Fulton and E-P boys golf advance to sectional: Wednesday’s Sauk Valley Roundup

Boys golf

Class 1A Galena Regional: At Galena, Forreston advanced three golfers into the Rockford Lutheran Sectional. Junior Kaden Brown led the way, shooting a 79 for the Cardinals. Darin Greenfield and Daylen Rahn also advanced. Nathan Woodley of Pearl City shot a 92 and earned a spot in the sectional.

Class 1A Eastland Regional: At Lanark, Fulton advanced to the Rockford Lutheran Sectional with a 314 team total, second only to Riverdale’s 305. Erie-Prophetstown (339) also advanced as a team.

Fulton sophomore Owen Van Zuiden shot a 73 to lead the Steamers as runner-up to Riverdale’s Aidan Dorathy. Dawson Price (79), Zach Winkel (80) and Braeden Brennan (82) took fifth through seventh, respectively, for Fulton. Jacob Voss also shot an 82. Chase Dykstra had a 96 for Fulton.

E-P sophomore Dane Ryan shot an 82 to lead the Panthers as Caden Vanhorn, Blake Geuns, Sawyer Copeland, Gavin Vandyke and Parker Rangel advanced. Eastland’s Brixen Dale, Cooper Dollinger and Braden Anderson advanced individually for the host Cougars. Nole Campos of Oregon, Chase Decker of Newman Central Catholic and Carson Barlow of Amboy advanced individually to the sectional.

Boys soccer

Oregon 5, Rockford Christian 2: At Rockford, Steven Guardado scored twice to lead the Hawks in the Big Northern Conference match. Eduardo Garcia, David Eckhardt and Danny Chismaore added goals for the Hawks (9-7-2, 4-4 BNC).

Dixon 1, Byron 0: At Byron, the Dukes clinched at least a share of the BNC title with the win. Dixon improved to 8-3-2 overall, 7-1 in the BNC.

Girls volleyball

Rock Falls 2, Rochelle 0: The Rockets won 25-16, 25-22 as Kayla Hackbarth had five kills. Miley Bickett added 17 assists and 10 digs for Rock Falls (12-12).

Eastland 2, Milledgeville 0: At Lanark, Trixie Carroll had 11 kills as the Cougars picked up the 25-17, 25-21 win over the Missiles in a Northwest Upstate Illini contest. Keara Kaus dished out 27 assists, and Olivia Klinefelter had eight kills for Eastland (17-2, 7-0). Kendra Kingsby had 22 assists and five kills to lead Milledgeville (15-5, 4-3).

Erie-Prophetstown 2, Riverdale 0: At Port Byron, Kaylee Keegan dished out 26 assists as the Panthers took down the Rams 25-20, 25-14 to stay atop the standings in the Three Rivers Athletic Conference. Lauren Abbott had 10 kills and two blocks, and Jamie Neumiller had four aces for E-P (19-2-1, 7-0).

Lena-Winslow 2, Oregon 0: At Lena, the host Panthers defeated the Hawks 25-12, 25-23 in a nonconference match. Grace Tremble had five kills and 10 digs to lead Oregon (10-9).