory over E-P.

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Here are Mike Vaughn's photos of Tuesday's E-P at Princeton boys basketball. The Tigers won 60-37.

Dixon boys bowling advanced to the sectional round as Daniel Sotelo and David Laird took second and third, Sterling's David Oelrichs and Bryce Kooy advanced, Sterling boys basketball won, Gus Mumford's 27 points helped Polo beat Milledgeville and more in Friday's SVM roundup.

Newman used its aggressive 1-3-1 half-court zone to speed up Hall, and hit 3-pointers and fast-break layups on the offensive end in one of their most complete performances of the season for a 71-49 Three Rivers East victory at home.