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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.

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.

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.

Lots of energy and aggressiveness on both ends of the court set the tone for Dixon on Thursday night at the Blackhawk Center.

The Sterling girls basketball team beat Galesburg 56-50 to tie for the Big 6 lead at 7-1. Eastland and Fulton girls also won, along with the Dixon boys and more in Thursday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Amboy boys basketball rallied to beat Morrison, Eastland beat Milledgeville, Polo beat A-FC, Dixon boys bowling finished 13-0 in dual meets, and more in Wednesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Once United Township built the lead, it wasn’t about to give it back to Sterling. The Golden Warriors fell behind early and never recovered in a 68-59 loss to the Panthers in a Western Big 6 game Tuesday night at Musgrove Fieldhouse.

Rock Falls boys basketball won in 2OT, Fulton beat Forreston, Fulton girls had a big win over Polo, Eastland won, Sterling boys bowling won and more in Tuesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The stats don’t tell the whole story about Eli Davidson. They only scratch the surface as to how big an impact he had for thew Class 4A quarterfinalists. He is the 2024 Sauk Valley Media Football Player of the Year.

Dixon boys wrestling beat Sterling, Sterling girls bowling improved to 9-0 after a win over Dixon, Eastland and Milledgeville boys basketball won, Newman, Sterling and Oregon girls basketball won and more in Monday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Oregon wrestling won the Polo invite, Dixon, Eastland and Amboy girls basketball won, Rock Falls boys bounced back, Oregon and Forreston won and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

As Darius Harrington continued his climb on the all-time Dixon scoring list, every single one of his teammates played a part in Saturday afternoon’s 65-47 win over Elk Grove at Lancaster Gym.

Dixon and Sterling boys basketball had wins, A-FC girls beat Milledgeville, Polo beat Morrison, Amboy beat Fulton and more in Friday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Trailing by two at the break, Newman scored the first 10 points of the second half and never trailed again in a 65-55 victory over visiting Kewanee in a Three Rivers Conference East Division game Friday night.

Newman and Rock Falls boys hoops won, Dixon fell at home, Polo, Oregon and Eastland girls won, Rock Falls wrestling beat Sterling at more in Wednesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Eastland boys beat Amboy, Forreston beat Polo, Morrison beat A-FC, Rock Falls and Oregon girls fell, Sterling boys swimming won, Dixon boys and girls bowling beat Oregon, Sterling girls bowling is 7-0 and more in Tuesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Newman Central Catholic fended off a rally attempt in the second half by Eastland and eventually ran away for a 56-30 victory.

Newman boys basketball beat Amboy, Dixon won, Pearl City girls beat West Carroll, Newman lost and more in Monday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Sterling notched win No. 1,500 as Kaedon Phillips scored a career-high 31 points, Rock Falls fell to Princeton, Eastland beat Forreston, Dixon wrestling went 4-0, Oregon bowling had a big day and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Fulton battled Lena-Winslow as Jacob Voss scored 21 points, Polo girls fell short to Genoa-Kingston, Oregon fell to Rockford Christian and more in Friday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Oregon's Gavvin Surmo had the top series at Dixon's Toughman Tournament as the Hawks took second behind state power Harlem. The Dukes were third and Sterling took 12th in a strong field on Thursday.

Here are the Sauk Valley senior bowling results for the month of December at Plum Hollow.

Forreston's Kendall Erdmann scored 25 points in a comeback win, Fulton's Jacob Huisenga had a game-winning shot, Bureau Valley and E-P girls won and more in Monday's Sauk Valley roundup.

As expected, Saturday’s third-place game at the Dixon Holiday Classic between rivals Sterling and Dixon was dominated by hard-nosed defense and all-out hustle.cBut the difference was the Golden Warriors’ ability to get out and score in transition in a 44-18 victory.

Dixon's Darius Harrington set three tournament records as the Dukes won a consolation championship, Sterling was runner-up at Taylorville, Eastland won a consolation championship at State Farm, Amboy had a third-place finish and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The Sterling boys advanced to Saturday's Taylorville tournament championship, Dixon won two, Rock Falls and Eastland won at State Farm, Kadyn Haage hit a Bureau Valley school record seven 3-pointers and more in Friday's Sauk Valley roundup.

