Rock Falls boys win at Orion in 20T: Tuesday’s Sauk Valley roundup

Boys basketball

Rock Falls 88, Orion 80 (2OT): Kuitim Heald led the Rockets with 28 points and Cole Mulnix had 21 in the road win. Neo Menendez scored nine of his 17 points in overtime for the Rockets (13-6).

Fulton 57, Forreston 49: The Steamers won a third straight game as Landen Leu had a team-high 19 points, Jacob Voss scored 13 and Braeden Brennan had 10 for Fulton (8-10, 2-0 NUIC South). Kendall Erdmann led Forreston (11-8, 1-3) with 19 points and Connor Politsch had 13. Fulton outscored Forreston 19-8 in the first quarter.

Mendota 64, Newman 42: Mendota pulled away with a 25-8 third-quarter advantage in the home win. George Jungerman led the Comets with seven points.

Rochelle 83, Oregon 55: The Hawks fell in the road contest to fall to 10-8 overall.

Girls basketball

Fulton 47, Polo 46: The Steamers (5-10, 2-3 NUIC South) outscored the Marcos (10-6, 3-2) 17-10 in the fourth quarter to get a big conference win. Kylie Smither had 12 points, Chloe Wilkin had 11, Wrenn Coffey had 10 and Breleigh Hayton had three triples for Fulton. Camrynn Jones was 15 of 17 at the line and led Polo with 20 points.

Eastland 61, Morrison 30: Olivia Klinefelter led Eastland with 24 points and Tatum Grim added 13 in the road win. Kaylee Pruis led Morrison with 18 points.

Boys bowling

Sterling 3188, Erie-Prophetstown 2902: Bryce Kooy’s 592 series led Sterling and Jacob Prevo’s 589 was next best. Prevo also had the high game of 217. Jaqin Glines rolled a 591 to lead the Panthers.

Dakota 3644, Oregon 3643: The Hawks fell by one pin on the last shot of the regular season. Ethan Smice’s 632 series led the team with Matthew Stahl (628) and RJ Keene (627) right behind. Gavvin Surmo had a 617 for Oregon.

Girls bowling

Dakota 2122, Oregon 2055: Katlyn Miller’s 521 was the high series for Oregon. Carli Bailey’s 458 was second best for the Hawks.

Boys swimming

DeKalb 113, Sterling 51: Sterling’s Conner Porter had second-place finishes in the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle, Patrick Riley was runner-up in the 200 IM, Eugene Frump took second in the 100 breaststroke and Lucas Porter was runner-up in the 100 backstroke.

Boys wrestling

Morrison drops two: Morrison fell to Rockridge 52-27 and Galesburg 48-29 in dual action. Kamden White gained a forfeit win and a pin in 22 seconds at 132 pounds for Morrison.