Morrison junior Camryn Veltrop became the first girls basketball player in school history to be named first-team all-state by the Associated Press and IBCA, and former E-P football standout Jase Grunder received his first varsity letter at Central College. Plus more local sports.
Polo and Newman girls basketball each picked up quarterfinal wins Saturday as part of the Class 1A West Carroll Regional. Plus more local results in Saturday's roundup.
Sterling freshman Sarah Doughty won the Sterling girls bowling regional, while wrestlers from Oregon, Amboy, Polo and West Carroll advanced from various regionals on Saturday. Plus more in our local sports roundup.
The Polo boys and girls basketball teams both defeated Milledgeville, while the Newman girls basketball team fell to Princeton on Thursday. Plus more in our local sports roundup.
Newman topped Morrison, Polo beat Forreston, and Ashton-Franklin Center routed Milledgeville in girls basketball games on Wednesday. Plus more in our local sports roundup.
Sterling freshman Sarah Doughty took the Western Big 6 girls bowling title with a 1,271 six-game series, while the Newman girls basketball team rolled to a nonconference win over Oregon on Monday. Plus more in our local sports roundup.
The Ashton-Franklin Center girls basketball team took down Polo, while the Oregon wrestling team went 1-1 at the Genoa-Kingston triangular on Thursday. Plus more in our local sports roundup.
Rock Falls beat Rochelle 100-78, Newman downed Alleman, and Amboy took care of Polo in boys basketball games on Wednesday. Plus more in our local sports roundup.
Newman boys basketball senior Lucas Simpson broke his own school scoring record with 47 points in a win over Bureau Valley, and Newman girls basketball senior Jess Johns surpassed 1,000 career points in a loss to Bureau Valley on Thursday. Plus more in our local sports roundup.