After a nip-and-tuck first three quarters, Sterling just couldn’t keep up with Stillman Valley over the final four minutes in a 47-37 loss in their Dixon Holiday Classic semifinal Friday evening at Lancaster Gym.

A slow start doomed Dixon in the semifinals of its own holiday tournament on Friday night at Lancaster Gym. The Duchesses did not make a field goal in the first half, and never recovered from a double-digit halftime deficit in a 50-33 loss to Byron.

The Dixon and Sterling girls both had nice wins to reach the semifinals of the KSB Classic. Dixon, Rock Falls and Eastland boys fell in tournament openers, Amboy won in overtime and more in Thursday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The Sterling girls improved to 11-1, Rock Falls boys won, Sterling fell at the Iowa-Illinois shootout, Sterling boys swimming took second and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Two big runs helped Sterling build a big lead, then it held off a late Hononegah charge in a 49-42 victory at the Sterling Shootout on Saturday afternoon at Musgrove Fieldhouse.

Sterling's Bryce Hartman scored 19 points in a Western Big 6 Conference win, Fulton boys and girls hoops both won, Oregon boys bowling is 13-1 and more in Friday's Sauk Valley roundup.

In its second game since moving into a tie atop the latest AP Class 3A rankings, Dixon set the tone from the start Thursday in a 54-17 win over North Boone at Lancaster Gym.

Oregon's Kade Girton scored 30 points in a win over Newman, Morrison's Asher Ernst scored 30 in a win over Mercer County, Rock Falls girls won, Sterling girls bowling is 5-0, Oregon boys bowling is 12-1 and more in Wednesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Second-ranked Eastland boys basketball won and will face No. 1 Pecatonica on Thursday, No. 2 Dixon girls are 11-0, Newman won, Oregon wrestling won two, Dixon boys bowling is 7-0 and more in Tuesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Sherrard rallied from an 11-point deficit midway through the fourth quarter to run its winning streak to six straight with a 46-42 victory over the Sterling Golden Warriors on Monday night at Musgrove Fieldhouse.

Miley Bickett scored 27 points in a Rock Falls win, Milledgeville girls beat Forreston, Newman and Oregon boys each fell at the Forreston tournament, Dixon and Oregon boys bowling won and more in Monday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Quinn Leffelman tied Chris Payne's school record with eight 3-pointers in an Amboy win, Rock Falls finished third at the Colmone Classic, Dixon and Newman won, Polo's Camrynn Jones had 41 points and 29 assists between two wins and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Oregon boys basketball beat North Boone and Eastland's Olivia Klinefelter had 17 and 10 in a win over Fulton in Friday's Sauk Valley roundup.

In the Big Northern Conference opener between a veteran Dixon team and a young Winnebago squad, experience won out. Led by senior Hallie Williamson’s double-double, the Duchesses controlled the game from start to finish in a 47-22 victory over the Indians.

Sterling boys swimming opened the season with a win over L-P, Fulton boys basketball won, Oregon girls beat Forreston, Oregon boys bowling set season highs and more in Thursday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Relentless pressure, non-stop hustle and hot shooting set the tone from the start Thursday night, and Newman rode that wave to a 65-30 Three Rivers East victory over visiting Erie-Prophetstown.

Gage Tate, Cael Lyons and Landon Kenney all had two wins for Sterling wrestling, Sterling girls wrestling picked up two wins and more in Wednesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Polo boys basketball beat West Carroll, Sterling fell to Rock Island, Oregon girls beat Morrison and more, including local wrestling and bowling.

The IHSA board of directors announced Monday it will change it’s two-year classification cycle to one year a little over a week after a lopsided football championship weekend led to outcry from the public and its members schools.

Dixon used a huge first-half run to build a big halftime lead, then used another big surge to pull away in the third quarter for a 70-32 victory over Rochelle on Monday night at Lancaster Gym.

Rock Falls boys improved to 5-0, Brooklyn Smith scored 18 points in a Newman win, Dixon and Sterling bowling had wins and more in Monday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Dixon won the Carson DeJarnatt wrestling invite as multiple locals won titles, Dukes boys basketball won, Dixon, Sterling and Newman girls won and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.