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Paced by senior Alysa Conley, the Oregon girls bowling team took top honors in the 44th annual Dixon Invitational on Saturday at Plum Hollow Family Center.
The Hawks finished with a total pinfall of 5,630, well ahead of runner-up Sycamore, which had 5,432. Dixon (5,383), Geneseo (4,999) and United Township (4,853) rounded out the top five in a nine-team field. Sterling was seventh with a 4,520.
Conley took top individual honors with a six-game score of 1,245, one more than Geneseo’s Jenah Hart. Conley used a new ball, a Storm, that was delivered on Friday,
“I didn’t think I was going to come out here and bowl this good considering the fact during the week I was struggling all of the time, shooting like a 160,” Conley said. “Then I come out here with the ball I just got and shot pretty good. I didn’t know what place I was in all day. Our coaches tell us that’s something we don’t need to worry about.”
Oregon have five bowlers finish in the top 19 spots. They were Sammantha Meyers (6th, 1,170), Rebbeca Meyers (11th, 1,108), Hannah Kaltenbrun (12th, 1,087) and Ava Wight (19th, 1,019).
“I think coming into this we knew we had competitors, so we knew we had to bowl as good as we can,” Conley said. “We did struggle a little bit. Not every game is going to be perfect, but I think throughout the day we did come back.”
Leading the way for Dixon were Tori Baker (8th, 1,124) and Kaylie Yocum (9th, 1,122). They were backed by Leslie Pettorini (13th, 1,086), Tianna Bryson (14th, 1,080) and Grace DeBord (23rd, 971).
Sterling’s Olivia Zinnani was 7th with a score of 1,138.
At the JV level, Dixon’s Abby Tate had the high game (195) and six-game series (888).
Boys basketball
Rock Island 67, Sterling 59: The Golden Warriors fell on the road in the Western Big 6.
Donovan Jones led Sterling with 16 points. JP Schilling added 11.
East Dubuque 65, Eastland 48: Kaden Henze tossed in 20 points for the Cougars in a home loss to the Warriors.
Fulton 53, West Carroll 32: The Steamers stayed perfect with a win over future NUIC rival West Carroll.
Connor Barnett scored 16 points and Kyler Pessman added 13 for Fulton.
Oregon 72, AFC 47: The Hawks picked up a non-conference win at the Blackhawk Center.
Oregon led 19-11 after one quarter, 34-25 at halftime and 50-38 after three.
Joey Gelander led Oregon with 25 points. Owen Ketter scored 15. Isaac Nelson and Jameson Caposey both scored seven.
Peyton Lanning scored 22 points for the Raiders, including eight in the second quarter alone. Matt Thompson scored 10. Carson Reuff added seven.
Girls basketball
Oregon 58, Forreston 47: Hadley Lutz and Marian Drake each scored 18 points for the Hawks in a home win against the Cardinals.
Elizabeth Mois added 13 points for Oregon.
Kylee Curry poured in 22 points for Forreston.
AFC 32, Warren 30: Taylor Jahn scored 12 points for the Raiders in a road win against the Warriors.
Polo 46, River Ridge 35: Lindee Poper had 13 points and Alex Dusing added 12 as the Marcos picked up a home win against the Wildcats.
West Carroll 52, Milledgeville 40: Tori Moshure had 22 points and Madison Haynes added 14 as the Thunder won in Mount Carroll.
Sophomore Abbey Skiles, making her first varsity start for the Thunder, knocked down a key 3-pointer late and grabbed three rebounds and seven steals.
Adriana Miller scored 21 and Ali Mertz added nine for the Missiles.
Eastland 50, East Dubuque 46: The Cougars bounced back from a Thursday loss at Amboy to beat East Dubuque.
Talena Rogers had 21 points, three rebounds, five steals and three assists. Karlie Krogman had 15 points, 13 rebounds, five steals and five assists.
Eastland led 14-10 after one quarter, 22-19 at halftime and 38-32 after three quarters.